The Q1 2018 Edition of SNOMED International's quarterly newsletter, The Concept, is now available.

This quarter's lineup includes a number of important organization and Member updates including:

Featured Articles

• SNOMED International Welcomes Argentina as its 31st Member
• Mark Your Calendars…Expo 2018 Call for Abstracts Closes April 10th
• All Eyes on Vancouver: SNOMED CT Expo 2018, October 18-19
• January 2018 Release: SNOMED CT International Edition
• SNOMED CT supports athlete care at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games

Corporate News & Updates

• SNOMED International Business Meeting Reminder
• 2018 SNOMED International Product & Services Catalog
• Early Visibility: Changes to Jan 2019 CRS Service Levels
• Extensions Practical Guide – Draft for Community Review
• SNOMED CT for Developers Learning Pathway
• Update on Clinical Engagement: Clinical Reference Groups
• Content Achievements: First Quarter, 2018
• Vendor Engagement Day at Ireland’s NRC
• SNOMED CT in Primary Care – NHS Digital Implementation Update
• Inaugural Release of the JIC Patient Summary Standards Set
• Laying the Groundwork for Interoperability at the Olympics

Events

• SNOMED CT Expo 2018: October 18-19, Vancouver, BC
• Hospitalar: May 22-25, Sao Paolo, Brazil
• American Medical Informatics Association: Nov 3-7, 2018

http://theconcept.snomed.io/2018-1/

SNOMED International welcomes your submissions for next quarter's edition of The Concept.

Article submission required by Friday June 22nd, 2018 to info@snomed.org 

As part of SNOMED International’s commitment to developing SNOMED CT for Genomics, we have organized a day long symposium following the April Business Meeting to discuss the current and potential future state of clinical terminology support for Genomics. 

The presentations and discussion will leverage the experiences from University Hospital Nebraska, Australia and the US, along with perspectives from the UK, including a focus on:

• Developing interoperable pathology reports using ontologies: hopes, aspirations and reality
• Developing use of ontologies for mapping medicine

Invited presenters include Jim Campbell, Hasan Rizvi, Scott Campbell, Damian Smedley, Olivier Bodenreider, Michael Osbourne, Kate Ebrill.

TIME:

• 9:30: Registration
• 10:00: Program Start
• 16:30: Program Concludes 

VENUE:

• UCL Partners, 3rd Floor, Boardroom
  170 Tottenham Court Rd, Fitzrovia, London W1T 7HA 

REGISTER:

• Places at the event are limited. If you are interested in attending please register your interest below:
  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EI8VTAq1a5FHGdSJCEVqr1EgxOkOAYKbZzIN7PyPWp8/edit
  
  

Contact Ian Green or Charles Gutteridge for more information on the day's agenda.

Are you attending the SNOMED International April Business Meeting? Do you want to know more about NHS Digital's concept for a UK National Clinical Terminology Service? If so, stay on at the Amba on April 12th-13th and take part in this National Clinical Terminology Service Connectathon Day. 

Objectives of the 2-day technical session include:

• Introduce the NHS Digital Proof of Concept for a UK National Clinical Terminology Service (NCTS) and its use of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR®) specification.
• Provide hands on coding and testing.
• Gather input on potential use, development of the specifications and infrastructure of a potential NCTS. This includes feedback on the planned functionality as well as understanding the priority functionality that implementers may require.
• Develop a community of interest to participate in future development and discussion of a NCTS service.

Contact Gwen Smith for additional information. 

*Please Note: This is an event organized by NHS Digital, and is not affiliated with the SNOMED International April Business Meeting.

Register for the Session

The SNOMED International April Business Meeting is scheduled for April 8-11th, 2018 at the Amba Charing Cross Hotel in London, UK.

Registration:

• Register Today
  
  

Accommodations: 

• Rate is inclusive of VAT and full English breakfast (£239.00/night)
• Must be booked by March 17th, 2018
• Attendees are to make their own reservations by calling 0800 330 8397 or emailing bookcc@amba-hotel.comand quoting booking reference (SNOM070418)
• Limited rooms available - Review closely located accommodations here. 
  
  

Highlights: 

• Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CCIO, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, joins us as our Opening Plenary Speaker
• 35+ governance, advisory and project group sessions
• Monday evening drinks reception featuring a caricaturist and roving magician
• NHS Digital Connectathon conveniently held at the Amba after the conclusion of the April Business Meeting
  
  

Contact events@snomed.org with any questions. 

See you in April!

Event Details:

https://www.snomed.org/participate/attend-our-events/snomed-international-business-meetings

Updated Schedule - March 12th, 2018

Opening Plenary Speaker: