Integrating Clinical Expertise into Software Development: Evaluating the Use of openEHR Archetypes for Requirements Elicitation in Healthcare Applications

José Silva, André Araújo

2025

Abstract

OpenEHR archetypes are standardized frameworks designed to model clinical information in healthcare systems, enabling a consistent and integrated representation of complex data. These models encompass common clinical elements such as symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments, ensuring that information is understood and applied uniformly across different contexts. This paper investigates the use of openEHR archetypes in the requirements elicitation and specification process for clinical systems, highlighting their potential to integrate healthcare professionals’ knowledge into software development. The literature review reveals a significant gap in the participation of these professionals during the requirements elicitation phase, especially in studies that apply archetypes. Quantitative and qualitative results positively perceive the methodology used, highlighting clarity, collaboration, and alignment with end-user needs. Statistical analysis using the Wilcoxon test presented significant p-values, indicating that professionals considered the method straightforward, intuitive, and conducive to engagement, with real opportunities for contribution to the validation of requirements. The qualitative data reinforce the importance of a collaborative environment and suggest the need for deeper involvement of healthcare professionals at all process stages. In conclusion, this research indicates that applying openEHR archetypes, combined with more significant interaction with healthcare professionals, is promising for integrating clinical expertise effectively and directly into developing clinical systems.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Silva J. and Araújo A. (2025). Integrating Clinical Expertise into Software Development: Evaluating the Use of openEHR Archetypes for Requirements Elicitation in Healthcare Applications. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-731-3, SciTePress, pages 672-679. DOI: 10.5220/0013226900003911

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf25,
author={José Silva and André Araújo},
title={Integrating Clinical Expertise into Software Development: Evaluating the Use of openEHR Archetypes for Requirements Elicitation in Healthcare Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2025},
pages={672-679},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013226900003911},
isbn={978-989-758-731-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - Integrating Clinical Expertise into Software Development: Evaluating the Use of openEHR Archetypes for Requirements Elicitation in Healthcare Applications
SN - 978-989-758-731-3
AU - Silva J.
AU - Araújo A.
PY - 2025
SP - 672
EP - 679
DO - 10.5220/0013226900003911
PB - SciTePress