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SNOMED CT

Potential Case for Investment

SNOMED CT Break-Even Analysis

Potential mean savings of USD$58.25 billion per year in improved inpatient and outpatient services. Using only the Model 1 cumulative benefits of USD$875B the breakeven percentage is 0.01%.

Over 750,000 reduced bed days, approximately 85,000 reduced workdays missed and over 2,200 deaths avoided from immunizations, and over 3700 deaths avoided and 50,000 life-years gained from cancer screening.

Cost savings from improvements in inpatient nursing time, lab tests, drug utilization, length of stay and medical records; plus outpatient transcription use, chart pulls, lab/radiology tests, & drug utilization.

A Benefits to Cost Multiple of 1.8 - 4.1 and an Internal Rate of Return for the same investment of 10-41%. from investing in clinical information systems and interoperability solutions.

The average annual increase to U.S. GNI as a result of the investments in clinical information systems and interoperability solutions was 0.23% or USD$30.71 billion.

Cost savings from improvements in inpatient nursing time, lab tests, drug utilization, length of stay and medical records; plus outpatient transcription use, chart pulls, lab/radiology tests, & drug utilization.

Cost savings from improvements in inpatient nursing time, lab tests, drug utilization, length of stay and medical records; plus outpatient transcription use, chart pulls, lab/radiology tests, & drug utilization.

Cost savings from improvements in inpatient nursing time, lab tests, drug utilization, length of stay and medical records; plus outpatient transcription use, chart pulls, lab/radiology tests, & drug utilization.

Cost savings from improvements in inpatient nursing time, lab tests, drug utilization, length of stay and medical records; plus outpatient transcription use, chart pulls, lab/radiology tests, & drug utilization.

The average annual increase to a nation’s GNI as a result of the investments in clinical information systems and interoperability solutions

The estimated cost of implementing a SNOMED CT license in the USA for the 15-year study period was USD87M. 
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