DOCLE
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DOCLE is a non-numeric health coding and medical classification system. The Docle system is used in Health Communication Network's electronic medical record
and patient management software package, Medical Director. Medical Director is the most widely used electronic medical record system by Australian primary health care providers.
DOCLE has been modelled on the linnean
biological classification system since 1995. Docle generates clinical codes from ubiquitous health language using an algorithm, hence it is a human readable clinical coding system.
Clinical codes are wordful meanings and are intention revealing.
Clinical codes are derived from ubiquitous health language in this manner: if the health concept is one word then the first four characters of the word else if it is two words then the first four characters of the first word plus the first character of the second word else the first characters of each word for the case of three or more words.
Clinical codes grow with evolving order with both speciation and large scale structures in a linnean
manner.
Clinical codes are designed to be snapped on together to form clinical statements (docle closures) using joiner codes. Analogous to the clinical concept codes being the neurons and the joiner codes being the glia.
Electronic medical record
An electronic medical record is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office...
and patient management software package, Medical Director. Medical Director is the most widely used electronic medical record system by Australian primary health care providers.
DOCLE has been modelled on the linnean
Linnean
Linnean is closely associated to the alternative spelling Linnaean, and can refer to any of the following all of which are related to the original system of scientific taxonomy of biological species or its author:-Linnaean:*Carolus Linnaeus...
biological classification system since 1995. Docle generates clinical codes from ubiquitous health language using an algorithm, hence it is a human readable clinical coding system.
Design
According to Dr Y Kuang Oon, developer behind Docle, Docle can be explained simply by the following design principles:- Docle design principle No. 1
Clinical codes are wordful meanings and are intention revealing.
- Docle design principle No. 2
Clinical codes are derived from ubiquitous health language in this manner: if the health concept is one word then the first four characters of the word else if it is two words then the first four characters of the first word plus the first character of the second word else the first characters of each word for the case of three or more words.
- Docle design principle No. 3
Clinical codes grow with evolving order with both speciation and large scale structures in a linnean
Linnean
Linnean is closely associated to the alternative spelling Linnaean, and can refer to any of the following all of which are related to the original system of scientific taxonomy of biological species or its author:-Linnaean:*Carolus Linnaeus...
manner.
- Docle design principle No. 4
Clinical codes are designed to be snapped on together to form clinical statements (docle closures) using joiner codes. Analogous to the clinical concept codes being the neurons and the joiner codes being the glia.
See also
- Electronic medical recordElectronic medical recordAn electronic medical record is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office...
- ICD - International Classification of DiseasesICDThe International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems is a medical classification that provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or disease...
- International Classification of Primary CareICPCICPC is an acronym, which is used for:* ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest* Independent Corrupt Practices Commission * International Classification of Primary Care...
- LOINC - Logical Observation Identifiers Names and CodesLOINCLogical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes is a database and universal standard for identifying medical laboratory observations. It was developed and is maintained by the Regenstrief Institute, a US non-profit medical research organization, in 1994...
- Medical classificationMedical classificationMedical classification, or medical coding, is the process of transforming descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers...
- Medical recordMedical recordThe terms medical record, health record, and medical chart are used somewhat interchangeably to describe the systematic documentation of a single patient's medical history and care across time within one particular health care provider's jurisdiction....
- SNOMED CT - Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical TermsSNOMED CTSNOMED CT , is a systematically organised computer processable collection of medical terminology covering most areas of clinical information such as diseases, findings, procedures, microorganisms, substances, etc...