Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Sending data to a central repository.
- Journal:
- Biomedical sciences instrumentation
- Year:
- 2004
- Authors:
- Hahn, Allen W et al.
- Affiliation:
- College of Veterinary Medicine · United States
Plain-English summary
The Veterinary Medical DataBases (VMDB) has been gathering information from veterinary schools for 40 years and is now expanding to include data from veterinary clinics. They are using standard ways to share and represent this information, which helps ensure everyone is on the same page. This includes using a specific vocabulary and a method for sending the data. The report discusses how they planned and put these standards into practice, as well as some challenges they faced along the way.
Abstract
The Veterinary Medical DataBases (VMDB) has been collecting data from participating institutions for 40 years. We have recently started a program to collect clinical case data from not only veterinary schools but from veterinary practitioners as well. In so doing, we are using commonly accepted means of data representation and transmission. Thus, we use the Standard Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) as a standard vocabulary language and Health Level 7 (HL 7) as a standard transmission protocol. We report on the planning and implementation of these standards and the problems encountered in their implementation.
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