Current National Approach to Healthcare ICT Standardization: Focus on Progress in New Zealand
ObjectivesMany countries try to efficiently deliver high quality healthcare services at lower and manageable costs where healthcare information and communication technologies (ICT) standardisation may play an important role. New Zealand provides a good model of healthcare ICT standardisation. The pu...
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| description | ObjectivesMany countries try to efficiently deliver high quality healthcare services at lower and manageable costs where healthcare information and communication technologies (ICT) standardisation may play an important role. New Zealand provides a good model of healthcare ICT standardisation. The purpose of this study was to review the current healthcare ICT standardisation and progress in New Zealand.MethodsThis study reviewed the reports regarding the healthcare ICT standardisation in New Zealand. We also investigated relevant websites related with the healthcare ICT standards, most of which were run by the government. Then, we summarised the governance structure, standardisation processes, and their output regarding the current healthcare ICT standards status of New Zealand.ResultsNew Zealand government bodies have established a set of healthcare ICT standards and clear guidelines and procedures for healthcare ICT standardisation. Government has actively participated in various enactments of healthcare ICT standards from the inception of ideas to their eventual retirement. Great achievements in eHealth have already been realized, and various standards are currently utilised at all levels of healthcare regionally and nationally. Standard clinical terminologies, such as International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) have been adopted and Health Level Seven (HL7) standards are actively used in health information exchanges.ConclusionsThe government to New Zealand has well organised ICT institutions, guidelines, and regulations, as well as various programs, such as e-Medications and integrated care services. Local district health boards directly running hospitals have effectively adopted various new ICT standards. They might already be benefiting from improved efficiency resulting from healthcare ICT standardisation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dcc7d7633e6f4ae0abd633b78462913a2022-12-22T04:16:39ZengThe Korean Society of Medical InformaticsHealthcare Informatics Research2093-36812093-369X2015-07-0121314415110.4258/hir.2015.21.3.144783Current National Approach to Healthcare ICT Standardization: Focus on Progress in New ZealandYoung-Taek Park0Koray Atalag1Research Institute for Health Insurance Review & Assessment, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Seoul, Korea.Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ObjectivesMany countries try to efficiently deliver high quality healthcare services at lower and manageable costs where healthcare information and communication technologies (ICT) standardisation may play an important role. New Zealand provides a good model of healthcare ICT standardisation. The purpose of this study was to review the current healthcare ICT standardisation and progress in New Zealand.MethodsThis study reviewed the reports regarding the healthcare ICT standardisation in New Zealand. We also investigated relevant websites related with the healthcare ICT standards, most of which were run by the government. Then, we summarised the governance structure, standardisation processes, and their output regarding the current healthcare ICT standards status of New Zealand.ResultsNew Zealand government bodies have established a set of healthcare ICT standards and clear guidelines and procedures for healthcare ICT standardisation. Government has actively participated in various enactments of healthcare ICT standards from the inception of ideas to their eventual retirement. Great achievements in eHealth have already been realized, and various standards are currently utilised at all levels of healthcare regionally and nationally. Standard clinical terminologies, such as International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) have been adopted and Health Level Seven (HL7) standards are actively used in health information exchanges.ConclusionsThe government to New Zealand has well organised ICT institutions, guidelines, and regulations, as well as various programs, such as e-Medications and integrated care services. Local district health boards directly running hospitals have effectively adopted various new ICT standards. They might already be benefiting from improved efficiency resulting from healthcare ICT standardisation.http://e-hir.org/upload/pdf/hir-21-144.pdfinformation scienceinformaticsmedical informaticshealth information exchangestandards |
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| title | Current National Approach to Healthcare ICT Standardization: Focus on Progress in New Zealand |
| title_full | Current National Approach to Healthcare ICT Standardization: Focus on Progress in New Zealand |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Current National Approach to Healthcare ICT Standardization: Focus on Progress in New Zealand |
| title_short | Current National Approach to Healthcare ICT Standardization: Focus on Progress in New Zealand |
| title_sort | current national approach to healthcare ict standardization focus on progress in new zealand |
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