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Standardising dietary supplements in Electronic Health Records – Using SNOMED CT
04May

Standardising dietary supplements in Electronic Health Records – Using SNOMED CT

Dietary supplements are used by millions of people across the world to both enhance and maintain health The size of the [...]

UK Pathology Units List – the What, Why and How…
19Apr

UK Pathology Units List – the What, Why and How…

The UK Pathology Units List (UKPUL) is a table of standard UCUM unit codes and supporting information designed to [...]

SNOMED CT LOINC extension – updates and alpha preview
12Apr

SNOMED CT LOINC extension – updates and alpha preview

For those of you who have been following the LOINC and SNOMED CT developments, there is an update on this vital piece [...]

Why the SNOMED CT and LOINC `concept model`​ matters to patients and healthcare
24Feb

Why the SNOMED CT and LOINC `concept model`​ matters to patients and healthcare

Earlier this year we revisited work our team did looking at the gaps in the Unified Test List (broadly the lab [...]

Fixing the NHS PBCL Legacy issue affecting lab results - common misconceptions
17Feb

Fixing the NHS PBCL Legacy issue affecting lab results - common misconceptions

Background For those who are not from the UK or even if you are in the UK NHS but don’t wear some of the [...]

Why does SNOMED CT have separate codes for Lab Test Requests, Results and Reports? — Part 2
09Feb

Why does SNOMED CT have separate codes for Lab Test Requests, Results and Reports? — Part 2

This article covers a key aspect of confusion — about why SNOMED CT has findings that look similar to a lab result [...]

Why does SNOMED CT have separate codes for Lab Test Requests, Results and Reports?
01Feb

Why does SNOMED CT have separate codes for Lab Test Requests, Results and Reports?

Background When we discuss lab tests and data I always come across various repeated conversations They often focus [...]

Pathology Harmonisation Roadmap
26Jan

Pathology Harmonisation Roadmap

In our previous article, we discussed what `harmonisation` of Pathology (Laboratory Medicine) is and how it enables [...]

Pathology – Harmonisation & Cross-site working
05Jan

Pathology – Harmonisation & Cross-site working

We all know that diagnostic medicine (aka lab and other tests) form the basis of ~70% of clinical pathways/delivery [...]

Standardising Lab Tests and Data using SNOMED CT
18Nov

Standardising Lab Tests and Data using SNOMED CT

This article shares experiences from a Proof of Concept project that attempted to standardise lab tests of two large [...]