openEHR vs FHIR and other health IT standards
Health IT has various standards, and choosing the right one is often confusing. Understand the differences clearly to select the right standard.
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Health IT has various standards, and choosing the right one is often confusing. Understand the differences clearly to select the right standard.
Traditional healthcare software development has significant drawbacks. A platform with standardized features and extensible features might be the right answer.
The FHIR terminology service offers functions derived from a collection of CodeSystem, ValueSet, and ConceptMap resources.
SNOMED allows creating extensions for missing terms, adhering to specific rules. Extensions can map to concepts or require post-coordination with namespace.
Refsets in SNOMED CT allow subsets for specific use cases, enabling standard compliance and external sharing with mandatory regeneration post-release.
Use SNOMED CT Browser for exploring clinical concepts, synonyms, relationships, and semantic tags. Supports ECL for advanced search and MRCM validation.
Set up a SNOMED CT terminology server using Docker and Hermes: Clone Hermes, index SNOMED CT files, execute index.sh, start server with docker-compose up.