Further readings and information

Medical Terminologies Tutorial
This tutorial, developed by Dr. Jeremy Rogers, will introduce you to medical terminologies, why we need them, what kinds are there, as well as to some medical terminology projects. A glossary of terms is also provided.

CliniClue & CLUE Browser

CliniClue is the brand name for clinical terminology services provided by The Clinical Information Consultancy Ltd. These services include training and consultancy as well as provision of a widely used freeware terminology browser. CliniClue 2006 (formerly known as the CLUE Browser) is the latest in a series of browsers and terminology tools developed by CIC Ltd to demonstrate terminologies from the Read Codes through to today's leading clinical terminology SNOMED CT.

SNOB - A SNOMED Browser

If you are looking for a small and free SNOMED browser for your desktop, you have come to the right place. Just download SNOB, and import the SNOMED Tabular Tables into a SNOB database. SNOB version 2 is more than just a SNOMED browser. You can now edit existing descriptions, add new descriptions, export the content to file, import files in the new planned Enhanced Release Format, import multiple releases of SNOMED into the same database, and see a changelog for each concept.

Protégé
Protégé is a free, open source ontology editor and knowledge-base framework. The Protégé platform supports two main ways of modelling ontologies via the Protégé-Frames and Protégé-OWL editors. Protégé ontologies can be exported into a variety of formats including RDF(S), OWL, and XML Schema.

International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO)

The IHTSDOR has been established as an association under Danish Law, and its purpose is to: Acquire, own and administer the rights to SNOMED CTR other health terminologies and/or related standards, and other relevant assets (collectively, the "Terminology Products") Develop, maintain, promote and enable the uptake and correct use of its Terminology Products in health systems, services and products around the world Undertake any or all activities incidental and conducive to achieving the purpose of the Association for the benefit of the Members.

OpenGALEN Foundation
This site gives access to sources and documentation generated in the GALEN Programme and beyond ... and features an on-line browser on the current version of the OpenGALEN model.

The European Commission and eHealth
eHealth implementation, policy, and research are the core activities of the European Commission's ICT for Health Unit in the Directorate General Information Society and Media

European projects

RIDE
RIDE is an ongoing EU project working on a deployment roadmap for eHealth interoperability

Semantic Mining
The aim of the Network of Excellence entitled Semantic Interoperability and Data Mining in Biomedicineis to establish Europe as the international scientific leader in medical and biomedical informatics.

i2-health
i2-Health, an eTEN Support Action, has developed recommendations for the deployment of interoperable eHealth infrastructures and services for trans-European use with a focus on P

eHealth ERA
eHealth ERA contributes to the coordination of Member States' eHealth strategy formulation, implementation and eHealth-related Research and Technology Development. The project has developed a database of European eHealth policy priorities and strategies

Other furthers

openEHR
The openEHR endeavour is about creating specifications, open source software and tools in the technical space for such a platform. In the clinical space, it is about creating high-quality, re-usable clinical models of content and process - known as archetypes - along with formal interfaces to terminology.

W3C Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group
This group is designed to improve collaboration, research and development, and innovation adoption in the health care and life science industries. Aiding decision-making in clinical research, Semantic Web technologies will bridge many forms of biological and medical information across institutions.

OpenClinical
OpenClinical provides an increasingly comprehensive set of resources on advanced knowledge management methods, technologies and applications for healthcare.

Relevant events

SMCS2006
First European Conference on SNOMED CT, October 1-3, 2006, Copenhagen This conference was organised by the Network of Excellence Semantic Mining. The aim of SMCS2006 was to provide a forum for discussing achievements and actual experiences with reference terminology, framework, terminology contents and organizational issues in relation to SNOMED CT.

OWLED 2007
OWL - Experiences and Directions, Third International Workshop, Innsbruck, Austria, 6-7 June 2007

Bio-Ontologies SIG Workshop 2007
Ten years past and looking to the future Co-located with ISMB / ECCB 2007, Vienna, Austria

KR-MED 2008
Representing and sharing knowledge using SNOMED, May 31 - June 2, 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Collocated with the 2008 AMIA Spring Congress. Conference organized by the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) and the Working Group on Formal (Bio-)Medical Knowledge Representation of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).

KR-MED 2006
Biomedical Ontology in Action, November 8, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Workshop organized by the National Center for Ontology Research (NCOR) and the Working Group on Formal (Bio-)Medical Knowledge Representation of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), co-sponsored by the AMIA Formal (Bio)Medical Knowledge Representation Working Group.