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 > Fax: (507) 284-5370 > > > > -----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 > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-clinical mailing listopenEHR-clinical at > openehr.orghttp://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-clinical > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-clinical mailing listopenEHR-clinical at > openehr.orghttp://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-clinical > > > -- > Dr. Sam Heard > MBBS, FRACGP, MRCGP, DRCOG, FACHI > > CEO and Clinical Director > Ocean Informatics Pty. Ltd. > <http://www.oceaninformatics.biz/>Adjunct Professor, Health Informatics, > Central Queensland University > Senior Visiting Research Fellow, CHIME, University College London > Chair, Standards Australia, EHR Working Group (IT14-9-2) > *Ph: +61 (0)4 1783 8808* > *Fx: +61 (0)8 8948 0215* > > > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-clinical mailing list > openEHR-clinical at openehr.org > http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-clinical > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-clinical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20080509/b499e88a/attachment.html>

