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TestThis SNOMED CT Implementation Guide for Allergy, Hypersensitivity, and Intolerance provides comprehensive guidance for healthcare providers, information managers, and software developers who are seeking a standardized approach to document and manage patients with adverse reactions to various substances. The guide is designed to address the need for clear and uniform best practices for documenting adverse sensitivity and understanding how SNOMED CT can be applied within this domain.
The guide is organized into five main chapters, beginning with an introduction that outlines the objectives, scope, and target audience. The second chapter focuses on the key use cases that motivated the creation of this guide, providing detailed scenarios where SNOMED CT implementation is essential within the domain of allergies, hypersensitivity, and intolerance.
Chapter three elaborates on how SNOMED CT addresses the terminological needs within the domain of allergies, hypersensitivity, and intolerance, including relevant editorial policies and concept model rules established to ensure the quality of the content.
Chapter four introduces HL7 FHIR as a recommended information model that can be used within the field of allergies, hypersensitivities, and intolerances to facilitate the harmonization and interoperability of data within this domain. It also clarifies the bindings between this and SNOMED CT.
Finally, chapter five presents technical considerations related to the implementation of SNOMED CT and FHIR for allergy-related data capture, including two main ways to document adverse sensitivity in the EHR, which are supported by SNOMED CT: substance-focused and findings-focused models.
Overall, this SNOMED CT Implementation Guide provides practical guidance for healthcare providers, information managers, and software developers looking to integrate SNOMED CT into their workflows within the domain of allergies, hypersensitivity, and intolerance. It represents a culmination of work started by the Implementation SIG in 2014 and continued by the SNOMED International Clinical Reference Group for Allergies/Hypersensitivity starting in 2020.
The guide is particularly relevant for clinicians who are interested in understanding how SNOMED CT can support the clinical needs for data collection and acquisition within the field of Allergy, Hypersensitivity, and Intolerance. It is also useful for information managers who are looking to learn how SNOMED CT can be integrated into health information models within the domain of Allergy, Hypersensitivity, and Intolerance to support the implementation of SNOMED CT and enhance data interoperability. Finally, software developers who want to learn how to integrate SNOMED CT into software applications used in the domain of Allergy, Hypersensitivity, and Intolerance will find valuable information in this guide.