Health care process and workflow in continuity of care

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009:150:977-81.

Abstract

Basically, the workshop aims to raise and collect input to Part 2 ("Health care process and workflow"), currently under development, of the European standard EN 13940 "Health informatics - System of concepts to support continuity of care", the general objective of which is to enable communication at the semantic level between information systems in health care in the perspective of continuity of care. Its scope encompasses identifying the various processes and process objects involved, taking into consideration resource management aspects, responsibilities of health care providers, and means for patients' participation. While the process description and concept system model is meant as a tool for the development of information systems, it may also be used for enterprise analysis and form the basis for organizational decisions and more widely organizational developments that are not inherently tied to the use of ICT.

MeSH terms

  • Continuity of Patient Care / organization & administration*
  • Continuity of Patient Care / standards
  • Education
  • Europe
  • Medical Informatics
  • Semantics