Evaluating standard terminologies for encoding allergy information.

CONCLUSIONS: The proper terminology for encoding a patient's allergy is complex, as multiple elements need to be captured to form a fully structured clinical finding. Our results suggest that while gaps still exist, a combination of SNOMED CT and RxNorm can satisfy most criteria for encoding common allergies and provide sufficient content coverage.
PMID: 23396542 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - February 9, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Goss FR, Zhou L, Plasek JM, Broverman C, Robinson G, Middleton B, Rocha RA Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: research