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US FDA adoption of SNOMED |
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"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today advanced the federal effort to create electronic health records for Americans within the next decade by making it easier to share drug information electronically. FDA is moving the effort forward by adopting the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) as the standard computerized medical vocabulary system to be used to electronically code important terms in the Highlights section of prescription drug labeling. This move will allow healthcare professionals nationwide electronically to access and share critical health and treatment information more easily and efficiently."
Read the full article at www.fda.gov
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