BasicsSHRINE currently makes patient demographics, diagnoses, medications, and a sample of laboratory results data available to be searched. SHRINE Core ontology is a collection of terms that describe these data and can be used to construct queries. The terms are arranged into a hierarchy for easy navigation; the ontology can be searched for a particular terms as well. A standard terminology was selected where possible to represent each type of data accessible through use of the system. A terminology was modified as necessary to fit the requirements of SHRINE. TerminologyThe following standard terminology provides the baseline for the Core ontology:
The Core ontology was constructed following recommendations of relevant government and private sector bodies using a pragmatic approach. It is a static snapshot of underlying standards. As they change (for example, there are regular updates of ICD-9-CM and RxNorm), we expect that the Core ontology will follow after a reasonable delay to accommodate the effort of introducing the changes, resolving issues and completing quality assurance processes. |