You can plug in any "dictionary" or terminology set into openEHR. It is terminology independent.
O. Pishev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mattias Forss" <[email protected]> To: <openehr-technical at openehr.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:26 PM Subject: Re: dictionary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bert Verhees" <bert.verhees at rosa.nl> > To: <openehr-technical at openehr.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:32 PM > Subject: dictionary > > >> Hi, >> >> I have a question, maybe a stupid question, don't hesitate to tell me (I >> can handle that), as long as you give the answer with it. >> >> Today I had the opportunity to have a good look at HealthOne, a GEHR >> system, many on this list will know it. >> >> One thing looked smart to me. >> They have a kind of Dictionary with 6000 words, (also these words are >> possibly related to each other, that makes it an extra strong feature). >> The relationship between the words is not hard coded and is not stored in >> medical-records, so if the relationship changes, nothing breaks, even if >> a word from the dictionary will be deleted (which will not easily >> happen), nothing breaks. >> >> The advantage is that always the same word is used when storing >> something, f.e. "Weight" >> >> Maybe OpenEhr has such a feature also. or does it depend on archetypes to >> force the same semantics. This seems dangerous to me, because when >> exchanging medical information, in an other Archetype weight can be >> defined as another word, a synonym, f.e. "Bodyweight" >> >> If one has an archetype which calculates the BMI (body mass index), it >> could not work on another OpenEhr system that has used (some time) >> another archetype to store the "Weight". >> >> Or am I completetely misunderstanding the issue, and is it in fact a >> non-issue. >> >> Please explain to me. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Kind regards >> Bert Verhees >> > > Hi Bert, > > I don't think this is a big issue. The important thing in openEHR > archetypes is the structure of them. As long as there is a structure that > is equal for both "Weight" and "Bodyweight", it shouldn't be a problem. > The allowed information model structures in archetypes is what really > matters and the terms can always be bound to external terminologies to > create a mutual understanding. > > Regards, > > Mattias Forss > >
