February 28, 2022
SNOMED International has published the SNOMED CT International Edition every six months, on 31st January and 31st July each year as its means of releasing the product. As the organization has been communicating over the past year, SNOMED International is transitioning to a more frequent delivery schedule of the SNOMED CT International Release Package. While this is a newly available feature, it is important to recognize that this enhancement only changes your current process if you or your National Release Center decides to consume frequent releases.
Last year, SNOMED International began to pilot a more frequent delivery schedule of the SNOMED CT International Release Package. Making the product available on a monthly basis means less down-time required between release cycles, enabling faster turnaround of authoring content and a more agile and responsive terminology. Additionally, smaller content projects can potentially reduce the time required for urgent content changes...
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Do you have SNOMED CT knowledge and experience that you want to share with the global community? Submit an abstract for a SNOMED CT Expo 2022 oral presentation or e-poster today!
We're looking for presentations that focus on using the clinical terminology in a product, service or research. Submissions must align with one of the four program streams:
- Enhancing Clinical Practice and Outcomes
- Terminology Leading Practices
- Demonstrating Implementation Excellence
- **New** Advances in Research and Innovation
Don't miss out on a great opportunity to contribute to the global knowledge pool of SNOMED CT use, enhance your professional reputation and build awareness of your organization's achievements using the terminology.
Wait, there's more!
All submissions will be entered into a weekly prize draw. Draws will be made each Friday between now and April 17, 2022.
Key Dates:
April 17, 2022: Deadline for abstracts
May 27, 2022: Submitters notified
SUBMIT TODAY
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In about 60 seconds, learn how presenting at the SNOMED CT Expo 2022 can benefit you, your organization and the international digital health community...
The 2022 Products & Services Catalog is now available.
Available on the SNOMED International Resources webpage, this is a comprehensive guide to our products and services, complete with descriptions and links. It suggests relevant groups of products and services for different customer groups.
Please browse the Catalog and contact us with any inquiries.
What’s new?
The January 31, 2022 release contains 4,438 new concepts and 1,143 inactivations within SNOMED CT’s 350,000+ concepts. It delivers on SNOMED International’s commitment to make SNOMED CT richer, more precise and more useful to its global users by improving the structural quality of the clinical terminology on an ongoing basis.
Release highlights
Continuous quality improvement and enhancement of existing content is an ongoing process undertaken by SNOMED International in preparation for every release. The January 2022 International Release has seen a continuation of the work driven by contributions from Kaiser Permanente's Convergent Medical Terminology, Global Medical Device Nomenclature Agency, Orphanet and other domain specific collaborations as well as content requests received. The January 31 2022 release contains additions and changes across many hierarchies including, but not limited to, body structure, clinical findings, procedures, pharmaceutical and biologic products and substances, as well as COVID-19 specific content...
