WHO and SNOMED International are presently exploring a joint sustainable framework to link ICD-11 and SNOMED CT.
The World Health Organization (WHO) collaborates with various standards-developing organizations to enhance the interoperability of international health information systems. The linkage of the International Classification of Diseases 11th revision (ICD-11) with other terminologies has been a part of WHO's strategic plan since 2001.
SNOMED International is constantly looking for new ways to support Members and our broader community by developing tools and services that will make it easier to implement and use SNOMED CT. We recently launched our Simplex tool, which empowers users to efficiently create, manage and publish custom SNOMED CT extensions and to tailor SNOMED CT to meet their specific needs without incurring high costs. Read our latest Q&A-style blog in which SNOMED International Implementation Team members Anne Højen, Alejandro Lopez Osornio and Kai Kewley explain the tool’s key features, its target audience and how it differs from our Managed Service offering.
Read the blog here.
SNOMED International and the Chile-based National Center for Health Information Systems (Centro Nacional en Sistemas de Información en Salud - CENS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen and support digital health transformation and enable regional healthcare interoperability in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). CENS is the executing agency of RACSEL (Latin American and Caribbean Digital Health Network).
The MOU positions SNOMED International as a strategic partner to RACSEL, a collaborative network across LAC.
Collaboration goals
The goal of the MOU is to support the implementation of regional projects to strengthen the capacity of LAC countries in health management by promoting digital transformation in health, focusing on developing a regional agreement for cross-border digital health services, and strengthening the health information exchange model implemented in the region through the adoption of standards, architectures, governance and protocols, and data exchange and interoperability protocols.
SNOMED International’s role in the collaboration will include supporting health data interoperability and the implementation of SNOMED CT and other health data standards and providing education through webinars and other educational offerings. The organization will also participate in various activities to help promote health data interoperability initiatives across the LAC region.
The organizations will work together to develop guidelines and protocols for the exchange of public health data and care information, including semantic and syntactic components, and to support participating countries in their adoption. They will also collaborate on developing architectural components and security frameworks for the exchange of healthcare, public health and telehealth data, and on identifying other areas where effective and practical cooperation may be possible.
Read the release here.
SNOMED International is pleased to announce the release of the SNOMED CT Clinical Implementation Guide for Cancer Synoptic Reporting, a comprehensive resource to facilitate standardized and structured reporting in cancer care.
Designed to enable healthcare organizations to improve the quality of information captured, facilitate data exchange, support research initiatives, and enhance collaboration among healthcare providers, the guide provides clinicians with an overview of the content of SNOMED CT that supports cancer synoptic reporting and highlights the role of SNOMED CT in standardizing and enhancing cancer reporting practices.
The scope of the guide is specific to the creation of SNOMED CT concepts necessary to unambiguously represent the data elements required for cancer reporting for all adult and pediatric solid tumors as published by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR). The content is specific to structure pathology reporting of malignant neoplasms as specified by the CAP and ICCR.
Read the release here: https://www.snomed.org/news/snomed-ct-clinical-implementation-guide-for-cancer-synoptic-reporting-supports-accurate-documentation-and-improved-information-sharing
View the guide here: SNOMED CT Clinical Implementation Guide for Cancer Synoptic Reporting
