Why Register to CKM and How?

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

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

As a registered user, you can become an active participant in the development and quality improvement of open and shared clinical content for eHealth projects via the collaborative CKM community:

watch and adopt archetypes and other knowledge resources;
join in review rounds;
participate in discussions;
submit change requests
submit translations of archetypes into 'your' language.

You will be also able to configure CKM to notify you about new archetypes or modifications to the existing ones.

Most importantly, 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. This involves no commitment – participate as and when it is convenient for you.

If you have developed your own archetypes you can submit them to the Editors as a candidate for shared use within CKM.

Without registering, you can still view all of the CKM content, but not get access to all the good stuff 'under the hood'.

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.

Sign up as a registered user for the international CKM instance here.
The registration process is explained in more detail here.

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

In more detail, registered users are invited to become involved in the development of archetypes in the following ways:

Register general interest in participating in reviews	By volunteering information about their profession, domain expertise and translations skills, CKM editors can gather together appropriate teams for reviews of archetypes, and eventually templates, terminology subsets and possibly other knowledge artefacts that will contribute to EHR interoperability. Volunteer to review the clinical content of archetypes - technical knowledge not required; informatics knowledge an asset; and sound clinical knowledge absolutely essential Useful resources: Register as a content reviewer Review Archetype Content Introduction to Archetypes and Archetype classes Demonstration OBSERVATION archetype
'Adopt' an archetype	In additon to indicating a general interest to be a CKM reviewer, you are also invited to 'adopt' archetypes, thus expressing a specific interest in this archetype. Adoptees will be invited to participate in future reviews of the adopted archetype! One quick way to 'Adopt' an archetype is to right-click on an archetype in the left hand concertina and select "Adopt This Archetype" form the context menu. View more details on adopting an archetype, including how to manage your currently adopted and watched archetypes.
Add comments to the 'Discussion' around an archetype	A separate discussion space is available for each archetype in CKM. This is designed to enable the discussion about each individual archetype. Discussions can be for example be about missing elements, or potential technical or design issues. Editors and other users watching or adopting an archetype with notifications, or users generally receiving all comments, will receive an email to be able to respond quickly to your comment. Any comments will also inform and feed into future archetype review rounds. To submit a comment, go to the archetype's or template's own discussion page and start a new discussion topic.
Create a change request for an archetype	Alternatively, if the change to be suggested is very clear, it is also possible to directly create a Change Request for the archetype or template instead of starting a discussion. To create a new change request, go to the archetype's or template's own Change Requests page and add a new Change Request.
Translate archetypes	Another way to help create an international pool of consistent high-quality archetypes is to translate archetypes into a language you know very well. This way, the content of the archetypes can be ensured to be identical in many languages. A good example of this is the Blood Pressure archetype, which at the time of writing is available in 12 languages already. Translating archetypes is challenging and requires a good knowledge of both languages and an understanding of the medical terminology used. Therefore, archetype translations have a publication status on their own and will only be published officially after some peer-review (via CKM review processes). It is advisable to only start translating an archetype once the archetype has officially been published in CKM. This is to avoid duplication of work and potential inconsistencies. Volunteer as an archetype translator Translate Archetypes Using CKM Translation instructions (for the Ocean Archetype Editor)
Propose new archetypes	If you are missing a particular archetype, you can create a new archetype and submit your archetype as a 'Archetype Proposal' to the CKM repository. Before you start development on new archetypes, we would encourage you to first contact an editor of a CKM project that may be related to your archetype or a Clinical Knowledge Administrator first, just so that we can avoid any duplication of work and frustration. To submit a proposal for a new archetype, select 'Archetype Proposals' from the main menu or find the 'Propose New Archetype' Quick Task on the new CKM Dashboard.
Support terminology binding	You can also volunteer as a terminology expert to advise on terminology binding within archetypes.
Become a CKM Archetype Editor	Once you have reviewed archetypes and have become used to the Governance Processes used by CKM as well as our Archetypes, we encourage you to volunteer as an editor. As a CKM editor, you can start facilitating and moderating archetype reviews for a CKM project of your expertise. To give you an idea of what is involved, here's an Editorial checklist for facilitating the review of the clinical content of an archetype.

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