The first step is here to identify the most common
requirements, regardless of any particular disease, nor medical
specialties,nor cultural environment.
In
function of the current health issues, activities are initiated and
need to be managed. Activities may be intended for diagnostic as
well
therapeutic purposes.
Standardization of interfaces to diverses types of
knowledge.
A few more classes will probably be
necessary:
This
overview of modules
is just a short introduction to an integrated way of thinking and more
classes will probably be necessary as concept of common interest.
...
( B ) Additional Requirements
Introduction:
The patient may need to go to several
care environments.
The
following sub Cardiologychapters look at specific implementations of
the concept
of collaborative work in healthcare.
Most aspects
of the generic modules from the common trunk
defined in chapter ( A ) can be reused, but additional aspects may be
necessary in function of the following situations.
Generic principles are similar, but many
rules and exception depending of the country. Item of services
may
be well or not included in "all-in" packages of covered services.
The approaches should be based on a generic tarification engine steered
by tables containing the local prices and exeptions rules.
Arbitrary local choices must always remain
possible, in case
for any reason, the "common proposals" do not fit in a local
situation.
However this software is then developed on own resources.
For continuity reasons many existing local
developements need to be maintained, but on long term the goal is to
achieve convergences
whenever possible.
The freedom for innovation is important:
Freedom for independent experimental work,
not having to wait
for formal approval by anyone else. However partners should
always remain informed of new initiatives.
In general this is expected to focus on
only a few
specialized components at a time, in the scope of a modular
architecture.
As far as the first steps appear to be of
general
interest, the community should integrate the new modules and
contribute to further developments.