SNOMED International has issued the first production release of its International Patient Summary (IPS) Terminology. The aim is to improve clinical data interoperability for non-SNOMED International members.
The IPS terminology adds the hierarchy, defining relationships, and extra synonyms from the SNOMED CT International Edition to form a sub-ontology of SNOMED CT that stakeholders can upload into a terminology server for the specified scope of the IPS.
Furthermore, the IPS is an extract of an EHR containing essential healthcare information to support cross-border patient care. From a technical standpoint, the IPS is a minimal, non-exhaustive set of data elements defined by ISO/EN 17269 and delivered by HL7 in CDA and FHIR using a set of SNOMED CT terms.
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