Stream: implementers
Topic: Semantic bridge with SNOMED
nicola (RIO/SS) (Nov 27 2016 at 18:09):
Is there any work to map FHIR resources and elements to SNOMED concepts? Like FHIR/Patient - Patient (person) SCTID: 116154003, FHIR/Patient.name - Patient name (observable entity) SCTID: 371484003...
Grahame Grieve (Nov 27 2016 at 18:10):
yes. see https://onfhir.hl7.org/2016/11/03/summary-report-from-snomed-meeting/
nicola (RIO/SS) (Nov 27 2016 at 18:21):
Nice. May be add this information into StructureDefinition? Also map and sync with SNOMED all FHIR ValueSets/CodeSystems. The idea of unified ontology looks like amazing future and could be used in semantic/logical mapping as basis. We could start from snomed driven extensions to reduce duplication in extensions, if concept already in SNOMED. For example define race extension by snomed - Race (observable entity) SCTID: 103579009
Grahame Grieve (Nov 27 2016 at 18:24):
you should find what's already done in structure definitions - check, say, Condition
nicola (RIO/SS) (Nov 27 2016 at 18:25):
Yes, that's exactly that. We could help with it :)
Grahame Grieve (Nov 27 2016 at 18:26):
as for race.... tough subject. SNOMED CT doesn't have enough definitions to make concepts interoperable. Race is a great example, since it means such wildly different things depending on context. But more importantly, SCT has very poor coverage
Grahame Grieve (Nov 27 2016 at 18:26):
@Linda Bird is the person to help
nicola (RIO/SS) (Nov 27 2016 at 18:58):
https://gist.github.com/niquola/06a59517ee409077f9462900fb01f4b9 just played little bit with mapping
Grahame Grieve (Nov 27 2016 at 19:02):
comments:
- the mapping from Patient to 116154003 is only true if patient is a human
- technically, it's not true then because of the the difference between record/real world entity, but that's probably not something that matters
- the others except for the general practitioner mapping are probably ok. the generalPractitioner mapping is wrong because the SCT code is 'patient has a GP caring for them' not 'the identity of the practitioner caring for them'
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