Mediconsult Ltd
Benefits of the project
Mediconsult’s own experiences of the project How software companies can utilize the results What is there for the health care organisations Possible obstacles that might delay practical
applications
Mediconsult Ltd
Year of foundation 1975 18 years of experience in health care
information processing and consulting Offices in Helsinki and Kuopio Customers: hospitals, health centres, private
clinics, occupational health units, rehabilitation centres
Main product: Mediatri
Schedules RadiologyDomestic nursing and home services
Doctors’ appointments
Physiotherapy Ward
Child welfare clinic and school health care
Social work and rehabilitation
Occupational health
Maternity clinic and family planning
Psychologist Dental treatment
Laboratory Logopedist Invoices and ledger
Mediconsult and PlugIT
Mediconsult joined PlugIT in spring 2002 At first there seemed to be big expectations Later the project focused on a few concrete
problems Interfaces aroused our interest Participated actively in interface definition work
Context Manager
Implementation based on standard version 2 Only a little influence on client program code Clients are easy to implement Possible to extend usage to custom subjects
and items
Users, patients and codes
Interfaces: IdentifyProfile, ProfileAccess, Codeservice, Codeset, Code
Most applications have their own registers Information is needed throughout the
application Possibly difficult to alter existing program code Interfaces are recommended in new programs
Authentication and authorization
Interfaces: AuthenticateUser, AuthorizationAccess
Authentication is usually made only once Authorization is checked all the time and
everywhere AuthorizationAccess-interface may require
large code modifications in existing applications
Benefits
Increase of knowledge Cost savings Programs are easier to use simultaneously Time savings Duplicate registers can be avoided Centralized rights management
In the future
Implementations will reveal the problems in interface definitions
Standardization work must continue HL7 Common Services SIG SerAPI-project
Thank you !