Medical Markup Language (MML) for XML-based Hospital Information Interchange

  • Authors:

  • Kenji Araki;Katsuhiro Ohashi;Shunji Yamazaki;Yasuyuki Hirose;Yoshinori Yamashita;Ryuichi Yamamoto;Kazushi Minagawa;Norihiro Sakamoto;Hiroyuki Yoshihara

  • Affiliations:

  • Medical Informatics, Miyazaki Medical College Hospital 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan;Ohashi OB/GY Clinic, 4–4–2 Ebara, Shinagawa, Tokyo 142, Japan;Medical Informatics, University Hospital, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan;Medical Informatics, University Hospital, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan;Yoshinori Yamashita M.D., Medical Informatics, Fukui Medical University Hospital, 23 Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka, Yoshida, Fukui 910-1193, Japan;Medical Informatics, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8181, Japan;Digital Globe, Inc., Silk-Bld. 817, 1 Yamashita, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0023, Japan;Medical Informatics, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;Medical Information Technology, Kumamoto University Hospital, 2-2-1, Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Medical Systems
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Medical Markup Language (MML) has been developed over the last 6 years in order to create a set of standards by which medical data, within Japan and hopefully worldwide, can be stored, accessed and exchanged in any number of physical locates. The MML version 2.21 is characterized by XML as meta-language, module structure for each document and enhancement of linking function among documents. Data exchange specification has been also added for query and reply. MML instances are composed of MML header and MML body. The MML header includes information for data transmission, while MML body includes several module items. One module item contains two elements: document information and module content. Nine MML module contents are defined at the present time: patient information, health insurance information, diagnosis information, lifestyle information, basic clinic information, particular information at the time of first visit, progress course information, surgery record information and clinical summary information.