Introduction
Information systems have been used in
Finland in health care for a long time and the level
of expertise is high. However, until today Finnish
healthcare industry's software exports have been
minor. Export HIS project studies the feasibility of
exporting existing Healthcare Information Systems
know-how and software products. Since Technology Park
Teknia and the City of Kuopio have good relations to
Shanghai in healthcare technology, Shanghai was
chosen as the first target in this
study.
The
objective of the project is to provide a description
of the Chinese health care delivery system as well as
to analyze the current health care information
systems needs in China. A specific area to be looked
at is laboratory information systems and the project
collaborates closely with the Laboratory
Modernization project of Teknia. A market research of
the Healthcare IT market in Shanghai area will be
carried out. Challenges encountered in the process of
localisation of health care software into Chinese
language will also be studied. A next phase for the
project will be planned according to experiences of
this first phase.
The project
is part of the TekesFinnWell
technology program and it is funded by the European
Regional Development Fund.
Events
A seminar presenting
Finnish Healthcare knowledge and IT systems was held
in Shanghai on April 5th and in Guangzhou in a
slightly shortened format on April 7th 2005. See Seminar Material.
Mikko Korpela made a
presentation in International Hospital Information
Technology Forum and Chinese Hospital Information
Network Conference CHINC2005 in Beijing on July 3rd.
See the paper Software
architectures for digital healthcare: Experiences and
views (doc) and presentation
slides (pdf).
Jiechen Jiang made a
presentation on What Export HIS
found out about Shanghai and China in the Seminar
on Wellness IT Research and Development,
16 November 2005, Kuopio. This is a preliminary
public summary of the results of the Export HIS
project.
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