We are working in r implementing information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the health sector, such as the various standards and initiatives currently in use at the national and regional levels, including HL7, SNOMED, IHE, DICOM, LOINC and GS1.

1. WG-CQI
WHAT WE DID?
Dr. Humberto F. Mandirola Brieux
Ing. Gustavo Carolo
HL7 ARGENTINA
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2. Buenos Aires
Latitud 34°33'0.54"S
Longitud 58°31'32.33"O
Area 4,200, 000 km²
• Land 2,780,400 km2
• Water 1,419,600
Population 43,847,430
• Low Density of population 15.92 person / km2
• 4 Physicians per 1,000 hab.
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3. HEALTH SYSTEM ORGANIZATION
 Union worker Social System 53%
 Public & free 37%
 National
 Provincial
 Municipal
 Army
 University hospital
 Private 10 %
 Prepaid
 Particulars
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4. HL7 ARGENTINA BOARD
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At this moment HL7 is the only HL7 institution affiliated
in Latin America (South, central America and Caribbean)
HL7 Argentina was born in 2001

5. PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS
STANDARDS POLICY
 Before 2018, almost nothing
 In this yearThe Ministry of Health adopted
 SNOMED CT as official terminology for the whole country.
 HL7V2.X, CDA & FHIR,
 to interoperate with all public systems, union worker Health systems & private
health system.
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https://www.ejbi.org/scholarly-articles/hl7-clinical-laboratory-risk-engine-alerts-in-hospitalizedpatients.pdf

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HOW IT WORKS

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https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25160276

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26262244

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Thank
you
Email me at hmandirola@gmail.com