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
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 [...]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
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 [...]
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 [...]- 1
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