Medication in SNOMED CT®

In this series of posts I am assessing SNOMED CT® using the international browser. Pharmaceutical agents are represented in one section of the terminology. Each size (dose) of tablet of a specific medication is assigned a SNOMED CT® code. As far as I could see, using the browser, the medications were specified with their generic names. As this is a brief appraisal of the system, I would look to learn a little more about any synchronisation that might occur with revisions of the EMC/BNF. There is a brief introduction to an American perspective on the subject of SNOMED CT® and medication in this Pharmacy Times article.

Appendix A – Other Posts in the Series on Health Information Exchanges

A Literature Review of 40 years of SNOMED

Arizona Statewide Health Information Exchange

A History of The Health Information Exchange in Pennsylvania

The Arkansas Health Information Exchange – SHARE

The California Health Information Exchange – Cal Index

Creating a Health Information Exchange in Arizona

Health Information Exchanges

Health Information Exchanges and Chronic Conditions

HIPPA and Health Information Exchanges

ICD-11 and SNOMED CT®

ICD-SNOMED-CT® Harmonisation

Physical Objects in SNOMED CT®

ICD-1 – Well…near enough

ICD-2

ICD-3

ICD-4

ICD-5

ICD-6

ICD-7

ICD-8

ICD-9

ICD-10

ICD-11

Körner Data and SNOMED: A Snapshot from 1988

Mapping ICD 9 (or 10) to SNOMED CT®

Over 1 Million Relationships: SNOMED CT ®

SNOMED CT® International Browser

SNOMED CT® Utilises the Brodmann Area Classification for Brain Regions

The Insular Cortex and SNOMED CT®

Administrative Statuses in SNOMED CT®

Environment Descriptors in SNOMED CT®

Event Descriptors in SNOMED CT®

Generic Specifiers in SNOMED CT®

Physical Forces in SNOMED CT®

The Classification of Life in SNOMED CT®

Procedure Descriptors in SNOMED CT®

Observable Phenomenon in SNOMED CT®

What’s a Kinkajou got to do with 21st Century Medical Terminology?

Standardisation of Health Information Technology in New Zealand

Statisticians were Responsible for the Development of an International Classification of Diseases

Why Do We Need Electronic Record Systems to Talk to Each Other

Appendix B – Definition of Health Information Exchange

This is the definition of the Health Information Exchange that I use (Hersh et al, 2015)

‘Health information exchange (HIE), the electronic sharing of clinical information across the boundaries of health care organizations‘

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