Gerard Freriks wrote:
>I want to separate CEN from HL7. With CEN we focus on Documents with >narrative in a structured form either stored or transported between persons. >HL7 (v2 and v3) are about messages exchanged between databases for logistics >purposes. They contain no real narrative. > This last statement is important - most HL7 messages are not likely to be the result or recording the dialogue of clinician/patient, or the clinician's own thinking; they are about recording intended/proposed/occurred events in the system, i.e. as Gerard says, logistical messages. These are two different functions, and if this is not understood properly, the industry is indeed going to have a hard time a) knowing how to use standards and b) knowing how to build systems. - thomas beale - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
