SNOMED CT Expo 2020 & October Business Meetings
October 5-9, 2020 - Virtual Sessions
Now we have had a chance to catch our collective breath, SNOMED International would like to express our gratitude to the Community of Practice for making our first-ever virtual SNOMED CT conference a huge success! Whether you were a Business Meeting participant, a SNOMED CT Expo 2020 delegate, speaker, exhibitor or sponsor - your involvement was crucial to such a positive outcome (and a true representation of the global interest in SNOMED CT).
The results at a glance:
- Our biggest Expo ever: Almost 1,900 delegates registered, with 1,195 unique live event attendees (typical Expo registration is in the 300-400 range)
- A truly global event: delegates from 60+ countries (typical Expo is 30+ countries represented). To date, registrants have hailed from countries all over the world, with 34% from the Americas, 40% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 22% from Asia Pacific, and the rest from other regions.
- No time-zone or financial barrier to delegate attendance: 16,000 session views so far (live and on-demand); over 28,000 content downloads, and almost 9,000 visits to exhibitor booths.
There was also a strong show of support from those that joined the October 2020 Virtual Business Meetings, including the Open General Assembly and the SNOMED CT for Clinicians sessions. Documents and recordings (including our Community Updates) are located here for your reference.
Virtual Expo sessions and Exhibit Hall available until January 8, 2021:
Did you miss a concurrent session or an exhibitor booth you wanted to attend or explore? You can still access them all. Plus, you can continue to submit questions to presenters via the Q&A tool, or contact exhibitors through the ‘Chat with Us’ function (both will send an email to the appropriate party).
Visit https://snomed.6connex.com/event/sctexpo/login and sign in with your conference credentials. If you didn’t register before the conference, you can still register to access the content.
Expo evaluation survey and feedback:
Nothing replaces interacting with people face-to-face, but we hope you found participating virtually to be a worthwhile endeavour. We highly value your feedback, so if you haven’t done so yet please complete the evaluation survey: https://bit.ly/34Tf5uL
Events in 2021:
Stay tuned over the coming months for more information on our next events - the April Business Meetings (April 17-21, 2021), and the October Business Meetings and SNOMED CT Expo 2021 (October 23-29, 2021) to be held in Lisbon, Portugal (barring any further COVID-19- related international travel complications).
We very much hope to see you there!
Thank you for the strong show of support from those of you among the community that joined Tuesday's virtual Open General Assembly.
For those interested, Business Meeting and Open General Assembly documents are located on the October 2020 Business Meetings confluence page for your reference.
Please direct any questions regarding updates or presentations to info@snomed.org.
Sent on behalf of Don Sweete, CEO, SNOMED International
I'd like to personally welcome you to the start of the October Business Meetings. While virtual, there is a wealth of activity taking place over the next 3 days, satisfying the governance and advisory aspects of an in-person business meeting.
Remember that you can locate the schedule of these governance, advisory, project and clinical reference group meetings, including zoom links, via the What's on this Week calendar.
Business Meeting Highlights:
Governance
I invite you to register for and attend the Open General Assembly, Tuesday October 6, 12:00 - 13:30 UTC, where General Assembly representatives are presented with and vote on statutory matters. Other presentations in this meeting include a progress update on the Organization's strategy and innovation portfolio.
Closed meetings of the General Assembly, Management Board, and Member Forum round out the Governance meetings this week.
Advisory, User Group and Clinical Meetings
Advisory
Modeling, Terminology Release, Editorial, and E-Learning comprise the Advisory Group element of the schedule. The Managed Service User Group, a sub-group of the Tooling User Advisory Group, is also scheduled to meet.
Clinical
In addition to Anesthesia, Dentistry, and the new Genomic and Precision Medicine Clinical Reference Group meetings, the Clinical Engagement group has organized a "SNOMED for Clinicians" session on Wednesday October 7th. Featured keynote speaker, Dermot O'Riordan, Consultant Surgeon at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, participates in this session that will also deliver an overview of clinical engagement and the work currently underway. Register to attend.
Member-Led Meetings
New to this October's schedule include two Member-led meetings. New Zealand invites you to the launch of their SNOMED CT consumer friendly terms (October 6, Register here) and the Belgium National Release Centre invites you to learn about their 2019-2021 roadmap, including existing and ongoing projects (October 7, Register here.)
Community Updates
To brief the Community on the activities of the organization and Membership since April 2020, we have shared a Community Updates document for your review and reference. Please reach out to the respective subject matter experts of the organization with your queries directly or via info@snomed.org.
SNOMED CT Expo 2020
October 8-9 marks the start of the first virtual SNOMED CT Expo. Join presenters as they deliver 50+ sessions, explore products and services of 15 exhibitors, and engage with 1300+ attendees. Once registered, you will have access to conference sessions for the following 3 months. Register Here.
I extend my thanks for your ongoing contribution and support,
- Don
First launched in September 2019, SNOMED International has issued its second release of the Global Patient Set (GPS) to support health system interoperability. A slice of SNOMED CT, the GPS is a managed collection of existing reference sets, available to any user at no cost. It's positioned to support cross border interoperability and enhanced digital maturity as users move towards decision support and full analytics capabilities in their respective strategies.
Met with great success with its inaugural release, the 2019 year saw over 500 downloads of the GPS from a variety of interested parties worldwide.
September 2020 Release
The GPS offers clinical content across dentistry, renal, family & general practice and nursing areas, and includes IHE, DICOM and HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS) domains and activities. Of particular relevance, the IPS is a minimal and non-exhaustive patient summary dataset containing essential healthcare information for use in the unscheduled, cross-border care scenario, as well as for local, regional and other care scenarios. SNOMED CT content supports the HL7 IPS and also the terminology to underpin the CEN European Standard for the Patient Summary. Through the GPS, these SNOMED CT terms are available free for use in HL7 CDA R2 implementations and FHIR IPS Implementations Guides worldwide, supporting the joint goal of cross border sharing and reuse of information.
In terms of newly added content, in March 2020, the World Health Organization formally characterized Coronavirus, COVID-19, as a global pandemic and health systems worldwide are continuing their efforts to manage the outbreak. COVID-19 content included in the January 2020 release was subsequently updated in March 2020 with SNOMED International issuing an elective release falling outside of its customary release cycle. January and updated March COVID-19 content has been added to the scope of the September 2020 GPS release to support the recording and sharing of healthcare data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing and relevant SNOMED CT content has also been added to the GPS and can be referenced at http://snomed.org/covid-19.
In terms of consuming the GPS, from the 2020 Release onwards, SNOMED International will also be publishing an RF2 formatted package containing the GPS refset content. This Refset will follow normal RF2 conventions, and will therefore retain a full historical audit trail of all changes to the GPS refset from that point onwards.
Read the full news item
October Business Meetings
October 5-9, 2020 - Virtual Sessions
Dear SNOMED CT Community members,
We would like to draw your attention to the following sessions taking place as part of next week's October Business Meetings. Please click the 'register now' buttons to confirm you attendance, we hope to 'see' you there!
Clinical Engagement Sessions (Open)
October 7, 2020: 13:00-17:30 UTC
Chairs: Ian Green & Jane Millar
Keynote speaker: Dermot O’Riordan, consultant surgeon at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
SNOMED International highly values clinical input into the development and maintenance of SNOMED CT. Clinical engagement ensures that the terminology meets both current and future clinical requirements. These sessions aim to provide an overview of clinical engagement and the work currently underway within SNOMED International and the broader clinical SNOMED CT community.
As we move to increased digitalisation of healthcare, clinicians’ ways of working will change, providing opportunities to improve healthcare delivery. The use of terminology and standards provides the building blocks to provide clinicians with actionable data, supporting clinicians and clinical practice. Dermot O’Riordan is a consultant surgeon at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, where he was previously Medical Director and also Interim Chief Executive Officer. He is currently the Chief Clinical Information Officer and responsible for delivering the e-Care integrated electronic health record project, with Cerner. Dermot will discuss his views and opinions on the future challenges and opportunities based on his extensive experience
Schedule:
13:00-15:00 UTC: SNOMED for Clinicians
15:00-15:30 UTC: Break
15:30-17:00 UTC: Concurrent CRG meetings (see our What's on this Week calendar for details)
17:00-17:30 UTC: Closing Clinical plenary
Register now
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SNOMED NZ Open Forum Hui Tuwhera
October 6, 2020: 19:00-20:00 UTC
Moderator: Alastair Kenworthy
Join our SNOMED NZ Open Forum Hui Tuwhera to hear about the launch of consumer friendly terms in te reo Māori in our October release, presented by Dr Nader Fattah at THINK Hauora. Katrien Scheerlinck from Belgium’s NRC joins us as a special guest. Plus regular news and updates.
Kiwi implementers and NRC members globally welcome!
Register now
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Belgian NRC session
October 7, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC
Moderator: Ian Green
The session will provide an overview of the Belgium National Release Centre (NRC) roadmap 2019-2021, covering the projects being undertaken and why. It will also highlight what is next on this roadmap and future roadmaps. In particular, the projects that will be spotlighted are 3BT- SNOMED CT, the Alpha release and call for collaboration/crowdsourcing. The session will also provide a review of the content/products of the Belgian NRC September releases, including the national extension SNOMED CT, alpha release and map reference set 3BT-SNOMED CT. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of the presenters.
Register now
October Business Meetings
October 5-9, 2020 - Virtual Sessions
As previously announced in May, the October 2020 Business Meeting will be held solely as a virtual event.
We are pleased to advise that the full schedule of online meetings is now available on SNOMED International’s What’s on this Week calendar, and it includes a range of governance, advisory, project and clinical reference group meetings.
Most are open to attend (or open to observe) without prior notice, however please note that the following webinar sessions require registration:
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Open General Assembly (Open to Observers)
October 6, 2020: 12:00-13:30 UTC
Chair: Alex Elias, Chair, SNOMED International General Assembly
In accordance with the IHTSDO Articles of Association clause 8.2.2, the Ordinary meeting of the General Assembly will be held on 6 October 2020. During this meeting, the General Assembly will be presented with, and vote on statutory matters. Other presentations in this meeting include a progress update on the Organization's strategy and innovation portfolio.
Register now
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Clinical Engagement Sessions (Open)
October 7, 2020: 13:00-17:30 UTC
Chairs: Ian Green & Jane Millar
Keynote speaker: Dermot O’Riordan, consultant surgeon at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
SNOMED International highly values clinical input into the development and maintenance of SNOMED CT. Clinical engagement ensures that the terminology meets both current and future clinical requirements. These sessions aim to provide an overview of clinical engagement and the work currently underway within SNOMED International and the broader clinical SNOMED CT community.
As we move to increased digitalisation of healthcare, clinicians’ ways of working will change, providing opportunities to improve healthcare delivery. The use of terminology and standards provides the building blocks to provide clinicians with actionable data, supporting clinicians and clinical practice. Dermot O’Riordan is a consultant surgeon at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, where he was previously Medical Director and also Interim Chief Executive Officer. He is currently the Chief Clinical Information Officer and responsible for delivering the e-Care integrated electronic health record project, with Cerner. Dermot will discuss his views and opinions on the future challenges and opportunities based on his extensive experience
Schedule:
13:00-15:00 UTC: SNOMED for Clinicians
15:00-15:30 UTC: Break
15:30-17:00 UTC: Concurrent CRG meetings
17:00-17:30 UTC: Closing Clinical plenary
Register now
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SNOMED NZ Open Forum Hui Tuwhera
October 6, 2020: 19:00-20:00 UTC
Moderator: Alastair Kenworthy
Join our SNOMED NZ Open Forum Hui Tuwhera to hear about the launch of consumer friendly terms in te reo Māori in our October release, presented by Dr Nader Fattah at THINK Hauora. Katrien Scheerlinck from Belgium’s NRC joins us as a special guest. Plus regular news and updates. Kiwi implementers and NRC members globally welcome!
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Belgian NRC session
October 7, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC
Moderator: Ian Green
The session will provide an overview of the Belgium National Release Centre (NRC) roadmap 2019-2021, covering the projects being undertaken and why. It will also highlight what is next on this roadmap and future roadmaps. In particular, the projects that will be spotlighted are 3BT- SNOMED CT, the Alpha release and call for collaboration/crowdsourcing. The session will also provide a review of the content/products of the Belgian NRC September releases, including the national extension SNOMED CT, alpha release and map reference set 3BT-SNOMED CT. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of the presenters.
Register now
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SNOMED International Updates to the Community of Practice
As has become tradition, SNOMED International representatives deliver updates relevant to the product and organization to the Community of Practice at April and October Business Meetings. Normally presented at the conference’s Opening Plenary session, this October’s updates will be prepared and shared as a document (similar to April’s updates) during the week of October 5th. Stay tuned.
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Registration for the virtual SNOMED CT Expo 2020 (following the Business Meetings) is still open, and you are strongly encouraged to attend (it’s free!).
Register today!
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We look forward to “seeing” you in October!
September 9, 2020
SNOMED International is committed to supporting the reduction of health inequity through developing and managing social determinants of health content within SNOMED CT’s clinical terminology.
Over the next 2 years, SNOMED International will enhance its existing SDoH content within SNOMED CT, as well as making the content available via the openly accessible Global Patient Set.
Once complete, SNOMED CT enabled systems will be equipped with the ability to record a person’s social and environmental status as factors to be considered in care planning and provision of related services. Once captured using SNOMED CT, clinicians, researchers and policy makers can benefit from leveraging encoded health records for numerous avenues of analysis and for development of evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines and policies.
Learn more about how this initiative is taking shape. Contact info@snomed.org with questions or to get involved.
Have you registered for SNOMED International's 2020 Virtual Expo yet? If not, it’s not too late! Here are the top 10 reasons you should register:
1. Riveting keynote speaker: This year, keynote speaker Dr. Ben Goldacre, an internationally renowned author and physician, will unpack the misuse of science and statistics by journalists, politicians, quacks, drug companies and more. You can expect to be both entertained and informed, and that’s a winning combination.
2. Global expertise: During the James Read Memorial Panel, an esteemed group of global experts, including Dr. Charles Gutteridge (UK), Dr. Christian Reich (US), Dr. Jeremy Theal (CAN), and Dr. Ngai Tseung Cheung (HK), will share their successes using SNOMED CT while offering their care delivery and research insights on the role SNOMED CT will play in supporting the future of medicine.
3. No cost to you: This year’s Expo is free to attend!
4. Participate from the comfort of your own home: Business casual no more! Wear whatever you like!
5. A cornucopia of sessions to choose from: In addition to topnotch keynote speakers and panelists, we’re offering 45 concurrent sessions, 4 tutorials and 20 e-Posters. Presentations will be delivered by a broad array of implementers from healthcare organizations, government agencies and industry leaders who will share practical experience from the trenches.
6. Something for everyone: Are you a clinician? Don’t miss the stream of sessions focused on enhancing clinical practice and improving patient outcomes.
7. Opportunities for practical application: See SNOMED CT in action and get hands-on experience at the education workshops and tutorials.
8. Learn about leading practices: Implementers from a range of private and public organizations will share their lessons learned.
9. (Virtual) networking: No more chasing someone across a conference hall! All you have to do is connect with other attendees and chat with them one-on-one or as part of a group.
10. Access to the latest SNOMED CT-enabled products and services: Our exhibit hall will feature 15 exhibitors from across the globe.
REGISTER NOW
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Questions? Contact us at events@snomed.org
August 11, 2020, London, United Kingdom and Geneva, Switzerland -- SNOMED International and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) have joined forces in an agreement that will pave the way for the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) to be managed, produced, released and distributed by SNOMED International.
This agreement, which is the culmination of years of collaboration between the two organizations, will see ICN retain ownership of ICNP and continue to define its content so that it meets the needs of the global nursing profession. The agreement aligns with increasing global health digitization, the widespread use of SNOMED CT-enabled electronic health records (EHR), and the documentation of ICNP-specific content by nurses around the world.
A significant benefit of this agreement removes the need for countries that currently use both ICNP and SNOMED CT to engage in mapping activities between the two systems, which is an effort that was previously required.
Read the full article about this new agreement and direct inquiries to info@snomed.org.
Making it a priority to respond to global health concerns and the needs of our Members and affiliates, we have taken several steps to serve the global terminology community since the start of 2020, including:
- Accelerating timelines to include relevant novel Coronavirus content into the January 31 SNOMED CT International Edition.
- Releasing an interim version of the SNOMED CT International Edition on March 9, 2020 triggered by naming changes of the virus by the WHO and ICTV.
- Including all COVID-19 content in the Global Patient Set.
- Producing an updated SNOMED CT to ICD-10 map reflective of COVID-19 content.
- Releasing the July 2020 International Edition additional rollup delta package for users that did not incorporate the March 2020 Interim International Edition release to update COVID-19 content.
- In addition to the scheduled authoring for the July 2020 SNOMED CT International Edition, we have also further refined the COVID-19 content. See section 2.3 of the International Edition Release Notes for details.
About the July 2020 SNOMED CT International Edition Release
Continuous quality improvement and enhancement of existing content is an ongoing process undertaken by SNOMED International in preparation for every release. The July 2020 International Release has seen a continuation of the work driven by contributions from Kaiser Permanente i.e. Convergent Medical Terminology, Global Medical Device Nomenclature Agency, Orphanet and other domain specific collaborations, as well as requests received via SNOMED International’s Content Request System. SNOMED CT quality improvement activities have also been advancing through a variety of project driven initiatives summarized within the July 2020 release notes.
To learn more about the release and where to access it, visit: https://www.snomed.org/news-and-events/articles/july-31-snomedct-intl-edition-release-available
Since 2007, the Joint Initiative Council (JIC) has been committed to transforming the global healthcare system into one that is digital. The goal is precise:
Targeting the real-time exchange of information based on full interoperability enabled by global standards.
Download the white paper and learn how nine global standards development organizations serving collectively as the JIC, including SNOMED International, are proudly working together to build and continuously refine coordinated global standards that make high-quality data available to the right people, at the right place and time, supporting high-quality healthcare decisions.
Visit the JIC and read more about how standards development organizations are working together to further health system interoperability for patients
We are pleased to announce to the SNOMED CT community that registration for the SNOMED CT Expo 2020 virtual conference is now open! This year's event is taking place October 8-9 on our virtual platform. The program features a range of inspiring presenters from all over the world. Your event registration includes:
- Keynote presentations from internationally renowned author and educator Dr. Ben Goldacre, as well as an esteemed panel of previous James Read lecturers
- 45 concurrent session presentations across three program streams: Demonstrating Implementation Excellence, Enhancing Clinical Practice and Leading Terminology Practices
- Tutorial stream delivered by SNOMED International experts
- Exhibition area and networking opportunities
- Live Q&A with presenters
Community of Practice members are encouraged to register early; don’t miss this opportunity to virtually meet up with your peers and learn about the new and exciting SNOMED CT work that has been happening globally.
Visit the conference website to learn more about the Expo program and register for the event.
Please contact our events team at events@snomed.org if you have any questions about the event.
SNOMED International is committed to sharing the ongoing work of the organization and community as it applies to the management and evolution of SNOMED CT. We also strive to broaden our community, providing new ways to reach out and welcome newcomers interested in engaging with us.
The 'What's on this week' calendar presents SNOMED International's scheduled advisory, project and clinical reference group meetings and webinars open to observers. With this calendar you can access meeting information, add to your calendar, subscribe for calendar updates and submit relevant events of your own.
Access the calendar from the snomed.org homepage, or directly at What's on this week.
Contact comms@snomed.org with any questions, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
2019 was a watershed year for our organization and our Members.
We successfully closed out the 2015-2020 strategy and collectively charted a course for SNOMED International over the next five years. A Member-led initiative, the next strategic phase of the organization reflects the real needs of the global healthcare landscape as it relates to care delivery, policymaking, public health, research and public health priorities.
As a result of this, the 2019 Annual Report, A Global Effort to Drive Change, focuses on SNOMED International’s dedication to evolving, strengthening and developing our product and related services for the benefit of patients through our Members, clinicians, vendors and SNOMED CT users.
Highlights include:
- Message from the Management Board Chair, 2019 General Assembly Chairs and CEO
- 2019 Achievements
- 2015 - 2020 Strategy Recap
- Member Success Stories
- A showcase of our Community of Practice through photographs
Review the progress and accomplishments that you have contributed to on the SNOMED International website.
Users should ONLY consider using this package if they have NOT already incorporated the March 2020 Interim International Edition release in their systems, and can use DELTA files to update to the latest content.
As part of the global effort to manage and contain the COVID-19 public health emergency, SNOMED International published a set of coronavirus related concepts in its January 2020 SNOMED CT International Edition, with updated descriptions and SNOMED CT to ICD-10 maps in an interim March 2020 International Edition release.
For users that did not use the March 2020 Interim International Edition in their systems, the linked documentation provides a summarized description of the content changes included in the July 2020 additional Rollup Delta package release and is intended for National Release Centers, WHO-FIC release centers, vendors of electronic health records, terminology developers and managers who wish to have an understanding of changes that have been incorporated into the July 2020 International Edition additional Rollup Delta package.
Users should note that as this Rollup Delta package incorporates all Delta file changes from both March 2020 and July 2020 releases, they should refer to both sets of original Release Notes for details of all content & technical changes included.
This is made available for your review, and we encourage any feedback to be provided as soon as possible, so that any refinements can be made in time for the Public release of this optional package on 31st July 2020.
Please visit SNOMED International's release management space to access all detailed information concerning the July 2020 additional Rollup Delta package release of SNOMED CT.
Contact support@snomed.org with inquiries, referencing the specified release in the subject line.