SNOMED CT Case for Investment - Final September 2021 - Flipbook - Page 54
FULL REPORT
S NOMED C T
SNOMED CT and Patient Outcomes
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The direct link between SNOMED CT and the measurement of patient service outcomes (e.g. access and productivity
benefits) also exists today.
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The published literature shows that the deployment of SNOMED CT-embedded clinical information systems, health data
& analytics platforms and interoperability solutions do have a positive impact on patient service outcomes (e.g. reduced
GP office visits, reduced emergency visits, reduced hospitalizations/re-hospitalizations, and reduced costs).
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New Zealand Case Study: In 2007, the Canterbury District Health Board3 was not a high-performing health system.
Canterbury DHB has demonstrated that it now has comparatively low rates for emergency use, acute medical
admissions, the average length of stay for medical cases, as well as rates of acute readmission. To achieve this,
Canterbury took a whole systems approach to aggressively manage the interface between community services, primary
care and hospital services. The introduction of SNOMED CT-embedded systems and processes4 (e.g. integrated care
pathways, health data & analytics platform, systems interoperability), in addition to other key strategies, were critical
enablers to the supporting this transformation.
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The Kings Fund, The quest for integrated health and social care A case study in Canterbury, New Zealand, 2013. See https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/reforming-nhs-within/case-study-5-canterbury-districthealth-board-new-zealand
Gullery C., “Integrated Health Care and SNOMED’”, James Read Memorial Lecture, SNOMED International EXPO, Kuala Lumpur, 2019