title: Representation of inter-patient relations within electronic healthcare record architectures.
abstract: Inter-patient relations are relevant in numerous areas of medicine, such as in the examination of genetic disorders, environmental causes of diseases, and in epidemiology. Therefore, it is essential that inter-patient relations be well integrated into the electronic health care record (EHCR). In the present paper we will show how inter-patient relations can be modelled within the three important EHCR architectures CEN ENV 13606, HL7 Clinical Document Architecture, and GEHR. We will use a general model for the specification of inter-patient relations as our reference model, which covers genetic and non-genetic kinship relations as well as temporary communities of persons.
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Department of Medical Computer Sciences, Austria. georg.duftschmid@akh-wien.ac.at
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duftschmid
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gall
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017146:Models, Organizational