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==Product Brief - Reference Information Model (RIM)==
 
==Product Brief - Reference Information Model (RIM)==
 
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Reference Information Model (RIM)
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*ANSI/HL7 V3 RIM, R1-2003
 
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*ANSI/HL7 V3 RIM, R2-2010
  
 
===Summary===
 
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The Reference Information Model (RIM) is the cornerstone of the HL7 Version 3 development process. It is the combined consensus view of information from the perspective of the HL7 working group and the global HL7 affiliates. The RIM is the ultimate source from which all HL7 Version 3 protocol specification standards draw their information-related content.
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The Reference Information Model (RIM) is the combined consensus view of information from the perspective of the HL7 working group and the global HL7 affiliates. The RIM is the ultimate source from which all HL7 Version 3 protocol specification standards draw their information-related content.
  
 
===Description===
 
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The RIM is a static model of health and healthcare information as viewed within the scope of HL7 standards development activities. It is an object model and graphically represents the clinical data (domains) and identifies
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The RIM is a static model of health and healthcare information as viewed within the scope of HL7 standards development activities. The RIM is essential to HL7’s ongoing mission of increasing precision of data. The RIM became an ANSI-approved standard in late 2003 and was published as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard in September 2006.
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the life cycle of events that a message or groups of related messages will carry. As a shared model between all the domains and the model from which all domains create their messages, the RIM is essential to HL7’s ongoing mission of increasing precision of data. The RIM became an ANSI-approved standard in late 2003 and was published as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard in September 2006.
 
  
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The RIM provides a static view of the information needs of HL7 Version 3 standards. It includes class and state-machine diagrams and is accompanied by use case models, interaction models, data type models, terminology models, and other types of models to provide a complete view of the requirements and design of HL7 standards. The classes, attributes, state-machines, and relationships in the RIM are used to derive domain-specific information modelsthat are then transformed through a series of constraining refinement processes to eventually yield a static model of the information content of an HL7 standard.
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The RIM provides a static view of the information needs of HL7 Version 3 standards. It includes class and state-machine diagrams and is accompanied by use case models, interaction models, data type models, terminology models, and other types of models to provide a complete view of the requirements and design of HL7 standards.  
  
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The HL7 Version 3 standard development process defines the rules governing the derivation of domain information models from the RIM and the refinement of those models into HL7 standard specifications. The rules require that all information structures in derived models be traceable back to the RIM and that their semantic and related business rules not conflict with those specified in the RIM. Therefore, the RIM is the ultimate source for all information content in HL7 Version 3 standards.
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''Please note that the Reference Information Model is updated on a quarterly basis, with minimal changes.''
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===Business Case (Intended Use, Customers)===
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The RIM, along with the [[Product_ITS_DT#Product_Name_-_Data_Types_-_Abstract_Specification|Data Types]] and [[Product_Vocabulary|Vocabulary ]] form the foundation for all information modeling within HL7. The models derived from these serve as documents, data for services, and messages. As such, they are "part" of every HL7 Version 3 standard and have the same "customers" as do the standards defined from them.
  
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The RIM is used by HL7 affiliates to extend HL7 Version 3 standards to meet local needs. Through a process known as localization, Version 3 standard specifications are extended using the RIM as the source for new information content. This new information is derived from the RIM and refined in the same manner used to create the original specification.
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===Benefits===
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The essence of Version 3 is the establishment of an information modeling foundation that is:
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*relatively stable,
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*able to support the representation of all concepts in the HL7 domain of interest, and  
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*is technology-neutral in order to allow implementation in a variety of environments as the users technology evolves.  
  
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Explicitly representing the connections that exist between the information carried in the fields of HL7 messages, the RIM is essential to HL7’s ongoing mission of increasing precision and reducing implementation costs.
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The Vocabulary, RIM and Data types provide this foundation.
  
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''Please note that the Reference Information Model is updated on a quarterly basis, with minimal changes.''
 
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===Implementations/ Case Studies (Actual Users)===
 
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*Every '''''Actual User''''' of another V3 Product - CDA, Messaging or Services
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*Those that use the RIM as a model for persisting data (see [[:Category:RIMBAA]])
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===Resources===
 
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====Relationship to/ Dependencies on, other standards====
 
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*[[Product_ITS_DT#Product_Name_-_Data_Types_-_Abstract_Specification|Data Types]]
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*[[Product_Vocabulary|Vocabulary]]
 
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*[http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/mnm/projects.cfm?action=edit&ProjectNumber=363 Proejct Insight # 363], 2009 Annual Balloting of HL7 Reference Information Model
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Latest revision as of 07:18, 21 April 2011

Product Brief - Reference Information Model (RIM)

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Product Name

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Reference Information Model (RIM)

Topics

Standard Category

Health Information Modeling Standards

Integration Paradigm

Type

Normative, ANSI Standard

Releases

  • ANSI/HL7 V3 RIM, R1-2003
  • ANSI/HL7 V3 RIM, R2-2010

Summary

The Reference Information Model (RIM) is the combined consensus view of information from the perspective of the HL7 working group and the global HL7 affiliates. The RIM is the ultimate source from which all HL7 Version 3 protocol specification standards draw their information-related content.

Description

The RIM is a static model of health and healthcare information as viewed within the scope of HL7 standards development activities. The RIM is essential to HL7’s ongoing mission of increasing precision of data. The RIM became an ANSI-approved standard in late 2003 and was published as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard in September 2006.

The RIM provides a static view of the information needs of HL7 Version 3 standards. It includes class and state-machine diagrams and is accompanied by use case models, interaction models, data type models, terminology models, and other types of models to provide a complete view of the requirements and design of HL7 standards.

Please note that the Reference Information Model is updated on a quarterly basis, with minimal changes.

Business Case (Intended Use, Customers)

The RIM, along with the Data Types and Vocabulary form the foundation for all information modeling within HL7. The models derived from these serve as documents, data for services, and messages. As such, they are "part" of every HL7 Version 3 standard and have the same "customers" as do the standards defined from them.

Benefits

The essence of Version 3 is the establishment of an information modeling foundation that is:

  • relatively stable,
  • able to support the representation of all concepts in the HL7 domain of interest, and
  • is technology-neutral in order to allow implementation in a variety of environments as the users technology evolves.

The Vocabulary, RIM and Data types provide this foundation.

Implementations/ Case Studies (Actual Users)

  • Every Actual User of another V3 Product - CDA, Messaging or Services
  • Those that use the RIM as a model for persisting data (see Category:RIMBAA)

Resources

Work Groups

Education

Certification Available
  • RIM Certified Specialist

Presentations

  • RIM Intropduction: [1] (presented at HIMSS 2011)

Relationship to/ Dependencies on, other standards

Links to current projects in development

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