Interoperability and Enterprise Architecture II – Advanced

Course Overview

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Co/Prerequisite

• Introduction to Interoperability and Enterprise Architecture I or related courses

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Apply enterprise architecture principles 
• Understand data exchange standards and their types
• Technical interoperability models/architectures/frameworks
• Understand Enterprise Modeling for Interoperability
• Design configurable interoperability platforms
• Identify tools and methods for Enterprise Modelling
• Describe the impact of Enterprise Modelling on addressing interoperability issues
• Implement interoperability solution and OpenHIM
• Discuss how to keep up with changing health guidelines,  global/national policies, financial arrangements, technologies, and standards
• Work with software APIs
• Work on real use case scenarios and implement interoperability solutions
• Understand applications of EA in digital health systems
• Explain shared services, interoperability services, and other components of enterprise architecture
• Identify patient matching and identifiers

Indicative contents

1. Data exchange standards 
   • What are standards?
   • Data exchange standards
   • Types of data exchange standards
   • Common data exchange standards
2. Enterprise Modelling for Interoperability 
   • Tools and methods for Enterprise Modelling
   • Impact of Enterprise Modelling to address interoperability issues 
3. Technical Interoperability 
   • Technical Interoperability Models/Architectures/Frameworks
   • Principles of configurable interoperability platforms – 
   • Work with software APIs: DHIS2, OpenMRS, OpenSRP, OpenEMR, and other open-source platforms
   • Implement an interoperability solution and OpenHIM
   • Use case scenario between EMR & DHIS2, EMR & eCHIS, eAPTS & EMR
4. Emergent issues in interoperability 
   • Discuss how to keep up with changing health guidelines,  global/national policies, financial arrangements, technologies and standards
5. Enterprise Architecture in Digital Health Systems
   • Shared services, interoperability services, and other components of enterprise architecture
   • Patient matching and identifiers
   • Applications of EA in digital health systems