Title: Physician intervention via knowledge management: using HL7 messaging to increase breast-screening uptake

Authors: V. Baskaran, R.K. Bali, H. Arochena, R.N.G. Naguib, M. Wheaton, M. Wallis, T. Benson, N. Wickramasinghe

Addresses: Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies Applied Research Group (BIOCORE), Coventry University, Priory street, CV1 5FB, Coventry, UK. ' Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies Applied Research Group (BIOCORE), Coventry University, Priory street, CV1 5FB, Coventry, UK. ' Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies Applied Research Group (BIOCORE), Coventry University, Priory street, CV1 5FB, Coventry, UK. ' Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies Applied Research Group (BIOCORE), Coventry University, Priory street, CV1 5FB, Coventry, UK. ' Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry Breast Screening Service, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, University Hospital, Ground Floor West Wing, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK, CV2 2DX. ' Cambridge Breast Unit, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Box 97, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CB2 2QQ, UK. ' Abies Limited, UCL Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME) 14 Pinewood Crescent, Hermitage, Thatcham, Berkshire RG18 9WL, UK. ' RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract: Healthcare strategists have realised the relevance and importance of Knowledge Management (KM) for clinical and healthcare environments. There has been a huge thrust in Information Technology (IT) driven KM projects in healthcare. Projects related to Electronic Patient Record (EPR) have been the focus of many of the healthcare projects being carried out around the world. The synergy between overlapping technologies and the need for semantic interoperability of disparate systems have revolutionised how knowledge, information and data is being exchanged across the healthcare realm. This project addresses the issues of KM by leveraging the available IT tools and technologies within approved and dedicated standards (for example, HL7) to increase breast-screening attendance in a regional setting in the UK.

Keywords: HL7 messaging; knowledge management; EDI; electronic patient records; healthcare delivery; clinical outcomes; breast screening uptake; semantic interoperability; breast cancer; breast screening attendance; UK; United Kingdom; information technology; electronic healthcare; e-healthcare; healthcare technology; physician intervention.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2010.034944

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2010 Vol.4 No.3, pp.276 - 296

Published online: 31 Aug 2010 *

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