Overview

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The guide has been developed by the HL7 TermInfo Project (a project of the HL7 Vocabulary Work Group). The guide is the result of a consensus process involving a wide range of interested parties.

• The HL7 Clinical Statement Project and the various Technical Committees contributing to that project.
• The SNOMED International Standards Board and Concept Model Working Group.
• Vendors and providers actively implementing HL7 Version 3 with SNOMED CT.
• NHS Connecting for Health in the United Kingdom.
• Other organizations and including Members of the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) which took over ownership of SNOMED Clinical Terms in April 2007.

The guide takes account of:

• The SNOMED CT Concept Model including those elements concerned with the representation of context.
• The structure and semantics of the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM).