Try It Yourself! Exercise to Model Blood Glucose Lab Results
In the last three lessons, we built an openEHR template to support an initial assessment workflow. Now, it’s your turn to try this yourself with a short exercise.
The clinical scenario
A practitioner has placed a service request for a lab test to be performed, say blood glucose. The order has been coded correctly and sent out. Your task is to model what happens next:
What template should the lab use to record the result and send it back to the system?
What you need to do
Using what you have learnt so far, search the openEHR CKM and list:
- The root archetype: Start here and identify which COMPOSITION best represents a lab result
- The main ENTRY archetype(s) you will use to record the test result
- Any additional archetypes you will add into slots (if needed) to capture structured information
Then, post your list of archetypes in the comments!
A little hint
If you search the CKM for “blood glucose”, you likely will not get the exact answer. Instead think about:
- What is the general clinical entity being recorded?
- What class would it be in openEHR?
Post your list of archetypes in the comments! In the next lesson we will look at one possible solution.
