Why Standards Are Not Enough to Guarantee End-to-End Interoperability

Lewis, Grace A.; Morris, Edwin J.; Simanta, Soumya; Wrage, Lutz

doi:10.1109/iccbss.2008.25

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“…As an example, unknown differences in workflows for duplicated services can create inconsistencies [6]. Processes then have to include compensational tasks that need to be performed as a result of the exceptions that occur.…”

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Organizational Interoperability Supported through Goal Alignment with BMM and Service Collaboration with SoaML

Han

Moller

Berre

2009

2009 International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications China

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Organizational Interoperability Supported through Goal Alignment with BMM and Service Collaboration with SoaML

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Berre

2009

2009 International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications China

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“…21 Hanseth and Lyytinen [82] adopt a theory of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS), which have similarities with evolutionary theories in biology, in order to better understand the evolution and design of information infrastructures. Eriksson and Goldkuhl [91] identify the following pre-conditions for developing an einfrastructure in the public sector: legal, economical, organizational, and e-infrastructure precondition (technical, informational, and contractual).…”

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“…The implementation of standardized vocabularies or ontologies often needs tailoring because of the specific use of terms in a subfield or even due to local usage. [19][20][21] [22][23][24] In order to understand a term it is necessary to understand its use, and therefore it is important to also focus on the workflows and the interacting organizational agents.Thus, there are limits to the application of standards and formal methods in solving the problems of interoperability. The experience of achieving interoperability is that there is not one single solution to the challenges.…”

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“…The experience of achieving interoperability is that there is not one single solution to the challenges. [21,25] Additional complexity comes with the interaction between organizations using information systems.1 See for example a study [14] in US on the use of standard vocabularies in electronic laboratory reports in two states. This study showed that very few of the reports were using the mature and internationally recognized standard vocabularies LOINC and SNOMED CT.…”

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Interoperability : - capability to interoperate in a shared work practice using information infrastructures

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InteroperabilityCapability to interoperate in a shared work practice using information infrastructures -studies in ePrescribing Columbo AbstractThe ability to interoperate between systems, people, and organizations is considered an important issue within eHealth in order to deliver patient centered care. The achieving and improving of interoperability is a complex undertaking involving the evolution of an information infrastructure, sharing of knowledge and resources, governance of the interoperation between organizations, people and work practices, and handling of economic and legal matters. However, there is a weak scientific basis for interoperability, and proposed initiatives to improve interoperability largely lacks empirical evidence of their utility.This thesis contributes with practical knowledge on improving interoperability, based on active participation in and empirical studies of improving interoperability in ePrescribing. A case study is presented that describes and analyzes the evolution of ePrescribing in Sweden since the early pioneering years in 1980s, its growth and consolidation before the reregulation of the pharmacy market in 2009. The case study shows the importance of cooperation between the stakeholders for the growth and consolidation of ePrescribing, and identifies important events in the evolution of an advanced information infrastructure. To better understand the complexity of ePrescribing work practice, a practical theory on ePrescribing was developed. A unique field experimental study measuring improvement of interoperability in ePrescribing, before and after a major intervention to improve the quality of ePrescriptions between 2004 and 2009 is presented. The findings from the field experimental study showed that collective efforts to clarify and align the shared ePrescribing work practice and the ePrescription message contributed to substantially improve interoperability in ePrescribing.Based on the findings and knowledge gathered in the situational inquiry into the evolution of ePrescribing in Sweden, the improvement of interoperability, and the application of theories about information systems actability, communication and organizational theories, a practical theory on interoperation and interoperability aiming both towards the practice and research community is presented. Interoperability is seen as the exercised capability of organizations through their agents to interoperate in a shared work practice in an effective, efficient, and satisfactory manner based on a common ground in a mediated, prescriptive, and nonpersonal communicative setting using an information infrastructure for mediating interoperation. The plausibility that the theory of interoperation and interoperability grounded in ePrescribing is generalizable to eHealth is analyzed. ForewordInformation Systems Development (ISD) is a research discipline within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Linköping University (LiU), Linköping Sweden. ISD is a discipline studying human work with developing and changing different...

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A Framework for Cloud Interoperability Based on Compliance and Conformance

Delgado

2014

Computer Communications and Networks

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Why Standards Are Not Enough to Guarantee End-to-End Interoperability

Cited by 69 publications

References 6 publications

Organizational Interoperability Supported through Goal Alignment with BMM and Service Collaboration with SoaML

Organizational Interoperability Supported through Goal Alignment with BMM and Service Collaboration with SoaML

Interoperability : - capability to interoperate in a shared work practice using information infrastructures

A Framework for Cloud Interoperability Based on Compliance and Conformance

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