Achieving semantic interoperability of EHR is an underlying theme of the Indian EHR standards. In this edition of our series of Indian Electronic Health Records standards, we will analyze this aspect in more detail. In particular, this post looks at the role of curated, open & shared clinical information models. Read more…
Dofody, a major provider of telemedicine solutions will be integrating the Terminology service APIs from EHR.Network in the upcoming upgrade to their platform. Final touches to the updated platform is progressing fast and will be released over the next few days. Dofody stands for “Doctors for everybody” and works with Read more…
We are exited to be part of the Healthathon 2020. Our 6 member team has been selected to be part of this 4 week hackathon aimed spreading awareness about the PHR system. The recently announced National Digital Health Mission(NDHM) is aiming to create a federated PHR for all Indian citizens. Read more…
Security & privacy of personal data and the discussions about it in relation of EHR data has been holding centre stage recently. This is all the more relevant in light of the many high profile data theft and misuse of personal data involving prominent technology companies. With technology taking centre Read more…
Indian government has created the Indian EHR standards with the aim of realizing the aims outlined in the National Health Policy 2017. This policy, published by the Ministry of health and family welfare, outlines the goals of the Indian Government with respect to healthcare in India. The policy lays stress Read more…
By passing the National Mental Healthcare Act 2017, the Indian parliament has put in place the much needed reform in mental health care diagnosis and treatment. It covers all aspects of mental healthcare and is aimed at better health care deliverance and treatment of individuals with mental illness. The bill Read more…
We have updated our SNOMED CT service with additional data sets and improved performance. This service, released a couple of weeks before, has had it’s first update in line with our commitment to always deliver the latest to the application developers. The service now includes the latest SNOMED CT International Read more…
SNOMED CT is one of the cornerstones of EHR standards. It contributes greatly to making the EHR data semantically interoperable and computable. However understanding and integrating into EHR applications has never been trivial, especially for small & medium application developers. We are going to change this landscape for good with Read more…
Electronic Health Record or EHR, given it’s large and ever growing scope, has been defined in so many different ways. One of the simplest of them comes from HealthIT.gov An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make Read more…
SNOMED CT is the acronym for Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms. It is a collection of more than 350,000 terms and phrases (referred to us concepts in SNOMED) that are popularly used in clinical practice across the world. These can be used to unambiguously record clinical concepts so Read more…