THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS!
SNOMED International recently updated its SNOMED CT Foundation course, providing an introduction to a broad range of SNOMED CT related topics, including the why, what and how of SNOMED CT.
The re-launched Foundation course provides focused, introductory and interactive SNOMED CT curriculum, making it easier to engage and learn about SNOMED CT. For those wishing to continue their SNOMED CT education, the SNOMED CT Foundation course is a prerequisite for more advanced SNOMED CT courses.
Learn more about the re-launched SNOMED CT Foundation course
The time has come for the SNOMED International community of practice to submit nominations to support this year's SNOMED International awards process.
SNOMED International acknowledges individual contributions to the organization and community through 2 awards:
- The Award for Excellence (given annually), and
- The Lifetime Achievement Award (awarded periodically)
As we return to formally recognizing excellence among the SNOMED International Community at September's planned Gala, the organization will consider granting multiple awards to multiple recipients this year.
In 2019, the Award for Excellence was awarded to Mark Jurkovich, and both Lies van Gennip and Stewart Jessamine were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Your Challenge?
- Think about someone who is worthy; Someone deserving, and someone who should be honored at the SNOMED International Gala in Lisbon this September.
- Note: An employee of SNOMED International is eligible to nominate someone so long as they find someone from the Community of Practice to serve as a co-nominator.
Please reference the awards policies and forms linked on this post or visit the Awards Page for more information. Nominations are requested by June 30 2022.
Contact fcs@snomed.org for more information.
SNOMED International has a number of voluntary Advisory Groups designed to provide expert advice on the development and implementation of its products and services. See IHTSDO Advisory Group Manual Home for information on each of the groups.
At this time, SNOMED International is seeking volunteers to serve on the following Advisory Groups:
- Editorial (EAG)
- Modeling (MAG)
How do I apply for a position on a SNOMED International Advisory Group?
Selection Process
Anyone can apply. The deadline for submitting a nomination is Thursday, 30 June 2022. Applications will be reviewed by the AG Chairs and their recommendations will be put forward to the CEO for final approval. All candidates will be notified of the results by email in July.
Application Checklist
Applicants, please make sure you include the following items in your email submission to governance@snomed.org:
- Completed Nomination Form, including your declaration of interest and self-assessment of relevant skills per the applicable skills matrix (see document below)
- Your CV (resume)
Please contact governance@snomed.org with questions, or for additional information on the Advisory Group nomination process.
The Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) community and SNOMED International have formalized their long-time relationship with a five-year collaborative agreement that will benefit both of their user communities.
OHDSI is a non-profit, global research collaborative that provides open-source solutions and products to enable analysis and sharing of health and observational data. Coordinated by the Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics, its mission is to improve health by empowering a community to collaboratively generate the evidence that promotes better health decisions and better care.
SNOMED CT is a core terminology within OHDSI's common data model: Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP), allowing the use of other terminologies and classifications through computable linkages.
Effective April 29, 2022, the collaboration provides OHDSI and its user community with comprehensive ontologies on specific healthcare domains and content such as devices, social determinants of health, disease severity scores and modifiers of cancers, as well as better concept definitions and resolutions of composite concepts in large-scale observational research. In return, OHDSI and its user community can provide SNOMED International with information and feedback on clinical validation, frequency of use data, and validation of SNOMED CT content modeling. Ultimately, continuous feedback shared regarding identified content gaps will benefit both user communities as we move forward together...
Read the full announcement and please contact info@snomed.org with any questions.
SNOMED International has a number of voluntary Advisory Groups designed to provide expert advice on the development and implementation of its products and services. See IHTSDO Advisory Group Manual Home for information on each of the groups.
At this time, SNOMED International is seeking volunteers to serve on the following Advisory Groups:
- Editorial (EAG)
- Modeling (MAG)
How do I apply for a position on a SNOMED International Advisory Group?
Selection Process
Anyone can apply. The deadline for submitting a nomination is Thursday, 30 June 2022. Applications will be reviewed by the AG Chairs and their recommendations will be put forward to the CEO for final approval. All candidates will be notified of the results by email in July.
Application Checklist
Applicants, please make sure you include the following items in your email submission to governance@snomed.org:
- Completed Nomination Form, including your declaration of interest and self-assessment of relevant skills per the applicable skills matrix (see document below)
- Your CV (resume)
Please contact governance@snomed.org with questions, or for additional information on the Advisory Group nomination process.
2021 SNOMED International Annual Report: A collaborative approach to deliver global interoperability
SNOMED International is pleased to announce the release of the organization’s 2021 Annual Report. Titled A collaborative approach to deliver global interoperability, it reflects our efforts and achievements as we continue to work toward realizing our 2020-2025 Strategy. And while the report focuses on the breadth of SNOMED International’s 2021 activities, it also highlights the growing quantity and quality of our many collaborations and their contribution to SNOMED CT.
Highlights of the Report include:
- Message from the General Assembly Chair, Management Board Chair and CEO
- 2021 strategy update
- Our Members and highlighted Member success stories
- Product & Services highlights including frequent releases, community content, and concrete domains
- The organization's content enhancements & collaborations
- SNOMED CT case for investment
- A report on global stakeholder engagement activities
- Our innovation activities
- Enabling success through corporate functions
- Meet our governance representatives
Read and share the full landscape of what SNOMED International and its Members and stakeholders delivered in 2021 at www.snomed.org.
Towards the end of 2021, SNOMED International shared its intention to extend the core of SNOMED CT’s structured clinical terminology to deliver an open, standalone terminology in support of the scope of content within the International Patient Summary (IPS) for non-Members.
The IPS Terminology will provide advanced terminology features for non-Affiliates to use in their IPS implementations. Now released in its beta version for focused stakeholder testing and feedback, the IPS Terminology will be accompanied by a User Guide to support implementers in non-Member regions to understand the features, capabilities and limitations of the IPS Terminology package.
Contact releases@snomed.org for information on how to review the IPS Terminology as well as information on the mechanisms and timelines for providing feedback. To view the IPS Terminology via browser, visit https://ips-browser.snomedtools.org/.
The time has come for the SNOMED International community of practice to submit nominations to support this year's SNOMED International awards process.
SNOMED International acknowledges individual contributions to the organization and community through 2 awards:
- The Award for Excellence (given annually), and
- The Lifetime Achievement Award (awarded periodically)
As we return to formally recognizing excellence among the SNOMED International Community at September's planned Gala, the organization will consider granting multiple awards to multiple recipients this year.
In 2019, the Award for Excellence was awarded to Mark Jurkovich, and both Lies van Gennip and Stewart Jessamine were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Your Challenge?
- Think about someone who is worthy; Someone deserving, and someone who should be honored at the SNOMED International Gala in Lisbon this September.
- Note: An employee of SNOMED International is eligible to nominate someone so long as they find someone from the Community of Practice to serve as a co-nominator.
Please reference the awards policies and forms linked on this post or visit the Awards Page for more information. Nominations are requested by June 30 2022. Contact fcs@snomed.org for more information.
The SNOMED CT Expo 2022 abstract submission deadline has been extended to May 1.
Represent your country's SNOMED CT efforts and submit an abstract for the opportunity to present in-person or online at this year’s hybrid event in Lisbon, Portugal. Presenters attend for free!
Visit snomedexpo.org for more details and watch this 1 minute video for a glimpse of the advantages of presenting from some of our past presenters: https://youtu.be/-uiw-B4IL7w
Questions? Contact events@snomed.org
Are you a SNOMED International Member located in the Asia Pacific Region? Do you have an interest in hosting the 2024 October Business Meetings and SNOMED CT Expo? If so, the Call for Expression of Interest is now open!
Being a host presents a unique opportunity to showcase to local stakeholders, and guests abroad, your approach and implementation of SNOMED CT and how it fits into your healthcare ecosystem design. A collaborative effort, you are a strategic partner in contributing to the decisions that shape the delivery of the SNOMED CT Expo, with SNOMED International providing most operational activities, including logistics, planning and execution. Visit the October Business Meetings & SNOMED CT Expo - Prospective Host Resource Page for more information on what's involved.
Member hosts have included:
- Portugal (2022)
- Malaysia (2019)
- Canada (2018)
- Slovak Republic (2017)
- New Zealand (2016)
- Uruguay (2015)
- Netherlands (2014)
- United States (2013)
- Sweden (2012)
Please note that following the regional order of holding SNOMED CT Expo events, the organization will next be looking for a host for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for the 2025 event.
Important dates:
If you are considering responding to the Expression of Interest, please contact Liara Tutina before July 12, 2022. For all subsequent timelines, please refer to the linked document accompanying this post.
Visit the October Business Meetings & SNOMED CT Expo - Prospective Host Resource Page for more information.
Questions?
Contact Liara Tutina, Shelley Lipon or Kelly Kuru
Thank you for your attendance and participation at the 2022 April Business Meetings in London.
Linked below please find the videos and presentations from the proceedings of the April Business Meetings:
- Keynote Address: Dr. Ben Bloom, Consultant Emergency Physician, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust:
- SNOMED CT Community Updates:
- CEO Update - Open General Assembly:
- Member Update - Open General Assembly:
- Closing Plenary Address:
Please contact info@snomed.org for any additional information pertaining to these resources.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
COMMUNITY UPDATES:
CEO ADDRESS:
MEMBER UPDATE:
CLOSING PLENARY:
SNOMED International wishes to remind those planning to attend the forthcoming April 2022 Business Meetings in London to make the most of the excellent delegate bedroom rates that have been negotiated at the event venue, the DoubleTree by Hilton (Tower of London).
Time is ticking to make your booking as rooms must be reserved before March 12, 2022 to obtain the discounted rates, please click here to book now using the unique event code.
SCHEDULE
As previously announced, the conference will mark a return to hybrid events for the organization and Community of Practice, providing both in-person and virtual opportunities to participate.
- Hybrid sessions will run in London, UK and online from April 3-6, 2022
- Virtual-only sessions will run from April 4-14, 2022
- View the full schedule here.
REGISTRATION
Joining us in London? Register now.
Attending virtually? Registration is not necessary - Zoom links to join open sessions will be shared via the organization's What's on this Week calendar.
KEEPING YOU SAFE
We have a robust COVID-19 health and safety plan in place to ensure our participants stay safe before, during and after the London event. To learn more, we encourage you to review the plan.
We very much look forward to welcoming you again to London. For any additional information pertaining to the April 2022 Business Meetings, please contact events@snomed.org
March 2, 2022
At the end of 2021, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency took a firm step towards increasing the semantic interoperability, re-use and the cross border exchange of health data. The European Union will provide its Member States with 60 per cent funding towards SNOMED International membership until 2027, via the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). The goal of this initiative is to allow the residents of participating member states to easily access and share their own health data in their own language with healthcare providers as they travel in the European Union.
According to the European Commission, the objective of the agreement is to facilitate the use of a standardized terminology to express clinical meanings for clinicians and to benefit the citizens of the European Union...
March 1, 2022
SNOMED International, the Thai Health Information Standards Development Centre (THIS), and Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI) are pleased to announce that Thailand has joined the SNOMED CT Community as SNOMED International’s 42nd Member.
Thailand is the eleventh country in the Asia Pacific Region, following Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong – China, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Republic of Armenia, Republic of Korea and Singapore to join SNOMED International, further extending SNOMED CT use, implementation experience and collaboration opportunities for the region. Effective January 2022, all users in Thailand can register to request a free license for use of SNOMED CT from the country’s National Release Center...
