Content analysis of physical examination templates in electronic health records using SNOMED CT

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 736-749

  Gøeg, Kirstine Rosenbeck ^a   Chen, Rong ^b,c   Højen, Anne Randorff ^a   Elberg, Pia ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Cambio Healthcare Systems   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computerized medical records; Medical record linkage methods; Medical record linkage standards; Semantics; SNOMED CT; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTEROPERABILITY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINOLOGY;

COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORDS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORD; PROPRIETARY INFORMATION; SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY; SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; SNOMED-CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; HUMAN;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE;

EID: 84906789039     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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