The document discusses the need for healthcare information technology standards. It argues that standards are necessary for electronic health records and other IT systems to effectively exchange information. It outlines some existing standards like SNOMED and HL7, and proposes a potential standardized framework using structured data objects and containers like the Health Event Summary to enable medical data sharing and interoperability.

1. Michael Mair Timaru Eye Clinic New Zealand Sydney 24-25 April Health Information Technology Standards

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16. Healthcare 2010 Matrix Accountability for Payment (single Vs multiple purchasers) Structured Data Standards Development Sydney 24-25 April

17. All stakeholders would benefit from Structured Data standards Under both ‘centralized’ and ‘user pays’ models, Healthcare provision gets more rational with Structured Data Standards Sydney 24-25 April

26. Growth of SNOMED (from www.SNOMED.org) Sydney 24-25 April

34. The standard in a nut-shell (or basket….) Share ‘SOAPS’ with ‘ SOAPS’ (but there can be multiimedia objects in the baskets as well..) Sydney 24-25 April

44. Sydney 24-25 April 2002 Timaru Eye Clinic, New Zealand. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !