Collaborative development of clinical templates as a national resource

Hoy, D; Hardiker, NR; McNicoll, I; Westwell, P; Bryans, A

Abstract

There is growing interest in the development of standards which structure information
round discrete clinical concepts, in a way that supports system development and interoperability.
Most notable are the openEHR Archetypes and Templates, and HL7 Templates.
A project is described which explored the potential for these to engage and support clinical
practitioners in developing clinical information standards in an open and accessible way.
The project defined a clinical template as a clinical information model, which could be
used to define the content of a form in a health record system, for example a continence
assessment.
The project followed three phases: professional development, including networking for
content development; library implementation, including modelling and processes for managing
content and relating to information standards; and implementation in working
systems in a manner that is professionally acceptable.
The project findings are encouraging although there remain some important issues to be
explored in further work. The topic has now emerged as an important area of standards
development, and a useful focus for international cooperation.

Citation

Hoy, D., Hardiker, N., McNicoll, I., Westwell, P., & Bryans, A. (2009). Collaborative development of clinical templates as a national resource. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78(1), S95-S100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.003

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: May 9, 2011
• Journal: International Journal of Medical Informatics
• Print ISSN: 1386-5056
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 78
• Issue: 1
• Pages: S95-S100
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.003
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.003