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Healthcare information system approaches based on middleware concepts
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|December 8, 1996
Summary
Healthcare systems need integrated information systems using middleware concepts for efficient shared care. This paper explores Health Level Seven (HL7), Distributed Health Environment (DHE), and Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) approaches.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Distributed Systems
- Information Systems
Background:
- Healthcare systems face challenges in efficiency and quality.
- Implementing a "Shared Care" paradigm requires integrating new and legacy applications.
- Information systems are crucial for distributed co-operating systems in healthcare.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe middleware concepts for healthcare information systems.
- To document the relevance of specific middleware approaches in the healthcare domain.
- To provide a foundation for evaluating middleware approaches and their security.
Main Methods:
- Description of middleware concepts.
- Focus on Health Level Seven (HL7), Distributed Health Environment (DHE), and Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
- Documentation of relevance to the healthcare domain.
Main Results:
- Middleware concepts can fulfill requirements for integrated healthcare information systems.
- HL7, DHE, and CORBA are presented as relevant middleware approaches.
- The paper serves as an introduction to further evaluation and security analysis.
Conclusions:
- Middleware-based information systems are essential for implementing shared care in healthcare.
- Integration of applications via middleware is key to improving healthcare system efficiency and quality.
- Further research should focus on the evaluation and security of these middleware approaches.