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
This article covers a key aspect of confusion — about why SNOMED CT has findings that look similar to a lab result [...]
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
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
This article shares experiences from a Proof of Concept project that attempted to standardise lab tests of two large [...]
Considerations for Ontological Alignment between LOINC and SNOMED CT – LOINC extension in SNOMED CT Part 3
Following up on the recent article on what LOINC extension in SNOMED CT and its relevance to the NHS and Unified Test [...]
What’s in the SNOMED CT Galaxy? Exploring Content from different editions
We all know and hear that SNOMED CT is quite comprehensive and has a lot of content The current International Edition [...]
LOINC and SNOMED CT: LOINC Extension – What this means for NHS and Unified Test List
This the second part of our `LOINC and SNOMED CT: LOINC Extension` series So if you haven’t read the first part of [...]