An Ontological Infrastructure for the Semantic Integration of Clinical Archetypes

Abstract

Abstract. One of the basic needs for any healthcare professional is to be able to access clinical information of patients in an understandable and normalized way. The lifelong clinical information of any person supported by electronic means configures his Electronic Health Record (EHR). There are currently different standards for representing EHRs. Each standard defines its own information models, so that, in order to promote the interoperability among standard-compliant information systems, the different information models must be semantically integrated. In this work, we present an ontological approach to promote interoperability among CEN-and OpenEHR-compliant information systems by facilitating the construction of interoperable clinical archetypes.

Record keeping by Swiss physiotherapists - A national survey of knowledge regarding legal requirements

“…We expect that, due to the probable insufficient legal compatibility of the existing records and a strengthening of the requirements due to operational e-health projects as 2015 nears (Swiss Confederation operational deadline), the most attractive option for physiotherapists seeking time-saving solutions will be an investment in reliable software applications for note taking during therapy sessions [2]. These applications must therefore be developed in accordance with legal and professional requirements, as well as the technical requirements of ehealth interoperability [18].…”