john hilton wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 06:34, David More wrote: > >>Hi Ian, >> >>I think you may find the SNOMED CT will be made available as a national >>resource paid for the Commonwealth Government and supported in Australia by >>a beefed up national coding entity of some sort. Just as in the US it will >>be free to all who want to use it. >> > > > If I have invested a considerable amount of time coding diseases in something > else (eg: ICPC) will this be convertible to this snomed? Will I have wasted > my time?
I think the honest (but somewhat painful) answers are yes, but only with some additional effort and yes, to a degree, unless there is an ICPC-to-SCT mapping, but ICPC is a classification, and SCT is a terminology, so such a mapping is not always possible. But you only need worry about this if NeHTA negotiates a satisfactory all-of-Oz license for SNOMED CT. Like what the Americans have. But not like what the Brits have, where you have to apply to some central NHS authority beseeching them for a sub-license etc etc. Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
