Re: CDSS and openEHR
Päria Kashfi wrote:
Hi there, up to now, I've just found a little infor regarding Clinical Decision Support systems and their relation to openEHR. in Archetupes 101 by Hether and Sam there's one paragraph indicationg that we canhave Arcehtype-Triggered events also computer tracking of clinical workflow using instruction status.Do you know if there's any other resources related to CDSS?has any one done any effort in this area? I mean combining CDSS and openEHR ?
*There are various PhD thesis in the related area of workflow - see http://www.openehr.org/shared-resources/publications/workflow.html
The key thing in making CDS work with any EHR system is a standardised querying capability that is independent of the concrete implementation of the system. openEHR uses something called AQL - archetype querying language, which is dependent only on archetypes, not concrete database or software details. This means a CDS system can be deployed over any openEHR system reliably, and use the same queries - e.g, if you develop a query for finding candidates for prostate checkup or some such thing, it will work the same way in any openEHR system.
The main current resource for querying is here - http://www.openehr.org/wiki/display/spec/openEHR+Query+Specifications
- thomas beale *