SNOMED International - Articulating Stakeholder Value - Flipbook - Page 23
SNOMED CT Value Propositions
Patients/
Citizens
SNOMED CT helps Patients/Citizens achieve better health by being more knowledgeable about their health and their self-care
options. Through an informed and collaborative decision-making relationship with their Care Providers, Patients/Citizens can also
select the best options for care. Further, SNOMED CT- embedded clinical information systems support the patient’s clinical
information being placed into the Patient/Citizen’s personal health record and used by the Patient/Citizen to support information
empowerment, information sharing with their Care Provider, patient/citizen self-care, and overall health data portability.
SNOMED CT Value Propositions
The SNOMED CT Value
for Patients/Citizens:
• SNOMED CT allows you to
control your health
information and be
knowledgeable about
your health and your selfcare options.
• SNOMED CT enables you
to collaborate with your
Care Providers so that
you can receive the best
care available.
Data Points for Patients/Citizens
1
Kaiser Permanente (US) completed its SNOMED CT-embedded Epic
clinical information systems deployment in 2010, and its ‘My Health
Manager’ patient portal in 2012. A recent 2020 research study showed
that diabetes patients who used the Kaiser Permanente patient portal
and mobile phone app improved medication adherence and blood
glucose levels (i.e. patient outcomes).
2
Patients/Citizens at Barts Health NHS Trust in London, England, which is a
SNOMED CT-enabled health organization, were able to enroll in a COVID 19 clinical trial within one hour of having tested positive for the virus.