title: Interoperability.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * the roles that ontology and process play in interoperability * the processes that can be employed to realise interoperability and their supporting technologies * interoperability solutions employed in the health informatics sector within the conceptual model presented in the chapter * directions for future research in the area of interoperability for health informatics.
authors.affiliation: Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia. d.jarvis@cqu.edu.au
authors.forename: Dennis H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jarvis
authors.forename: Jacqueline H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration