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- Avoid making your symptoms & diagnoses concepts boolean; rather, use datatype N/A for these and use them as answers (not questions). This promotes re-use of these concepts.
- POOR DESIGN: a boolean "HIV" concept answered yes/no based on whether or not the patient has HIV.
- GOOD DESIGN: a coded "DIAGNOSES" or "PROBLEM ADDED" concept that is answered with the concept HIV (the HIV concept has datatype N/A).
Concept naming
- Always work with your end users to ensure the your concept names make sense to them and match their workflows.
Modeling diagnoses
Here are some notes/conversations related to concept modeling that may be helpful resources when confronting modeling issues.
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CON
requires search for multiple concepts (could be facilitated by concept_set)
Others Tips
- Always work with your end users to ensure the your concept names make sense to them and match their workflows.
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Additional information
- The MVP-CIEL concept dictionary is a valuable resource (either as a starting dictionary or to look for best practices)
- Notes or recording from the 2012-Sep-12 OpenMRS University forum, where concept management experts discussed best practices.