The SNOMED CT Implementation Guide for the Nutrition Care Process Terminology offers comprehensive guidance for healthcare providers, information managers, and software developers to standardize documenting nutrition and dietetics care. It includes five chapters that introduce the guide, provide key use cases, elaborate on SNOMED CT terminological needs, introduce HL7 FHIR for data exchange, and present technical considerations for implementation. This guide is beneficial for healthcare providers, information managers, and software developers interested in integrating SNOMED CT into workflows within the domain of nutrition and dietetics care.
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Contents
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. What is NCP and NCPT?
- Nutrition Care Process Model (NCPM)
- Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT)
- SNOMED CT NCPT Reference Set
3. Clinical Use Cases
4. SNOMED CT Content
- Nutrition Assessment and Reassessment
- Nutrition Diagnosis
- Nutrition Interventions
- Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation
5. Information Models and Terminology Binding
- Implementation and Flexibility in Clinical Guideline Application
- Logical Model
- General Terminology Bindings
- HL7 FHIR and NCPT
6. Technical Application
- Implementation Approaches and Considerations
- Translating Reference Set Members
- Accessing the NCPT Reference Set
- Deploying the NCPT Reference Set
- Using the NCPT Reference Set
Appendices
- Appendix A: How to Learn More
- Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix C - International Standards and Resources
Previous Versions
Recent Updates
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