title: Model-centric approaches for the development of health information systems.
abstract: Modeling is used increasingly in healthcare to increase shared knowledge, to improve the processes, and to document the requirements of the solutions related to health information systems (HIS). There are numerous modeling approaches which aim to support these aims, but a careful assessment of their strengths, weaknesses and deficiencies is needed. In this paper, we compare three model-centric approaches in the context of HIS development: the Model-Driven Architecture, Business Process Modeling with BPMN and BPEL and the HL7 Development Framework. The comparison reveals that all these approaches are viable candidates for the development of HIS. However, they have distinct strengths and abstraction levels, they require local and project-specific adaptation and offer varying levels of automation. In addition, illustration of the solutions to the end users must be improved.
authors.affiliation: HIS R&D Unit, IT Services Centre, University of Kuopio, Finland. mika.tuomainen@uku.fi
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tuomainen
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mykkänen
authors.forename: Heli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luostarinen
authors.forename: Assi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pöyhölä
authors.forename: Esa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paakkanen
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration