Hi Stef,

I am interested to know how did you proceed on this. Did you use the
"Generic name" node of the archetype "openEHR-EHR-ITEM_TREE.medication.v1"
for the drug substances or ATC code?

Cheers,
Rong

On Tue, Dec 5, 2006 at 10:40 PM, Sam Heard <sam.heard at oceaninformatics.biz>
wrote:

>  I agree with Peter - this should generally be resolved in a knowledge
> base, Sam
>
>
> Elkin, Peter L. M.D. wrote:
>
> Stef,
>
> The correct Ontological method for solving this problem is to have an
> organizing concept for the drug independent of its formulation.  In the
> NDF-RT that would be the Preparations (e.g. Atenolol Preparation) which
> can have different strengths and formulations (groups of inactive
> ingredients as children of the more general concept).
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Peter
>
> Peter L. Elkin, MD
> Professor of Medicine
> Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
> (507) 284-1551
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openehr-clinical-bounces at openehr.org
> [mailto:openehr-clinical-bounces at openehr.org <openehr-clinical-bounces at 
> openehr.org>] On Behalf Of Stef
> Verlinden
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:10 PM
> To: openehr-clinical at openehr.org
> Subject: Multiple terminologies
>
> Dear all,
>
> I need some help/explanation/advice on how to attach multiple
> terminologies to the same entry. If I understand the concept
> correctly it seems that there are two manners to do so. Let me
> explain first what I would like to do:
>
> In the Dutch archetype for 'medication' I'm trying to make, I would
> like to attach several terminologies to the same medicine. In the
> Netherlands we use the G-standard which comprises of many sub
> terminologies. For instance there is a different code for generic and
> for 'named' drugs, which seem to be specific for the Netherlands.
> Furthermore each drug combination (drug, dose, delivery form and
> producer) has an unique code. To make it even more complex, this code
> was first specific for the Netherlands (RVG code) alone and then
> harmonized for the EU (EU code). Older drugs only have a RVG code.
> Then this medicine can also be related to the ATC code......  To make
> a long story short, I would like to be able to attach all these
> terminologies to the same medicine.
>
> First I figured that I put al those items in one 'medicine' (sub)
> three. So Medicine name/dose/delivery form, GPK, HPK, EU, RVG, ATC.
> The latter would then have constraints for that specific (sub)
> terminology.
> But now I just found out that it possible to create multiple ... (I
> don't know how to call this. I've found it for example in the
> archetype evaluation-injury, under the entry 'factor'. It has a
> symbol which resembles a switch). To me it seems that I can use this
> to attach several terminologies to the same item as well.  In the
> 'interface' option' all these 'terminologies' are then displayed as
> tabs.
>
> My question is: how can I best solve this issue. Can I use both
> methods or is one of them to prefer over the other and why?
>
> Furthermore can somebody explain to me how I can create the switch
> type function. I known it exists since it's present in some
> archetypes but haven't found out how to create one via the Ocean
> archetype editor (latest version).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Stef Verlinden
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