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Principles of Health Interoperability HL7 and SNOMED

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Authors:
  1. Tim Benson

    1. Abies Ltd., London, United Kingdom

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  • Contains sections on both SNOMED CT and HL7 V3
  • Authored by one of the most experienced teachers of SNOMED CT and HL7 V3
  • Accessible to both relative novices and more experienced practitioners

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Principles of Interoperability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Health Information Revolution

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 3-24

    3. Why Interoperability is Hard

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 25-34

    4. Models

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 35-53

    5. UML and XML

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 55-74

    6. Standards Development Organizations

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 75-87

  3. HL7 – Health Level Seven

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 90-90
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    2. HL7 Version 2

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 91-106

    3. The HL7 V3 RIM

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 107-128

    4. Constrained Information Models

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 129-143

    5. Clinical Document Architecture

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 145-160

    6. HL7 Dynamic Model and IHE XDS

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 161-169

  4. SNOMED CT

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 172-172
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    2. Clinical Terminology

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 173-188

    3. SNOMED CT

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 189-215

    4. Using SNOMED and HL7 Together

      • Tim Benson
      Pages 217-225

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 227-263
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About this book

Joined-up healthcare makes information available when and where it is needed to improve safety, efficiency and effectiveness. Politicians may take interoperability between healthcare computer systems for granted, but it is non-trivial. Healthcare integration projects are notoriously under-estimated and come in over-budget and over-time.

Joined-up healthcare depends on standards. The two leading standards are the SNOMED CT, which is a clinical terminology (semantics) and HL7 Version 3, which is a specialised healthcare interoperability language (syntax). Both are new, complex and fit for purpose.

Tim Benson believes there is an unmet need for a book on Healthcare Integration. Some health informatics textbooks include chapters on HL7 and/or SNOMED, but these are usually quite short and cannot provide even an adequate introduction. There is little of much value on the Internet, or in journals or conference proceedings.

Reviews

Aus.den Rezensionen: “... Der Autor führt in die Grundlagen der Interoperabilität ein, geht ausführlich auf Sprachen wie UML (Unified Modeling Language) und XML (Extensible Markup Language) ein und erklärt ... Benson erklärt alle relevanten Details des Standards und veranschaulicht die verschiedenen Ebenen und Hierarchien mit Diagrammen. ... Durch die klare Gliederung eignet sich das Buch ... zum schnellen Nachschlagen. ... Mit SNOMED werden Begriffe aus der Medizin nach einem hierarchischen Aufbau eindeutig beschrieben. ... Ein umfangreiches Glossar und eine lange Literaturliste runden dieses Werk ab.“ (in: E-HEALTH-COM, April/2010, Issue 2, S. 79)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Abies Ltd., London, United Kingdom

    Tim Benson

About the author

Tim Benson is one of the most experienced teachers of both HL7 v3 and SNOMED CT.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Principles of Health Interoperability HL7 and SNOMED

  • Authors: Tim Benson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-803-2

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-803-2Published: 28 November 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 263

  • Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Informatics, Public Health, Medicine/Public Health, general

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