Information StandardsNovember 2013
Information Standards
Information Standards delivery provides products and services to assist the collection, management and sharing of health and social
care information to support patient care.
Clinical Terminology
Support and maintain:• SNOMED CT• Read codes
Mapping support to cope with the mixed environment until SNOMED CT embedded
Helpdesk:• Addition of new codes• Queries regarding existing codes
Pharmacy Terminology
dm+d – dictionary of medicines and devices:• Released every 4 weeks• Linked to SNOMED CT
Helpdesk:• Addition of new content• Queries regarding existing content
Clinical Classifications Service
• Support and maintain:– ICD the diagnoses classification– OPCS the procedures classification
• Primarily used in admitted patient care• Mapping from terminology to classifications
• Helpdesk – Queries regarding the classifications– Clinical coding queries
Interoperability
Service Offered
• Define the data elements and data models required to be captured by sending systems – these can be found in the NHS Data Model and Dictionary
• Define Clinical and business definitions to support data extraction
• Create technical specifications for the transport of this information
• Implementation Support and Education for implementation (i.e. to help suppliers implement the data set transport)
Infostandards.org
Useful Information Standards Contacts
• Helpdesk:[email protected]
• Information Standards website:http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/data
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