On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 04:04, lakewood at copper.net wrote: > 3)Rigorous testing, including scalability, of SNOMED seems to be sparse: > > PERFORMANCE; Google search: "SNOMED performance |" > http://etbsun2.nlm.nih.gov:8000/publis-ob-offi/pdf/2000-tal-ob-Ft.pdf > (1 hit) > > SCALABILITY: Google search: "SNOMED scalability |" > (no hits) > > EFFECTIVENESS: Google search: "SNOMED effectiveness |" > (no hits) > > RELIABILITY: Google search: "SNOMED reliability |" > (no hits) > > AVAILABILITY: Google search: "SNOMED availability |" > http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/bx/Bga-mckesson-info-sols.Rn1s_Dl9.html > (1 hit); DIFFERENT KIND OF 'availability', i.e., availabile for use > > COMPLAINTS: Google search: "SNOMED complaint |" > (no hits) > > ERRORS: Google search: "SNOMED error |" > (no hits) > > SUSTAINABILITY: Google search: "SNOMED sustain |" > (no hits) > > OK! I give up! > > SNOMED, it appears, has never been subjected to any kind of analysis. It > appears to be in the same category as home repair contractors who > provide an on-the-spot 'tail-light' warranty.
Only a tiny percentage of the biomedical literature is accessible to Google - you need to search PubMed - see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed A completely naive search on "SNOMED evaluation" yielded 33 hits, most of which we on topic. More extensive searches would flush out a lot more papers, I'm sure. BTW, please talk about "SNOMED CT" which is the original SNOMED classification combined with a clinical terms, including the Read codes. Personally I think that SNOMED CT is far from perfect (as has been discussed on this list in the past), but it is the best show in town for the near and medium future. The fact that there is a universal license to use it in the US, and some form of NHS-wide license in the UK, makes it attractive to software developers. I understand that serious consideration is being given to negotiating a national license for SNOMED CT for Australia, but there is some due process to be gone through first before a decision is made. Tim C -- Tim C PGP/GnuPG Key 1024D/EAF993D0 available from keyservers everywhere or at http://members.optushome.com.au/tchur/pubkey.asc Key fingerprint = 8C22 BF76 33BA B3B5 1D5B EB37 7891 46A9 EAF9 93D0 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20030926/1ba65e1c/attachment.asc>
