The importance of data quality and compliance with medical device standards.

We're in the healthcare business, so we have to prove how we've achieved a result: if the data is not of the right quality and doesn't use healthcare reference systems, the solution will never be certified as a Medical Device (MD).

It is therefore vital, right from the concept phase, to build your data model in compliance with standards. By respecting terminology and structure standards, you can validate your solutions and facilitate connections / interfaces with existing systems.

Which repositories should be
taken into account? :

In France, there is no single official healthcare data terminology repository,
but there are several resources that provide standardized terminologies for
different healthcare domains.

The main resources for healthcare terminologies in France

SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms)

is a comprehensive, multilingual clinical terminology covering a wide range of medical concepts, including diseases, procedures, drugs and allergies. It is an international standard increasingly adopted in France for the exchange of healthcare data. SNOMED CT terminology

SNOMED CT terminology CIMI-2:

CIMI-2 (Catalogue International des Maladies de l'Oms - 2th Révision) is an international classification of diseases used in France for the collection and analysis of health statistics.

ICD2 terminology

ICD-10:ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases - 10th Revision)
is an international classification of diseases used in France for coding medical diagnoses.

CIM10 terminology

● G-HES: G-HES (Groupage Homogène des Séjours)
is a French coding system used to classify hospital stays.s
hospitaliers.

● NDF-RP: NDF-RP (Nomenclature des Données de Facturation des Prestations
de Santé - Répertoire des Produits) is a French nomenclature for healthcare products,
including drugs, medical devices and common healthcare products.

Tailor-made terminologies to optimize
every area of healthcare.

● LOINC: LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes)
is a standardized terminology for laboratory results.e.

● HL7 V2: HL7 V2 (Health Level 7 Version 2) is an electronic
messaging standard for health data exchange.

● FHIR: FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is an
emerging standard for resource-based healthcare data exchange.

Which reference systems should be
taken into account?

The choice of terminology to be used depends on the specific needs of the user. It is important to choose a terminology that is well standardized, kept up to date and adapted to the application domain.

It is also important to note that the use of healthcare terminologies raises important ethical and regulatory issues that need to be carefully considered. It is essential to ensure that patient data is protected, that terminologies are transparent and explainable, and that algorithms are not biased or discriminatory.