An evaluation of snomed CT® in the domain of complex chronic conditions

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sampalli, Tara ^a   Shepherd, Michael ^a   Duffy, Jack ^a   Fox, Roy ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic care management; Multidisciplinary; Snomed ct ; Standardized clinical vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047728506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.514     Document Type: Article

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