In writing up the technical review of openEHR, I found it difficult summarising what it did in as few words as possible. It's very easy to start talking about archetypes and templates, but then you need to elaborate upon these. By the time you get to…
A while ago I set about learning how to spin up openEHR on cloud services. While the path to persistent data did not run smooth, it got there in the end with a successful deployment of the open source CDR, EtherCIS. With the advent of a new CDR…
Information is not knowledge. Albert EinsteinIt's easy to conflate data with information or knowledge. I frequently hear conversations with data this or information that. This page from NHS Careers describes this as apparently "clinical informatics…
As part of my work on the Welsh Information Solution for Diabetes Management (WISDM), we have the requirement to provide functions to support the curation of a problem list. This is not a definitive list of all the patient’s problems (as if one could…
The Hepatitis C Consultation Note was one of the first e-forms to be produced by NHS Wales Informatics Service. This digital form provides a means of capturing the clinical assessment from an outpatient appointment. It relies on data derived from two…
I have been doing some work with an Adverse Reactions service for some time. It’s one of those slow burn projects where decisions get made, time passes, thoughts change, and decisions get reappraised with the wisdom that inertia can sometimes bring…
As part of my work helping to build the Welsh Diabetes record, I have started modelling this with OpenEHR. We have around 3,500 data points of various shapes and sizes and some of these are found in individual assessments. At seemingly random I…
At the moment I am wearing a couple of hats and they all seem to be needed at the same time. #lotsofhats I am lucky to be involved with the organisation of Health Interoperability Symposium 2019 to be held in Cardiff, Wales. The symposium stems from…
I've been sleeping...Well that's a nice way of saying #busy but all the same it has been quiet around the Blog front for several reasons (which I will not bore you with). First things to note that there's a new blog layout. I noticed a little static…
I have the pleasure of being involved with the annual meeting for the Society for Computing and Technology in Anaesthesia. This year, the event is being held in Cardiff at the recently renovated (and mighty impressive) Exchange Hotel. My contribution…