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Building openEHR repositories is challenging since it requires a thorough grasp and implementation of the openEHR Reference Model (RM) that has numerous classes in a tree-structure with deep hierarchy. Moreover, a mismatch between the database model and the RM can lead to high development time and cost. The graph model shares many semantic similarities with the definitions of the openEHR RM making it a potential fit for its representation and implementation. We will propose a method for implementing an openEHR repository by a graph database employing the labeled property graph model. We will also discuss some limitations and opportunities of persisting openEHR data with Neo4j.

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Clinical Knowledge Manager (Sebastian Garde)  [Question: has Sebastian confirmed attendence or is this a cut & paste from Medinfo 2015?]

To be able to exchange clinical information in a semantically safe way across different openEHR-based systems, it is important to agree on the clinical concepts used in these systems. In openEHR, such concepts are formally expressed in archetypes and developed in regional, national and international collaboration. It is crucial that clinicians - even without any knowledge of openEHR - are inherently involved in this process by being able to review and comment as required. Only this can ensure that the clinical content models are clinically valid and comprehensive. To enable this collaboration, the Clinical Knowledge Manager (CKM) has been developed as a web-based system for collaborative development, management, validation, review and publishing of openEHR archetypes and other clinical knowledge resources. CKM is used internationally by the openEHR foundation as well as in several regional and national programmes. CKM supports the 'federation' of archetypes, so that the various programmes can work independently and to their own timelines, while sharing archetypes with each other where possible.

Development of an openEHR-based Open Source EHR Platform and openEHR EMR frameworks (Pablo Pazos Guiterez) [Question: has Pablo confirmed attendence or is this a cut & paste from Medinfo 2015?]
Since 2009 we have developed several Clinical Information System projects based on openEHR. We started focusing on R&D, and now reusing that experience (and code) to build a service oriented (REST and SOAP), open source, and general purpose EHR platform to help developers to create shared EHRs that will be standard-compliant from scratch. That platform will support many EMR applications and devices. We are also creating tools to help on the application development itself, providing frameworks, libraries and tools.

Will there be anything from the Japanese national project?

3. Workshop speakers

• Shinji Kobayashi, MD, PhD - Kyoto University, Japan
• Pablo Pazos, Ingeniero en Computación, openEHR en español, CaboLabs, ACHISA

• Koray Atalag (Deactivated), MD, PhD, FACHI - University of Auckland, New Zealand

• Sebastian Garde, Dr. sc. hum., Dipl.-Inform. Med., FACHI - Ocean Informatics, Germany
• Erik Sundvall, MSc, PhD - Linköping University and Region Östergötland, Sweden
• Christian Chevalley, Founder and Technical Director, ADOC Software, Thailand
• Samar El Helou - Kyoto University, Japan
• Borut Fabjan, Marand, Slovenia

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