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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
This paper describes Kaiser Permanente's (KP) enterprise-wide medical terminology solution, referred to as our Convergent Medical Terminology (CMT). Initially developed to serve the needs of a regional electronic health record, CMT has evolved into a core KP asset, serving as the common terminology across all applications. CMT serves as the definitive source of concept definitions for the organization, provides a consistent structure and access method to all codes used by the organization, and is KP's language of interoperability, with cross-mappings to regional ancillary systems and administrative billing codes. The core of CMT is comprised of SNOMED CT, laboratory LOINC, and First DataBank drug terminology. These are integrated into a single poly-hierarchically structured knowledge base. Cross map sets provide bi-directional translations between CMT and ancillary applications and administrative billing codes. Context sets provide subsets of CMT for use in specific contexts. Our experience with CMT has lead us to conclude that a successful terminology solution requires that: (1) usability considerations are an organizational priority; (2) "interface" terminology is differentiated from "reference" terminology; (3) it be easy for clinicians to find the concepts they need; (4) the immediate value of coded data be apparent to clinician user; (5) there be a well defined approach to terminology extensions. Over the past several years, there has been substantial progress made in the domain coverage and standardization of medical terminology. KP has learned to exploit that terminology in ways that are clinician-acceptable and that provide powerful options for data analysis and reporting.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0926-9630
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AbillaAlanA, pubmed-author:BarsoumRitaR, pubmed-author:CampbellKeith EKE, pubmed-author:ClementsRobert JRJ, pubmed-author:CohnSimonS, pubmed-author:CorreiaCarol MCM, pubmed-author:DolinRobert HRH, pubmed-author:EstevaDianeD, pubmed-author:FedackJohn MJM, pubmed-author:GoldbergBruce JBJ, pubmed-author:GopalaraoSridharS, pubmed-author:HafezaEzaE, pubmed-author:HendlerPeterP, pubmed-author:HernandezEnriqueE, pubmed-author:HochhalterBradB, pubmed-author:KahnRafique ARA, pubmed-author:KamangarRonR, pubmed-author:KurtovichGeorginaG, pubmed-author:LaBergeDianeD, pubmed-author:LazzareschiGerryG, pubmed-author:LeeMoon HMH, pubmed-author:LeeTracyT, pubmed-author:LevyDavidD, pubmed-author:LukoffJonathan YJY, pubmed-author:LundbergCyndieC, pubmed-author:MaddenMichael PMP, pubmed-author:MattisonJohn EJE, pubmed-author:NgoTrongtu LTL, pubmed-author:NguyenBen TBT, pubmed-author:PatelNikhilkumar PNP, pubmed-author:ResneckJimJ, pubmed-author:RossDavid EDE, pubmed-author:SchwarzKathleen MKM, pubmed-author:SelhorstCharles CCC, pubmed-author:ShalabyJamesJ, pubmed-author:SnyderAaronA, pubmed-author:UmarjiMohamed IMI, pubmed-author:VilnerMaxM, pubmed-author:WiesenthalAndrew MAM, pubmed-author:Zer-ChenRoyR, pubmed-author:ZingoChrisC
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
346-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-7-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Kaiser Permanente's Convergent Medical Terminology.
pubmed:affiliation
Kaiser Permanente CMT Team, Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect, 5 Centerpointe Drive, La Palma, CA 90623, USA. Robert.H.Dolin@kp.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article