PD 6610:1997
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Medical informatics. Methodology for the development of healthcare messages
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English
15-03-1997
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions and acronyms
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Acronyms
4 Summary of the overall activities in the context of
standard healthcare EDI message development
4.1 The context and purpose of the message development
activity
4.2 The overall standard message development process
4.2.1 Identify healthcare messaging need
4.2.2 The message development approach
4.2.3 Prepare message for implementation
4.2.4 Change control
4.2.5 Electronic Data Interchange Agreements
5 Message development activities: detailed description
5.1 Scope specification
5.1.1 Introduction
5.1.2 What, why
5.1.3 Process overview
5.1.4 When
5.1.5 Specific guidelines
5.1.6 Scope Specification: summary
5.1.7 Scope Specification: example
5.2 User requirements and scenarios
5.2.1 Introduction
5.2.2 What, why
5.2.3 Process overview
5.2.4 When
5.2.5 How to achieve quality
5.2.6 User requirements and scenarios: summary
5.2.7 Scenarios: example
5.3 Communication roles and supported services
5.3.1 Introduction
5.3.2 What, why
5.3.3 Process overview
5.3.4 When
5.3.5 Representation
5.3.6 Quality requirements
5.3.7 Communication roles & supported services:
summary
5.3.8 Example
5.4 Build Domain Information Model
5.4.1 Introduction
5.4.2 What, why
5.4.3 When
5.4.4 Process summary
5.4.5 DIM: identify and define classes
5.4.6 DIM: identify and define relationships
between classes
5.4.7 DIM: define attribute layer
5.4.8 DIM: identify subjects
5.4.9 DIM: list of components
5.4.10 DIM: Quality requirements
5.4.11 Build domain information model: summary
5.4.12 Example
5.5 General Message Descriptions
5.5.1 Introduction
5.5.2 What, why
5.5.3 When
5.5.4 Process details
5.5.5 GMD: list of components
5.5.6 General Message Description: summary
5.5.7 Example
5.6 Mapping GMDs to hierarchical GMDs
5.6.1 Why hierarchical GMDs are needed
5.6.2 Hierarchical GMD: what
5.6.3 General approach
5.6.4 Representation
5.6.5 Process details
5.6.6 Activity summary
5.7 Development of Implementable Message Specifications
(IMS)
5.7.1 What
5.7.2 General requirements (correspondence between
GMD and IMS)
5.7.3 EDIFACT IMS
5.7.4 ASN.1 Implementable Message Specification
5.7.5 Example of an EDIFACT IMS specification
Annex A Framework for Healthcare Communications and
Messages
A.1 Healthcare EDI applications
A.2 Framework model
A.2.1 Healthcare EDI services
A.2.2 Information and communication Technology
A.2.3 Organisational aspects
A.3 Requirements for Standards for Healthcare
Communications and Messages
A.3.1 Introduction
A.3.2 Categories of standards
Annex B Message development process management issues
B.1 Iteration
B.2 Project Management activities
B.3 Quality assurance activities
B.4 Project organisation
B.4.1 Core team
B.4.2 Organising an extended team
B.4.3 Liaising with advisory/consultative groups
Annex C Attribute data type
C.1 Overview
C.2 String
C.3 Calendar date
C.4 Time of calendar date
C.5 Boolean
C.6 Integer
C.7 Real
C.8 Coded value
C.9 Coded value or string
C.10Coded value and string
C.11List of coded values
C.12List of coded values or string
C.13List of coded values and string
C.14Coded value without code meaning
C.15Attribute group
C.16Common attribute group
C.17Data type assignment decision table
Annex D Mapping an OO-GMD into a hierarchical GMD: transform-
ation tools
D.1 Transformation using inference througgh derivation
D.1.1 Introduction
D.1.2 Activity details
D.1.3 Building the Semantic Graph
D.2 Transformation using direct inference
D.2.1 Basic Mapping Rules
D.2.2 Understanding relations through their
constraints
D.2.3 Data Structure Mapping in Detail
D.2.4 Hierarchical transformation versus
hierarchical building
D.2.5 Hierarchy and the trees
D.2.6 Example
Annex E Moving to implementation
E.1 GMD profiles
E.1.1 Introduction
E.1.2 What
E.1.3 Where used
E.1.4 When
E.1.5 Who
E.1.6 Representation
E.1.7 Notes
E.1.8 GMD components by message profile
E.2 IMS profiles
E.2.1 Development of notations
E.2.2 Cardinalities
E.2.3 Presence/absence
E.2.4 Dependencies
E.3 Registration mechanisms for profiles
E.3.1 Pre-emptive
E.3.2 Historic
E.3.3 Registration of combined GMD/IMS profiles
E.4 Communication roles in the context of EDI systems
implementation
Annex F Method in the context of tightly coupled systems
Annex G Paradigm annex on how to read the models
G.1 Model components
Subjects
Classes, class-&-objects
Types of Relationships
G.2 Symbols
Notes
Warnings
G.3 Hierarchical GMDs
Annex H Executive Summary
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