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PDF Healthcare Profile
Problem: The availability, portability,
and security of healthcare records have been severely limited
by the persistence of paper-based technology. Individuals,
institutions, and healthcare providers have seen no benefit
from digital advances, and efforts to date have been hampered
by the proprietary nature of single-vendor systems.
Solution: In January 2005 Generator
met with Adobe Systems executives to propose using the Adobe
PDF standard for healthcare records (the original PDFH Scenario
is available here as a - what else? - PDF download). In
January 2006 Generator LLC joined Adobe, Intel, the American
Academy of Family Physicians, Northrop Grumman, Merck, and
others in creating the inaugural PDF Healthcare Working
Group.
John Calder served as chair of the Security and Privacy
Committee and on the Marketing Committee. The Working Group
developed a Best Practices Guide and Implementation Guide
for PDF Healthcare (released in Q3 of 2007). Ongoing work
includes several Demonstration Projects and CCR/CDA Integration,
as well as promoting the use of PDF as a secure, universally
accessible transport container for personal and institutional
healthcare records.
Results: Wide-reaching acclaim
for PDF Healthcare has come from patients, healthcare practitioners,
administrators, software vendors, and standards organizations.
This will help make healthcare information exchange painless
by making patient data immediately accessible to those who
need it most - doctors and their staff. PDF Healthcare will
accelerate secure healthcare data transport and processing,
resulting in safer, more affordable care.
Read Generator's original PDF Healthcare Proposal (PDF,
36K)
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