AAEP Diagnostic Terms:AAEP Diagnostic Terms:

An Equine Subset of SNOMED-CTAn Equine Subset of SNOMED-CT

Suzanne Santamaria, DVM, MSNathaniel White, DVM, MS,

DACVSJeff Wilcke, DVM, MS DACVCP

AVMA Convention, August 6, 2012

http://www.freewebs.com/silvermeadowsim/

In attempting to arrive at the truth, I … applied everywhere for information, but in scarcely an instance have I been

able to obtain hospital records fit for any purposes of comparison.

Florence Nightingale

semwisdom.com

AAEP’s GoalAAEP’s Goal

Important Health/Economic Important Health/Economic QuestionsQuestions

http://mippi.ornl.gov/areas/bioinfo.shtml#pubs;

Standards Enable ComparisonStandards Enable Comparison

globalrph.com

nasa.gov

Record and AggregateRecord and Aggregate

How many cases of upper respiratory disease

did I see in the past month?

““Google Search-Like” Google Search-Like” InterfaceInterface

Google.com

SNOMED Power – Compact SizeSNOMED Power – Compact Size

Query power Synonyms International

British English Spanish et al

Data sharing Vet med standard

Tailored to Equine PracticeTailored to Equine Practice

~1100 ~700~1100

Concept Preferred (subset) Description

Acceptable (subset) Description

Abdominal pain (finding) Colic Abdominal pain

Abortion associated with Equine arteritis virus infection (disorder)

Abortion associated with Equine viral arteritis

Abortion associated with Equine arteritis virus infection

Infection of bursa of distal sesamoid bone of equine limb (disorder)

Infection of navicular bursa

Volvulus of large colon (disorder)

Volvulus of large colon Volvulus of large intestine

AAEP Subset on VTSL WebsiteAAEP Subset on VTSL Website

AAEP Subset on VTSL WebsiteAAEP Subset on VTSL Website

Lessons Learned from AAHA Lessons Learned from AAHA SubsetSubset

Implementation and Implementation and ImprovementImprovement

AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

Funded by a grant from the AAEP Foundation

AAEP Members:Dr. Martin Furr

Dr. Nathaniel WhiteAssistance with developing subset

content

VTSL Members:Dr. Gareth Moore

Dr. Julie GreenDr. Suzanne Santamaria

Dr. Jeff WilckeHelp develop subset

Additional SNOMED UsersAdditional SNOMED Users

American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Services – Veterinary Services (USDA-APHIS-VS)US Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medical Databases (VMDB)Virginia Department of Health

Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS)………

ResourcesResources

To obtain the subset, contact Dr. Jeff Wilcke at jwilcke@vt.edu

View subset and education materials at http://vtsl.vetmed.vt.edu/aaep/