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Related concepts

attestation information
base component documenting the details of an attestation of a set of electronic health record components
audit information
documentation of the details of a revision of a base component
base component
abstract class that include the properties common for all revisable classes included in EHR extract
cluster
structure component used for creating hierarchical structures within an entry and with elements as leaf nodes
composition
structure component containing information composed during one clinical encounter or documentation session, and committed within one EHR
content
abstract structure component that holds all properties common for sections and entries
data value
data contained in an element
demographic cluster
structure component used for creating hierarchical structures within an demographic entry and with demographic elements as leaf nodes
demographic element
record component within a demographic entity or demographic cluster containing a single data value
demographic entity
structure component containing demographic information describing a single person, device, software agent or organisation
demographic extract
demographic information extracted for the purpose of being included in an EHR extract or an EHR audit log extract
demographic folder
structure component used for creating hierarchical structures within a demographic extract and with demographic entities as leaf nodes
demographic item
abstract structure component that holds all properties common for demographic clusters and demographic elements
element
electronic health record component within an entry or cluster containing a single data value
entry
structure componentthat represents the data documenting one clinical observation or a series of related observations, or a clinical statement, an explanation of clinical reasoning, a healthcare intention, plan or action.
external link
base component that describes an association from information in an EHR extract to information outside that EHR extract
extracted component set
structure component extracted from an EHR for the purpose of being communicated in an EHR extract as the target of one or more links
folder
structure component used for creating hierarchical structures within an EHR extract and with compositions as leaf nodes
item
abstract structure component that holds all properties common for clusters and elements
link
base component that describes an association from information in an EHR extract to other information within that EHR extract
section
structure component used for creating hierarchical structures within a composition and with entries as leaf nodes
structure component
electronic health record component which contain one of more other electronic health record components

Diagrammatic representations

Simple graph EHRCOM Reference model