Semantic validation of the use of SNOMED CT in HL7 clinical documents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) constrains the HL7 Reference Information model (RIM) to specify the format of HL7-compliant clinical documents, dubbed CDA documents. The use of clinical terminologies such as SNOMED CT® further improves interoperability as they provide a shared understanding of concepts used in clinical documents. However, despite the use of the RIM and of shared terminologies such as SNOMED CT®, gaps remain as to how to use both the RIM and SNOMED CT® in HL7 clinical documents. The HL7 implementation guide on Using SNOMED CT in HL7 Version 3 is an effort to close this gap. It is, however, a human-readable document that is not suited for automatic processing. As such, health care professionals designing clinical documents need to ensure valid

SUBMITTER: Heymans S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3152505 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature