The developers of the SNOMED CT and LOINC terminology standards are collaborating on a project to make it easier to adopt a unified approach to implementing both standards. Easing health information exchange for providers and enabling exchange within workflows is the goal of this collaboration agreement between LOINC and SNOMED CT.
Under their new collaborative agreement, SNOMED International and Regenstrief Institute, the developer of LOINC, will work on developing a LOINC “extension” that aligns with the SNOMED CT model. According to the developers, the extension will create SNOMED CT and LOINC codes for all concepts shared between the terminologies. This would make it easier for implementers to have a unified approach to implementing both standards and meet clinical and regulatory requirements.
The new extension will support efforts to increase health information exchange that leverages the HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard. Moreover, semantic interoperability eases the ability of systems to exchange data with unambiguous, shared meaning. This will enable users to use LOINC or SNOMED IDs in their health records. The meanings would be semantically equivalent.
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