Design of a Diagnostic Laboratory Component Utilising Archetypes for Information Structuring of Generic Clinical Document Architecture Orders and Examination Reports

The laboratory is the central component within the HERMED project. From a database point of view, this is the source, since all investigations of patients at various devices (x-ray, mammography, tomography, sonography (ultrasound, magnetic (MRT), computed tomography (CT) but also sample-analyzers are handled within Entry-Attibute-Value database processes.

To be prepared for interoperable access to future Austrian EHR-systems a novel component in needed, which based on archetype-methodology on the one hand processes ordering and genericaly create medical documents. The work is based on a prototype, which already in a trail created such documents. In addition, the complete handling and the graphical user interface needs reworking.