There are two main ways for you to get involved in the openEHR clinical modelling community:

1. Register in the Clinical Knowledge Manager (CKM) and participate as a volunteer in the CKM community; or

2. Join in the openEHR Clinical models email list.

We recommend both!

If you have any questions then please contact the Clinical program leads: Heather Leslie (Australia) or Silje Ljosland Bakke (Norway)

What is a CKM?

The Clinical Knowledge Manager (CKM) is an online tool to support the work of the openEHR clinical modelling community. It has three main functions:

1. A public library of openEHR archetypes and templates
2. An open and transparent Web2.0 collaboration portal 
   1. artefact review and refinement
   2. discussion threads
   3. change requests
   4. proposals for new artefacts
3. Clinical knowledge governance and maintenance
   1. archetype and templates
      1. content publication life cycle
      2. translation publication life cycle
      3. terminology publication life cycle
      4. artefact versioning
      5. provenance and audit trails
      6. identify dependencies and linkages
   2. manage collaboration using projects and incubators
   3. aggregate artefacts into coherent release sets

Why should you register in a CKM?

The impact of CKM and its ability to publish archetypes and EHR artefacts will only come from the willingness and activity of its registered, volunteer community of users.

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• watch and adopt archetypes and other knowledge resources;
• join in review rounds - by recording your domain expertise and a willingness to participate in archetype reviews, the Editors will be able to invite you to participate in projects and teams where your expert opinion will help to enhance the archetypes under review - participate as and when it is convenient for you;
• initiate or participate in discussions - 'per archetype' or general community;
• submit change requests;
• submit translations of archetypes into your language;
• configure CKM preferences and options; and
• propose new archetypes for shared use into the CKM.

Which CKM?

There are a number of CKMs to choose from. You can freely join any or all of them, depending on your geographical location or area of interest:

• openEHR CKM - an international community, under auspice of the openEHR Foundation. Contact: Heather Leslie (Australia) or Silje Ljosland Bakke (Norway)
• Norwegian CKM - the official Norwegian clinical modelling community, under auspice of the Nasjonal IKT. Contact: Silje Ljosland Bakke
• Apperta CKM - a grassroots UK community, under auspice of the Apperta Foundation. Contact: Ian McNicoll
• Slovenian CKM - a Slovenian community, under auspice of the Ministry of Health, Slovenia. Contact: Samo Drnovsek

Registering in CKM

eIf you are not yet a registered user of the international openEHR Clinical Knowledge Manager, you should consider to register:

Join us now!
All visitors to CKM are welcome to self-register on the home page - there are no restrictions, and this will enable users to participate and to gain access to richness of CKM functionality.

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How do I register?

Self-registration is the way to do it.

In the top right hand corner of the home page of each CKM is a ''Register' button. Click on this and follow the prompts.

If you have any problems, the registration process is explained in more detail here.

There are a number of Clinical Knowledge ManagersJoin us now!

In More Detail, How Can I get Involved As Registered User?

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