Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved.Slide 1 MDMI – Technical Overview

Slide 2Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. What is MDMI? MDMI is the OMG’s Model Driven Message Interoperability standard. It is an approved OMG Standard. MDMI is a technical interoperability standard: MDMI is used to move information in one file format into and out of any other file format that uses the standard. MDMI does not replace any existing industry standards. It uses and enhances existing standards in solving the problem of exchanging electronic information. For healthcare, MDMI is an open source project in OHT and is a sub- project within the OHT MDHT project. The OHT MDMI project contains software (Editor (Design Time) and Runtime), input for the model (MDMI Healthcare Referent Index), and use of the model (MDMI maps).

Slide 3Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Requirements for MDMI Standard Must incorporate and leverage existing and future industry standards Re-engineering any legacy system is a non-starter. Must deliver high quality Must add business value:  Lower the expertise and time to implement solutions.  Quality of information exchange is higher.  Dramatically lower the cost and time to solution for change.

Slide 4Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. MDMI – Technical Approach MDMI is a different approach for information exchange between two parties. Instead of mapping A to B, MDMI solves the problem with two independent maps. MDMI Runtime MDMI Map Hospital 1 Data File Data File Standard 1 MDMI Map Standard 1 MDMI Map Standard 1 Message Standard 1 Message Standard N MDMI Map Standard N MDMI Map Standard N Message Standard N Message MDMI Map Clinic N Data File Data File

Slide 5Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Components of MDMI The OMG MDMI Standard  MDMI Model  Referent Index

Slide 6Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. MDMI Specification Mapping to the Referent Index The core Semantic model A SemanticElement and all of its context Core of the Syntax Model

Slide 7Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. MDMI Referent Index Similarities Business Element is equivalent to a word The meaning of a Business Element doesn’t change Business Elements are not deleted Adding a new Business Element is not difficult and doesn’t impact other words. Business Elements have synonyms. Differences A Business Element has one meaning, and only one meaning There is only one Business Element for a term (semantic clarity). There are near-synonyms. Webster’s DictionaryMDMI Referent Index is Equivalent to

Slide 8Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. MDMI Healthcare Referent Index Leverages and can reference existing standards Business Element Entry Element Name: Description: Unique ID:.. Pointers to existing model attributes Pointers to existing message schema Pointers to existing dictionary entries. Reference datatype: Synonyms: Near-Synonyms: Required Information: Business Elements Reference model is HITSP C154 Data Types Simple data types are defined in the Standard and are based on ISO standards. Complex data types are allowed and the reference models are ANSI/HL7 V3 R1 Data Types and MDHT with CDA. Meta Data about Business Element: Synonyms, References to Healthcare Information Models, examples, and others

Slide 9Copyright © 2012, FireStar Software, Inc. All rights reserved. DEMONSTRATION