title: An ontology-based model of clinical information.
abstract: In this paper we describe a model of clinical information designed to make health information systems properly interoperable and safely computable. The model is a response to a number of categories of requirements, ranging from the semantic to the performance of software at runtime. We argue that the starting point of a successful model must be an ontological analysis of the process of clinical care delivery, seen as a scientific problem-solving process. From this approach we develop a classification of types of clinical information called the Clinical Investigator Record (CIR) ontology.
authors.affiliation: CTO, University College London. Thomas.Beale@OceanInformatics.biz
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heard
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007254:Information Science; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012985:Software Design; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled