SNOMED Archives

Australian eHealth still at the Cross Roads!

Jan 2, 2011 | EHR, HL7, MESSAGING, SNOMED, STANDARDS

It’s interesting that there is such a emphasis on xml as the solution when its just an encoding format. I implemented HL7V2 (classic) <–> HL7V2 (xml) functionality about 7 years ago but have found no real world use cases or demand for it as all it does is bloat...

e-Health in Australia – Time to actually move forward!

Aug 22, 2010 | EHR, HL7, MESSAGING, SNOMED, STANDARDS

Well we have had the election and there is no clear winner but it appears that the Rudd/Gillard government is the loser. eHealth is up for some reassessment and it certainly needs some. From all reports $5 Billion of taxpayers money has been spent over the last 10...

GELLO and SNOMED

Dec 21, 2006 | DECISION SUPPORT, EHR, GELLO, SNOMED, STANDARDS

It’s and awesome combination. Thats the feeling we have after completing the first round of integration between our GELLO interpreter and our SNOMED-CT server. One simple Method “.implies” has some much power in a multiple inheritance hierarchy like SNOMED-CT. For...

Let’s unlock the medical potential of our computers

Jun 1, 2005 | DECISION SUPPORT, EHR, GELLO, GLIF, HL7, SNOMED

The real jewel in the e-Health crown is computers that meticulously check everything in a way that no human can hope to match. Using a modern PC to produce a text based letter is like calling in NASA for the launch of a paper plane. Our computers should be checking...