Concept representation in health informatics for enabling intelligent architectures.
Semantically interoperable health information systems have to be based on shared knowledge and harmonised terminologies/ontologies. Therefore, knowledge representation regarding domain concepts, terms, and relationships used must be harmonised. Starting with the Generic Component Model, different approaches for representing concepts in the healthcare area are discussed, demonstrating common principles and transformation ways.
Blobel
Bernd G M E
BG
eHealth Competence Center, Regensburg University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany. bernd.blobel@ehealth-cc.de
D003210:Concept Formation; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009626:Terminology as Topic