Healthcare IT News November 29, 2021
SNOMED International says it will create and release an openly available International Patient Summary sub-ontology in the first half of 2022, aimed at promoting cross-border information sharing.
SNOMED International announced this past week that its governance bodies had recently enacted a decision to support the scope of content within the International Patient Summary.
The organization said it will extend the core of SNOMED CT’s structured clinical terminology in order to create and release an open, standalone IPS sub-ontology in the first half of 2022.
This, in turn, will support international data-sharing, said SNOMED International.
“2021 has seen increased interest by governments and health and care organizations globally for implementing the IPS to enhance timely cross-border health information flow and interoperability,”...