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Modelling and Management of ePrescriptions on openEHR Platform in Bulgarian eHealth

Authors:
Petko Kovachev
Evgeniy Krastev

Keywords: openEHR information model; archetype object model; ePrescription; openEHR platform

Abstract:
Medication prescriptions are widely used in patient-centric eHealth services. In national healthcare they are usually represented employing proprietary information models. This significantly complicates management of prescriptions in electronic format (ePrescription). The lack of interoperability among such ePrescription models increases both the risks of drug prescription errors and the costs for ePrescription processing. The objective of this paper is to outline a methodology for management of ePrescriptions in the scope of Bulgarian healthcare by means of openEHR archetypes. The case study in this research work considers a typical use case in this application domain. A widely used information model of a medication prescription is represented in terms of reusable openEHR archetypes. The use of openEHR entails semantic interoperability and portability of ePrescription instances across health information systems. Results from computer experiments reveal ePrescription benefits like reduced medication errors, increased patient safety and improved management of electronic health records.

Pages: 5 to 6

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: October 25, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4553

ISBN: 978-1-61208-817-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 25, 2020 to October 29, 2020