Toward a Harmonized WHO Family of International Classifications Content Model

Samson W Tu; Csongor I Nyulas; Tania Tudorache; Mark A Musen; Andrea Martinuzzi; Coen van Gool; Vincenzo Della Mea; Christopher G Chute; Lucilla Frattura; Nick Hardiker; Huib Ten Napel; Richard Madden; Ann-Helene Almborg; Jeewani Anupama Ginige; Catherine Sykes; Can Cekik; Robert Jakob

doi:10.3233/SHTI200466

Toward a Harmonized WHO Family of International Classifications Content Model

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun 16:270:1409-1410. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200466.

Authors

Samson W Tu¹, Csongor I Nyulas¹, Tania Tudorache¹, Mark A Musen¹, Andrea Martinuzzi², Coen van Gool³, Vincenzo Della Mea⁴, Christopher G Chute⁵, Lucilla Frattura⁶, Nick Hardiker⁷, Huib Ten Napel³, Richard Madden⁸, Ann-Helene Almborg⁹, Jeewani Anupama Ginige¹⁰, Catherine Sykes⁸, Can Cekik¹¹, Robert Jakob¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Stanford University, USA.
² IRCCS E. Medea Scientific Institute, Italy.
³ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands.
⁴ University of Udine, Italy.
⁵ Johns Hopkins University, USA.
⁶ Central Health Directorate, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy.
⁷ University of Huddersfield, UK.
⁸ University of Sydney, Australia.
⁹ National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden.
¹⁰ Western Sydney University, Australia.
¹¹ World Health Organization.

PMID: 32570683
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI200466

Abstract

An overarching WHO-FIC Content Model will allow uniform modeling of classifications in the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) and promote their joint use. We provide an initial conceptualization of such a model.

Keywords: Family of International Classifications; ICD; ICF; ICHI.

MeSH terms

International Classification of Diseases*
World Health Organization