Clinical Core_CMAG input on content for inclusion

Summary

The 2020-2025 SNOMED International draft strategy includes the proposal for the current content in the International Edition to segmented into 2 components:

• A clinical core of priority use clinically validated content that can be globally used in an unambiguous manner. 
  • The proposal is that this content would be to actively maintain this content
• Existing International Edition content that is not part of the core. 
  • The proposal is that this content would be passively maintained. 

Notes:

• Content is not going away.
• Aim is to assist in determining which areas of content should be the focus for the quality work. 
• Content in core may change over time (dynamic).    
• How this segmentation would be undertaken has not been determined and is out of scope for this discussion.

CMAG has been asked to provide input on what content should be considered for inclusion in the Clinical Core.

Some initial things to consider:

• Which hierarchies/ sub-hierarchies should be part of the clinical core?
• Content with context
  • X present, X absent
  • History
  • Relates to someone other than the subject of the record e.g. Mother
• Concepts used to define other concepts
  • Within the core and/or other editions
  • Foundational hierarchies e.g. Body structure, Observables
  • Qualifier values e.g. Action values, Colours etc...
• Compound content e.g. X with Y, X without Y, X due to Y etc.
• Laterality
• Severity
• Staging and scales
• Intellectual property considerations
• Administrative content
  • Statuses
• Content to support alignment with other Terminologies, Classifications and Standards
• Navigational concepts e.g. |Procedure by body site|

Working sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qv3aB1TVXRCuzkb-xGY-xwhW7nLGlQAIdrVQBylWad0/edit?usp=sharing

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