The role of local terminologies in electronic health records. The HEGP experience.
Despite decades of work, there is no universally accepted standard medical terminology and no generally usable terminological tools have yet emerged. The local dictionary of concepts of the Georges Pompidou European Hospital (HEGP) is a Terminological System (TS) designed to support clinical data entry. It covers 93 data entry forms and contains definitions and synonyms of more than 5000 concepts, sometimes linked to reference terminologies such as ICD-10. In this article, we evaluate to which extend SNOMED CT could fully replace or rather be mapped to the local terminology system. We first describe the local dictionary of concepts of HEGP according to some published TS characterization framework. Then we discuss the specific role that a local terminology system plays with regards to reference terminologies.
Daniel-Le Bozec
Christel
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INSERM, UMR_S 872, eq.20 Paris, F-75006 France. christel.daniel@spim.jussieu.fr
Steichen
Olivier
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Dart
Thierry
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Jaulent
Marie-Christine
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D004018:Dictionaries, Medical as Topic; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D039061:Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled