Representing clinical information using SNOMED Clinical Terms withdifferent structural information models

3rd International Conference on Knowledge Representation in Medicine

计算机科学;图书情报档案学

David Markwell ; Laura Sato ; Edward Cheetham

Others  :  http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-410/Paper13.pdf
PID  :  25191

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

Findings related to developing implementation specifications for the use of SNOMED Clinical Terms(SNOMED CT) in both HL7 and openEHR information models are summarized and compared. Common themes from this work, including overlaps between the expressivity of structure and terminology, are identified and discussed. Distinctions are made between aspects of meaning that are most readily represented by distinct structures, others where terminology offers greater flexibility and a 'gray-area' in which the relative merits are more balanced. Focusing on particular stages in the clinical information life cycle may suggest different points of balance and may lead to different approaches to integration. However,greater consistency is essential if clinical information is to be used effectively in electronic record systems.Consensus guidance documents of the type developed by the work described are only a first step. Mutuallyaware evolutionary refinement of structural and terminology standards is suggested as an enhancement to independent development. [First Paragraph]