Enterprise Deployment of SNOMED at Kaiser

Robert H. Dolin, M.D., Kaiser Permanente, HL7 Board Member and Co-chair of the HL7 Structured Documents Technical Committee presents the Kaiser rollout of SNOMED within their EHR. Dr. Dolin provides a brief overview of SNOMED CT, focusing on how it supports clinical interoperability, and describes how SNOMED CT is used as the basis for Kaiser Permanente’s enterprise EHR.  He describes the current state of SNOMED::ICD9 and SNOMED::CPT mappings, and how they are used to achieve clinical-business integration.  He also describes the current state of SNOMED::LOINC integration, and the value of this integration, and the efforts underway between HL7 and CAP to guide the use of SNOMED CT in HL7 Version 3.