Aside from representing historical associations, association reference sets can be used to link components which have an additional relationship in a specific documentation situation. The type of association needed for a specific purpose depends on the requirements and context. Examples include:
- Associate a set of procedures with a particular clinical finding. This technique ensures that only relevant procedures are displayed when specific findings are selected
- Relating a set of procedure or observable concepts to procedure concepts. To specify which procedures might be performed as part of another, more general procedure.
This use of association reference sets can be used to support effective documentation and consistent documentation practice, in other words by constraining the set of selectable items to those relevant for the situation based on the prior selections. Additional technical solutions can be utilized to implement these constraints, but the functionality can also be supported by association reference set, allowing easy and standardized distribution of a set of predefined rules. The idea behind such use of an association refset is illustrated below.
Illustration of how an associations can be used to create a causal relationship between different types of concepts (e.g. disorders and procedures) .
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