title: SNOMED takes the next step.
abstract: Healthcare terminologies SNOMED and the Read Codes have been around for a long time. Now, a new terminology combining the two promises to take the industry one step closer to realizing the vision of an electronic patient record. Here 's a sneak peek at SNOMED CT.
authors.affiliation: College of American Pathologists, Northfield, IL, USA. kkudla@cap.org
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kudla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blakemore
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000145:classification*; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D039061:Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States