The SNOMED CT Expo 2019 Call for Abstracts has launched with submissions being accepted until Wednesday April 17, 2019.
This year's conference takes place in Kuala Lumpur, with planning already well underway with 2019 Host Member, Malaysia.
For more information, please visit the conference website, or email events@snomed.org.
The SNOMED International Events Team would like to kindly remind all attendees for the April 2019 Business Meetings that the deadline for booking delegate rate accommodation at the venue is this Wednesday February 27th, 2019.
SNOMED International has obtained the following delegate rates at the Waldorf Hilton in London (a new venue this year).
- Hilton Queen Guest Room:
- Single occupancy £240 GBP/night
- Double occupancy £250 GBP/night
- Rates include full English breakfast, standard wifi access, and applicable taxes.
- Available for nights between 6th - 11th April 2019
All residents at the Waldorf Hilton benefit from access to a fitness room and pool, as well as modern conveniences like 'Handy Phones' in each room. These smartphone offer unlimited 3G data, social media networking, hotel promotions, language selection, city guides and recommended shops, bars, restaurants and places to visit. Click here to view the hotel's full list of amenities.
To extend your stay outside of the event dates please email the hotel directly with your details.
Further information about the event can be found on our website:
https://www.snomed.org/news-and-events/events/business-meeting
The schedule: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/FT/April+2019+-+SNOMED+International+Business+Meetings
Click here to register (if you have yet to do so).
Any questions? Contact the events team.
We look forward to seeing you in London!
Posted on behalf of Don Sweete
To the SNOMED International Community,
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the news of Stewart Jessamine’s recent passing. He was an excellent member of the IHTSDO and SNOMED International community that we will dearly miss.
Please take a moment to read a note crafted from SNOMED International giving tribute to his life’s work and service to SNOMED CT. We will take the opportunity to offer tribute to Stewart at our upcoming 2019 April Business Meeting in London.
Sincerely,
Don
Photo Tribute:
The SNOMED International Events Team would like to kindly remind all attendees for the April 2019 Business Meetings that the deadline for booking delegate rate accommodation at the venue's hotel is February 27th, 2019, so we encourage you to book as soon as possible.
SNOMED International has obtained the following delegate rates at the Waldorf Hilton in London:
- Hilton Queen Guest Room:
- Single occupancy £240 GBP/night
- Double occupancy £250 GBP/night
- Rates include full English breakfast, standard wifi access, and applicable taxes.
- Available for nights between 6th - 11th April 2019
Please click here to reserve a room. To extend your stay outside of the event dates please email the hotel directly with your details.
Further information about the event can be found on our website:
https://www.snomed.org/news-and-events/events/business-meeting
The schedule: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/FT/April+2019+-+SNOMED+International+Business+Meetings
If you are planning to attend please click here to register now (if you have yet to do so).
We look forward to seeing you in London!
Beyond clinical data capture, one of the prime uses of SNOMED CT is to enable clinical data analytics. SNOMED CT enables the full benefits of EHRs to be achieved through effective retrieval and reuse of clinical information.
In this demonstration, SNOMED International clinical engagement leads, Dr.’s Peter Hendler and Charles Gutteridge, walk you through a brief SNOMED CT introduction before solving a hands-on clinical dilemma enabled by SNOMED CT, using simulated clinical data.
Read more and watch the demo on the SNOMED International website.
Contact info@snomed.org for more information, or with questions for Peter and Charles.
Changes to service level agreements (SLA) are initiated as a way to manage the organization’s resource load as well as preserve balance among content submitters. Changes to the current SLA are predominantly due to the need to progress the multi-year Quality Initiative underway.
Changes to the SLA are in effect as of January 17th, 2019 and include:
Request Commitment:
Change: Reduced from 2500 to 1500 requests for better resource planning and management
- A minimum total of 1500 separate requests within set timelines and meeting submission criteria will be added to the next release, provided the request is not marked for clarification, appeal or rejected. This change from 2500 to 1500 is being implemented to better assist the organization understand our resource allocation supporting content requests.
Request Balance:
Change: Reworded for better clarity
- SNOMED International also reserves the right to assess the number of submissions made per country per release to create balance of submissions and fairness in equal resolution of requests.
Requests:
Change: Reworded for better clarity
- A single request may not exceed 150 concept additions or changes. No further request batches of the “same type” may be submitted in a single editing cycle in order to circumvent the Bulk submission process. Once a total of 150 additions or changes have been reached, no further requests of the same type will be accepted during the release cycle. Slight overages of the 150 will be considered on a case by case basis.
These changes will predominantly affect Members (National Release Centres) and other authorized submitters including collaboration partners, clinical reference groups, etc. and take effect January 17, 2019.
Access the full Service Level Agreement here to review the entirety of the changes. For additional information, please contact info@snomed.org.
With use of SNOMED CT on the rise internationally, SNOMED International has responded to requests for implementation support with the creation of the User Support Reference Group.
The purpose of the Group is three-fold:
- To identify implementation issues and discuss resolutions
- To enable discussion on implementation best practices and user perspectives about SNOMED CT implementation.
- To provide a channel for a more proactive and responsive support.
Geared at SNOMED CT Implementation course graduates, Member country representatives, advanced end users, and vendors, the User Support Reference Group will collect and better understand user’s implementation experiences with the goal of developing potential solutions.
Scheduled to meet on a quarterly basis, the agenda of the reference group will be topic based in nature and place emphasis on user presentations. The group’s scope will include implementation use cases and techniques, release updates, and other topics such as maintenance, natural language processing, and data analytics, etc. The SNOMED International Education Team will provide education guidance to the group as requested.
Interested in Participating? The User Support Reference Group will hold an overview webinar at 11:00 UTC on 28. February. Register for the webinar on the User Support Reference Group Confluence page.
For more information on the User Support Reference Group, contact info@snomed.org.
SNOMED International is pleased to announce that registration for the forthcoming April 2019 Business Meetings is now open.
Dates: 7th-10th April 2019
Location: The Waldorf Hilton Hotel, The Strand, London, UK [timezone: BST]
Schedule: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/FT/April+2019+-+SNOMED+International+Business+Meetings
Please click here to register now.
Further information (including details about accommodation at the venue) can be found on our website:
https://www.snomed.org/news-and-events/events/business-meeting
Details of the keynote speaker on Monday 8th April will follow soon.
Please note that the deadline for booking delegate rate accommodation at the hotel is February 27th, 2019, so we encourage you to book as soon as possible. The main Business Meetings will be preceded by a session for the Terminology Management Working Group on Saturday 6th April, and followed by a Genomics day on Thursday 11th April.
We look forward to seeing you in London!
Posted on behalf of Don Sweete
SNOMED International is pleased to announce that Dr. James Case, Head of Terminology, will transition to a half time position with the organization following his recent retirement from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Effective Monday January 14, 2019, Jim will continue to provide strategic direction and editorial leadership in all areas related to SNOMED CT core content.
Jim’s continued tenure with SNOMED International lends continuity to the SNOMED CT Community of Practice, specifically where content expertise and SNOMED CT editorial guidance is concerned.
Jim joined the NLM in January 2010, where his primary role was development and maintenance of the US extension to SNOMED CT and addition of US content into the International release of SNOMED CT. It has been the United States’ ongoing commitment to IHTSDO that originally enabled Jim to provide his terminological expertise and guidance to the organization on a part-time secondment basis in June 2015. From this time, Jim has consistently provided leadership across SNOMED CT content development and mapping areas.
Moving forward, Jim will continue to work closely with all areas of the business to evolve the content of SNOMED CT to best meet the needs of the International community and terminology implementers.
Please join me in warmly acknowledging Jim’s new tenure with the organization. Please contact myself or Jim with any questions or clarifications.
Don Sweete
CEO, SNOMED International
SNOMED International is issuing a clinical call for participation!
SNOMED International has initiated the 2020-2025 organizational strategy setting process, and we are seeking input from SNOMED International Clinical Reference Group members and related clinical stakeholders to feed into this year's organization strategy planning work.
We would like to gather information from members of the SNOMED International Community in order to help us develop this strategy. The purpose of the survey questionnaire is to gain your input to feed into the SNOMED International strategic priority setting.
Deadline for survey response:
- December 22, 2018
Resources:
Questions?
Read the original post on www.snomed.org
The Q4 issue of SNOMED International's newsletter, The Concept, is now available. This issue includes a number of organization, Member and event updates:
- Education Updates:
- Regional Updates:
- Resources:
- Call for Participation:
- Event Updates:
Contact comms@snomed.org if you are interested in adding content to the Q1 2019 issue of The Concept.
Heading into October's Business Meeting and 2018 SNOMED CT Expo, the Q3 edition of 'The Concept' is now available.
As part of the scope of the redesigned SNOMED International website, 'The Concept' quarterly newsletter is now available though the website at https://www.snomed.org/news-and-events/newsletters/2018/q3/newsletter
This edition includes the following organization, Member and events information:
Organization News:
- New Members in 2018
- 2018 SNOMED CT Expo Updates
- SNOMED CT Course Catalogue Launch
- 2018 Content Achievements
- July 2018 Release Information
- Description Logic Update
- Updated SNOMED CT Editorial Guide
- Clinical Reference Group - Calls for Participation
- Technical Services and Clinical Engagement Updates
- SNOMED CT Authoring Level 1 Pilot
Member and Affiliate News:
- NHS Digital Case Study
- Standardizing Digital Vaccination Records
- NZ Standards Group Accelerating Adoption
Events:
- Lineup of 2018-19 Organization events and industry conferences
Contribute to the Q4 edition of 'The Concept' by contacting comms@snomed.org
Genome BC, OHDSI, Canada Health Infoway, The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health are featured organizations at this year's SNOMED CT Expo!
This year's Expo features:
- An exciting keynote and concurrent speakers and sessions found here.
- Top shelf sponsors and Canadian themed delegate bags
- SNOMED CT & FHIR Day of the Dev for Developers!
- “Making it real” – SNOMED CT supporting Genomics - 1 day thought leadership session
Visit www.snomedexpo.org to register for these sessions before opportunity passes you by.
SNOMED International is proud to announce the launch of our new website and we're excited to introduce you to our new look.
Our new website provides a clear message of who we are, what we stand for and our diverse range of committed stakeholders.
The new website boasts a clean design and intuitive and consistent site-wide navigation to help you find your way around with ease. It is also fully responsive with mobile devices, making it easy to navigate on a wide range of web browsers and devices.
We’ve also augmented and reorganized information for prospective Members and licensees, providing clear and easy to understand information about engaging with SNOMED International - including our software and tools, detailed case studies, available education resources and our industry partners.
We’ve reunited a range of our content to the new website, including SNOMED in Action, SNOMED Inside, SNOMED Expo and the Concept Newsletter so that we can attract and retain our audience in a more effective way.
To stay up to date on SNOMED International and SNOMED CT news, we have included a news center which shares our organization news and events, an industry newsfeed as well as what’s trending on the @Snomedct twitter channel. Furthermore, we’ve enabled the website with notifications so that you can subscribe to receive a weekly news digest from the organization.
We’re proud of the new website and feel it creates the experience you’re looking for when you pay us a visit.
Check out the new website at https://www.snomed.org and send your feedback to comms@snomed.org.
SNOMED International now invites Member countries to submit their expressions of interest for hosting the October Business Meeting and SNOMED CT Expo in 2020 and 2021. Please see the document below for full details.