The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) have agreed to create a standard, worldwide terminology for health information systems. The new standards are designed to improve patient care, data safety and communication. The National Library of Medicine is the US member of the IHTSDO and monitors development…
SNOMED CT Expansion The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) released a new source code for its IHTSDO Workbench, now available under an Apache2 open source agreement, to develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT. As the US Member of the IHTSDO, NLM is interested in SNOMED CT’s continued development and distribution. …
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released a draft, rules-based map for SNOMED CT. The NLM is seeking users to test, evaluate, and provide feedback for the map (SNOMED CT to ICD-9-CM Rule Based Mapping), which is meant to guide development of related healthcare services maps and lead to streamlined reimbursement and administrative reporting within US…
The NLM launched a new Web site, Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, to better equip public health agencies to observe and compare nationwide trends from newborn screening test results. The NLM site covers more than 100 conditions, listing their terminologies and codes, and identifying the screening tests that may be used for each. Users…
Harold M. “Hack” Schoolman, MD, the former NLM Deputy Director for Research and Education, died August 17 at his home in Washington, DC after a heart attack. He was 85. Schoolman joined the NLM in 1970 and retired in 1999. He is credited with guiding the expansion of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine,…
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