ABSTRACT
TCM informatization has accelerated its development in the period of rapid development of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry. Thus, it is important that to classify the TCM industry management datasets on the business domain, as the business domain of TCM datasets are increasingly rich. The study is to analyses the information flow in business domain of TCM industry management datasets, based on the research of experts. The combination of facet and line classification was applied for the classification and then TCM industry management data resources were divided into eight business domains to compile the“Classification code table of TCM industry management datasets on the business domains”. The results of this study helped exchange basic information among hospitals, universities, research institutes, enterprises, cultural industries, Chinese medical research centers, general administration and other institutions. Besides, it can also help provide the reference to the strategic decisions in TCM and health services.
ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to define the scope of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) informatics standards. The basic construction of three-dimensional profiling framework includes TCM business domain, elements of TCM informationization and specificity level. The clinical informatics standards development was stated as an example to demonstrate the application method of this three-dimensional profiling framework.