title: HL7 CDA in the national ePrescription efforts of Finland & Greece: a comparison.
abstract: This paper presents an overview and comparison of national efforts on ePrescribing in Finland and Greece focusing on aspects of interoperability and standards. Building on experience of HL7 affiliates in Finland and Greece, the role of HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) in assuring interoperability within the national and cross-border framework for ePrescription is addressed underlining current use of standards and interoperability challenges for large scale adoption.
authors.affiliation: FORTH-Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chronaki
authors.forename: Vesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pakarinen
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jalonen
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Porrasmaa
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berler
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tarhonen
mesh_terms: D055695:Electronic Prescribing; D005387:Finland; D006115:Greece; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D018511:Systems Integration