Define the information exchange “trigger event”, that is, the point(s) at which information is going to be exchanged, e.g. after the doctor issues a lab order.

Please find the attached Word document containing Discussion 1
You should complete this week’s reading assignments and view the supplemental reading materials before attempting this assignment. (READINGS AND VIDEOS ATTACHED)
Discussion on Identifying Interoperability Requirements in Healthcare
For each of the scenarios in the discussion document you will:
· Define the parties involved in information exchange in your scenario. Remember that parties are not people but applications
· Show the scope: Intra-hospital, inter-hospital, regional
· Clearly describe at least 3 goals for building interoperability among the parties in the scenario, e.g. avoid duplicated data entry
· Define the information exchange “trigger event”, that is, the point(s) at which information is going to be exchanged, e.g. after the doctor issues a lab order
· Show the contents of each information exchange, e.g. patient demographic data, lab order, lab result data, etc
Assumptions:
· Systems do not share platform or database engines. The only available connection between systems is a reliable communication line in case of remote communication and a local IP network otherwise
· There are no funding, timing, or tooling restrictions. And systems are always in functioning mode (no downtime)
TEXTBOOKS USED
· Textbook: Principles of Health Interoperability SNOMED CT, HL7 and FHIR, third (3rd) edition
(2016), by Tim Benson and Grahame Grieve, ISBN 978-3-319-30368-0 CHAPTERS 1, 2, 4, 6
· Textbook: Healthcare Code Sets, Clinical Terminologies, and Classification Systems, fourth (4th)
edition, by Kathy Giannangelo, ISBN-13 : 978-1584266730 Textbook chapters 14, 15, 16
While reading this article please pay attention to the challenges discussed, the traditional approaches, and now the more advanced approaches to addressing integration and interoperability such as cloud-based: An automated real-time integration and interoperability framework for bioinformatics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4603302/

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