Abstract
Local sites that adopt a shared health-care terminology for computer-based systems have local needs that prompt the local-terminology maintainers to make changes to the local version of the shared terminology. If the local site is motivated to conform to the shared terminology, then the burden lies with the local site to manage its own changes and to incorporate the changes of the shared version at periodic intervals. We call this process synchronization. We survey current approaches that address problems of sharing and local modification, and we present the CONCORDIA model, which supports carefully controlled divergence of a local version from a shared terminology. CONCORDIA provides the underlying design and methodology for the implementation of a synchronization-support tool.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 278-290 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Methods of Information in Medicine |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 4-5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Controlled Medical Terminology
- Terminology Maintenance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Informatics
- Advanced and Specialized Nursing
- Health Information Management