> > Dear colleagues, > > It is laudable that HHS obtained the rights for the use of SNOMED-CT in the > USA. > It is understandable that pressure will be used to deploy SNOMED as the > preferred terminology. > It is perfectly understandable that this pressure will result in the > incorporation of SNOMED into HL7 v3. > > But... > > In Europe CEN/TC251 has declared to base its activities on HL7 v3 RIM. And for > several years we at CEN are co-operating in a very fruitful way with HL7 on > the basis of a renewed Memorandum of Understanding. > In Europe we have to take into account the requirements of several European > countries. > Not all countries have easy access tot SNOMED or have plans to obtain the > rights to use SNOMED. > > Meaning, that HL7 must carefully investigate how and to what extend SNOMED-CT > will become incorporated in HL7 v3. > > (?There is a need to bring into sync UMLS and HL7 at some level. To my mind > Semantic Network and HL7 V3 RIM have to be reconciled. This will facilitate > reuse in an object oriented way while retaining semantic validity. We can > then have a true unified health information infrastructure.?) > > This topic will be a good one to place on the next agenda when the board of > HL7 and CEN/TC251 chairman and convenors will meet. > > With regards, > > Gerard Freriks -- Gerard Freriks, MD Convenor CEN/TC251 WG1
TNO-PG Zernikedreef 9 Leiden The Netherlands +31 71 5181388 +31 654 792800 > From: "Shah, Hemant" <HShah at coh.org> > Reply-To: "Shah, Hemant" <HShah at coh.org> > Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:53:45 -0700 > To: openehr-technical at openehr.org > Subject: RE: Open Source EHR at the Americal Academy of Family Physicians ... > > The recent agreement between the Health and Human Services and the College of > American Pathologists about integrating SNOMED into UMLS, and making it > available for free to everyone in USA, was a landmark. > > Is there a thought process within HL7 that is exploring such opportunities? If > HHS agrees to support HL7 to allow it to make its standards available for > free, it will hasten its adoption and development while it serves the goals of > the federal government too. > > There is a need to bring into sync UMLS and HL7 at some level. To my mind > Semantic Network and HL7 V3 RIM have to be reconciled. This will facilitate > reuse in an object oriented way while retaining semantic validity. We can > then have a true unified health information infrastructure. > > Regards, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20030925/f0cfe886/attachment.html>
