Component 9; Unit 8: Enterprise Architecture Models
Description:
This unit addresses different enterprise architecture models that provide an infrastructure for healthcare networks.
Objectives:
- Explain regional healthcare networks – policy and implementation strategies
- Explain the concept of a Nationwide Healthcare Information network
- Explain the significance of Service Oriented Architecture in networking and health information exchange networks
- Explain the value of an Enterprise Architecture in networking and health information exchange networks
- Describe key elements of various service oriented architecture platforms and infrastructure options
Component 9; Unit 8; Lecture 8 comp9_unit8_lecture_slides
Regional and national health care networks, SOA, and EA
Suggested Readings
OMG Healthcare Domain Task Force. This site contains information about the Healthcare Service Specification Project. http://healthcare.omg.org
Health Information Sharing Environment. Information about creating a framework for sharing personal medical information. http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/pov/Health_Information_Sharing_Environment_0526FINAL.pdf
NIHN Enterprise Architecture Overview. This document from ONC provides an overview of EA. http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_11673_910398_0_0_18/NHINEnterpriseArchitectureOverview.doc
SOA Solutions. This article from IBM describes how to develop SOA solutions for health care organizations using business-driven development. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-soa-bddhealth/
Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement. This site is home to The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI), a National coalition of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives. http://www.nrhi.org/
Nationwide Health Information Network. This site developed by ONC covers information about NwHIN. http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1142&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=4&mode=2
A Service Oriented Architecture based Medical Grid Application. This article presents a case of using SOA for different medical entities to share mammogram images. http://arxiv4.library.cornell.edu/ftp/cs/papers/0405/0405074.pdf