Hi Diego At the end of the day the EVALUATION is an information class. We have created other classes over the years to cope with information requirements that require consistent representation for computing. A lot of the information stored in this class meets the ontological scope of evaluative or summary statements - hence the name.
You feeling that it is a catch all is clearly right in the current scheme - except for administrative entries. Cheers, Sam On 18/06/2012 5:09 AM, Diego Bosc? wrote: > I would say there is not a common opinion of what an evaluation is. > Some people agree with your definition, but others say that EVALUATION > is just 'the generic health care record entry with protocol' > > I have seen plenty references to both and I am curious which one is > the 'correct' one. > > 2012/6/17 Gustavo Bacelar<gbacelar at gmail.com>: >> Hi Pablo, >> it is a common mistake to tell apart ACTION and OBSERVATION. The Information >> Model document says: >> >> "Observations are distinguished from Actions in that Actions are >> interventions whereas Observations record only information relating to the >> situation of the patient, not what is done to him/her." >> >> An OBSERVATION can record information about the execution itself, The "ECG >> recording" archetype, for example, includes the device. There are >> other OBSERVATION archetypes that include the "Device" CLUSTER (e.g. Body >> temperature). >> >> Another common mistake I've found in CKM is to classify OBSERVATION as >> EVALUATION (e.g. Tobacco and Alcohol consumption). EVALUATION is an Opinion >> considering the Healthcare professional knowledge and OBSERVATION, not a >> summary of observations. But it is another topic. >> >> I've also detected many ophthalmologic concepts which are not in the CKM and >> I have already done some of them. I'd be glad to contact your student (I was >> also a student of your 1st Course) so we can collaborate with each other to >> improve the ophthalmologic archetypes in CKM. >> >> Best regards >> -- >> Gustavo Bacelar >> MD + MBA + Med Informatics >> gustavobacelar.com >> +351 91 203 2353 >> +55 71 8831-2860 >> Skype: gustavobacelar >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openEHR-clinical mailing list >> openEHR-clinical at lists.openehr.org >> http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/listinfo/openehr-clinical_lists.openehr.org > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-clinical mailing list > openEHR-clinical at lists.openehr.org > http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/listinfo/openehr-clinical_lists.openehr.org >
