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Infoway has many subsets that have been developed over time by Canadians for Canadians. These “fit for use” subsets are intended to be a pan-Canadian “starter set” of content. The subsets are maintained by Infoway, published in the Terminology Gateway. The pan-Canadian Subsets may contain content from international terminologies and content specific to Canada, which is dependent on the international version. The pan-Canadian subsets are reviewed on an annual basis, SNOMED CT subsets updated are aligned to the release of SNOMED CT Canadian edition releases.
Two subsets HealthCareProviderRoleType and QualifiedRoleType use the SC code systems (SCPQUAL, SCPTYPE) (the "SC Code Systems") which was a code system developed by Canada Health Infoway Inc. (Infoway) to address local requirements in Canada. SC was an abbreviation for "Standards Collaborative"
Additional Terminology Subsets
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The subsets developed are vendor-neutral, they support interoperability and decrease the cost of creating and maintaining a new subset.
SC Code Systems (pan-Canadian developed Terminology)
Canada Health Infoway Inc. (Infoway) has created the SC code systems (SCPQUAL, SCPTEMP, SCPTYPE) (the "SC Code Systems") to address local requirements in Canada. SC was an abbreviation for "Standards Collaborative"
Permission is granted to users who agrees to these Terms of Use ("User"), without payment of license fees or royalties, to use, copy, or distribute the SC Code Systems (in all formats in which it is distributed by Infoway) for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, subject to the following terms and conditions:
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SCPQUAL
- Used to encode the degree or educational rank of a healthcare provider credential as defined by the various Royal Canadian Professional Medical Collages. It also supports the encoding “Expertise type” in the pan-Canadian version 3 messages
New versions are created as per stakeholder requirements and formal requests
Versions are identified by release date using the YYYYMMDD date format
SCPTYPE
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Valusets
A value set is a uniquely identifiable set of valid concepts or terms, where any concept or term representation can be tested to determine whether or not it is a member of the value set.
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