Object Management Group Healthcare Domain Task Force

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Object Management Group Healthcare Domain Task
Force

• The SDO formerly known as CORBAmed
• Mary Kratz, Former Chair OMG HDTF
• Internet2 Health Sciences Program Manager
• Mkratz_at_internet2.edu
• for
• David Harrington, Chair OMG HDTF
• Chief Technology Officer for MedicAlert
• Harrington_David_at_medicalert.org
• 30 September 2001

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Overview

• Let me tell you a story
• What can we learn from history?
• Whats in a service?
• Boundary objects
• Technology a product of social choice
• No politics, no religion, no morals

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The Story Begins
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He has a rare, near fatal, condition. If he
could talk, he could tell you about it.
Fortunately, Dr. Jones figured it all out just
before he left on his missionary trip to
Africa. Its all in his records at Sacred
Heart Hospital!
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Welcome to the Health Information Management
System at Sacred Heart Hospital! Heart is our
Middle Name? What is your user name?
What is your authorization code?

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Access Denied! You are not an authorized
user. If you believe you should have access
to these records, contact our security office
between 9 AM and 5 PM Monday through Friday.
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Understand that unless your patient has
completed a release of information form which
lists you specifically, your request for
access will be reviewed by our security
authorization committee. These reviews
normally take 3-5 working days.
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If you do not have privileges at this
facility, you will need to hand deliver your
original medical diploma and your original
license in this state. Credential review,
including verification of your credentials in
every state where you have ever practiced,
takes approximately 30 days.
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We are quite sure you understand our concern
for our patients privacy. Have a nice day!
Goodbye! Connection closed
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Its too bad we cant use Dr. Jones work up. I
guess well have to start over. We should be
able to start treating him in 2-3 days. Here is
a list of tests we need to do today.
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Oh, by the way, based on the evaluation of his
credit and insurance status, he should be able to
pay for this hospitalization. His Platinum
Master Card showed a 20,000 limit within 2
minutes of his arrival at the ER.
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What can we learn from history?
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Personal Memoirs
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Viewpoint Specifications
Enterprise
- business context - business processes
- information - changes to information -
constraints
Information
- object configuration - interactions between
objects at interfaces
Computational
- use of ORB - use of CORBA services
Hardware and software
Engineering Technology
An RM-ODP Tutorial Bryan Wood (Open-IT,
UK) Bryan.Wood_at_Open-IT.co.uk
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Whats in a service
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Cartoon Wars
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More Cartoon Wars
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Boundary objects

• Mutually exclusive
• Comprehensive
• but, the real world is messier than this

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The BIG Picture
  http//www.nas.nasa.gov/Pubs/NASnews/97/09/ipg_f
ig1.html
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Technology a product of social choice

• Shared meanings
• Shared processes
• Enhance communications
• Build the community of healthcare

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No Politics, No religion, No morals-D.J. Foskett
(British Librarian)

• Proscriptive formulas
• Empty platitudes
• Accountability provides frame of reference
• Institutions that employ us
• Citizens of the society we live in
• Our own values sense of morality
• To users (present and future)
• To the medical profession

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Technology a product of social choice

• The interplay among information technology,
  communications and social systems is critical for
  analyzing and changing the world we live in.

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More Information

• On the Web
• www.omg.org
• www.omg.org/health
• Email
• Mary Kratz (Mkratz_at_internet2.edu)
• Info_at_omg.org