Table 6. Reuse of standard SNOMED CT diagnosis groupers for EHR tools and for analytics.
| Category | Item type | Total no. of times a standard grouper used |
|---|---|---|
| EHR | Specialty patient registries ( n = 57) | 362 |
| EHR | Clinical decision support records | 132 |
| EHR | Rules (used by the EHR's rules engine; other than CDS) | 190 |
| EHR | Report definitions (within EHR) | 124 |
| Analytics | Clinician self-service analytics diagnosis “slicers” | 125 |
| Analytics | eCQM calculations of numerator, denominator, or exclusion | 111 |
Abbreviations: CDS, clinical decision support; eCQM, electronic clinical quality measure; EHR, electronic health record; SNOMED CT, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine–Clinical Terms.