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Clinical Transitions
Hip Replacement and Discharge to Home Care Scenario
This health journey
illustrates the use
of GPS concepts in
the planning and
provisioning of a
patient’s care as
they transition from
an organization
with a SNOMED
International license
and one that does not.
Paulo, a 72 year old man living
in a SNOMED International nonMember country, has multiple
health conditions, including type
2 diabetes. Paulo’s main health
complaint is hip pain due to
osteoarthritis.
to review the SNOMED CT
concept identifiers embedded in
his electronic hospital discharge
summary and associated care plan.
Read Paulo’s full scenario at:
Throughout his journey, the GPS
is used to support Paulo’s referral
to hospital and the sharing of
diagnostic results back to his
general practitioner (GP.) The
hospital system Paulo receives his
hip replacement surgery from is
a SNOMED CT affiliate licensee
and the GPS allows Paulo’s GP
Breast Cancer Treatment in a Low-or Middle-Income Country (LMIC)
This journey shows GPS concept
use in the diagnosis and treatment
of breast cancer in a maturing
digital health system where
no facilities are SNOMED CT
enabled.
Rather, the GPS has provided an
opportunity for a LMIC to start
the process of understanding the
use and benefits of standardizing
clinical language.
This is the journey of ‘Malillo, a
woman living in the African nation
of Lesotho who, at the age of 34,
has been diagnosed with intraductal breast cancer. Advanced
cancer diagnostics and treatment
are unavailable in Lesotho, and are
provided by transporting patients
to neighbouring South Africa.
Throughout this journey, the GPS
is used to provide a standardized
language to record care. Using
the GPS encourages clinicians
involved in ‘Malillo’s care to use
the same words for the same
diagnoses, treatments and results
across her local clinic, district
hospital and academic hospital
located in South Africa. The
with GPS
As health crises take place
This scenario
in SNOMED International
presents the example
non-Member countries, the
International Patient Summary
of an international
(IPS), part of the scope of the
humanitarian organization GPS, can support summary
patient information gathering.
that delivers impartial
In such situations, up to date
medical care to people
patient information recording will
not be undertaken and therefore,
affected by conflict,
gathering of information on a
epidemics, disasters, or
summary level is more likely.
exclusion from health care When undergoing initial triage
in emergency situations, patient
and their use of the GPS.
summary records coded with
to relevant local care providers,
agencies etc.
Read the full Global
Interoperability scenario at:
SNOMED CT concepts included
in the GPS, can then be provided
Enhancing Care through Digital Health Capability
This journey shows GPS
concept use in the diagnosis
and treatment of breast cancer
in maturing digital health
systems in a LMIC where no
facilities are SNOMED CT
enabled. Rather, the GPS has
provided an opportunity for
a LMIC to start the process
of understanding the use and
benefits of standardizing
clinical language.
Global Interoperability
academic hospital’s electronic
record system uses GPS concepts
which are unique; eliminating
duplication across units,
supporting accurate retrieval and
allowing consistent meaning over
time. ‘Malillo’s summary of care
records containing the GPS are
shared with her district hospital
once her treatment has concluded
and she is discharged. Read
‘Malillo’s full scenario at
Technical & Other Contexts for GPS Use
The license being used for the
GPS allows for the use of its
content in other artefacts from
source code to specification
development and research &
development to informational
website use.
is documented.
provided attribution is given.
The same applies to research Read more about the
and development. When
technical and other contexts
working on research and
for GPS use at:
development activities,
including research papers,
content from the GPS, or the
whole GPS, may also be freely
used with proper attribution.
Specifications and other
standards can include GPS
content free for use in
For informational websites
documentation, source code
(E.g. Wikipedia), content
and interface specifications
provided necessary attribution from GPS can be used freely
without any permission