The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) are pleased to announce the delivery of an equivalency table between the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) and SNOMED CT. The aim of the collaboration is to produce and distribute two equivalency tables, one between ICNP and SNOMED CT for nursing diagnoses and a second between ICNP and SNOMED CT for nursing interventions.ICN and IHTSDO signed an agreement to collaborate first in 2010,which was updated in 2014. The goal was to advance terminology harmonization and foster interoperability between health information system.
Read the full press release here (PDF).
The equivalency table is also available for download from the ICN website: www.icn.ch/download-of-the-icnp_form.html or from here
Users of the table should comply with licensing arrangements for both ICNP and SNOMEDCT.
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