National Death Registry to be set up using Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry in collaboration with AIIMS will come up with a National Death Registry which will have data about deaths, including their causes, in hospitals across the country.
"The objective is to have a nationwide database about the causes of deaths occurring in hospitals in various regions of India. This will help policy makers have a better understanding of disease outbreaks so as to optimise the resources and healthcare facilities in respective regions," Deepak Agrawal, chairman, computerisation, AIIMS, said.
AIIMS has already implemented the pilot version of the death registry with the unique feature of having a coding system called the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED), an international standard of providing codes, terms and synonyms and definitions which cover anatomy, diseases, findings, procedures, microorganisms, etc.
"This is the first time that such an international coding system is being implemented in healthcare in India," said a Health Ministry official.
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