Question on the role of EHR reference models for achievingfunctional interoperability

Hi Thomas, no reference model = no computability, including queryability. To overcome that, if you use PDFs, plain text etc, you need structured meta-data. As soon as you need that (e.g. like IHE) you need a model of it. As soon as it tries to be more sophisticated, the model becomes more

Question on the role of EHR reference models for achieving functional interoperability

Dear all, I would like to ask you for your opinion on a statement in ISO/DTR 20514 (Definition, scope and context of the EHR), which says that [...] a standardised EHR reference model is required for achieving functional interoperability [...] (page 7 of ISO 20514). Functional

Question on the role of EHR reference models forachieving functional interoperability

Hi Grahame, well, not so fast. If you are exchanging pdf documents, you need some rules about how they are exchanged, and when, and then what happens as a consequence. These can be rather informal, but nevertheless, they must exist. And once they do, aren't you on the way to have an EHR