Coding systems and controlled vocabularies for hospital information systems

Modern healthcare information systems are requested to support an increasing interaction among professionals (inside and across the borders of the hospital) and a growing integration of specialised tasks (provision of care. reimbursement, document retrieval, optimisation of resource use, clinical au...

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Published in:International journal of bio-medical computing 1995-04, Vol.39 (1), p.93-98
Main Author: Mori, Angelo Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence
CEN
Coding systems
Computer-based patient record
Controlled vocabularies
GALEN
Hospital Information Systems - standards
Medical Records Systems, Computerized - standards
Nomenclatures
SNOMED
Software
Standardisation
Subject Headings
Systems Integration
Terminology as Topic
UMLS
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:Modern healthcare information systems are requested to support an increasing interaction among professionals (inside and across the borders of the hospital) and a growing integration of specialised tasks (provision of care. reimbursement, document retrieval, optimisation of resource use, clinical audit, etc.). Coding systems were conceived and optimised independently for various specific purposes. They are now facing each other and thus conflicting into this new environment; the solution will be in a more application-independent representation of concepts. Developments are going towards three complementary directions: (i) to separate different functions about the management of terms and concepts, and thus to produce more specialised software components; (ii) to develop a new class of software which is able to manage terminological diversity without imposing uniformity; and (iii) to enhance reusability of concepts, and facilitate a spontaneous convergence among controlled vocabularies.
ISSN:0020-7101
DOI:10.1016/0020-7101(94)01085-F