Ways of working for Virtual Clinical Groups

Membership

All Virtual Clinical Groups have an open membership. Whilst the group is targeted at a specific clinical specialty, and therefore the membership should be predominantly from the specialty, membership is open to anyone with an interest in that clinical area. We would actively support the inclusion of vendors and implementers as part of the group, to encourage the development of both content and derivative products that can easily and quickly be used within systems.

Accountability

Each Virtual Clinical Group is accountable to the Clinical Coordination Group.

Group structure

The Virtual Clinical Groups will operate predominately as a community of practice, that supports discussions. As such, the group will have no formal chair. In the initial stages of the group, it is expected that discussion items will be generated by group members and from SNOMED International staff. Overtime the expectation is that individuals from within the group will take on a more active role leading discussions, supporting development of use case requirements, and adopting a role of leadership.

Clinical Coordination Group

The Clinical Coordination Group will provide oversight and input into the Virtual Clinical Groups. There are no formal reporting requirements between the Virtual Clinical Group, however the Clinical Coordination Group will oversee and report on the activities of all Virtual Clinical groups to the SNOMED International Management Team. In addition, suggestions for work items from the Virtual Clinical groups will be reviewed by the Clinical Coordination Group, who will make recommendations on how to proceed with the suggestions. If the suggestion is to move forward as a formal work item, the Clinical Coordination Group will manage and support the process

Inclusiveness

The ways of working of the Virtual Clinical Groups support inclusiveness, through the open membership of the group and also by encouraging all members to take a active role within group discussions.

International Perspective

The aim of all discussions in the Virtual Clinical Groups are to provide an International perspective. Whilst discussions will obviously include examples and issued raised by members that arise from local/national perspectives, it should be understood that any requirements elicited from the group must provide an internationally accepted solution.

Transparency

All the Virtual Clinical Groups are allocated a home page within Confluence. These pages are available to view by anyone, irrespective of whether you are logged into Confluence. However, to take an active part in the group discussions, individuals must have a Confluence account, and must be logged into Confluence. This ensure that all comments and discussions are attributed to the individual that created them

Group Moderation

Group moderation will be provided through the SNOMED International Clinical Engagement team, who will review ongoing discussions, and ensure that discussions are undertaken in an inclusive manner. If points are raised within discussions that are sensitive to individuals or organisations, SNOMED International reserve the right to discuss with the member raining the issue, and removing the point through mutual agreement.

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