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Maintaining Value Sets using SNOMED CT®

  • Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:38
The HDD has over 6000 value sets; many including SNOMED CT codes that are updated after every release.

The LOINC Part XXX: Going PG

  • Wednesday, 20 January 2021 10:33
The letter “X” can stand for so many things.

Keeping it real or going virtual?

  • Sunday, 21 February 2021 15:56
All of us experienced quite a shift from the norm in 2020, and we continue to adapt to this new environment in 2021.
What can be said about 2020 except what a year!

Miles of data to go

  • Tuesday, 22 December 2020 10:28
Dealing with an ocean of data can be exhausting and intimidating.

Work life balance during a pandemic

  • Monday, 07 December 2020 15:44
2020 has thrown plenty of curve balls at everyone.
With the recent good news regarding potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, I thought it would be helpful to blog about the vaccine development process and how that process has evolved during the ongoing pandemic.

Searching in SNOMED CT® using ECL

  • Tuesday, 24 November 2020 10:09
Expression Constraint Language (ECL) is unique to SNOMED CT and allows users to build computable rules from SNOMED CT’s hierarchy and/or relationship groups.
To keep up with the sheer quantity of SARS-CoV-2 testing and the lack of reagent during the pandemic, laboratories have begun to use the “pooling method.”
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) inaugural Women in AMIA (WIA) Leadership Program has completed its first year!