Evaluation of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Standard for Representation of Knowledge Bases Encoded in the Arden Syntax.
Jenders, Robert A;
Studies in health technology and informatics2019Vol. 264pp. 1692-1693
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Abstract
Arden Syntax is a standard that encodes knowledge as Medical Logic Modules (MLMs) but lacks a standard query data model and terminology.Assess to what extent FHIR can represent MLMs.A convenience sample of 340 MLMs were examined and tabulated for representation using the PlanDefinition resource.While alignment between structured subsections is uneven, the PlanDefinition resource adequately represents procedural medical knowledge encoded as MLMs.FHIR adequately represents Arden Syntax MLMs.