title: Development of a new international classification of health interventions based on an ontology framework.
abstract: : The WHO International Classification of Diseases is used in many national applications to plan, manage and fund through case mix health care systems and allows international comparisons of the performance of these systems. There is no such measuring tool for health interventions or procedures. To fulfil this requirement the WHO-FIC Network recommended in 2006 to develop an International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). This initiative is aimed to harmonise the existing national classifications and to provide a basic system for the countries which have not developed their own classification systems. It is based on the CEN/ISO ontology framework standard named Categorial Structure defined from a non formal bottom up ontology approach. The process of populating the framework is ongoing to start from a common model structure encompassing the ICD 9CM Volume 3 granularity.
authors: University of Saint Etienne, CHU, Department of public health and medical informatics, Saint Etienne, France.
authors: Béatrice Trombert
authors: BT
authors: Paviot
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Madden
authors: Lori
authors: L
authors: Moskal
authors: Albrecht
authors: A
authors: Zaiss
authors: Cédric
authors: C
authors: Bousquet
authors: Anand
authors: A
authors: Kumar
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Lewalle
authors: Jean Marie
authors: JM
authors: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000379:methods; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000592:standards*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D038622:Internationality; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012660:Semantics; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled; D014944:World Health Organization