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This document: Specifies
clinical informationmodels (CIMs) as health and care concepts that can be used to define and to structure information for various purposes in health care, also enabling information reuse;
Describes
requirements for CIMs content,
structure and context and specification of their data elements, data element relationships, meta-data and versioning, and provides guidance and examples;
Specifies key
characteristics of CIMs used in conceptual and logical analysis for use cases such as (reference) architectures, information layers, EHR and PHR systems, interoperability, systems integration in the health domain, and secondary use of data including for public health reporting; Defines a
Quality Management System (QMS) for a systematic and effective governance, quality management, and measurement of CIMs through their lifecycle of development, testing, distribution, application and maintenance;
Provides
principles for the transformation and application of clinical informationmodels through the wide variation of health information technology.