An archetype-based testing framework

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008:136:401-6.

Abstract

With the introduction of EHR two-level modelling and archetype methodologies pioneered by openEHR and standardized by CEN/ISO, we are one step closer to semantic interoperability and future-proof adaptive healthcare information systems. Along with the opportunities, there are also challenges. Archetypes provide the full semantics of EHR data explicitly to surrounding systems in a platform-independent way, yet it is up to the receiving system to interpret the semantics and process the data accordingly. In this paper we propose a design of an archetype-based platform-independent testing framework for validating implementations of the openEHR archetype formalism as a means of improving quality and interoperability of EHRs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Communication Networks
  • Computer Security
  • Humans
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized / organization & administration*
  • Programming Languages*
  • Semantics
  • Software Validation*
  • Software*
  • Unified Medical Language System