Hi Paria,
> Now, I'm taking a look at existing archetypes to find if they will be useful > for my case or not. > Having an idea of the keyword to be searched is important itself! is there > any other way to view all existing archetypes? http://www.openehr.org/svn/knowledge/archetypes/dev/html/index_en.html or http://www.archetypes.com.au/archetypefinder/archetypefinder which is the visual counterpart to the web service used by the archetype editor and allows the available archetypes to be searched using other criteria. > Anyway, I used web service to find archetypes, there is a mind map file > relating to each archetype, is there any way to save the mm file ? I can > just open it in firefox .mm files are Freemind files - free download at: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download > I want also to print e.g the interface view of Archetypes, is any print > service supported for Editor? I don' think this is possible you might be best just to take screenshots to jpg I use MWSnap freeware http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html Dr Ian McNicoll office / fax +44(0)141 560 4657 mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 skype ianmcnicoll Consultant - Ocean Informatics ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com Consultant - IRIS GP Accounts Member of BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group ? www.phcsg.org > Paria > On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Sam Heard wrote: > > Hi P?ria... > > P?ria Kashfi wrote: > > It means that each clinician can create his/her own questionnaires. > (experiences in this project showed that they are eager to have their own > protocol including questionnaires and data they may access )there are some > forms, or templates that are more general including questions like this one > named GENERAL MEDICAL HISTORY > Do you consider yourself healthy? > Do you currently suffer from any disease or illness? > Have you previously suffered from any disease or illness? > Do you currently use any medication? > Have you had treatment with Steroids during the last year? > Do you have any skin problem? > > This is common. There are a number of approaches. It is possible to provide > a generic questionnaire archetype which allows the question to be provided > as a textural statement with a Yes/No boolean with a possible text box as > well for comments. > > Such an archetype can then be specialised for particular questionnaires like > the one above - this is appropriate for questionnaires that will be used for > decision support or used widely. These can then be translated. > > The openEHR template provides a way of adding texts to labels - this allows > one-off questionnaires which are of uncertain meaning in the general > interoperability space. The openEHR-EHR-EVALUATION.risk-anaesthetic.v1.adl > will give you an indication (activate the web lookup in the editor - tools - > options - File locations = > http://archetypes.com.au/archetypefinder/services/ArchetypeFinderBean?wsdl > and type in 'risk'. > > We will be moving to the new Knowledge Manager very soon on the openEHR site > which should make accessing and commenting on archetypes a whole lot easier. > > > I hope this helps, Sam > > .... > Also we have other kinds of forms like SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE > What areas were examined? > What is the color of the skin/mucosa covering the salivary gland? > Are there any signs of muscositis? > ..... > (I shows that there are two kinds of questions, one may be asked patient, > one is for clinician herself to show what to examine or... ) > > This sort of questionnaire might be better set out as an examination entry > rather than a questionnaire - although I can see why this might be helpful > at times. The same applies as above - but we might see it as part of an > examination - perhaps as a cluster (questionnaire form). > > well, There are some unsolved problems in my mind regarding these questions > and the possibility to create Archetypes or Templates for > these questionnaires like the one above. > 1- Is this an appropriate design way for Archetypes to create Archetypes > based on questions or actions that one may ask or may do during visit or > treatment? > > We have to be careful not to force the archetypes to be too 'near user form' > - people may have forms that are quite pedantic for a reason and then store > the information differently. It is always possible to include the > questionnaire if appropriate. > > 2- Can I map these questionnaires to Archetypes or they are more like > Templates? > > As above - it depends on their processing and how wide the use is. > > 3- I have this methodology in my mind when I try to map things to openEHR > concepts > - What are the specifications on the disease I want to present , symptoms, > signs, related guidelines,...(general knowledge about disease) > - Which questions may I ask when a patient visits me? general patient data, > patient medical history,... > - Is there any protocol for data gathering? > - What kind of treatments I may suggest, or any more data do I need? any > related laboratory tests ? > > Here you can create a template that provides the means of streamlining data > collection in each setting.... > > Finally, is it a proper way to think of creating an Archetype for a specific > disease? > > In general, I do not think so - although burns and fractures are examples > where you might want a specialisation (of diagnosis I guess). Usually > templates are where you will provide the context specific data points. > > I know that I should first search for existing Archetypes and combine them > to create Templates, but what if I cannot find any suitable Archetype for my > case? > > Then you need to talk to us! You can try creating some archetypes and > sharing them with the clinical group. > Have a look on that web site above for 'question' and you will find some > generic checklists and questionnaire archetypes. > > I should mention that all these efforts is to create a CDSS for a specific > disease, so I need to be more specific in knowledge or data gathering. > > Let us know how it goes. > > Cheers, Sam > > Regards > Paria > PhD Student > IDC | Interaction Design Collegium > Department of Computing Science and Engineering > Chalmers University of Technology > Email: hajar.kashfi at chalmers.se > Office:+46 (0)31 7725407 > Mobile Phone: +46 (0)707222815 > Postal adress: > IT University of G?teborg > 412 96 G?teborg, Sweden > Visit: Room Simula B, House Svea, Campus Lindholmen > > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > > > -- > <OceanInformaticsl.JPG> > Dr Sam Heard > Chief Executive Officer > Director, openEHR Foundation > Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University College London > 214 Victoria Avenue > Chatswood, NSW, 2067 > Phone: +61 2 9415 4994 > Mobile: +61 4 1783 8808 21 Chester Cres > London E8 2PH > Phone: +44 20 7249 7085 > Mobile: +44 77 9871 0980 > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > > PhD Student > IDC | Interaction Design Collegium > Department of Computing Science and Engineering > Chalmers University of Technology > Email: hajar.kashfi at chalmers.se > Office:+46 (0)31 7725407 > Mobile Phone: +46 (0)707222815 > Postal adress: > IT University of G?teborg > 412 96 G?teborg, Sweden > Visit: Room Simula B, House Svea, Campus Lindholmen > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > >

