The SNOMED CT Expo unites clinical terminology SMEs from around the world, including government officials, health IT professionals, health practitioners, researchers, academics and vendors. Discover how SNOMED CT enables data health systems and improved outcomes from a wide range of implementers. SNOMED CT Expo The SNOMED CT Expo unites clinical terminology SMEs from around the world, including government officials, health IT professionals, health practitioners, researchers, academics and vendors. Discover how SNOMED CT enables data driven health systems and improved patient outcomes from a wide range of global implementers. Register now View program Explore the expo Supporters Location Program More information Watch now Watch SNOMED CT Expo 2025 View session recordings from SNOMED CT Expo 2025, which took place in Antwerp, Belgium from October 22-24, 2025. Program streams SNOMED CT Expo 2026 Building Reliable Interoperability for Digital Global Empowerment Presentations enable attendees to enhance their knowledge of SNOMED CT and are aligned with one of four program streams. Advances in Research and Innovation Presentations showcasing innovation of SNOMED CT to accelerate data, information, evidence and knowledge creation, supporting a wide range of informatics research Demonstrating Implementation Excellence Presentations exploring practical demonstrations SNOMED CT. Implementers from healthcare organizations, government agencies and industry will share their lessons learned, outcomes and benefit realization achievements. Enhancing Clinical Practice and Outcomes Presentations showcasing innovation of SNOMED CT to accelerate data, information, evidence and knowledge creation, supporting a wide range of informatics research Terminology Leading Practices Presentations covering experience and ideas on innovative enhancements of SNOMED CT, as well as those in conjunction with other international standards, e.g., content development, mappings, description logic, reference sets and more. More information Why attend? Attendee guide Registration and program Venue and accommodation Call for abstracts Sponsorship and exhibition prospectus Host country Entry visas Data privacy and event terms & conditions Subscribe for Expo updates Future Expo dates Watch Expo recordings Business meetings Formal meetings of governance and advisory bodies Learn more Get involved Find out how you can get involved Learn more Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

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Learn more Browse the new SNOMED Document Library A library offering access to a wide range of official SNOMED CT materials including specifications and guides. Learn more SNOMED International determines global standards for health terms, an essential part of improving the health of humankind. We are committed to maintaining and growing our leadership as the global experts in healthcare terminology, ensuring that SNOMED CT, our world leading product, is accepted as the global common language for clinical terms. Learn more Heading 3 Costa Rica Joins SNOMED International, Advancing Digital Health Strategy Read more Announcement Heading 3 SNOMED CT Expo 2026: Program available and early registration closes August 7 Read more Announcement Heading 3 BLOG: Exploring a move from PCOS to PMOS Read more Blog View all news items SNOMED in Action - Case Studies SNOMED in Action enables information sharing among implementers about their SNOMED CT implementation experiences globally. Leverage learnings and register your implementation as part of SNOMED in Action. View All Read more EMEA The Spanish National Reference Center has developed a Reference Implementation for Databases (IRBD in its Spanish acronym),which is regularly updated and made available to all national licensees. This initiative aims to promote the adoption of SNOMED CT as the standard for clinical normalization and interoperability within the Spanish National Health System by facilitating the integration and deployment of the terminology and its national extensions across multiple relational database platforms. The IRBD is distributed in three database formats‚ MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle‚ allowing broad adaptability and integration with existing information systems. In parallel, the team is leveraging SNOMED International's Neo4j tools to implement graph-based models of the Spanish extensions, enabling advanced semantic querying and reasoning Reference Database Implementation for National Extensions and International Editions: A Multi-Platform Approach for SNOMED CT Quick Implementation in Spain Read more APAC This study presents a methodology for constructing a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) semantic network system based on SNOMED CT, addressing challenges in terminology standardization and knowledge integration within the TCM domain. By analyzing SNOMED CT's framework and encoding rules, and incorporating TCM-specific features (e.g., property-channel tropism, efficacy classification), we designed an ontological model encompassing core concepts, attribute relationships, and terminology mapping. The system employs semantic web technologies (e.g., RDF, OWL) to establish hierarchical and associative relationships among TCM concepts (e.g., "incompatibility," "pharmacological effects") while ensuring compatibility with SNOMED CT for international standardization. Experimental validation involved constructing a prototype semantic network (e.g., nodes for Astragalus membranaceus) to demonstrate the system's efficacy in terminology normalization, knowledge reasoning, and cross-domain data linkage. This research provides a feasible solution for standardizing and enabling intelligent applications (e.g., clinical decision support, big data analytics) of TCM knowledge, while expanding SNOMED CT's applicability to traditional medicine. It aims to foster integration between TCM and Western medicine and advance the modernization and digitization of TCM through foundational semantic infrastructure. Construction of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Semantic Network System Based on SNOMED CT Read more APAC Te Aho o Te Kahu (Cancer Control Agency) in collaboration with Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora in New Zealand is designing national standards for sharing cancer data across the healthcare system. This presentation will focus on the molecular and immunohistochemistry aspects of this work, which support the sharing of ancillary study results from the pathology labs to medical oncologists, haematologists, and radiation oncologists. These test results are crucial in supporting the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. We will describe our unique approach to modelling these genetic test results that supports the appropriate level of detail required by both structured pathology reports and cancer treatment clinicians. 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SNOMED International is a “Members-First” organization and our Members play a critical governance role in the direction of the organization. Each Member is entitled to be represented by an individual on the General Assembly, the organization's highest authority. Andrew Roddam Dr Andrew Roddam is an accomplished life science executive and internationally renowned epidemiologist with over 20 years of experience across both academia and the pharmaceutical industry, principally focused on the application and use of real-world data and epidemiological methods to advance the understanding of human disease. He has a strong interest in health informatics and is an experienced board member within the UK and internationally who regularly participates at international meetings and conferences as a keynote speaker. Andrew previously served as the CEO of Our Future Health, the UK's largest health research programme (in partnership with NHS) and is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of EveryONE Medicines, an organization committed to developing individualized precision therapeutics. Andrew has served as a Management Board Director to SNOMED International since October 2020 and was appointed Chair in October 2024. Bersabel Ephrem Juana Lucia Flores-Candia Anne-Marie Grey Christian Hein Bettina McMahon Management Board Directors The Management Board has legal and oversight responsibility for the management and direction of SNOMED International. The terms of the appointments are staggered: the longest term is three years; the shortest, one year. Terms are subject to a maximum service of six years in total. Management Board appointments are non-executive director positions which carry legal responsibility for the governance of the organization. Records of discussion SNOMED CT Expo 2026 The SNOMED CT Expo unites clinical terminology SMEs from around the world Learn more Events Annual Business Meetings, Expo, and SNOMED CT Web Series Learn more Learn more Explore the wide range of resources available to our community of practice Learn more Members Information on our coalition of global Members Learn more Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe Management Board The Management Board has legal and oversight responsibility for the management and direction of SNOMED International. View all directors Records of discussion

In February 2022 Thailand became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Thailand In February 2022 Thailand became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Thai Health Information Standards Development Center (THIS) 3rd floor National Health Building 88/39 Tiwanon Rd.14 Tambon Talad-Khwan Amphoe Mueang Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand Website: https://www.this.or.th/ Email: this@this.or.th Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Boonchai Kijsanayotin Member Forum: Rath Panyowat News articles Thailand progresses interoperability journey with SNOMED CT membership The National Reform Commission on Public Health - appointed by the cabinet - and the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand has assigned the responsibility to the Thai Health Information Standards development center (THIS), Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI) to act as the point of contact for SNOMED CT developments and licenses, thus demonstrating the National Release Centre. THIS is the research and development center for digital health and health information standards in the HSRI. HSRI is the health systems knowledge creation and health systems research management arm of Ministry of Public Health Thailand. THIS mission is to develops and facilitates the development of Thailand health information system standards that are compatible with international standards and enable health information exchanges and interoperability with the ultimate goal of better health systems. THIS coordinates the Thailand’s participation in and contribution to SNOMED International activities. THIS coordinates a national program aimed at increasing and stimulating the awareness, knowledge, practices and use of SNOMED CT and other health data standards, e.g. Thai Medicines Terminology (TMT)-Thailand SNOMED CT extension, Thai Medical Laboratory Terminology (TMLT), to name a few. For healthcare organizations and companies inside the Thailand THIS acts as the National Release Centre for SNOMED CT (sub-) licenses. As Thailand's SNOMED National Release Centre, THIS is responsible for distributing and managing SNOMED CT in Thailand, and develops and maintains content specific to the Thailand. More information about SNOMED CT in Thailand can be accessed here: https://www.this.or.th/ Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Canada's representative to SNOMED International is Canada Health Infoway (Infoway), through which the SNOMED CT® terminology standard and related assets are made available to Canadian users. Canada Canada's representative to SNOMED International is Canada Health Infoway (Infoway), through which the SNOMED CT® terminology standard and related assets are made available to Canadian users. Contact Details Canada Health Infoway 1000 Sherbrooke Street West Suite 1200 Montreal QC H3A 3G4 Canada Website: https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/ Email: standards@infoway-inforoute.ca Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Andrew Liu Member Forum: Janice Spence, Julie Boutin News articles Infoway helps to improve the health of Canadians by working with partners to accelerate the development, adoption and effective use of digital health across Canada. Through our investments, we help deliver better quality and access to care and more efficient delivery of health services for patients and clinicians. Established in 2001, Infoway is an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government. More information about SNOMED CT in Canada can be accessed here: Canada Health Infoway: English ; French InfoCentral: English ; French Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

BLOG: SNOMED CT focuses on traditional medicine at Expo 2024 pre-conference workshop Back 10 Sept 2024 Back On October 23, 2024, as part of SNOMED CT Expo 2024 pre-conference sessions, SNOMED International is hosting a half-day workshop on traditional medicine . In this blog, Liara Tutina, SNOMED International’s Customer Relations Executive Asia and Pacific & Global Education Lead, and Yongsheng Gao, Senior Terminologist, discuss the purpose of learning goals for the session, the growing need for traditional medicine content in SNOMED CT and the benefits of its inclusion, as well as the challenges posed by integrating various global traditions into the terminology. And while the inclusion of this type of content into SNOMED CT reflects SNOMED International’s commitment to our Members and to enabling better patient care delivery around the world, it also tells the story of the collaborative process driving SNOMED CT’s ongoing content development and refinement. Q: What is traditional medicine? How does SNOMED International define it? A: SNOMED International uses the same definition as that used by the World Health Organization : It is the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness. A few examples are acupuncture and homeopathy, both of which are widely available in Western countries as well. Q: What is the goal for this initiative and what is driving the push for inclusion of traditional medicine content in SNOMED CT? A: The objectives of the traditional medicine project are to support clinical practice and secondary use of data for research, policy making, patient safety, and clinical guidelines. To a certain extent, the project has been driven by Member requests, but the big-picture benefits are that it will enable practitioners and traditional medicine users around the world to use SNOMED CT to record conditions and access related services. Researchers and policy makers will benefit significantly from encoded health records for development of evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines and policies, and it will help close the gap in SNOMED CT content. It will enable clinical recording of traditional medicine in SNOMED CT and mappings to classification systems such as ICD-11. Interest and research in complementary and alternative medicine have increased considerably worldwide, and a number of ISO standards for traditional medicine have been developed in the last decade or so by ISO TC 249 and TC 215 /JWG1, WG10. Q: What traditional medicine content existed in SNOMED CT prior to the formation of the traditional medicine pilot project? Where are we now and what is our goal in terms of the type and amount of traditional medicine content? A: At the beginning, SNOMED CT had a limited amount of content – a number of terms for acupuncture, herbal medicine agents/herbal medicines, a few concepts in other areas and a handful of related findings and procedure codes. Today, there are about 900 concepts for traditional medicine excluding clinical findings and diseases that are also applicable to traditional medicine. In particular, we have covered key pattern diagnoses with a new concept model in clinical finding, and introduced a new top-level category for the theoretical entity of traditional medicine. You can find them under the Traditional Medicine Community Content tab of the SNOMED CT Community Content browser . Q: To what extent can the inclusion of traditional medicine in SNOMED CT contribute to a better understanding of the efficacy of such treatments? A: Encoding traditional medicine content in SNOMED CT is a major step toward supporting comprehensive health data analytics, expanding the scope of health research and enhancing best practice guidelines for clinical care. Q: What regions use some form of traditional medicine? A: Traditional medicine has been widely used for millennia in many Asian and African countries as well as throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eurasia. They are also available in Europe and America as complementary and alternative medicines. Q: How is the traditional medicine content in SNOMED CT being used – and by whom? A: It is still in the early stages of content development for traditional medicine. One example of how this content is being used by our Members is from the Republic of Korea. At SNOMED CT Expo 2023, Ah Jung Byun and Hyeoun-AE Park presented on research to map Korean traditional medicine terms to SNOMED CT . Although the Korean health system introduced an electronic medical record (EMR) system in 2018, traditional medicine was not part of that development. Practitioners of traditional medicine in Korea took steps starting in 2021 to close that gap by developing a big data platform for traditional medicine and clinical practice guidelines on up to 30 diseases or conditions, and realized the need for standard terminology to describe those clinical ideas. Another example is that India has translated SNOMED content, e.g. clinical findings/diseases, related to traditional medicine, and started the development of traditional medicine specific content in their SNOMED CT extension. Q: What is the scope of the traditional medicine project? A: The initial stage for the development of traditional medicine terminology in SNOMED CT only covers top-level structures and some requests from Member countries. The project will build the infrastructural foundation for the future development of this type of content. Q: Describe the collaborative process that has been used to include traditional medicine content in the Community Content area. A: When the project kicked off, we already had received a request from Malaysia to incorporate 200 traditional medicine terms into SNOMED CT. Currently, the requests from Malaysia have been reviewed and existing concepts have been identified. The new concepts have been added to SNOMED CT. We have established key editorial decisions with the expert group: Patterns as a new subhierarchy of clinical findings A new top-level hierarchy for the theoretical entity of traditional medicine The Chinese language represents the original meaning of concepts. Other languages can be added to extensions. New concept models for modeling patterns by principles, organ frameworks, ect. Organ systems are represented as theoretical entities, in contrast to pure anatomical representations. The existing concepts in SNOMED CT have been utilized for disorders in traditional medicine, unless the specific disorders are different and needed as new additions. The content has been published in the community content area and we are developing a subontology for traditional medicine that will be published soon. Q: Are there any unique challenges to including traditional medicine content in SNOMED CT (e.g., capturing “notions” such as energy)? If so, what are they and how are we approaching it? A: A 2019 research paper (Progresses and challenges in the traditional medicine information system: A systematic review ) identified many of these challenges: “Sometimes, one medicinal plant happens to be named differently using the general, Latin, local or commercial names. In contrast, some other of different species take similar names. This becomes more complicated given the prevalence of the terminology specific to different world languages (Mukherjee et al., 2015). Currently, there is no universal terminology and a unified coordinated regulatory attitude (Wiesner, 2014). To standardize the structured clinical data, an integration of the systematic terminologies is required (Liu et al., 2012). Accordingly, in line with the information standardization projects such as International Classification of Traditional Medicine (ICTM), a new project for the compilation of an international standard terminology has been incorporated into the recent ICD-11 revision (WHO, 2007; Gao and Watanabe, 2011; Katayama et al., 2012).” The key challenge is to represent concepts, theories, and logics that are unique to traditional medicine. They do not fit into the current top categories of SNOMED CT. We have developed a new top category for theoretical entities in traditional medicine. The new concepts, such as Yin (阴), Yang（阳）, Qi（气）have been added. However, there are many different traditional medicines. It is a challenge to represent them when there are potential overlaps, similarities, or even conflicts. For example, Qi in traditional Chinese medicine can be loosely interpreted as a concept for energy. In Ayurvedic medicine, ojas is defined as ‘vigor’. It is the vital energy, or core essence, that nourishes all tissues and is responsible for the optimal functioning of our body, mind, and spirit. However, Qi also includes breathing air. We cannot map or treat Qi and Ojas as the same concept. More work and discussions are needed to overcome the challenge. There are also changes in specific subject areas of traditional medicine. The representation of medications can be named differently using the general, Latin, local, or commercial names. In particular, some species could have similar or the same names. Furthermore, the classification of plants based on morphological features alone could be time-consuming and error prone. The advancement in genetic studies could provide reliable classifications, but it raises the challenge of connecting them to the daily clinical use of plants in traditional medicine. Q: Why did we decide to hold a half-day workshop before Expo this year? Who is leading it? A: Both of us, along with input from representatives from Korea, India, Malaysia and other countries, will be leading the session. The workshop will provide an opportunity for international collaboration, experience exchange and discussion on various aspects of the traditional terminology model and content development. Q: Who should attend and what can people expect to learn at that session? A: This session will be useful for anyone, whether your background is clinical or technical, who is interested in learning more about our traditional medicine project and the next steps for supporting a standardized terminology for this type of parallel healthcare system. LEARN MORE To learn more about SNOMED CT and traditional medicine, visit the SNOMED CT Traditional Medicine Pilot Project Confluence page , and view the following presentations on YouTube: Development of SNOMED CT India Ayush Extension Common ontology model for multiple systems of traditional medicine using SNOMED CT Mapping traditional Korean medicine terms to SNOMED CT SNOMED CT Expo 2024 traditional medicine sessions: Traditional medicine workshop, October 23 from 09:00-12:30 KST How to improve SNOMED CT ontology t represent concepts used in Korean traditional medicine: October 24, from 13:30-14:00 KST Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

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SNOMED International celebrates a decade of SNOMED CT-focused events at the SNOMED CT Expo 2021 Back 7 Sept 2021 Back Since the date of issue, this information is now out of date and has been archived. It has been made available for reference. On October 28 and 29, 2021, SNOMED International will host its 10th annual SNOMED CT-focused event. SNOMED CT is the world’s most comprehensive clinical reference terminology, subscribed to by 41 Member countries and used in over 70 countries globally. Featuring a vibrant and knowledge-packed two-day program, the Expo has evolved considerably since SNOMED International began to host SNOMED CT implementation-focused events a decade ago. In October 2011, Peter Fleming, then-CEO of Australia’s National e-Health Transition Authority, welcomed the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (as SNOMED International was known as at that time), to the opening events of the first SNOMED CT Implementation Showcase , and standards guru Tim Benson (now CEO of R-Outcomes Ltd.) delivered the inaugural James Read Memorial Lecture keynote. (The James Read Memorial Lecture, which each year celebrates someone who embodies the practical application of SNOMED CT in a real-world setting, honours British physician Dr. James Read, an early pioneer of clinical coding in the 1980s.) At that time, SNOMED International had only 17 Members. Since then, our membership has grown to 41, and our yearly Expos have become increasingly sophisticated in content and format, a result of the maturing digital health/health informatics industry and the ever-expanding universe of SNOMED CT knowledge and expertise. Now, many of the presentations focus on how implementers use SNOMED CT along with other health care standards to deliver the best possible care to their patients. They also reflect how SNOMED International, a member of the Joint Initiative Council for Global Health Informatics Standardization, or JIC , prioritizes collaboration with other health care and health standards development organizations such as the American Medical Association, the International Council of Nurses, HL7 International, the DICOM Standards Committee, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, LOINC and CDISC, to name just a few, with the goal of enabling one global language of health. Adapting to changing circumstances Moving to a virtual event in 2020, last year’s Expo drew more than 1,700 registrants from 60 countries. Due to the ongoing pandemic and its varied impact to global regions, this year’s SNOMED CT Expo 2021 participants will also convene virtually. One of the new features we are introducing at SNOMED CT Expo 2021 is that the Introduction to SNOMED CT Tutorial with SNOMED International’s Ian Spiers and Liara Tutina will be offered in four languages: English, French, Spanish and German. Another is the addition of a third keynote session featuring David Hansen, CEO and Research Director of the Australian e-Health Research Centre at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. This new keynote is positioned in prime time for all of our Asia-Pacific Members and stakeholders as well as being made available on demand, as will be the case with all Expo sessions. “SNOMED International’s annual Expo has come a long way since we first started hosting this event,” said SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete. “The substantial increase in delegates around the globe reflects both the steadily increasing number of Member countries and their users and the growing interest, depth and maturity of the terminology itself. “If you are interested in learning more about SNOMED CT and how it is contributing to improving the delivery and management of health care globally,” he adds, “consider registering soon, because this year’s event offers a significant degree of value and utility to delegates.” “I would also like to extend my gratitude to Member Portugal, represented by Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde, or SPMS . Originally slated to host the event in 2020, we look forward to partnering again next year to deliver the SNOMED CT Expo 2022 in Lisbon, September 28-29, 2022.” Join clinical terminology subject matter experts ranging from government officials and health IT professionals to health practitioners, researchers and vendors from around the world as they explore the future of SNOMED CT. Registration for the SNOMED CT Expo 2021 is open and the full program can be accessed at snomedexpo.org . Subscribe here to keep up to date with registration, program and sponsor details as they develop. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Approximately 6 out of every 10 of Australians have more than one chronic condition at any one time. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) indicate there are twelve main conditions that make up chronic conditions (these being:Arthritis, Asthma, back problems, Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, endometriosis, mental health and osteoporosis)[2]. Evidence has shown that patients and care team members favour the multidisciplinary approach to chronic condition management, due to the overlapping nature of symptoms and the high degree of burden conditions have on quality of life. Sparked, Australia's FHIR Accelerator is developing through an open collaborative process the foundation specifications to support team care arrangements through the development of: * Expansion of AU Clinical Data For interoperability ( AUCDI)to include data groups and data elements to support chronic condition management, * Identification of the appropriate SNOMED CT value sets * Development of a SMART FORM , based on FHIR Questionnaire which can support a collaborative team care arrangements. Back View Map CSIRO (Case Study 3) FHIRing up team care arrangements with SNOMED CT- Supporting team care arrangements for people living with chronic conditions through the use of a FHIR and SNOMED CT enabled chronic condition management plan. Read More Country / Region APAC Tags Clinical Practice, Collaboration, Data quality, Implementation, Tooling Approximately 6 out of every 10 of Australians have more than one chronic condition at any one time. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) indicate there are twelve main conditions that make up chronic conditions (these being:Arthritis, Asthma, back problems, Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, endometriosis, mental health and osteoporosis)[2]. Evidence has shown that patients and care team members favour the multidisciplinary approach to chronic condition management, due to the overlapping nature of symptoms and the high degree of burden conditions have on quality of life. Sparked, Australia's FHIR Accelerator is developing through an open collaborative process the foundation specifications to support team care arrangements through the development of: * Expansion of AU Clinical Data For interoperability ( AUCDI)to include data groups and data elements to support chronic condition management, * Identification of the appropriate SNOMED CT value sets * Development of a SMART FORM , based on FHIR Questionnaire which can support a collaborative team care arrangements. Description Sparked, Australia's FHIR Accelerator has over 1000 members representing government, clinicians, industry and consumers. Sparked over the last two years has delivered the initial release of AUCDI, AU CORE FHIR IG, AU eRequest IGs and the associated SNOMED CT Value Sets. The latest release of AUCDI provides data groups to help support care planning and chronic condition management. AUCDI Release 2 CCM contains new data groups and data elements that were identified by the Sparked CDG as important for inclusion as a first step towards standardising data to support and enable information capture, exchange, and meaningful use across an individual's health care and care team for chronic condition management. workshops were held throughout the second half of 2024, where teams of clinicians, informaticians, patient advocate representatives, government representatives and technicians gathered in workshops across the country to help focus on the necessary data group requirements to support chronic care Further enhancements to the data groups and elements will come as the scope and breadth of data requirements for chronic condition management are developed. A Clinical Focus Group has been established to document the use cases and data flows that underpin team care arrangements to inform the development of a Team Care, Chronic Condition Management Plan based on FHIR Questionnaire. Through this process we will identify the elements of the management plans, which can now be structured and coded- which normally would be free text.This project will also identify gaps in SNOMED CT content. Through the use of SNOMED CT within these structured care plans, we will enable better integration of electronic clinical decision support, support reuse of the data for service requests and support use of the data for clinical quality measure and quality indicator reporting. Scope SNOMED CT is Australia's preferred clinical terminology and is the clinical terminology of choice in the national standards (Australian Clinical Data For Interoperability (AUCDI) and AU Core FHIR Implementation guide. SNOMED is chosen to not only support the exchange of information , but we also recommend its use as the interface terminology within the record. The use of FHIR Questionnaires supports the pre pop of coded data and also postpopulation back within the clinical record- enhancing clinical workflow and utility of the data. We also want to support advanced workflow with SNOMED CT supporting integration of decision support for recommended care pathways and advanced data analytics for quality measures. How SNOMED CT will be used SNOMED CT is use as the clinical terminology of choice for data entry within electronic medical records, for exchange and for data analytics. SNOMED CT value sets are defined as part of AUCDI and included in our national FHIR Implementation Guides. We work with the Clinical Colleges and Software Industry to validate the inclusion of SNOMED CT as the preferred terminology and identify processes to address any content gaps. 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Watch the Demo! Powering clinical data analytics with SNOMED CT Back 28 Jan 2019 Back Building on data capture at the point of care, 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 industry, we use the term 'analytics' to describe the discovery of meaningful information from health care data. Why is this critical in today’s global health care environment? The discovery of this meaningful data harvests benefits for patients through to the larger health system. Analytics are used to describe, predict and improve clinical and business performance, and to recommend action or guide patient decision making across health systems globally. Particularly for our Members, analytics guide change and decision making within our health systems. To demonstrate how this is enhanced with clinical terminology, SNOMED International clinical engagement leads, Dr.’s Peter Hendler and Charles Gutteridge, set the stage with a SNOMED CT introduction before delivering a demonstration solving a hands-on clinical dilemma enabled by SNOMED CT, and using simulated clinical data. Data analytics is arguably the most significant revolution in health care in the last decade and an effective means by which to assess individual health information and provide the most personalized, most effective care. Additional guidance on Data Analytics with SNOMED CT is available for your review. To discuss the demonstration in more detail and to learn how you can similarly enable analytics with SNOMED CT within your health care environment, contact us . Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

SNOMED CT MRCM - Beta Release Available Back 14 Feb 2017 Back Since the date of issue, this information is now out of date and has been archived. It has been made available for reference. The SNOMED CT MRCM represents the rules in the SNOMED CT concept model in a form that can be read by a computer and applied to test that concept definitions and expressions comply with these rules. The MRCM may be used for a variety of purposes, including the authoring and validation of SNOMED CT concepts, expressions, expression constraints and queries, natural language processing (NLP) and binding terminology to information models to support querying and interoperability. For more information about the MRCM, please visit http://snomed.org/mrcm. Members can download the MRCM Beta release package via the MLDS distribution site. Others may request access by contacting the Release Management Team by email ( info@snomed.org ), with the subject "Release Management Team - MRCM Beta access request". The SNOMED CT MRCM Beta release notes are available here. Please note that the Beta release package is distributed for evaluation purposes only. It must not be used in production clinical systems or in clinical settings. Subject to feedback on the Beta release, the MRCM data will be included in the July 2017 SNOMED CT International Release. To comment on the MRCM Beta release, please click on the Feedback button at the bottom of this MRCM page. All feedback must be submitted by Friday 31st March 2017. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe