ARCHETYPE ID | openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.ikdc.v0 |
Concept | IKDC subjective knee evaluation |
Description | International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective knee evaluation score. |
Use | Use to record the patient reported results of the Subjective knee evaluation score developed by the International Knee Documentation Committee. While openEHR archetypes are all freely available under an open license, the specific content of this archetype may be copyright protected. Any use of this archetype within implementations must be in compliance with the terms established by the copyright owners where a copyright exists. |
Misuse | Not to be used unless the terms of copyright have been observed (if a copyright exists). |
Purpose | For the recording and reporting of the patient reported results of the Subjective knee evaluation score developed by the International Knee Documentation Committee. |
References | Derived from: <Add reference to original resource here> https://www.aaos.org/uploadedFiles/PreProduction/Quality/Measures/IKDCEnglishUS.pdf cited 17-Sep-2018. |
Copyright | © Apperta Foundation |
Authors | Author name: Hildegard McNicoll Organisation: freshEHR Clinical Informatics Ltd. Email: hildi@freshehr.com Date originally authored: 2018-09-17 |
Other Details Language | Author name: Hildegard McNicoll Organisation: freshEHR Clinical Informatics Ltd. Email: hildi@freshehr.com Date originally authored: 2018-09-17 |
OtherDetails Language Independent | {licence=This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/., custodian_organisation=Apperta UK, references=Derived from: |
Keywords | knee, evaluation, subjective, score, PROM |
Lifecycle | in_development |
UID | 202db227-f957-4150-aa17-86a0e963d515 |
Language used | en |
Citeable Identifier | 1013.1.5234 |
Revision Number | 0.0.1-alpha |
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