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Implementation of SNOMED in the Netherlands: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Explore the current status of SNOMED implementation in the Netherlands, focusing on infrastructure development, practical experiences, political and organizational issues, and plans for standardization. Discover key insights on the benefits, challenges, and the roadmap for successful adoption.

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Implementation of SNOMED in the Netherlands: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects

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  1. Netherlands and SNOMED • Up-date on status and plans for selecting terminologies for the eHealth infrastructure • Hans Haveman • Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports • Workshop Health terminologies • Brussel, 08-11-2006

  2. Netherlands and SNOMED • Implementation in the Netherlands • Infrastructure for data exchange • Incremental development of the EHR • First applications: • Electronic Medication Record • Electronic General Practitioner’s Record (a summary of patients history for the locum) • BUT THEN ……… TERMINOLOGY

  3. Netherlands and SNOMED Political issues • International discussion • role of the government in standardization • Implementation driven Organizational issues • Participating, consequences Practical issues • Benefits, some experiences with part of SNOMED.

  4. Netherlands and SNOMED • Discussion and commitment: • Standardization organisation (NEN) • Academic world • Scientific organization of medical specialists • Decisionmakers in healthcare

  5. Netherlands and SNOMED • Proposal to the steeringcommittee on ICT and innovation • Participating in SSDO • Planning the organizational process • Planning the content process Decision: programme in the steeringcommittee

  6. Netherlands and SNOMED • Pragmatical approach: • Organizational matters • Partial translation • Exercise with mapping in different fields • Build up experience Cost: license and programme

  7. Netherlands and SNOMED • Experience should shown: • The benefits and in which extension • Relation with other classifications • Further effects if SNOMED is succesful Conclusion: a good choice, but the proof is in the future

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