On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, David Forslund wrote:
...
> > Correct, each form-instance is linked to a patient. Forms (blank forms /
> >metadata / in the abstract) aren't linked to any patient.
> >
> > > But there still needs to be relationships and contexts for forms.
> >
> >Right.
>
> Aren't there linkages between forms in the abstract, too?
Dave,
Yes, since Form A can contain a quetion item that uses a
pickone_from_form response that depends on a question item on Form B, Form
A and Form B can be linked via this question item:
Form A Form B
Cancer Case Number <------- Cancer Case Number
Histology Date discovered
Staging Cancer name
> In other words, can't I have a complex form?
We don't have simple vs. complex forms. OIO forms are rather flat and
quite simple. However, this issue has been raised quite a few times by
Alex Chelnokov.
OpenEHR's "organizer" archetype provides an useful mechanism to model
hierarchical relationships between attributes within each archetype. If we
add complex forms to OIO, we will probably copy OpenEHR's archetype
"organizer" design
(page 30, http://www.openehr.org/downloads/archetypes/archetypes.pdf).
What do you think?
Best regards,
Andrew
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Andrew P. Ho, M.D.
OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes
www.TxOutcome.Org
