Security & privacy of personal data and the discussions about it in relation of EHR data has been holding centre stage recently. This is all the more relevant in light of the many high profile data theft and misuse of personal data involving prominent technology companies. With technology taking centre Read more…
The EHR.Network terminology service APIs allow SNOMED CT coding to be implemented easily without any additional service or tools. You can read more about this service from here. SNOMED CT is an ontological library that allows the coding of EHR data to make it semantically interoperable. You need a way Read more…
Indian government has created the Indian EHR standards with the aim of realizing the aims outlined in the National Health Policy 2017. This policy, published by the Ministry of health and family welfare, outlines the goals of the Indian Government with respect to healthcare in India. The policy lays stress Read more…
By passing the National Mental Healthcare Act 2017, the Indian parliament has put in place the much needed reform in mental health care diagnosis and treatment. It covers all aspects of mental healthcare and is aimed at better health care deliverance and treatment of individuals with mental illness. The bill Read more…
We have updated our SNOMED CT service with additional data sets and improved performance. This service, released a couple of weeks before, has had it’s first update in line with our commitment to always deliver the latest to the application developers. The service now includes the latest SNOMED CT International Read more…
SNOMED CT is one of the cornerstones of EHR standards. It contributes greatly to making the EHR data semantically interoperable and computable. However understanding and integrating into EHR applications has never been trivial, especially for small & medium application developers. We are going to change this landscape for good with Read more…
Electronic Health Record or EHR, given it’s large and ever growing scope, has been defined in so many different ways. One of the simplest of them comes from HealthIT.gov An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make Read more…
SNOMED CT is the acronym for Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms. It is a collection of more than 350,000 terms and phrases (referred to us concepts in SNOMED) that are popularly used in clinical practice across the world. These can be used to unambiguously record clinical concepts so Read more…
Indian EHR standards attempts to improve the access, availability and efficacy of healthcare. There is a need to improve awareness about this to enhance it’s widespread adoption. So, we have come up with an initiative to dedicate a series of articles to make the understanding of EHR standards and their Read more…
Semantic interoperability of EHR data is the foundation for advancing healthcare because, in today’s value-based market, availability of the required information is critical to making the right decisions. To do what’s best for patients, providers need to share critical information to help coordinate care across the entire continuum. Every time Read more…