# General Discussion **URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/c/general-discussion/132.md [Latest](https://discourse.openehr.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.openehr.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.openehr.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the General Discussion category](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/about-the-general-discussion-category/5105)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 0
This area is for discussion of general topics that don’t fit in any other more specific category. --- ## [Join or comment CDR Catalyst initiative from Karolinska](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/join-or-comment-cdr-catalyst-initiative-from-karolinska/16859)
**Author:** [@erik.sundvall](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/erik.sundvall)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 00:36 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/join-or-comment-cdr-catalyst-initiative-from-karolinska/16859 "2026-09-19T00:36:39Z")
Dear community, we need to speed up how new and old kinds of data enter Karolinska’s and Region Stockholm’s joint openEHR CDR and associated FHIR- server and other parts of our data platform and also result in implemen… --- ## [openEHR archetypes as SQL Tables](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-archetypes-as-sql-tables/11412)
**Author:** [@Sidharth\_Ramesh](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Sidharth_Ramesh)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [11 September 2026 12:36 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-archetypes-as-sql-tables/11412 "2026-09-11T12:36:03Z")
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now. I understand openEHR’s maximal modelling approach and how the data models are what really set it apart. After a few serious implementations on the ground, and teaching a lo… --- ## [openEHR vs FHIR - A new opposing voice ?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-vs-fhir-a-new-opposing-voice/17206)
**Author:** [@richard.kavanagh](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/richard.kavanagh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 12:35 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-vs-fhir-a-new-opposing-voice/17206 "2026-08-23T12:35:21Z")
Spotted this on LinkedIn today on a post from Health Samurai (A FHIR Server vendor) Kai is a veteran of the HL7 standards space (and also a vendor of FHIR tools). The report is here…openEHR or HL7 FHIR? The Wrong Qu… --- ## [Linux Foundation announces new Open Health Stack Software Foundation](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/linux-foundation-announces-new-open-health-stack-software-foundation/17107)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2026 05:54 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/linux-foundation-announces-new-open-health-stack-software-foundation/17107 "2026-07-14T05:54:45Z")
The Linux Foundation has just announced a new Open Health Stack Software Foundation. I think the majority of the software has been donated by Google, hence the heavy Kotlin usage here (which I’m sure will please a number… --- ## [Fellowship project idea: CKM review experiences](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/fellowship-project-idea-ckm-review-experiences/17074)
**Author:** [@sheeren.khalifa](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sheeren.khalifa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [6 July 2026 10:02 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/fellowship-project-idea-ckm-review-experiences/17074 "2026-07-06T10:02:18Z")
Hi everyone, I’m Sheeren, part of the 2026 openEHR Fellowship cohort, and I’m currently shaping my fellowship project. One area I’m exploring is the international CKM archetype review and contribution process. I’m inte… --- ## [Research on semantic consistency in openEHR modelling](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/research-on-semantic-consistency-in-openehr-modelling/17040)
**Author:** [@William.Mensen](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/William.Mensen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 June 2026 18:38 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/research-on-semantic-consistency-in-openehr-modelling/17040 "2026-06-23T18:38:33Z")
Hi everyone, I’d like to share and inform you about a line of work we’re currently developing. I’m William Mensen, from the Digital Transformation research group at Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. We… --- ## [NHS England is closing all its Public/Open-Source code repositories on May 11th because they're scared of Mythos](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/nhs-england-is-closing-all-its-public-open-source-code-repositories-on-may-11th-because-theyre-scared-of-mythos/16795)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [4 May 2026 08:49 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/nhs-england-is-closing-all-its-public-open-source-code-repositories-on-may-11th-because-theyre-scared-of-mythos/16795 "2026-05-04T08:49:53Z")
Story broken by New Scientist today, but it’s been in the unofficial rumour mill all week for those working inside NHSE. Terence Eden has put out a good explanatory blog post There is an open letter if you feel you w… --- ## [Looking for companies that could build an end-to-end openEHR solution](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/looking-for-companies-that-could-build-an-end-to-end-openehr-solution/16767)
**Author:** [@Koray\_Atalag](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Koray_Atalag)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [30 April 2026 22:55 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/looking-for-companies-that-could-build-an-end-to-end-openehr-solution/16767 "2026-04-30T22:55:56Z")
Please email me (koray@galata-digital.biz) for details - I’m not looking for a company with an existing product but one that could build a new solution owned by the customer. --- ## [openEHR Discourse MCP Setup Guides](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-discourse-mcp-setup-guides/11803)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [28 April 2026 07:20 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-discourse-mcp-setup-guides/11803 "2026-04-28T07:20:28Z")
Following on from the conversation here about the Discourse MCP server, I thought it would be good to check it works for me. It does work, but the Discourse MCP documentation for using it was so shambolically bad it act… --- ## [openEHR Mailing Lists Archive - Imported to Discourse](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-mailing-lists-archive-imported-to-discourse/11981)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [24 April 2026 15:37 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-mailing-lists-archive-imported-to-discourse/11981 "2026-04-24T15:37:04Z")
With the assistance of my trusty ‘Sancho’, even incredibly tedious and forbidding tasks eventually become tractable… I’ve had the archives from openEHR’s old email lists for a while, but hadn’t got around to processing… --- ## [openEHR documentation for LLMs](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-documentation-for-llms/6564)
**Author:** [@erik.sundvall](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/erik.sundvall)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [20 April 2026 16:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-documentation-for-llms/6564 "2026-04-20T16:57:39Z")
I saw that e.g. Svelte has a specific version of their documentation optimized for LLMs: https://svelte.dev/docs/llms (using the llms.txt convention https://llmstxt.org/) Perhaps somebody e.g. looking for a cool student… --- ## [\`sct\` - a fast, free set of local-first file-based SNOMED-CT tools in Rust](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/sct-a-fast-free-set-of-local-first-file-based-snomed-ct-tools-in-rust/11906)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [14 April 2026 12:17 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/sct-a-fast-free-set-of-local-first-file-based-snomed-ct-tools-in-rust/11906 "2026-04-14T12:17:18Z")
I’ve been involved in healthtech and clinical informatics for a fair old while now, and have always found the lack of simple tooling for SNOMED-CT quite frustrating. Everything is either a janky online Term Browser with … --- ## [openEHR model licensing with vendors and partners](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-model-licensing-with-vendors-and-partners/11850)
**Author:** [@johannkeller](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/johannkeller)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [24 March 2026 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-model-licensing-with-vendors-and-partners/11850 "2026-03-24T14:14:50Z")
Hi all, I’m currently dealing with licensing questions around data models (archetypes/templates), particularly in cases where models are provided by vendors or partners, or created collaboratively, rather than being ope… --- ## [openEHR Discourse AI (LLM) Features](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-discourse-ai-llm-features/11787)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [16 March 2026 10:56 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-discourse-ai-llm-features/11787 "2026-03-16T10:56:51Z")
New! Discourse AI / LLM driven features. Hi, all - just a little announcement about the start of some interesting new features we are exploring in the openEHR Discourse instance. Having started off as a bit of an AI-scep… --- ## [openEHR.com (don't visit that url)](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-com-dont-visit-that-url/11809)
**Author:** [@Seref](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Seref)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [9 March 2026 11:22 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-com-dont-visit-that-url/11809 "2026-03-09T11:22:14Z")
Hi, I’d rather you don’t go to the address in the subject of this message. Simply put, some people have the .com extension for openEHR and they have a web site that’s advertising it is a product. @sebastian.garde brough… --- ## [Licensing of specifications and archetypes: Discussion from 2015](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/licensing-of-specifications-and-archetypes-discussion-from-2015/11697)
**Author:** [@siljelb](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/siljelb)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [29 January 2026 11:40 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/licensing-of-specifications-and-archetypes-discussion-from-2015/11697 "2026-01-29T11:40:27Z")
In light of the recent public consultation on licensing changes by openEHR International, I’d like to post an email discussion about the topic from 2015, with the consent of the original senders. I’ll post each email in … --- ## [Healthcare Archival - Digital Preservation Coalition: Open online meeting Thurs 20.11.2025 1130-1300](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/healthcare-archival-digital-preservation-coalition-open-online-meeting-thurs-20-11-2025-1130-1300/11585)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 November 2025 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/healthcare-archival-digital-preservation-coalition-open-online-meeting-thurs-20-11-2025-1130-1300/11585 "2025-11-10T15:31:00Z")
Possibly of interest to the openEHR Community as a potential source of standards and solutions to assist with the Healthcare Archival problem. The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is hosting an open meeting to addr… --- ## [\`oct\` - a new open clinical terminology](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/oct-a-new-open-clinical-terminology/11556)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [31 October 2025 14:09 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/oct-a-new-open-clinical-terminology/11556 "2025-10-31T14:09:36Z")
Well, I do like to give you all a laugh now and then, so here goes. I have started a project to build an open clinical terminology. I don’t like SNOMED-CT’s licensing, or its structure, or even its massive and stupid num… --- ## [Test patient names - let's have some fun!](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/test-patient-names-lets-have-some-fun/7054)
**Author:** [@varntzen](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/varntzen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [10 September 2025 12:19 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/test-patient-names-lets-have-some-fun/7054 "2025-09-10T12:19:10Z")
OK, this isn’t a serious topic. We have a lot of serious topics here at Discourse already. Probably the best and most serious topics in the world. This is something different. I have a challenge to you all: Come with the… --- ## [2025 - "The Archetypes" - openEHR Conference Band](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/2025-the-archetypes-openehr-conference-band/5712)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [5 September 2025 20:22 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/2025-the-archetypes-openehr-conference-band/5712 "2025-09-05T20:22:14Z")
Hi all, With our 1st International openEHR Conference coming up soon, it has been suggested that we could potentially put together a small live band from the openEHR Community (or that part of the community who can make… --- ## [What do we do about the DEMOGRAPHIC model archetypes?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/what-do-we-do-about-the-demographic-model-archetypes/7084)
**Author:** [@siljelb](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/siljelb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [3 September 2025 23:07 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/what-do-we-do-about-the-demographic-model-archetypes/7084 "2025-09-03T23:07:31Z")
The 30-ish DEMOGRAPHIC model archetypes originally created around 2009 have been sitting in the CKM since then. A few have had some review rounds back in 2010, but none have been published to this date. The CKAs are uns… --- ## [Spreading the Word about a Project publishing CC-Licensed Healthcare Icons](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/spreading-the-word-about-a-project-publishing-cc-licensed-healthcare-icons/7093)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Fuhrmann](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Lars_Fuhrmann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [1 September 2025 02:13 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/spreading-the-word-about-a-project-publishing-cc-licensed-healthcare-icons/7093 "2025-09-01T02:13:23Z")
Hi everyone, Since EHRCON is coming up I assume some of us are looking for ways to express our ideas in a visually appealing manner, so I just wanted to spread the word about the wonderful work of healthicons.org. I ha… --- ## [The OpenEHR Song - The Archetypes](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/the-openehr-song-the-archetypes/6875)
**Author:** [@xabiermichelena](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/xabiermichelena)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [11 June 2025 15:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/the-openehr-song-the-archetypes/6875 "2025-06-11T15:57:40Z")
Hey everyone! So… we had this wild idea over at The Archetypes, what if we wrote The OpenEHR Song? :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: We know this community is full of talent, so we thought, why not write the lyrics to… --- ## [Detected a potential breaking change in Common IM that doesn't seem to be documented](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/detected-a-potential-breaking-change-in-common-im-that-doesnt-seem-to-be-documented/3503)
**Author:** [@pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/pablo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [6 May 2025 22:06 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/detected-a-potential-breaking-change-in-common-im-that-doesnt-seem-to-be-documented/3503 "2025-05-06T22:06:43Z")
From RM 1.0.2 common.pdf section 5.1 (https://specifications.openehr.org/releases/1.0.2/architecture/rm/common\_im.pdf): A FOLDER instance contains more FOLDERs and/or items, which are references to other (usually versi… --- ## [Relaying a question: openEHR internships?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/relaying-a-question-openehr-internships/6732)
**Author:** [@Seref](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Seref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 April 2025 14:46 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/relaying-a-question-openehr-internships/6732 "2025-04-24T14:46:41Z")
I’m mostly relaying the question I was asked by someone during a chat which took place in a meetup that had nothing to do with openEHR :slight\_smile: I told them I’d ask the question. There must be someone in the curren… --- ## [jBPM as backend for openEHR-triggered AI](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/jbpm-as-backend-for-openehr-triggered-ai/6649)
**Author:** [@C-NLTX](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/C-NLTX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [11 April 2025 08:43 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/jbpm-as-backend-for-openehr-triggered-ai/6649 "2025-04-11T08:43:07Z")
Hello, Community! Those interested in embedding AI callouts in openEHR may find this useful: Health AI Suite for OpenEMR (NB: a possible template for openEHR) is a collection of plugins added in various parts of OpenEMR … --- ## [Yet another data standard? NIH CDEs](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/yet-another-data-standard-nih-cdes/5808)
**Author:** [@Koray\_Atalag](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Koray_Atalag)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [18 March 2025 09:58 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/yet-another-data-standard-nih-cdes/5808 "2025-03-18T09:58:39Z")
Hi, I’d be interested in openEHR community’s thoughts on the NIH initiative to create a standard set of “Common Data Elements” mainly for the purpose of having a common set of data elements for clinical research and tri… --- ## [Interested in open source projects](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/interested-in-open-source-projects/6216)
**Author:** [@mouse15](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/mouse15)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 January 2025 02:05 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/interested-in-open-source-projects/6216 "2025-01-24T02:05:10Z")
Hi everyone. My name is Harish, and I am a designer based in Malaysia. I’m reaching out to express my interest in contributing to open-source projects, particularly those where my design skills might add value. I would … --- ## [UCUM dependence - governance?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ucum-dependence-governance/6153)
**Author:** [@siljelb](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/siljelb)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [15 January 2025 13:25 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ucum-dependence-governance/6153 "2025-01-15T13:25:19Z")
Hi all! We, as well as most of the healthcare standardisation world, are heavily dependent on UCUM to be able to express units of measure in a machine readable way. I think most people would agree this is the best way t… [Next page](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/general-discussion/132.md?page=1)