title: An archetype-based testing framework.
abstract: With the introduction of EHR two-level modelling and archetype methodologies pioneered by openEHR and standardized by CEN/ISO, we are one step closer to semantic interoperability and future-proof adaptive healthcare information systems. Along with the opportunities, there are also challenges. Archetypes provide the full semantics of EHR data explicitly to surrounding systems in a platform-independent way, yet it is up to the receiving system to interpret the semantics and process the data accordingly. In this paper we propose a design of an archetype-based platform-independent testing framework for validating implementations of the openEHR archetype formalism as a means of improving quality and interoperability of EHRs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden. rong.chen@imt.liu.se
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garde
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nyström
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Gunnar O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahlfeldt
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011381:Programming Languages; D012660:Semantics; D012984:Software; D012986:Software Validation; D017432:Unified Medical Language System