ARCHETYPE ALIGNMENT: A Two-level Driven Semantic Matching Approach to Interoperability in the Clinical Domain

Jesus Bisbal, Damon Berry

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Abstract

Semantic interoperability between electronic health record systems and other information systems in the health domain implies agreement about the structure and the meaning of the information that is communicated. There are still a number of similar but different EHR system approaches. Some of the newer approaches adopt the two-layer model approach where a generic reference model is constrained by archetypes into valid clinical concepts which can be exchanged. The meaning of the concepts that are represented by an archetype can be conveyed by embedding codes from a commonly recognised terminology at appropriate points in the archetype. However, as the number of archetypes multiply it will become necessary to match archetypes from different sources to facilitate interoperability. This paper describes an approach that supports semantic interoperability between heterogeneous two-level health information systems by identifying similarities between archetypes. The approach identifies relationships between ont ogical terms which have been embedded in pairs of archetypes as a means of matching these terms. The matched terms can then in turn be used to identify similarities between archetypes. The limited contextual scope of an archetype simplifies this matching process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics
Pages216-221
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2nd International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2009 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 14 Jan 200917 Jan 2009

Publication series

NameHEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2009
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period14/01/0917/01/09

Keywords

  • Archetypes
  • Electronic health records
  • Interoperability
  • Ontologies
  • Ontology alignment
  • Semantic interoperability
  • Two-level modelling

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