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ISO TR 14639-2 1st Edition, October 1, 2014 Health informatics - Capacity-based eHealth architecture roadmap - Part 2: Architectural components and maturity model
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Description / Abstract:
This part of ISO/TR 14639 provides a guide to best practice
business requirements and principles for countries and their
subordinate health authorities planning and implementing the use of
information and communications technology (ICT) to support the
delivery and development of healthcare. A business reference
architecture is described in terms of components and capabilities
that health authorities may use as a framework for building their
own eHealth architectures and also for measuring the maturity of
their health systems' use of ICT to support the delivery and
development of healthcare.
It is worth noting that while this part of ISO/TR 14639 was
developed with a particular view to support low- and middle-income
countries, it can also be a useful guide for any country. Even if
maturity is high in some aspects, highly developed countries may
still need advice on architectural components for some aspects of a
total eHealth system.
The development of eHealth architectures based on the guidelines
set out in this part of ISO/TR 14639 will facilitate and optimize
investments in Health Information Systems to achieve the following
goals:
a) information being used cost-effectively for improvement of
health services;
b) health information being harmonized, consistent, accessible,
and able to be used effectively;
c) patients, health professionals, and policy-makers having the
right data available to make decisions about health services,
treatment, and delivery of care;
d) appropriate information being available to support
evidence-based practice and health services planning, health
services quality, and safety and to improve public health;
e) improving accessibility to healthcare services;
f) supporting harmonization of Health Information Systems and
health information standards. It is envisaged that this part of
ISO/TR 14639 will be a valuable source of information for
g) personnel responsible for health services policy, planning,
and provision,
h) those developing health information resources and eHealth
policy at national and subordinate levels in a country,
i) non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others seeking to
support or implement systems for information gathering, statistics,
and care delivery in developing and emerging economies,
j) developers and implementers of Health Information Systems and
services,
k) academic and research institutions and students in health
informatics, and
l) other stakeholders in the health sector.
This part of ISO/TR 14639 also proposes a maturity model and
methodology that organizations may consider in developing and
evolving their eHealth capacities in specified areas of operational
capability from low to medium to high levels. The proposed business
reference architecture identifies components and capabilities
needed to support various health service activities along with the
governance, infostructure, and ICT infrastructure that is necessary
for the effective and efficient use of information in the delivery
and development of health services.