A survey of SNOMED CT implementations

  • Authors:

  • Dennis Lee;Ronald Cornet;Francis Lau;Nicolette De Keizer

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P5;Department of Medical Informatics, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Room J1B-115, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands;School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P5;Department of Medical Informatics, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Room J1B-115, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Biomedical Informatics
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

The Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) has been designated as the recommended clinical reference terminology for use in clinical information systems around the world and is reported to be used in over 50 countries. However, there are still few implementation details. This study examined the implementation of SNOMED CT in terms of design, use and maintenance issues involved in 13 healthcare organisations across eight countries through a series of interviews with 14 individuals. While a great deal of effort has been spent on developing and refining SNOMED CT, there is still much work ahead to bring SNOMED CT into routine clinical use.