The electronic health record (also known as electronic medical record or EMR) can not be effectively implemented by applying old-school data integration approaches. This recently published white paper outlines an alternative approach to implementing a nation-wide, easily accessible electronic health record solution based on the “publish – discover” paradigm successfully used on the global scale to manage immense volumes of non-integrated information available through the Internet. The concept is called EHR 2.0 (alternatively EMR 2.0). It helps to answer the following important questions:

• How can we reduce significantly the complexity and cost of medical data integration?
• How can we provide an easily accessible and updatable EHR master copy while minimizing limitations imposed on health care service providers regarding patient information management systems they use and the way they store patient data?
• How can we reduce health care service providers’ transition costs?

The successful implementation of a nation-wide electronic health record system requires an innovative solution. EHR 2.0 concept provides a new approach to this important problem.

White paper link: EHR 2.0 (EMR 2.0) – new Electronic Health Record concept