How Is SNOMED CT® Used?
摘要
SNOMED CT® can be used in many ways to support improved patient outcomes and more effective healthcare service delivery. Its use typically starts from the moment that new data is recorded in an electronic health record (EHR) system, via structured data controls or free text encoded using natural language processing (NLP). This enables the widest range of uses, including point of care applications, such as patient dashboard summaries, criteria-based searches, and clinical decision support. SNOMED CT® is also used after the initial patient encounter, for tasks such as health record retrieval, information exchange, data integration, health service administration, population health management, and clinical research. Other uses of SNOMED CT® include the semantic markup of medical knowledge and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. This chapter explores the many different ways in which SNOMED CT® is used.