DOCLE (Doctor Command Language), is a non-numeric health coding and
medical classification
A medical classification is used to transform descriptions of medical diagnoses or procedures into standardized statistical code in a process known as clinical coding. Diagnosis classifications list diagnosis codes, which are used to track diseases ...
system. The DOCLE system is used
in Health Communication Network's
electronic medical record
An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared throu ...
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
Linnaean 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.
The design principles of DOCLE, as enumerated by the author in the DOCLE website include:
* DOCLE codes being meaningful and intentional
* DOCLE codes are derived from ubiquitous health language
* DOCLE codes grew with evolving order and speciation of large scale structures in a linnean manner.
* DOCLE codes are designed to strap together and form clinical structures using joiner codes
* The author of DOCLE, Dr. Y Kuang Oon, has likened clinical codes to "neurons" and joiner codes as the "glia"
See also
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Electronic medical record
An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared throu ...
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ICD – International Classification of Diseases
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International Classification of Primary Care
The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) is a classification method for primary care encounters. It allows for the classification of the patient’s reason for encounter (RFE), the problems/diagnosis managed, primary or general heal ...
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LOINC
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) is a database and universal standard for identifying medical laboratory observations. First developed in 1994, it was created and is maintained by the Regenstrief Institute, a US nonprofit me ...
– Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
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Medical classification
A medical classification is used to transform descriptions of medical diagnoses or procedures into standardized statistical code in a process known as clinical coding. Diagnosis classifications list diagnosis codes, which are used to track diseases ...
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Medical record
The 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 jurisdic ...
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SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT or SNOMED Clinical Terms is a systematically organized computer-processable collection of medical terms providing codes, terms, synonyms and definitions used in clinical documentation and reporting. SNOMED CT is considered to be the mo ...
– Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms
References
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*{{cite web , url=http://www.hcn.net.au/products/md/md.asp , title=Medical Director – Product Details , accessdate=2008-04-04 , work=Health Communication Network , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327080210/http://www.hcn.net.au/products/md/md.asp , archivedate=2008-03-27
External links
Docle Systems Web Site
Medical classification