GHDC

At first, SNOMED-CT terminology will be used for the capture of surgical procedures in our operating room management software. In a near future, we plan to generalize the use SNOMED-CT to capture medical information (in structured fields or using NLP technology on unstructured text) in our EHR.

Country / Region

EMEA

Electronic health record

Location: Grand-Rue 3 6000 Charleroi, Belgique

At first, SNOMED-CT terminology will be used for the capture of surgical procedures in our operating room management software. In a near future, we plan to generalize the use SNOMED-CT to capture medical information (in structured fields or using NLP technology on unstructured text) in our EHR.

The idea is to be able to use these codified data for:

fulfillment of contribution to national health registers
implementation of smart medical alerts and decision supports
data analytics for quality and efficiency improvement

Description

These developments form a part of a larger initiative grouping Belgian hospitals and software vendors who wish to promote implementation of the SNOMED CT terminology in their EHRs.

For more information about this Consortium, please visit the CSCT website at http://www.csct.be.

Scope

To capture the surgical procedures in our operating room management software. To capture medical information (in structured fields or using NLP technology on unstructured text) in our EHR.