Dr. Doug Fridsma
Dr. Doug Fridsma's Latest Blog Posts
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Model-Driven Health Tools (MDHT): The Release of MDHT 1.1 and the Improvements in Health IT
In an April 2012 blog on Health IT Buzz, I highlighted the Model-Driven Health Tools (MDHT) project’s goals and development status. Since then, the MDHT project team has released MDHT Version 1.1 .
About MDHT
MDHT is an open source project run through the Standards and Interoperability Framework that aims to provide health IT standards developers and implementers a common modeling framework. It also provides the tools for the efficient and secure exchange of health information from one care provider to the next. For example, in the Transition of Care (ToC) of a patient from one care provider to the next, MDHT aims to facilitate the ease of:
- Continuity of Care documentation
- Discharge summaries
- Observations and procedures
- Overall health information exchange (HIE)
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Call for Participation in the Automate Blue Button Initiative: Enhancing Consumer Access to Health Information
We need your help! In response to feedback received during the June 4 Patient Access Summit, ONC and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will soon be launching an initiative to automate “Blue Button” by developing standards and specifications that allow patients to not only download their health information to their personal computer, but also to privately and securely automate the sending of that data from their health care providers to their personal health records, email accounts, health-related applications, or other preferred holding place. This will ensure that consumers have the most current, up-to-date information about their health at their fingertips whenever they need it.
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Model-Driven Health Tools (MDHT): Creating Interoperability Models and Infrastructure for the Health and Health IT Community
Imagine if you had a cell phone from a particular carrier that could only call other phones serviced by that carrier. A system such as that would limit the sharing of information and communication among all members in the cell phone community. The current wireless infrastructure allows cell phones to exchange data, text messages, emails, and phone calls across all networks—obviously the best way to facilitate effective communication.