Standardization of Clinical Documents Through HL7 - FHIR for Colombia
Authors/Creators
- 1. Chief Executive Officer, Lv Consultores, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2. Executive Director, Lumon, Bogotá, Colombia
- 3. Software Architect, Lumon, Bogotá, Colombia
- 4. Technical Advisor, Lv Consultores, Tuluá, Colombia
- 5. Academic Advisor, Uniminuto, Bogotá, Colombia
- 6. Technical Advisor, Innova Ip, Bogotá, Colombia
- 7. Teaching researcher, ECCI University, Bogotá, Colombia
Description
The importance of health sector in Colombia is notorously growing. In this article one of the major issues
concerning the field is addressed, the interoperability of heath history. Due to the stablishment of
standards , Colombia must begin a process to accomplish such an important necesity to offer an efficient
and high quality health service. In this context, the standar FHIR is an example of successfull
implementation of electronic health history in public sector. It's tought to be gradually implemented first in
the beneficiary institution Rubén Cruz Vélez Hospital and further in ther health institutions in the country.