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VetSCT©		 Small Animal Problem and Diagnosis Terms Consolidated

April 1, 2023
VTSL would like to announce the consolidation of the AAHA Problem and Diagnosis Terms (AAHA PDT) and the Small Animal Specialty Problem and Diagnosis Term (SAS PDT). The AAHA PDT were initially created and supported by the American Animal Hospital Association to provide standardized terms for use in general small animal practice in order to support better data collection in private practice. The success of the AAHA PDT led Blue Pearl Veterinary Partners to collaborate with VTSL in the creation of the SAS PDT to be used in conjunction with the AAHA PDT in specialty practice. As more and more veterinarians seek advanced training to expand their practices abilities to diagnose and treat their patients, it has become increasingly difficult to determine what content is needed for general practice and what is only of interest to a specialist. Therefore, VTSL has determined that the veterinary community will be best served by consolidation of these two subsets. The Small Animal Problem and Diagnosis Terms (SA-PDT) will replace both the AAHA PDT and the SAS PDT, and will contain all content relevant to small animal practice, inclusive of general, specialty and emergency practice. One last release of the SAS PDT is available which shows all content retired for completeness. The final SAS PDT release is available in the SAS project. The new consolidated SA-PDT is available in the SA PDT project. VTSL also continues to maintain the AAEP Problem and Diagnosis Terms for equine practice. It is available in the AAEP Project.


VetSCT©		 Veterinary Extension of SNOMED CT© - April 2023 Release Available

April 1, 2023
The veterinary extension has been updated. This extension release is compatible with the January 2023 International release of SNOMED CT. Licensed SNOMED CT users may obtain a copy of this release by logging into this site. Users in the United States who obtained a SNOMED license through the National Library of Medicine may login to VTSL with a UMLS credentials. Non-US users in member countries and users in non-member countries who have obtained an Affiliate license at SNOMED.ORG can contact VTSL at vtsl.info@vt.edu to establish an account here. Login to VTSL to access this update via the Download page in the Extension Project.

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The Veterinary Terminology Services Laboratory (VTSL) is dedicated to practical application of standardized medical terminologies which facilitates the recording and analysis of clinical information, supports translational research activities and thereby improve animal and public health. Governmental and private organizations contract with VTSL to support practical application of standardized terminologies in veterinary medicine and public health. VTSL client services include terminology management, facilitated collaboration and education.

Terminology Management & Resources

We provide a variety of services to veterinary organizations that wish to deploy standardized terminologies. We also maintain and distribute the Veterinary Extension to SNOMED CT as well as subsets for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, AAHA Diagnostic Terms and AAEP Diagnostic Terms.

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Facilitated Collaboration

We help veterinary organizations determine their own best approach to standardized terminologies.

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Education

Medical terminology is a specialization of the medical informatics discipline. It is rare that organizations have personnel familiar with application of specialized medical termionlogies. With this in mind, VTSL provides educational services and opportunities for veterinarians.

Online resources: VTSL maintains a repository of presentations given by laboratory personnel that relate to veterinary implementation of terminology standards, including but not limited to SNOMED-CT. VTSL also maintains a public browser that has been developed and maintained to allow exploration of SNOMED-CT by interested parties.

Post-DVM Education: VTSL is a division of the Veterinary Medical Informatics program at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. We offer formal training leading to either a masters of science or PhD in Veterinary Medical Sciences with an emphasis in veterinary medical informatics. Interested parties should contact the Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences program at the VMRCVM or visit their webpage.

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Terminology Development

We believe that in order for SNOMED-CT® to contribute to Veterinary Medicine, its veterinary content must be enriched. VTSL acts, on behalf of various veterinary stakeholders, to facilitate the incorporation of high quality veterinary terminology content within the SNOMED-CT® universe.

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