Structure
The KMEHR standard consists of an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) message format defined by the KMEHR XML Schema, a set of reference tables and a set of recognized medical transactions compliant with this grammar.Message structure
A KMEHR XML message is composed of two components: a header and at least one folder. The header of the message describes the sender, the recipient(s) and a few technical statuses. The folder itself gathers the information about a patient, where each folder identifies the subject of care (patient) and contains at least one medical transaction. The medical transaction item gathers the information reported by one healthcare professional at a given instance. Its attributes are type, author, date and time.Summarized Electronic Health Record
Summarized Electronic Health Record (SumEHR) is a KMEHR message, used for the exchange of medical information. It summarizes the minimal set of data that a physician needs in order to understand the medical status of the patient in a few minutes and to ensure the continuity of care. The SumEHR standard was introduced by the Belgian government in 2005 and an EMD software package used by a physician (GP) should be capable of exporting a SumEHR message (KMEHR message level 4) for any given patient.Coding
The KMEHR-bis standard comprises a set of dictionaries which define the transaction types, heading types, item types, severity levels and administration routes.Object linkage
The KMEHR-bis standard supports links to either internal or external objects, e.g. an image or another KMEHR-message.Services
The KMEHR-Bis specification is extended with web services (based on SOAP), which define request and response elements to offer standard web services.See also
* Belgian Health Telematics Commission (BHTC) *Sources