title: Implementing reusable software components for SNOMED CT diagram and expression concept representations.
abstract: SNOMED CT is a vital component in the future of semantic interoperability in healthcare as it provides the meaning to EHRs via its semantically rich, controlled terminology. Communicating the concepts of this terminology to both humans and machines is crucial therefore formal guidelines for diagram and expression representations have been developed by the curators of SNOMED CT. This paper presents a novel, model-based approach to implementing these guidelines that allows simultaneous editing of a concept via both diagram and expression editors. The implemented extensible software component can be embedded both both desktop and web applications.
authors.affiliation: B2i Healthcare, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bánfai
authors.affiliation: B2i Healthcare, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Porció
authors.affiliation: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kovács
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D066289:Data Curation / Q000592:standards*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012660:Semantics; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*; D012985:Software Design; D039061:Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface