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Interoperability and the NHS
We Should Talk
Martin Whittaker, Touchstone Consultancy Ltd
• IT, Telecoms, Electronics industries in UK
• Healthcare Group
• 260 suppliers to health and social care sector
• Works closely with Department of Health (DH)
Interoperability is Hard
Interoperability is Good
Healthcare Interoperability is
Really Hard
Healthcare Interoperability is
Really Good
The story so far…• Interoperability is not new
• National Programme failed to deliver the Care Record Service
• “Connect All” rather than “Replace All”
• Back to basics:
• Use interoperability that works
• Use proven standards rather than clever ones
• …hence the CFH Interoperability Toolkit (ITK)
ITK Principles
• Start with simple, proven interoperability
• Biggest gains are with local data
• (almost) Any interoperability is better than none
ITK Levels
• Level 1 – Plumbing
• Level 2 – Send what ya got: Word, pdf…
• Level 3 – Structure the envelope –HL7/IHE “Green CDA”
• Level 4 – Structure everything
The Verdict
Intellect welcomes ITK, but…
Areas for Improvement
• Strategy
• Engagement
• Education
• Openness
• Compliance
The CFH ITK Accreditation
Catalogue
(yes, all of it)
ITK and Suppliers
Seen it all b
efore It will be too expensive...
Our customer is the Trust not CFH Unpro
ven
We make money from bespoke
interfaces
We’ve got a
better o
neLack of ownership
Strategy
• How safe a bet is ITK?
• Is ITK part of the NHS Information and Technology Strategies?
• Timescales
Education• The Trust is the customer
• It’s not just an IT project
• What are the business needs?
• Medical Director: improved patient care/safety?
• Finance Director: financial savings?
• Etc
• Who can educate?
Openness
• Everything must be public
• ITK User Forum
• Forget licence fees!
• Shared ownership fosters quick uptake
• Suppliers will reciprocate
Compliance• Can be:
• Hard
• Difficult to pin down
• Expensive
• Negative
• Barrier to implementation
Compliance• Should add value
• eg IHE Connectathon
• Suppliers in same room
• Proving interoperability
• Certificate states what works
Investment• Sort out:
• Strategy
• Engagement
• Education
• Openness
• Compliance
• …and suppliers will invest
Interoperability and the NHSAvailable from
www.intellectuk.org/healthcare
We Should Talk
Martin Whittaker, Touchstone Consultancy Ltd
[email protected] 765902