title: Ontology-driven health information systems architectures.
abstract: Following an architecture vision such as the Generic Component Model (GCM) architecture framework, health information systems for supporting personalized care have to be based on a component-oriented architecture. Representing concepts and their interrelations, the GCM perspectives system architecture, domains, and development process can be described by the domains' ontologies. The paper introduces ontology principles, ontology references to the GCM as well as some practical aspects of ontology-driven approaches to semantically interoperable and sustainable health information systems.
authors.affiliation: eHealth Competence Center, University Hospital Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany. bernd.blobel@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blobel
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oemig
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D012660:Semantics; D018511:Systems Integration; D009626:Terminology as Topic