Monthly Archives: July 2013

What is a ‘clinical statement’?

In the CIMI forum, a debate is raging about this question. It might partly be my fault for daring to question some things in the reference model, but having done that, various participants are indeed arguing. So that’s a vindication … Continue reading

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A real world CIMI archetype analysis based on Intermountain CEMs

I have been meaning to blog the recent CIMI meeting (already 10 days ago 😉 but have been buried in ‘work’. So in lieu of that, I’ll put up an analysis of a real use case from Intermountain Health that … Continue reading

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What is a standard?

On the left  is the VMEbus, a  hardware bus specification created by Motorola at the time of the 68000 CPU. It uses the Eurocard physical card, connectors and mechanicals (DIN 41612), and adds an electrical/signalling specification (i.e. what do all … Continue reading

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