health informatics standards - preface- eye opener - the usability of these standards

HCI 111

By Dr. Khaled Ouanes Ph.D.E-mail: k.ouanes@seu.edu.sa

Twitter: @khaled_ouanes

Health Informatics Standards

Preface- Eye OpenerThe usability of these standards

Imagine what life would be like if…

SIM cards were different from 1 supplier to another

Credit cards were different sizes? Light bulbs didn't fit into lamps? Railway lines were different widths? Electric plugs were randomly different?

RIGHT?

Yet, in Healthcare…

Records had different structures & semantics?

Clinical systems were functionally incompatible?

Different interchange capabilities existed?

Systems were designed without appropriate patient safety standards?

ACTUALLYSIM cards Are the sameCredit cards Are the same Light bulbs fit into lampsRailway lines Have the same width (Worldwide)

Electric plugs Are the same ( 3 or 4 sorts max + adapters)

WHY?

You tell me!

STANDARDS

A standard is any norm, convention or requirement.

It is a set of rules and definitions that specify how to carry out a process or produce a product.

STANDARDS

A standard provides a conventional way to solve a given problem. Other people

should be able to use this way without having to start from

scratch.

STANDARDS

Standards, then, permit two or more disassociated people to

work in some cooperative way, on a same project, draft,

solution…

But… STANDARDS ARENot, and can never be THE Solution…Not a cheap, quick-fix…

1st Electronic Health Record Architecture,

circa 1990 1995 ENV 12265 2000 EN 13606; parts 1-4 2011 ISO/EN 13606 ; parts 1-5 2012 planned systematic review and 1st revision of

current standard

But… STANDARDS ARE

"In all affairs it's a healthy thing to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."  – Bertrand Russell

HCI 111

By Dr. Khaled Ouanes Ph.D.E-mail: k.ouanes@seu.edu.sa

Twitter: @khaled_ouanes