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How would you respond to the argument that discontinuing Read Codes is treading on GPs choice of technology?

April 26, 2017discontinuing gp read respond Technology treading

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How would you respond to the argument that discontinuing Read Codes is treading on GPs choice of technology?

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SNOMED CT is at the cutting edge of clinical vocabularies and will offer choice and flexibility to all users. Although 4 Byte and Version 2 of the Read Codes were innovative in their time, they no longer meet the demands placed on clinical terminologies by modern medicine supported by integrated electronic environment. Note: Building the information core: implementing the NHS Plan, January 2001 [Section 4.8] advised users/suppliers not to develop new Read Code based systems from April 2003.