Health informatics — Quality metrics for detailed clinical models

The purpose of this specification is to define objective, reliable and reproducible quality metrics for detailed clinical models (DCMs). It specifies the principal metrics which are necessary and sufficient to evaluate DCMs. The intended audiences of this specification are DCM developers, all users of information represented using DCMs and evaluators of DCM quality; clinical and IT professionals of healthcare institutions; technical staff in the healthcare technology industry; experts involved in standards development; and national and regional healthcare information technology leadership including certification bodies. The specification defines a set of quality metrics required to evaluate DCMs objectively. These quality metrics can be used to support rational decision-making by DCM developers who will have the essential qualitative and quantitative quality requirements to use as guidelines as they create new content. Clinical users can then use the quantitative assessments as they select models for specific use cases and implement them in their clinical systems.

Main sections:

· Scope

· Normative references

· Terms and definitions

· Abbreviated terms

· Relationships with other activities

· The purpose and importance of DCM quality

· Quality aspect of DCMs

· DCM quality framework

· Quality metrics for DCMs

· Annex A: Some published quality requirements and criteria for DCMs

· Annex B: Comparison of detailed clinical modelling approach