Health Data
Healthcare Data and Interoperability Explained
How health systems share patient data: interoperability levels, HL7 FHIR, SNOMED CT, LOINC, DICOM, health information exchange, privacy law and barriers.
Health systems
Every country answers the same three questions differently: who is covered, what is covered, and who pays. The answers produce systems that look nothing alike and that perform differently on access, cost and outcome.
Our coverage compares how systems are financed and organised, and what those choices mean for the people inside them.
Healthcare
How Does the Healthcare System Work? A Guide
How healthcare systems work: financing models, levels of care, providers, regulation and how single-payer, insurance-based and mixed systems differ worldwide.
Hospitals
How Hospitals Work: Departments and Operations
How hospitals work: clinical departments, emergency and surgical pathways, diagnostic and support services, governance, patient flow and quality and safety systems.
Healthcare Management
What Is Value-Based Healthcare? How the Model Works
Value-based healthcare explained: how outcomes-per-cost differs from fee-for-service, payment models, outcome measurement, evidence to date and known criticisms.
Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Workforce: Roles Across the Health System
The healthcare workforce explained: clinical, allied health, nursing, public health and support roles, training pathways, regulation and global workforce shortages.
Infectious Diseases
How Global Disease Outbreaks Are Detected and Managed
How outbreaks are detected and controlled: surveillance systems, verification, epidemiological investigation, IHR obligations, containment measures and response gaps.