ARGOS Policy Brief on Semantic Interoperability
Kalra Dipak, Mark A. Musen, Smith Barry, Werner M Ceusters, De Moor Georges · Studies in health technology and informatics · 2011
Semantic interoperability is one of the priority themes of the ARGOS Trans-Atlantic Observatory. This topic represents a globally recognised challenge that must be addressed if electronic health records are to be shared among heterogeneous systems, and the information in them exploited to the maximum benefit of patients, professionals, health services, research, and industry. Progress in this multi-faceted challenge has been piecemeal, and valuable lessons have been learned, and approaches discovered, in Europe and in the US that can be shared and combined.