De Clercq E, Piette P, Strobbe J, Roland M, Vandenberghe A, Steenackers J, Pas L
School of Public Health, Health System Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelles aus Champs 30.41, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002;90:215-9.
A couple of years ago, the Belgian Federal Ministry of Health decided to back the development of a basic conceptual model for Electronic Patient Record (EPR) in primary care. Using consensus and modeling relational techniques, a working group of experts and experienced practitioners identified 7 key structuring concepts: Health Care Element, Health Approach, Contact, Subcontact, Service, Health Agent, Period. This model could roughly be seen as a restrictive sub-model of the current CEN proposal (prENV 13940) or as a first step to assess this CEN pre-Norm in Belgium. The conceptual model is already used in teaching activities and in a Belgian software labeling process.
