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Intelligent Medical Objects lauds NLM and IHTSDO® on the release of the first version of the SNOMED CORE®
11/02/2009
Intelligent Medical Objects lauds NLM and IHTSDO® on the release of the first version of the SNOMED CORE®
NORTHBROOK, IL (November 1, 2009) - Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO®) congratulates the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO®) on the recent release of the first version of the CORE (Clinical Observations Recording and Encoding) subset of SNOMED CT®. According to the NLM (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/Snomed/core_subset.html), the CORE contains more than 5,000 SNOMED® concepts which will enable SNOMED encoding of summary clinical information, such as problem list diagnoses and reasons for encounter.
"It's exciting to see standards organizations provide leadership in defining clear targets that vendors can use for their SNOMED encoding and reporting. IMO has supported the SNOMED movement since its inception in 1994 with SNOMED 3.5. We are happy that we can be a productive partner to our user community as they are adopting SNOMED CT," says Dr. Frank Naeymi-Rad, IMO CEO.
Jose Maldonado, who heads IMO's terminology product group, adds "The SNOMED CORE provides a common reference for clinicians in the community. We are ecstatic that we are able to make the coding compliance a non-issue for our clients, as meaningful use subsets are finalized and ICD-10-CM becomes mandatory, through the use of IMO Interface Terminology and its mappings to SNOMED CT and ICD-10-CM."
IMO® Problem (IT) is a clinical diagnosis and problem terminology that contains over 180,000 user-friendly terms for clinicians, coders, and patients, each mapped to a billable ICD-9 code and to a SNOMED concept, as well as other standard reference terminologies. IMO Problem (IT), used within the Electronic Health record (EHR), allows clinicians to use language that makes sense to them, while retaining, behind the scenes, mapping to interoperability standards like ICD-9-CM , ICD-10, and SNOMED CT.
IMO clinical terminologies, developed in partnership with more than one hundred healthcare organizations, include terms that support community and tertiary inpatient and ambulatory settings, as well as primary, specialty and subspecialty care. Analysis shows that IMO Problem (IT) already includes 96% of the SNOMED CORE problem concepts. The remaining 4% of SNOMED CORE terms are procedure concepts, and are found in IMO Problem (IT)−and medical record problem lists−as "history of [procedure]," not the procedure itself.
"Standards like SNOMED CT, ICD-9-CM, and ICD-10 are critical standards for reporting and analysis. We are committed to help our users and vendors translate patient information into these systems to achieve meaningful use at the bedside and in the clinic," says Dr. Amy Y. Wang, IMO Chief Medical Officer and family physician.
These are fast moving times for health information technology. Meeting the emerging regulatory requirements associated with ICD-10-CM and meaningful use guidelines are a challenge. We are pleased that our clients and partners can capture the physician intent and meet these regulatory requirements, as mappings to ICD-10-CM and the SNOMED CORE core will be available as part of IMO's terminology product offerings. "With help from our users and IMO's Problem (IT)...We are helping to 'put the meaning in meaningful use™'", says Frank Naeymi-Rad, IMO CEO.
For more information and to see how your EHR implementation can make use of these innovative patient friendly terms, please contact sales@e-imo.com or visit us at http://www.e-imo.com.
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Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO) develops, manages, and licenses medical vocabularies and software applications using the medical vocabulary for health care organizations. IMO's Clinical Interface Terminology products, including IMO Problem (IT), provide seamless mapping of diagnostic terminologies to billing codes and medical concepts. IMO provides the tools necessary for health care organizations to authoritatively support uniform labeling of health profiles, services rendered, and outcomes across their enterprise. This intersection of clinical and financial data provides health care organizations with dependable quality information to deliver services, bear risk, and to enable efficient, cost-effective operation and accountability. IMO's products improve physician satisfaction, facilitate physician adoption, speed the coding process, reduce unnecessary physician-coder communication, and result in fewer rejected claims. More information is available here: www.imo-online.com.
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