Matt The openEHR model distinguishes this - attestation can be done at any time and any number of times.
Sam Matt Evans wrote: > Hello > > Sam - do you distinguish between saving and signing a document? Some > documents we have are works in progress (e.g. a discharge summary document > added to bit by bit by multiple authors during an admission) that only get > signed once ready for release. I'm not sure how to represent this. > > Gerard - do you have a link to a summary of the document you mention please? > > Regards, > > Matt > > > ________________________________ > > From: owner-openehr-technical at openehr.org > [mailto:owner-openehr-technical at openehr.org] On Behalf Of gfrer > Sent: 08 March 2004 10:18 > To: Sam Heard > Cc: Tim Cook; Thompson, Ken; 'openehr-technical at openehr.org ' > Subject: Re: Basic EHR functionality > > > Hi, > > I agree. > One can only be responsable for facts if this is shown by a conscious act > like signing. > > TNO-PG has developed a set of Essential Requirements for the application of > IT in Healthcare systems. > This is based on European Directives and other relevant texts. > One of the basic items deal with the attestation of texts. > > Gerard > > -- <private> -- > Gerard Freriks, arts > Huigsloterdijk 378 > 2158 LR Buitenkaag > The Netherlands > > +31 252 544896 > +31 654 792800 > On 08 Mar 2004, at 08:03, Sam Heard wrote: > > > > Tim > > The openEHR and before it GEHR work on legality made it clear to me > that a document has no legal status until it is saved in some voluntary > manner - just as a correction in a written document has no status as fact > (if you contemporaneously correct the document). > > Sam > > > > - > If you have any questions about using this list, > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org > - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org