Health Terminologies

Discuss and share updates, requirements, challenges, issues, solutions, presentations and work items related to health terminologies and classifications (SNOMED CT, pCLOCD, etc.).

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Contact: Himanshu Khetarpal

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Discuss and share updates, requirements, challenges, issues, solutions, presentations and work items related to health terminologies and classifications (SNOMED CT, pCLOCD, etc.).

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What is the Health Terminologies Community?

The Health Terminologies Community is a place to share and learn about new and existing implementations of, and updates to, health-related terminologies, terminology subsets, and classification systems used in Canada.

Members actively contribute to discussions and share information and advice related to the implementation, development, maintenance, and use of multiple vocabularies in various health-related projects.

This community is responsive to its membership, actively encouraging, welcoming, and relying on the submission of discussion topics, agenda items, and other items such as education and vendor engagement from its members.

The community will engage and collaborate with other groups or InfoCentral communities on broader related topics when relevant.

Major reference terminologies and classification systems of interest include, but are not limited to:

SNOMED CT
LOINC/pCLOCD
CCDD (Canadian Clinical Drug Dataset)
ICD-10-CA
ATC

Canada Health Infoway is the National Release Centre (NRC) for SNOMED CT, pCLOCD, and HL7 in Canada.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is responsible for the development and publication of ICD-10-CA (the Canadian modification of ICD-10), as well as CCI (Canadian Classification of Health Interventions).

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If you have an idea for a community, working group, or project that will drive interoperability forward, let us know by contacting us.

CO-LEADERS

Himanshu Khetarpal,,Regional Manager, Informatics and Health Terminology Standards, Providence Health
Anil Patel, Manager, Standards, Connected Care, Canada Health Infoway

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Helen Wu created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Annual Acceptance of Terms of Use and License Agreements Required After March 31

Hi all, Upon first login after March 31, 2025, all users will be required to reconfirm acceptance of the ... before further access and use of InfoCentral, Standards, and Solutions will be granted. Infoway provides convenient access to a wide range of licensed and proprietary materials. To ensure compliance with our various agreements, Infoway Account Users are asked to reconfirm acceptance of the following agreements by March 31 of each year: Canada Health Infoway Interoperability Solutions Subscription Agreement, Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set, HL7 Agreements, ICD-10-CA and CCI, LOINC®, and RELMA® Terms of Use, pan-Canadian LOINC® Observation Code Database (pCLOCD) Terms of Use, SC Code Systems, SNOMED CT Agreements and Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Terms of Use. Information provided during Infoway Account registration may be used to contact you regarding your account, to administer the site, to analyze site use, to respect our contractual commitments with licensors such as HL7 International and SNOMED International, or to request feedback on artifacts downloaded via Terminology Server API. Email us to ... of receiving feedback emails of terminology downloads from the maintaining organization. Thank you,

Linda Monico created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Join the LOINC Ontology v1.0 Webinar – March 25, 2025

Regenstrief Institute and SNOMED International are excited to host a special webinar on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 9:30 AM (EST) to introduce the first production release of the LOINC Ontology. What’s in the Release? This inaugural version includes: Over 35,000 concepts, covering quantitative lab tests and the top 200 most-used labs Incremental expansion to cover clinical, document, radiology, and survey instrument domains Alignment of SNOMED CT observables with LOINC codes, ensuring seamless integration Mapping of LOINC Parts to SNOMED CT concepts, with new concepts created as needed What to Expect from the Webinar This session will provide clear guidance on how to use both standards together within the same system. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions in advance and receive live answers from experts. ... is required. Secure your spot and submit your questions that will be answered live Learn more: https://loincsnomed.org/

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Health Terminologies

Discuss and share updates, requirements, challenges, issues, solutions, presentations and work items related to health terminologies and classifications (SNOMED CT, pCLOCD, etc.).

Helen Wu created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

SNOMED International & openEHR Advance Health Data Interoperability

Hi HTC Members, ... has signed a five-year collaboration agreement with ..., a non-profit initiative that develops open standards for electronic health records to improve data interoperability, management, and reuse, to improve data interoperability, management, and reuse. The agreement responds to a need the openEHR community has identified to include SNOMED CT in openEHR archetypes and to ensure users of those archetypes employ an international terminology standard for interoperability and SNOMED CT. It will also facilitate the ability to represent clinical content consistently and enable openEHR to develop and include SNOMED CT concepts and codes associated with openEHR archetypes. Read the release here: https://www.snomed.org/news/snomed-international-and-openehr-collaborate-to-advance-health-data-interoperability. Thank you!

Helen Wu created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Renew Today: HL7 Canada Affiliate Access

Hi HTC members, Infoway will continue to co-ordinate the Affiliate Agreement with HL7 International on behalf of Canada. For those individuals or organizations that require access to, or licenses associated with content managed by HL7 International, the renewal period is now open. Individuals or organizations that require licenses to content owned by HL7 International or desire to participate in working groups or ballots with HL7 International are encouraged to renew their HL7 Canada Affiliate access. To ensure the continuity of your HL7 Canada Affiliate access, please make a payment prior to April 1, 2025 for the 2025-2026 year period. To renew or register: 1. login to your Infoway Account on InfoCentral - if you don't have an Infoway Account, ... first 2. click on your username in the top right of the grey bar to open your user profile 3. go to the ... and submit the form and payment. Accounts that have not been renewed will revert to that of an InfoCentral user on April 8, 2025. If you do not currently have HL7 Canada Affiliate access, you can register by following the steps above. To learn more about access to pan-Canadian standards, solutions, and HL7 International standards access, please visit the ... on InfoCentral. For more information on accessing standards, please .... Thank you,

Helen Wu created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Submit an abstract for SNOMED CT Expo 2025!

Hi HTC Members, SNOMED International community, our abstract submission portal for SNOMED CT Expo 2025 is now open! This year's event will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, from October 22-24, 2025, and it offers plenty of opportunities to contribute your SNOMED CT knowledge and experience to a growing global repository. Submit an abstract by April 24, 2025 to present a concurrent session in one of the four streams (Enhancing Clinical Practice & Outcomes, Demonstrating Implementation Excellence, Terminology Leading Practices, and Advances in Research & Innovation), present a 10-minute Lightning Talk or submit an ePoster. Visit ... to learn more about this year's Expo and submit your abstract here: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77696/submitter by April 24. You can also view the recordings from last year's Expo in South Korea: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEMmgWz-ul2RZqNPISjIcz6SIqFyQZv9. Thank you,

Linda Monico created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

LOINC Hotfix Version 2.80 is Now Available!

The latest LOINC release—Hotfix Version 2.80—is now available for download from ...and accessible via the ... and ... using HL7® FHIR®. What's New in LOINC 2.80? Includes 3000 new and edited concepts from LOINC 2.79 (released February 19, 2025) Corrections to errors introduced in LOINC 2.79 and 88 new concepts New and edited concepts continue to support LOINC Ontology and Collboration with SNOMED International New and updated Canadian French translations of LOINC parts For a detailed overview, check out LOINC’s release .... Infoway’s Standards team is actively preparing the ..., which will integrate updates from LOINC Version 2.79 and Hotfix 2.80. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

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Annual Acceptance of Terms of Use and License Agreements Required After March 31 03/10/25

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Join the LOINC Ontology v1.0 Webinar – March 25, 2025 03/10/25

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SNOMED International & openEHR Advance Health Data Interoperability 03/06/25

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Renew Today: HL7 Canada Affiliate Access 03/03/25

Helen Wu

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Submit an abstract for SNOMED CT Expo 2025! 02/28/25

Linda Monico

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LOINC Hotfix Version 2.80 is Now Available! 02/28/25

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February 2025 Release of the Canadian Edition of SNOMED CT now available! 02/28/25

Hello, The February 2025 Release of the Canadian Edition of SNOMED CT now available! The February 2025 Canadian Edition (CA Edition) is harmonized with the SNOMED International February 01, 2025, monthly release. Content includes ..., new Fre...

Christina Pinsonneault

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New Athletic Therapist and Sexologist Roles - HealthcareProviderRoleType 02/28/25

Hi Anil! The JIRA was created SR-605 Thank you and have a great day!

Anil Patel

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New Athletic Therapist and Sexologist Roles - HealthcareProviderRoleType 02/28/25

Hi Christina, Please submit your request in the Subset RFC Project in JIRA. You should have access now. Anil Patel

Christina Pinsonneault

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New Athletic Therapist and Sexologist Roles - HealthcareProviderRoleType 02/27/25

Good afternoon.. I am writing on behalf of TELUS Health as we have a requirement for two new codes to be added for "Athletic Therapist" and “Sexologist” to HealthcareProviderRoleType in support of healthcare claims. Both Athletic Therapists and Sexo...

Helen Wu

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HTC Meeting 18th Feb 2025: Canceled 02/18/25

Hi all, Just a gentle reminder that today's Health Terminologies Community Meeting is canceled. Thank you for your understanding and see you in March! Anil and Helen

Seema Nayani

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Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set – February 2025 Release Now Available 02/16/25

Hi all, The latest update to the Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set (CCDD) is now available in both English and French. You can access and implement the updated content using the following methods: • Download the CCDD content directly from the ...

Helen Wu

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Join Us at the 2025 WGM Meeting & HL7 FHIR Connectathon in Madrid, Spain! 02/13/25

Hi HTC Members, The HL7 International WGM event is an opportunity for the HL7 community to meet face-to-face to collaborate on standards and participate in education and training on HL7 standards in an international setting. Canadian representatio...

Helen Wu

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How interoperability can enable transformation within healthcare 02/12/25

Hi HTC members, IHE Canada is pleased to share this insightful article from Health Data Management magazine. Healthcare systems worldwide are grappling with the complexities of achieving the Quintuple Aim – improving patient experience, enhanci...

Helen Wu

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Reminder for upcoming IHE Webinar: February 13, 2025 02/11/25

Hi all, Here is a kindly reminder of IHE Canada's next ... on how IHE profiles can help shape standards and specifications for jurisdictional or nationwide Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and to explore how IHE’s approach is driving interoperability...

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