Journal article
Falls Prevention within the Australian General Practice Data Model: Methodology, Information Model, and Terminology Issues
Siaw-Teng Liaw, Nabil Sulaiman, Christopher Pearce, Jane Sims, Keith Hill, Heather Grain, Justin Tse, Choon-Kiat Ng
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association | Oxford University Press (OUP) | Published : 2003
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1281
Abstract
The iterative development of the Falls Risk Assessment and Management System (FRAMS) drew upon research evidence and early consumer and clinician input through focus groups, interviews, direct observations, and an online questionnaire. Clinical vignettes were used to validate the clinical model and program logic, input, and output. The information model was developed within the Australian General Practice Data Model (GPDM) framework. The online FRAMS implementation used available Internet (TCP/IP), messaging (HL7, XML), knowledge representation (Arden Syntax), and classification (ICD10-AM, ICPC2) standards. Although it could accommodate most of the falls prevention information elements, the ..
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