Re: Moving towards the use of SNOMED CT in place of local codes for better interoperability

2019-03-08 Thread GF
Dear Vebjørn, 1-AFAIK Each documented item in the EHR is following the pattern: Question=Answer Archetype/Template nodes define the Question. The Data Element in the Archetype/Template defines the Answer. Between the two organisations behind LOINC and SNOMED there is an agreement to use LOINC

SV: Moving towards the use of SNOMED CT in place of local codes for better interoperability

2019-03-08 Thread Vebjørn Arntzen via openEHR-clinical
Hi, Dileep There are nodes in archetypes where it could, and perhaps should, be recommended to use terminology where possible. In many of them, there already is such recommendations. For example in Problem/Diagnosis name in the archetype Problem/Diagnosis: Identification of the problem or

Moving towards the use of SNOMED CT in place of local codes for better interoperability

2019-03-07 Thread Dileep V S
Hi, Many of the archetypes in the CKM use local codes extensively (Diagnosis certainty in problem diagnosis, severity category in symptom sign etc.). SNOMED CT seems to include reasonable replacements for a large number of these already. Will it not make sense for reducing the use of local codes