Hi Greg, The clinical description element, which is replicated in the inspection, palpation and ausculation cluster archetypes should be used to carry any free text.
I'm not sure I can see the semantic difference between 'clinical description' and 'findings/findings description' although I agree that the latter is slightly tidier from a human readability perspective. Do you have a particular use case in mind? Regards, Ian Dr Ian McNicoll office / fax +44(0)141 560 4657 mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 skype ianmcnicoll ian at mcmi.co.uk Clinical Analyst - Ocean Informatics ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com Consultant - IRIS GP Accounts ian at gpacc.co.uk Member of BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group ? www.phcsg.org 2008/10/23 Greg Caulton <caultonpos at gmail.com> > I have an Archetype question on openEHR-EHR-CLUSTER.exam.v1 > > The archetype appears to be designed such that the findings can only > be expressed with a limited set of attributes - color, location, > shape, etc. - things specific to the archetypes Inspection, > Auscultation, Percussion and Palpation > > This is the hierarchy (or part of it) > > exam > -- normal statements > ----- normal statement > -- clinical description > -- findings > ----- detail > --------- exam-generic > > > exam-generic > -- object > -- normal statements > ----- normal statement > -- clinical description > -- findings > ----- inspection > ----- auscultation > ----- percussion > ----- palpation > --------- detail > ------------- exam-generic > > > inspection > -- findings > ----- color description > ----- location > ----- shape or distribution > ----- edge > ----- translucent > ----- detail > --------- exam > > > What I was hoping to find was a free text clinical description under > findings that could be used in lieu of the specialized archetypes > > i.e. > > -- normal statements > ----- normal statement > -- clinical description > -- findings > ----- findings description <<<<<------------------------ > ----- detail > --------- exam-generic > > thanks! > > Greg > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-clinical mailing list > openEHR-clinical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-clinical > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20081024/1255d6ba/attachment.html>
