Evaluating the representation of disaster hazards in SNOMED CT: gaps and opportunities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Climate change, an underlying risk driver of natural disasters, threatens the environmental sustainability, planetary health, and sustainable development goals. Incorporating disaster-related health impacts into electronic health records helps to comprehend their impact on populations, clinicians, and healthcare systems. This study aims to: (1) map the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and International Science Council (UNDRR-ISC) Hazard Information Profiles to SNOMED CT International, a clinical terminology used by clinicians, to manage patients and provide healthcare services; and (2) to determine the extent of clinical terminologies available to capture disaster-related events.

Materials and methods

Concepts related to disasters were extracted fr

SUBMITTER: Lokmic-Tomkins Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature