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eHealth
Matthew Chetty
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eHealth Defined
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“Historically, health information systems in South Africa have been characterised by fragmentation and lack of coordination,
prevalence of manual systems and lack of automation, and where automation existed, there was a lack of interoperability between
different systems.”
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi,Minister of Health, eHealth Strategy South Africa, 2012-2016
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Health Normative Standards Framework
(HNSF)
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Health System Requirements• NIDS• NHI• Burden of disease scenarios• Continuity of care
Normative Standards Framework for eHealth in
South Africa (HNSF)
Global eHealth base standards eHealth standards
stacks • Health Level 7
(HL7) V3• ISO 13606• Integrating the
Health Enterprise (IHE)
Proposed stack - IHE
Health Functions• Identification, authentication and
authorisation• Search or retrieve patient record• Lookup or update patient record• Admission, discharge and transfer• Scheduling• Generate metrics• …
Selection CriteriaScalability, Implementability, testable, cost, maturity, extendibility, flexibility
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eHealth Standards – Basis for Interoperability
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Primary Healthcare Patient Information
Systems Assessment
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PHC-PIS Overall Scoring
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Health Patient Registration System
(HPRS)
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HPRS
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HPRS
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Thank you