London, United Kingdom, Sept 4 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Picture an elderly patient navigating orthopaedic care across primary, acute and rehabilitative sectors; a woman moving through breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in a developing digital health environment; or gathering critical patient information in the midst of a conflict, epidemic or disaster. These scenarios represent instances in which the Global Patient Set (GPS) can make an impact in non-SNOMED CT enabled countries.
A slice of SNOMED CT, the GPS is a managed collection of existing reference sets, available to any user at no cost. The GPS offers clinical content across dentistry, renal, family & general practice and nursing areas, and includes IHE, DICOMand HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS) domains and activities. SNOMED International’s General Assembly Chair, Lies van Gennip, is encouraged by what the GPS represents, including easier specification of EHR requirements through clinical documents such as a patient summary. Van Gennip shares, “The GPS is a step towards increased clinical information sharing across borders, bridging the interoperability divide through the use of structured terminology.”