title: The creation of an ontology of clinical document names.
abstract: The efficient use of documents from heterogeneous computer systems is hampered by differences in document-naming practices across organizations. Using an open-consensus method, the Document Ontology Task Force, with support from the Veterans Health Administration, addressed this pervasive problem by developing a clinical document ontology. Based on the analysis of over 2000 clinical document names, the ontology was used to formulate a terminology model which is currently being used to guide the creation of fully-specified document names in LOINC (Logical Observations, Identifiers, Names and Codes). Incorporation into LOINC will enable homogeneous management of documents in a widely distributed environment and will also give rise to a rich polyhierarchy of document names.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, USA. lppfrazi@ihc.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frazier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi-Mori
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dolin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alschuler
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Huff
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000592:standards; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D009275:Names; D018511:Systems Integration; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled