Mike Mair wrote:
>We can be very encouraged that you may get together with HL7 on this. >However you (or was it Gunnar Klein) did say in your ?Berlin CEN meeting >2002 presentation (the presentation has disappeared from the >www.openehr.org. site) that EN 13606 had limited uptake because it was: > >a) incomplete or have offered only partial coverage of the healthcare domain; >b) unnecessarily complex; >c) too generic, leaving the various implementations too much variability in >how the models are applied to a given domain; >d) flawed, with some classes and attributes not implementable as published; >e) requiring expensive re-engineering of systems; >f) containing features not required by the purchasers of clinical systems. > These are the lessons learned from what I would call the first "serious go" at EHRs by CEN - 13606 has been and will continue to be a crucial learning ground for standardised EHRs. This list of problems indicates why the next iteration of the CEN standards will be important - they will contain the lessons learned. - thomas beale - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
