title: PropeR and archetypes.
abstract: The PropeR project studies a genric combination of an electronic health record (EHR) and decision support software (DSS). This study comprises different medical domains.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Develop a distributed EHR system that is flexible enough to be used in different domains without major modifications.
  
  
  METHODS
  Use of standards and standardized specification and available open source components to develop an EHR system that meets the goals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PropeRWeb is a generic webbased EHR system that is flexible enough to easily accommodate different domains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Discussion of some of the problems encountered in the development of the EHR system.
authors.affiliation: University Maastricht, Medical Informatics P.O. BOX 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. h.vanderlinden@mi.unimaas.nl
authors.forename: Helma
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van der Linden
authors.forename: Huibert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tange
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Talmon
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009426:Netherlands; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration