From ObsCare Software to an OpenEHR Platform: Modelling Obstetric Archetypes

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Maranhão, PA (Author) Other; Pereira, AM (Author) FMUP; Bacelar Silva, GM (Author) Other; Gonçalves Ferreira, DN (Author) Other; Marques, PV (Author) FMUP; Costa, TS (Author) Other; Ricardo Cruz Correia (Author) FMUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ICT for Health Science Research - Proceedings of the EFMI 2019 Special Topic Conference - 7-10 April 2019, Hanover, Germany

Pages: 153-157

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Authenticus ID: P-00Q-FK5

Abstract (EN): INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Electronic health records (EHRs) are important tools to facilitate communication between care providers and to improve clinical research. In obstetrics they became essential. The ObsCare software was created to answer to the need for an EHR with specific obstetric features. The present study aimed to develop openEHR-archetypes capable of representing an ObsCare® EHR form and to create an openEHR-template using the developed archetypes. METHODS: The study was performed in four phases: 1) selection and description of the ObsCare form; 2) Clinical Knowledge Manager (CKM) analysis; 3) modelling of the archetypes; 4) creation and testing of the template. RESULTS: One openEHR-archetype - Newborn summary - was modelled to assemble the following three clinical concepts that were not represented in CKM: hours of life, "Examination of newborn movements" and "Examination of reflexes". Finally, an openEHR-template was built and automatically converted into an EHR by VCIntegrator. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the potential to improve clinical research, we believe that more obstetric-gynecologic clinical statements should be modelled into openEHR.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Dissemination