Chris,
>READ are merging with the American equivalent Snowmed.
>Not sure what it will be called.
"The new work, named SNOMED Clinical Terms (abbreviated SNOMED CT), will
combine the strengths of the two existing terminologies: the robust strength
of SNOMED RT in specialty medicine, including pathology, and the richness of
Clinical Terms Version 3 (also known as Read Codes V3) in primary care.
SNOMED RT and Clinical Terms Version 3 will continue to exist separately
until SNOMED CT is well established. The CAP and the NHS will work closely
with physicians, system suppliers, government agencies, and end-users to
make a smooth transition from their current vocabularies to the new work,
which is scheduled for availability by the end of 2001." -
(http://www.snomed.org/prod/psn90.html)
Informaticians in the US tend to forget the "-CT" suffix when referring to
SNOMED-CT, which confuses things.
Jon Bury
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