Clinical clarity versus terminological order - The readiness of SNOMED CT concept descriptors for primary care

International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  He, Zhe ^a   Halper, Michael ^b   Perl, Yehoshua ^a   Elhanan, Gai ^c  

^a University Heights   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Pathway Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical use; SNOMED CT; Synonyms; Terminology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL USE; CONCEPT SELECTION; DESCRIPTORS; FINE GRANULARITY; HIGH RATE; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PRIMARY CARE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SNOMED CT; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; SYNONYMS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 84870434007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2389672.2389674     Document Type: Conference Paper

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