Toward vocabulary domain specifications for health level 7-coded data elements.
The "vocabulary problem" has long plagued the developers, implementers, and users of computer-based systems. The authors review selected activities of the Health Level 7 (HL7) Vocabulary Technical Committee that are related to vocabulary domain specification for HL7 coded data elements. These activities include: 1) the development of two sets of principles to provide guidance to terminology stakeholders, including organizations seeking to deploy HL7-compliant systems, terminology developers, and terminology integrators; 2) the completion of a survey of terminology developers; 3) the development of a process for HL7 registration of terminologies; and 4) the maintenance of vocabulary domain specification tables. As background, vocabulary domain specification is defined and the relationship between the HL7 Reference Information Model and vocabulary domain specification is described. The activities of the Vocabulary Technical Committee complement the efforts of terminology developers and other stakeholders. These activities are aimed at realizing semantic interoperability in the context of the HL7 Message Development Framework, so that information exchange and use among disparate systems can occur for the delivery and management of direct clinical care as well as for purposes such as clinical research, outcome research, and population health management.
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- Vocabulary, Controlled
- Terminology as Topic
- Systems Integration
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Informatics
- Computer Communication Networks
- 46 Information and computing sciences
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
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Published In
DOI
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Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Vocabulary, Controlled
- Terminology as Topic
- Systems Integration
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Informatics
- Computer Communication Networks
- 46 Information and computing sciences
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences