SNOMED CT Case for Investment - Final September 2021 - Flipbook - Page 41
FULL REPORT
S NOMED C T
What is it?
SNOMED CT concepts include: clinical findings
(e.g. diagnoses, signs and symptoms); surgical,
therapeutic and diagnostic procedures;
observables (e.g. heart rate); body structures;
organisms; substances; pharmaceutical products;
physical objects; physical forces; social context;
specimens and other types of information needed
to be recorded in a clinical information system
and is subsequently used by health data &
analytics platforms and interoperability solutions.