Questions

• Is SNOMED CT used for research and analytics?

• Is only SNOMED CT used for documentation or is an additional classification (ICD) as well? If so, when do you use each language?

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4.1. Is SNOMED CT used for research and analytics?

Yes - SNOMED CT is widely used for research and data analytics. For example:

• • OHDSI (Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics)
  • HPO (Human Phenotype Ontology)
  • Malaysia’s MyHarmony system

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4.2. Is only SNOMED CT used for documentation or is an additional classification (ICD) as well? If so, when do you use each language?

SNOMED CT can be used for both clinical purposes and reporting purposes – e.g. for trend analysis, healthcare service management, and population health.

Classifications, such as ICD, tend to be used for statistical reporting and other purposes which require codes to be aggregated into only a single category.

SNOMED CT’s maps to ICD allow clinical data to be recorded in detail in the health record for direct patient care, and then aggregated into ICD categories for statistical reporting.