The American Academy of Ophthalmology Adopts SNOMED CT as Its Official Clinical Terminology

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-226

  Hoskins Jr , H Dunbar ^a   Hildebrand, P Lloyd ^a   Lum, Flora ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EYE CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549089123     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.11.026     Document Type: Editorial

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