National Health Information Model version 2

Full publication (1.4M PDF)

• Preliminary material (123K PDF)
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Executive summary

1. The concept of a national health information model (61K PDF)
   • Introduction
   • The objectives of NHIM Version 1
   • The concept behind NHIM Version 1
     • Underlying information structures
     • An enterprise information model
     • Why an 'information' model?
     • Entity-relationship modelling
   • An evaluation of Version 1
     • The outcomes
2. The development of Version 2 (82K PDF)
   • Introduction
     • Supporting material
     • Status of this publication of Version 2
     • Changes from Version 1
     • Use of established techniques and methods
     • Issues with the entity-relationship approach
     • Current and emerging modelling and data definition techniques and formats
   • Use of information modelling in the Australian health and welfare sectors
     • NHIM and NCSIM
     • Experience in the development and use of other models
   • Decisions on relationships at a national level
     • Describing relationships
     • Revised aims for the project
3. Evaluation of NHIM Version 2 (1.0M PDF)
   • Introduction
   • Use as a national framework
     • The NHIM and the National Health Data Dictionary
     • The NHIM and the Knowledgebase
     • Potential for broader use as a framework
   • Technical features of the NHIM
     • Appropriateness of entities
     • Appropriateness of relationships
     • Definitional integrity of NHIM entities
   • International information modelling initiatives
     • Canadian Roadmap Initiative
     • ISO developments
     • US NCVHS
   • Aims for Version 3
   • Potential roles for the NHIM
     • Health Online and HealthConnect
     • National Electronic Health Records Task Force
     • Framework for performance and other indicators
     • Good Electronic Health Record
     • HL7 Reference Information Model
     • State health data models
     • Other jurisdictional data models
     • Summary
   • Promoting the role of the NHIM
     • Future management of the NHIM
   • Summary
   • Copyright and disclaimer
4. Version 2 explained (98K PDF)
   • Presentation conventions for Version 2
     • Entities
     • Entity supertypes and subtypes
     • Attributes
     • Dotted boxes - further work required
   • An overview of Version 2 of the NHIM
     • The macro-architecture
     • The NHIM in action
   • Summary
5. Bibliography (33K PDF)
6. Appendix 1: NHIM entity definitions (178K PDF)
   • The NHIM diagram
     • Entity definitions, usage and rules
     • The use of DATE and TIME in the NHIM
   • Entities, definitions and business rules