SNOMED

(snō'med),

Acronym for Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine.

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SNOMED

Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine & Veterinary Health informatics A computerized electronic vocabulary system for medical databases, which may become the standard vocabulary for speech recognition systems and computer-based Pt records; it is the vocabulary of choice for reporting terminology. Cf HL7, LOINC, Read classification system, Read codes.

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine

SNOMED

A systematized collection of medically useful terms published by the American College of Pathologists. The words in the collection are arranged in various fields to permit coding, computerization, sorting, and retrieval of large amounts of information from medical records.

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The GPS contains SNOMED CT unique identifiers, fully specified names, preferred terms in international English, and status flags.

A view into SNOMED CT's globally recognized clinical terminology with the release of SNOMED International's Global Patient Set - Press Release issued by SNOMED International

For example, it is attribute relationship in SNOMED CT, role in the NCIt, and property restriction in OWL ontologies.

Taxonomy-Based Approaches to Quality Assurance of Ontologies

In the ED data, traffic-related road trauma using SNOMED CT was identified from the 2,010 available road transport-related SNOMED CT concept IDs provided to the investigators by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA).

Can SNOMED CT as implemented in New South Wales, Australia be used for road trauma injury surveillance in emergency departments?

In comparison, the SNOMED codes required by Stage 2 meaningful use for documenting problem lists, family history, drug/allergy reactions, smoking status and hospital procedures include more of the clinical detail necessary for appropriate care, but omit irrelevant billing information.

Achieve compliance with SNOMED CT: how capturing problem lists affects Stage 2 MU strategies

* CIOs who have not yet implemented an EMR should consider using SNOMED.

Wait at your own risk: relying on a vendor to manage ICD-10 conversion can mean being held accountable for lost revenue

Medical Dictionary Customization of SNOMED required selecting the modules that would be useful for MITA.

MITA: an information-extraction approach to the analysis of free-form text in life insurance applications

Hripcsak, "Inter-patient distance metrics using SNOMED CT defining relationships," Journal of Biomedical Informatics, vol.

Association Patterns of Ontological Features Signify Electronic Health Records in Liver Cancer

(1.) Kathy Giannangelo, "SNOMED CT Survey: An Assessment of Implementation in EMR/EHR Applications," Perspectives in Health Information Management, 2008; 5:7 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pmc/articles/PMC2396499/)

Abandoning ICD-10: this CMIO supports letting go of ICD-10 in favor of SNOMED-CT or ICD-11

The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terminology (SNOMED CT[R]) has been endorsed as an international standard reference terminology to facilitate e-health initiatives.

SNOMED CT and its place in health information management practice

Several years ago, CAP began to offer a SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine--Clinical Terms)-encoded checklist version in a database format to software developers.

Electronic pathology reporting: digitizing the college of American pathologists cancer checklists

The EMR links the physician's notes to the SNOMED CT concept (H/O: thrombosis) or an ICD-9-CM concept (personal history of venous thrombosis and embolism).

Toward standardized nursing terminology: the next steps

Osteopathic terminology for the first time has been added to the latest version of the College of American Pathologists" Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) clinical terms.