Dear Colleagues,
2 archetypes published today! - only our 5th and 6th archetypes, but we are gathering momentum, with the rest of the Top 10 still progressively coming over the next few months and the other key archetype following on soon after.
Body Mass Index was completed reasonably quickly and after 2 review rounds - involving 17 clinicians/informaticians from 9 countries
But WOW - I was beginning to think that this day might never come! After 8 review rounds we have been able to come to a consensus such that we can publish the Blood Pressure archetype - and not without some tricky moments - it involved 31 clinicians and informaticians from 13 countries. I think that we may look back on this as a bit of a watershed in openEHR’s journey to agree clinical content definitions. It is only our 6th archetype to be published, but this definition will be able to be used as a resource in many places. We may discover that it is not perfect, and we accepted this when we started the review process, but it is a very solid and pragmatic starting point.
Congratulations and my sincere thanks for everyone who contributed to the evolution of these archetypes
Regards
Heather