The closing keynote speakers bring the conference to a conclusion with reflections on the week and a look ahead to the future. For the last 3 years, XML champions have been warning that there is still much to be done. He will also survey the cutting edge of XML development and highlight the important developments to come in the second half of 2000. Joachim Dudeck , Head of department, Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Giessen, Germany Healthcare information is, to a very large extent, exchanged and stored as unstructured or slightly structured text that can be processed and retrieved with certain difficulties only. XML opens a completely new perspective in document handling and processing and message transmission in healthcare.
First applications are now operational.
In this session, experiences with and future perspectives of XML applications in healthcare will be presented and demonstrated. Using XML technologies Poole Hospital are exploring techniques for electronic filing of reports to caesnotes, status tracking of investigation requests and ordering control. The use of XML in the delivery of health care information has been previously presented. The unique advantage of XML over other methods of document management is the ability to conduct cross document searches for healthcare information. Our analysis methods will be demonstrated in the context of healthcare.