Are SNOMED CT Browsers Ready for Institutions? Introducing MySNOM

TL;DR

This paper introduces MySNOM, a web-based SNOMED CT browser designed to help organizations navigate and visualize their own SNOMED CT distributions within a controlled environment.

Contribution

It presents a novel web-based tool that enables institutions to browse, navigate, and diagram SNOMED CT data securely and efficiently.

Findings

Supports browsing of large SNOMED CT datasets

Provides diagramming capabilities for better understanding

Facilitates controlled access for organizations

Abstract

SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) is one of the most widespread ontologies in the life sciences, with more than 300,000 concepts and relationships, but is distributed with no associated software tools. In this paper we present MySNOM, a web-based SNOMED CT browser. MySNOM allows organizations to browse their own distribution of SNOMED CT under a controlled environment, focuses on navigating using the structure of SNOMED CT, and has diagramming capabilities.