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- Core terminology content development including mapping to standards (code mapping)
- Specialized domain content development (including subsetting of content, expansion of content, etc.)
- Mapping of user requirements to specific concepts (field mapping)
- Deployment of content within the software platform (including searching within forms, data capture tools, etc.)
- Meta-data modeling and information modeling including schema design
- Ontolological work including building of aggregate indicators and measures (including maps to standard quality measures, etc.)
- Reporting/Analysis using common algorithms, formulae and concepts
- Transactional translation or tagging for on-the-fly encoding of concepts including natural language processing
#1, 3, and 4 are minimally essential for success of the platform. Currently, different players perform these functions.
Function | CIEL |
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OCL | OCC | Apelon | IMO |
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2 | +/- | √ | √ |
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3 | √ | √ |
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4 |
√ | √ |
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5 |
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6 | √ | √ |
8
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7 |
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8 | √ | √ |
Responsibilities
- Elucidate overall plan for meta-data and terminology management
- Identify partners or community members to fill functional requirements of plan
- Be point person with OpenMRS community on terminology issues
- Including content delivery
- Content tools
- Terminology roadmap
- Point person for standards mapping (assessing need for mappings, oversee mapping work)
- Editorial control to ensure that content meets certain minimum standards
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- Requirements generation and overall map of process started above .(done)
- Ensure short term maintenance of existing terminology functions, including resource requirements (partially complete)
- Identify potential partners for sustainability (partially done)
- Develop integration plan with OpenHIE and other reference implementations (not done)
2014 Goals
- Further documentation of OpenMRS terminology management (not done)
- Continue to ensure short term maintenance of existing terminology functions (done)
- Continue to identify potential partners for sustainability (partially done)
- Develop integration plan with OpenHIE and other reference implementations (specifically Kenya EMR, Rwanda MOH, etc.) (OCL)
- Synch with Road Map and ensure content coverage for Reference application. (not done)
2015 Goals
- Further documentation of OpenMRS terminology management
- Clarify leadership for Terminology and Meta-data
- Continue to ensure short term maintenance of existing terminology functions
- Close deals with potential partners for sustainability
- Deploy integration technology to allow for subscription of reference content and subsetting of curated dictionary content (e.g., OCL)
- Synch with Road Map and ensure content coverage for Reference application. (not done)
Not Responsible for...
- Doing all the work
- Deciding on what content should or should not go into the dictionary (only how)
- Directly funding the work