What is SNOMED CT® and Why Should the ISSHP Care?

SNOMED CT® (Systematized NOmenclature of MEDicine Clinical Terms) is a standardized multilingual healthcare terminology. It was developed to meet the needs of our electronic world so that care can be documented and clinicians can retrieve and transmit data in electronic format. It is anticipated tha...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Hypertension in pregnancy 2009-01, Vol.28 (1), p.119-121
Main Authors: Massey, K.A., Ansermino, J.M., von Dadelszen, P., Morris, T.J., Liston, R.M., Magee, L.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electronic health record
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Preeclampsia
Pregnancy
Semantics
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:SNOMED CT® (Systematized NOmenclature of MEDicine Clinical Terms) is a standardized multilingual healthcare terminology. It was developed to meet the needs of our electronic world so that care can be documented and clinicians can retrieve and transmit data in electronic format. It is anticipated that SNOMED CT® will provide the core general terminology for electronic health records and, as such, replace existing classification systems such as the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10). At present, there is no special interest group for the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) within the SNOMED CT® initiative. We believe that members of the ISSHP, and others interested in the HDP, should take a leadership role in this regard for a number of reasons.
ISSN:1064-1955
1525-6065
DOI:10.1080/10641950802601294