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CMAG has been asked to provide input on which concepts should be considered for inclusion in the actively maintained part of the International Edition. 

Work plan:

• From now until June 10th:
  • Brainstorm what aspects to be considered e.g. atomic concept, context when identifying what content should be actively maintained? 
    • Members are asked to post their thoughts, ideas and questions in the discussion forum: to be set up  
  • Start to identify which hierarchies or sub-hierarchies should be actively maintained (even if not all the content in that hierarchy or sub-hierarchy should be actively maintained) 
    • Members can post initial thoughts and ideas in the following spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qv3aB1TVXRCuzkb-xGY-xwhW7nLGlQAIdrVQBylWad0/edit?usp=sharing on the tab for their country.
• June to August:
  • Review and discussion of the information provided by members with further exploration of key points as required. 
• September: 
  • Development of a response to SNOMED International

Some points to help start off the group discussion: 

• Are there specific hierarchies/ sub-hierarchies that should or should not be part of the Clinical Core?
  
  • Findings, Disorders, Procedures
  • Foundational hierarchies e.g. Body structure, Observables
  • Qualifier values e.g. Action values, Colours etc...
  • Events, Record artifact, Staging and scales?
• What types of content should be part of the clinical core?
  • Atomic concepts
    • Examples: Myocardial infarction, Internal fixation of femur
  • If atomic concepts are actively maintained is there a need to include:
    • Compound content e.g. X with Y, X without Y, X due to Y etc.
      • Example: If the concept |Anemia| actively maintained, does the subtype |Anemia caused by heat| also need to be actively maintained? 
      • Other examples: |Stroke co-occurrent with migraine|, |Cholecystectomy and operative cholangiogram|
    • Content with context
      • Example: If the concept |Colonoscopy| is actively maintained does the concept |Colonoscopy planned| also need to be actively maintained? 
      • Other examples: |Nausea present|, |No pain|, |History of burn|, |Colonoscopy planned|
        • Content relating to someone other than the subject of the record e.g. |Mother smokes|, |Family history of neoplasm|
    • Lateralised content
      • If |Femoral hernia is actively maintained|, is there a need to actively maintain left/right femoral hernia?
    • Concepts that include severity in the meaning?
      •  Examples: |Severe pain|, |Severe depression|
  • Concepts used to define other concepts - Target values for concepts
    • Example: The subtypes of |Action (qualifier value)| are used as the target value for the |Method| attribute. Do they need to be actively or passively maintained? If they need review, should this be done and then they are passively maintained?  
• Content with intellectual property considerations
• Administrative content
  
  • Examples: Statuses, Procedures
• Content to support alignment with other Terminologies, Classifications and Standards
  • What if the meaning doesn't align with SNOMED Editorial Guidelines?
• Grouping concepts e.g. |Procedure by body site|, |Disorder of lung| 

Suggested approach:

• From now until June 10th:
  • Brainstorm what aspects to be considered e.g. atomic concept, context when identifying what content should be actively maintained? 
    • Members are asked to post their thoughts, ideas and questions in the discussion forum: to be set up  
  • Start to identify which hierarchies or sub-hierarchies should be actively maintained (even if not all the content in that hierarchy or sub-hierarchy should be actively maintained) 
    • Members can post initial thoughts and ideas in the following spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qv3aB1TVXRCuzkb-xGY-xwhW7nLGlQAIdrVQBylWad0/edit?usp=sharing on the tab for their country.
• June to August:
  • Review and discussion of the information provided by members with further exploration of key points as required. 
• September: 
  • Development of a response to SNOMED International

Relevant documents

Relevant documents and links

EAG April meeting: 2019-04-08, 2019-04-09 Editorial Advisory Group Face-to-face MeetingWorking sheet:

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