Thomas Beale schreef: > Williamtfgoossen at cs.com wrote: > >> Sam, >> >> this below - demographics not relevant in the EHR is like the most >> confusing comment ever I heard from you. >> >> About whom are we going to create a EHR then? If it is not possible to >> have the individuals name, id, birthdate and sex in the EHR (generally >> named patient demographics), it becomes useless in my vue. >> >> Or do I miss a point here? >> > Hi William, > > yes, in fact, what he meant was that the more comprehensive demographic > information modelled by the openEHR demographic model is not directly in > the EHR, it is in dempgraphic information objects, which would typically > be in their own service - particularly in Europe where legislation > largely requires this to be the case. This does not of course mean that > demographic information of clinical significance would not be in the > EHR, e.g. date of birth, sex, occupation etc. The archetypes that would > model these elements are based on the EHR part of the RM, not the PARTY > and related classes from the demographic part of the RM. >
What is the function of the demographic IM in the specs, if it is not relevant in the EHR? Bert
