They have established a coding vocabulary for genetic test results called CBO, or Clinical Bioinformatics Ontology . Genetic test results are associated with the concepts from the CBO, whereas a traditional observation like a pulse or blood pressure might be associated with a SNOMED (Systematized...
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on 11-15-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, EMR, Genomics, Medical Records, EHR, Cerner, vocabulary, codes
This has been the first public announcement I have heard on the topic, even though I began commenting on this about 6 months ago on the blog here, good to see it is work in progress. First order of business is to get some standardizations in place. The National Library of Congress is...