Version: 1.0.3 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 2 days ago
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Reporting Information Standard
Dataset
Summary
Type:
Information standards
Effective From:
15 April 2024
Applies To:
- Suppliers of Pathology Laboratory Information Management systems
- Suppliers of Pathology middleware and Order comms
- Suppliers of GP systems
- Suppliers of secondary care Electronic Patient Records
- Suppliers of Trust Integration engines
Impacts On:
Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems
suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with
their customers to determine necessary changes.
Conformance Date:
30 April 2025
Topics:
- Interoperability
- Tests and diagnostics
Care Settings:
- GP / Primary care
- Hospital
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
For twenty years, Pathology Messaging (PMIP) EDIFACT, governed by the ISB 1557 EDIFACT Pathology Messaging Standard (Amd 39/2003 EDIFACT v1.003) has provided a reliable mechanism for supporting the data flow from laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to general practice. However, PMIP EDIFACT is fundamentally limited because:
- it is unable to carry SNOMED CT encoded test result concepts - it can only support Read v2 Pathology Bounded Code List (PBCL) codes.
- it is unable to support complex report structures containing fully atomic, coded results – data elements are mainly represented as text.
- the continued use of PMIP EDIFACT is a significant barrier to new market entrants who struggle to implement a messaging technology that is over 20 years old, and not aligned with modern standards such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
This has led to the need to introduce this new standard.
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Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue