title: Mapping Wound Assessment Data Elements in SNOMED CT.
abstract: The use of standardized terminologies is an essential component to support interoperability in electronic health records. In British Columbia, Canada, a commonly used nursing wound assessment template was mapped to SNOMED CT. Preliminary results have found that 50.8% of the wound assessment data elements had direct matches to concepts within SNOMED CT. Results of this mapping activity have produced a set of mapped wound assessment parameters to SNOMED CT.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Block
authors.affiliation: Vancouver Coastal Health, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Handfield
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D000072917:Standardized Nursing Terminology; D039061:Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification*