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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: i-node who wrote (18335)7/13/2010 12:32:28 AM
From: dybdahl  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
"...more than 10 different IT systems that they need to log into..."

"I agree about this being a problem, and this problem is everywhere. But that is what HL7 is about, and ultimately, is a standards-based approach to solving the problem."

I wouldn't put my money on that. Health Care is much bigger than USA, and HL7 is very USA-centric. Many of the HL7 substandards don't make sense elsewhere, and are simply not compatible to existing IT systems, and the health care IT solutions are becoming global. There are still many very large U.S. health care IT companies, that don't generate much turnover outside USA. There are also many international players, that have not entered the U.S. market. It's just like inches and miles, there are 6 billion people outside USA who doesn't do U.S. standards, and it's still funny to see Americans use them.

Several European countries are running into serious problems these days because ICD-10 starts to look old and worn-out, and inadequate to solve modern health care IT problems. ICD-10 is simply not detailed or precise enough to plan a large health care system well. Many American hospitals still use ICD-9! Maybe that's why the international HQ (IHTSDO) for SNOMED-CT was placed in Copenhagen, about 50 meters from my office.
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