Hi Gerard,

Thanks for pointing this out. This is very helpful.  It's also good  
to be reminded about the distinction between an EHR and a Hospital  
(or whatever) information system.

Stef

Op 22-dec-2007, om 10:51 heeft Gerard Freriks het volgende geschreven:

> Hi all,
>
> Remember.
>
> EN13606, openEHR are about documenting by a healthcare provider  
> what he has (or want) to document about the treatment of his  
> patient in an EHR.
> So any investigation or treatment protocol, used as a plan, is part  
> of the EHR.
> Based on the protocol
>
> And is not about a complete hospital information system, a system  
> to perform quality control management related information.
> Although these types of systems will use data and information  
> documented in the EHR.
>
>
> When talking about these concepts may I point at the European Norm  
> System of Concepts for Continuity of Care. (ContSys)
> The next url downloads the definitions.
> http://tinyurl.com/2gfm42
>
> The next url download the complete ContSys standard
> http://tinyurl.com/2xx7g4
>
> The next couple of relevant definitions occur in ContSys:
> 3.1
> activities bundle
> internally consistent set of health care activities (3.39) to be  
> performed, being performed, or having been
> performed for a subject of care (3.89) by one or more health care  
> providers (3.52), in the context of one or
> more care plans (3.6), within the framework of a programme of care  
> (3.76)
>
>
> 3.6
> care plan
> description of planned and duly personalised activities bundles  
> (3.1), addressing one or more health issues
> (3.55), and encompassing all health care activities (3.53) to be  
> provided to a subject of care (3.89) by one
> health care professional (3.49), or several health care  
> professionals having the same health care
> professional entitlement (3.51)
>
> 3.10
> clinical guideline
> set of systematically developed statements to assist the decision  
> of health care parties (3.48) about health
> care activities (3.39) to be provided with regard to a health issue  
> (3.55) in specified clinical circumstances
>
> 3.39
> health care activity
> activity performed for a subject of care (3.89) by a health care  
> agent (3.40) with the intention of directly or
> indirectly improving or maintaining the health of that subject of care
>
> NOTE: Health Care Activity is an abstract construct, without any  
> direct instantiation.
>
>
> 3.45
> health care goal
> desired achievement of a care plan (3.6), considered as an  
> intermediate operational step to reach the
> ultimate objective of a programme of care (3.76)
>
> 3.46
> health care objective
> desired ultimate achievement of a programme of care (3.76)
>
> 3.76
> programme of care
> description of planned and duly personalised activities bundles  
> (3.1) adopted by one healthcare organisation,
> typically informed by one or more protocols (3.77), addressing one  
> or more health issues (3.55), accounting
> for one or more health issue threads (3.56), and encompassing all  
> health care activities (3.39) to be
> performed for a subject of care (3.89) by one or more health care  
> parties (3.48)
>
>
> 3.77
> protocol
> customisation of a clinical guideline (3.10) for use in a local  
> context
>
> NOTE: critical path(s), care plan(s), clinical pathway(s): plan,  
> based on data gathered during (subject's of
> care) assessment, that identifies the care needs, lists the  
> strategy for providing services to meet those needs,
> documents treatment goals and objectives, outlines the criteria for  
> terminating specified interventions, and
> 4
> documents the (subject's of care) progress in meeting specified  
> goals and objectives. [ISO TR 18307:2001]
> [JCAHO]
>
>
>
>
> Gerard
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Stef Verlinden wrote:
>>
>> Yesterday we had a lengthy discussion about quality assessment for
>> management purposes: f.i. how many people in ward A have post-op
>> wound infection and how does that relate to the overall rate of wound
>> infection. This typically doesn't belong in an EHR but in a separate
>> system. I was mixing these two things up:-)
>>
>> As for the clinical trial data and guidelines. Reasoning along the
>> line above, this also should belong in the same EHR since it's about
>> (the treatment, albeit experimental) of a patient.
>
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