Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 2nd December, 2017.

Here are a few I came across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://www.digitalhealth.net/2017/11/special-report-interoperability-2/Special Report: InteroperabilityWith just six short months until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, much of the NHS ’s attention remains fixed on the huge penalties that could be levied for organisations found in breach of it. But with its commitment to data portability, could it also serve as an opportunity to finally crack the old chestnut of a problem that is interoperability in healthcare? Jennifer Trueland investigates.Interoperability remains a major challenge for healthcare IT. Despite efforts to make systems talk to each other – and some pockets of good practice – for most, it remains a pipe dream.
Next year, however,...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

Source: Australian Health Information Technology - December 2, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs