title: Managing terminology assets in Electronic Health Records.
abstract: Electronic Health Record (EHR)systems rely on standard terminologies and classification systems that require both Information Technology (IT) and Information Management (IM) skills. Convergence of perspectives is necessary for effective terminology asset management including evaluation for use, maintenance and intersection with software applications. Multiple terminologies are necessary for patient care communication and data capture within EHRs and other information management tasks. Terminology asset management encompasses workflow and operational context as well as IT specifications and software application run time requirements. This paper identifies the tasks, skills and collaboration of IM and IT approaches for terminology asset management.
authors.affiliation: Education and Professional Practice, Canadian Health Information Management Association, Canada.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scichilone
mesh_terms: D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D009626:Terminology as Topic