A computable pathology report for precision medicine: extending an observables ontology unifying SNOMED CT and LOINC.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) introduced the first cancer synoptic reporting protocols in 1998. However, the objective of a fully computable and machine-readable cancer synoptic report remains elusive due to insufficient definitional content in Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) and Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC). To address this terminology gap, investigators at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) are developing, authoring, and testing a SNOMED CT observable ontology to represent the data elements identified by the synoptic worksheets of CAP.

Methods

Investigators along with collaborators from the US National Library of Medicine, CAP, the International Health Terminology Standards

SUBMITTER: Campbell WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378880 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature