Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that its Health Language® Provider Friendly Terminology (PFT) can now be used with Epic's EHR technology for mid-size and large medical groups, hospitals and integrated healthcare organisations.
PFT makes it easier for clinicians to record problems and diagnoses by providing a comprehensive library of commonly-used synonyms with mappings to SNOMED CT, ICD-9 and ICD-10.
Clients using PFT within Epic can create problem lists using familiar clinical terms such as "afib," "ank fx," or "elevated BP". The content has the potential to increase clinician satisfaction by reducing the time spent searching for problems and diagnoses. The mappings in PFT also ensure that the associated ICD-9 and, soon, ICD-10 billing codes are captured.
