SNOMED CT - Use

Use

SNOMED CT is used in a number of different ways, some of which are:

• It captures clinical information at the level of detail needed for the provision of healthcare
• Through sharing data it can reduce the need to repeat health history at each new encounter with a healthcare professional
• Information can be recorded by different people in different locations and combined into simple information views within the patient record
• Use of a common terminology decreases the potential for differing interpretation of information
• Electronic recording in a common way reduces errors and can help to ensure completeness in recording all relevant data
• Standardised information makes analysis easier, supporting quality, cost effective practice, research and future clinical guideline development
• A clinical terminology allows a health care provider to identify patients based on specified coded information, and more effectively manage screening, treatment and follow up