The openEHR developers' workshop 2013(DRAFT)

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Last updated: 07-Jan-2013Version comment
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Authors: Shinji KOBAYASHI

Abstract and Objective

This workshop will discuss the implementation technology of the openEHR specifications as clinical information standard platform.

Learning objectives

  • What archetype is and how to operate standardized clinical models to assure semantic interoperability between EHR systems and Why healthcare needs a mix of people, process and technology change and the role of the openEHR project.
  • The openEHR implementation technologies on various environment.
  • Art of ISO/CEN 13606, archetype system
  • Current software engineering technologies around the openEHR implementation

Expected outcomes

  • Further understanding of ISO/CEN 13606 specification and its implementation technologies
  • Evaluation the conformance, merit/demerit, and more features of each technology
  • Sharing experience and passion with speakers and participants.

Keywords:

openEHR, ISO/CEN 13606, archetype

Workshop description

The openEHR project is well known as the development source for the ISO/CEN 13606 standards. These standards are considered the technology basis of clinical information models which enable the interoperability for electronic healthcare applications. A number of projects have been implementing the openEHR specifications with various approaches. Development projects related to the openEHR are spreading worldwide. The core reference implementation has been implemented by Eiffel and is recognized as reference implementation of the openEHR specifications. Java and C# are also being used in a number of implementations as reference. Moreover,  Ruby implementation projects is now progressing as a rapid development tool. These provide evidence that the openEHR (ISO/CEN 13606) specification are being widely accepted and gaining interest internationally. On this steady international growth, we are taking this opportunity to introduce these specifications to a wider audience and explain their features. Even though, these projects are still ongoing and not completed their missions, to share experience and discuss about feasibility will

Moreover it will be great benefit to share implementation experience for developers if they are involved to the openEHR or not.

There will also be an interoperability demonstration of some of the projects to showcase the simple but effective use of archetype enabled systems to support clinical SOAP note taking and Emergency Summary report production. Such interoperability is a universal clinical requirement for the transport of semantically correct patient information from one system to another; without using the same application, programming language or data storage model.

Workshop participant

This workshop will be consisted of following participants. Target audiences are mainly developers who are interested in openEHR archetype technology.

Overview of the each implementation project

Workshop speakers

  • Shinji KOBAYASHI, MD, PhD, Ehime University, Japan
  • Alan David March, Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Daniel Karlsson, Linkopin University, Sweden
  • Bert Verhees, ZorgGemak/Rosa Software, Netherlands

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