Standardized Semantic Markup for Reference Terminologies, Thesauri and Coding Systems: Benefits for distributed E-Health Applications.
With the introduction of the ICD-10 as the standard for diagnosis, the development of an electronic representation of its complete content, inherent semantics and coding rules is necessary. Our concept refers to current efforts of the CEN/TC 251 to establish a European standard for hierarchical classification systems in healthcare. We have developed an electronic representation of the ICD-10 with the extensible Markup Language (XML) that facilitates the integration in current information systems or coding software taking into account different languages and versions. In this context, XML offers a complete framework of related technologies and standard tools for processing that helps to develop interoperable applications.
Hoelzer
Simon
S
Institute of Medical Informatics, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Germany.
Schweiger
Ralf K
RK
Liu
Raymond
R
Rudolf
Dirk
D
Rieger
Joerg
J
Dudeck
Joachim
J
D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D020407:Internet; D011381:Programming Languages; D012660:Semantics; D012984:Software; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled