tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18997019.post2744319865063077538..comments2023-10-29T11:27:16.433-04:00Comments on HL7 Watch: HL7 and SNOMED CT - The BookBarry Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280256497568985237noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18997019.post-66002578821748483522012-06-24T07:43:27.059-04:002012-06-24T07:43:27.059-04:00A new 2nd edition of Principles of Health Interope...A new 2nd edition of <i>Principles of Health Interoperability HL7 and SNOMED</i> has now been published. This has been completely revised with 4 new chapters. See ISBN 978-1-4471-2800-7.Tim Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938606755825797200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18997019.post-45026195669451317702009-10-30T13:15:10.210-04:002009-10-30T13:15:10.210-04:00The V3 Primer (ISBN 3-933819-18-0)gives a glossary...The V3 Primer (ISBN 3-933819-18-0)gives a glossary definition for Act as follows: An Act represents any action of interest. It may be an event that has happened or a plan,order or intention for soemthing to happen. Appointment, encounter,order,observation,procedure,referral and transaction are all examples of Acts.<br /><br />The relation to SNOMED is indeed a major issue, but is addressed in a substantial additional HL7specification (Terminfo)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158298056218000615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18997019.post-75777283201962564162009-10-02T12:37:53.634-04:002009-10-02T12:37:53.634-04:00We need to at least know if 'Act' means ac...We need to at least know if 'Act' means act-in-the-future or act-in-the-past, since in terms of what information needs to be recorded, there are basic differences. This is why most workflow environments correctly distinguish the two. And it is not just timing information that is the difference: the granularity / clumping of how acts-to-be-done are defined can vary greatly from that of how they are a) actually done and b) recorded in an EHR.thomasbealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608112258972687748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18997019.post-10307847191677450812009-08-30T04:36:50.416-04:002009-08-30T04:36:50.416-04:00Thanks for these comments.
The substantive point ...Thanks for these comments. <br />The substantive point is the difficulty in clearly distinguishing (other than by use of context) between an act in the real world,, and an HL7 Act, which is a label for sn information component. I hope to correct some inconsistencies in the final proofs, such as sloppy use of Act and act. I will try to ensure that Act is used for HL7 Act, and act for real world acts.<br /><br />Tim BensonTim Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938606755825797200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18997019.post-62174147036728508562009-08-29T10:10:32.063-04:002009-08-29T10:10:32.063-04:00for completeness, just to note that the HL7 V3 Pri...for completeness, just to note that the HL7 V3 Primer is an existing introductory book to HL7 that has been widely distributed with thousands of copies sold and translated into French and Japanese. It is available from the Hl7.org web site<br />Andrew Hinchley (author)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158298056218000615noreply@blogger.com