Funny? After many years of discussions, after one definitive ISO TR on the topic of the definition, I read that Ed Hammond fears that people will disagree with his views.
What you described is : 4.6.2 Definition Integrated Care EHR The Integrated Care EHR (ICEHR) is defined as a repository of information regarding the health status of a subject of care in computer processable form, stored and transmitted securely, and accessible by multiple authorised users. It has a standardised or commonly agreed logical information model which is independent of EHR systems. Its primary purpose is the support of continuing, efficient and quality integrated health care and it contains information which is retrospective, concurrent, and prospective. And something the healthcare provider is using for its own purposes. This is more close to the definition of the basic-generic definition. 4.3.1 Definition The basic?generic definition for the EHR is a repository of information regarding the health status of a subject of care, in computer processable form. So what can be the problem? Gerard -- <private> -- Gerard Freriks, arts Huigsloterdijk 378 2158 LR Buitenkaag The Netherlands T: +31 252 544896 M: +31 653 108732 On 4-mei-2006, at 15:01, William E Hammond wrote: > Mcuh of an opinion of this topic depends on what your view of an > EHR is. > My view is very specific and focused. The EHR contains the data > that is > important for the present and future care of the patient. It is > legal in a > sense that the data should be correct, complete for its purpose, and > focused. A clinical warehouse or data repository is where all the > data > goes and stays. A clinical data warehouse would serve the purpose you > identify. A physician treats the patient. It would be interesting > to note > how such errors are discovered. In my experience, it is frequently > the > patient and secondly the provider seeing the patient who discovers > those > errors. > > If the EHR contains anything and everything without structure and > purpose, > it becomes too burdensome to use. > > For example, in the clinical laboratory, it is important to note a > series > of times - when the specimen was collected, when it arrived at the > lab, > when it was processed, and when it was reported. The physician > taking care > of the patient is interested only in the time of the specimen and > that the > result is reported. > > I recognize that many will disagree with this position -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20060504/3650f5b0/attachment.html>
