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There are some #openEHR marketing materials circulating that states "openEHR is a clinical data persistence standard" which is incorrect and people is getting and forwarding the wrong message.
First the marketing material mixes what is the #openEHR specification with some implementation (won't name names). Second, openEHR specifications don't even mention how to persist clinical data.
In terms of data #openEHR allows/enables long term clinical data management, but allows vendors to implement the persistence of data in any way, paradigm or technology that fits their needs.
Healthcare information has many zoom levels, from microcellular, tissue, organ or DNA data, to international metrics and statistics, and everything in between. When working on healthcare data platforms it's important to know at which level(s) you are working.
That will determine how you design your components, repositories, rules, APIs, etc. and when your processes change between different zoom levels, for instance, aggregating data.
The data zoom level will also determine how data is exchanged and processed. Understanding that will lead you to a better platform architecture, but not understanding at which zoom level you are working, can lead to a messy software architecture.
