SNOMED: a controlled vocabulary for computer-based patient records.
SNOMED is a detailed and specific coded vocabulary of names and descriptions used in healthcare--explicitly designed for use in the computerized patient record. Here's an overview of this system and a look at its next generation.
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College of American Pathologists, Northfield, IL, USA.
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D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled