RCPA resources
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) has developed pathology terminology and information model resources. These support the National Pathology Terminology and Information Standardisation Plan.
These RCPA resources aim to standardise the terminology used in pathology. This includes units of measure. The release note contains details of the individual file components. Some components can also be accessed from the SNOMED release bundle or the Reference Sets page.
Send requests for additions or changes to content to help@digitalhealth.gov.au or pitus@rcpa.edu.au. Please state that your request is related to the RCPA pathology terminology and information models.
The intellectual property rights of these resources are owned and governed by the RCPA.
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| /library/DH_3596_2022_RCPA_PathologyTerminologyandInformationModels_ReleaseNote_v1.6.pdf | RCPA Pathology Terminology and Information Models Release Note v1.6 | This note identifies new or changed pathology terminology and information model resources developed by the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia. | |
| /library/DH_3467_2021_RCPA_StructuredPathologyReportingofCancerFHIRReferenceSets_ReleaseNote_v1.0.pdf | RCPA Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer FHIR Reference Sets Release Note v1.0 | This release note identifies draft FHIR reference set resources developed by the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia. | |
| /library/DH_2371_2016_RCPA-PathologyTerminologyandInformationModels_TermsofUse_v1.0.pdf | RCPA Pathology Terminology and Information Models Terms of Use v1.0 | This document contains the Terms of Use for users downloading the RCPA Pathology Terminology and Information models. | |
| /library/rcpa_restricted.zip | RCPA – Pathology Terminology and Information Models v1.6 (zip file) | This product contains the Pathology Terminology and Information model resources developed and owned by the RCPA, the Release Note, and the Terms of Use. | |
| /library/rcpa_sprc_restricted.zip | RCPA – Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer FHIR Reference Sets v1.0 (zip file) | This product contains the Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer FHIR Reference Sets developed and owned by the RCPA. |
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