CSAC September 2, 2003

George Kim, MD

Harold Lehmann, MD, PhD

SNOMED CT - a gentle introduction

(A hyperlinked version of this outline and the attached resource list will be posted on the Division of Health Sciences Website:http://dhsi.med.jhmi.edu/

Resources:

SNOMED® International: http://www.snomed.org/

Source for SNOMED CT® information, including product description, users groups, references to research papers, press releases and presentations. Contact information for support and training.

National Library of Medicine: Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS): http://umlsks.nlm.nih.gov/

Source for UMLS files, programming and lexical tools to manipulate tables for use in different environments. Training is organized through the National Network of Medical Libraries: http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/description.html

References:

Cimino JJ, "Desiderata for Controlled Medical Vocabularies in the Twenty-First Century," Methods Inform Med 1998; 37: 394-403

Dolin R, "Kaiser Permanente's 'Convergent Medical Terminology'", SNOMED User Group Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 8, 2003.
URL: http://www.snomed.org/Users_group/Presentations2002/SNOMED_at_KP/sld001.htm
(Last checked 08-19-2003).

Markwell D, "SNOMED® Clinical Terms-Technical Design/Using SNOMED® Clinical Terms in clinical statements," Presentation CEN TC251, Berlin, 4 February 2001.

National Health Information Infrastructure 2003, Conference Materials from "Developing a National Action Agenda for NHII", June 30-July 2, 2003, Washington DC.
URL: http://www.nhii-03.s-3.net/materials.htm
(Last checked 08-18-2003).

National Health Service, SNOMED Clinical Terms® - resource page.
URL: http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/snomed/pages/pastevents.asp
(Last checked 08-19-2003).

Price C, "Forming the Foundation for Enterprise-wide Applications of SNOMED CT: The UK National Health Service," ", SNOMED User Group Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 8, 2003.
URL: http://www.snomed.org/Users_group/Presentations2002/Colin%20Price/
(Last checked 08-19-2003).

SNOMED CT¨ Product Profile, SNOMED International, January 2003.
URL: http://www.snomed.org/SNOMEDCT_Product_Profile_0603.pdf
(Last checked 08-18-2003).

SNOMED® International Users Group Conference, SNOMED CT® Goes Live! November 8, 2003, San Antonio, Tx.
URL: http://www.snomed.org/Users_group/Presentations2002/Presentations.htm
(Last checked 08-19-2003).

Spackman K, "SNOMED CT Goes Live: A Vision for the Future of Health Care Information," SNOMED User Group Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 8, 2003.
URL: http://www.snomed.org/Users_group/Presentations2002/Kent%20Spackman
(Last checked 08-19-2003)