On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:56:07PM +0000, Mikael Nyström wrote: > Yes, of cause it is! My main point was that a statistical > classification is a simpler product than a clinical ontology > and it is therefore also easier to implement a statistical > classification than a clinical ontology.
And it is also dangerous to your health if used for clinical care (never mind that that's mandatory in Germany): If I rule out AIDS in a patient I can - in Germany - attach to the EHR the relevant ICD-10 appended with an "A" for "Ausschluß" (as in "ruled out"). When said patient travels to the United States many people will understandably ignore the "A" (as it has no meaning to them and it does not belong to the core definition of ICD-10), et voila, we've got a manufactured HIV infection. Even more dangerous situations could be construed. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 _______________________________________________ openEHR-technical mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org
