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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.).
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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

  • Alana Lane, Subject Matter Expert, Classifications and Terminologies, Canadian Institute for Health Information
  • Anil Patel, Senior Standards Specialist, Virtual care, Canada Health Infoway

Activity

Anil Patel created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Hi Here are the presentation for the ... and ... ( with pCLOCD Update). If you have any questions related to the two presentations, please feel free to .... The Youtube meeting recording is ... Thank you Anil and Naomi.

Jordan Chan created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Hello, Here is a briefing note from SNOMED International to inform and seek feedback from the Community of Practice on the impact of the plan to inactivate the high-level grouping concepts “Mechanical complication of device”. Please see the attached ... for further details. Comments and feedback on this plan should be provided via this forum by December 15, 2023. Thank you

Jordan Chan created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Hello, Here is a briefing note from SNOMED International to inform and seek feedback from the Community of Practice on the impact of the plan to inactivate the high-level grouping concepts “Mechanical complication of device”. Please see the attached ... for further details. Comments and feedback on this plan should be provided via this forum by December 15, 2023. Thank you

Linda Monico created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Hello, Please note that Infoway's Request Management System (InfoRMS) will be updated for changes to the SNOMED CT Request for Change Project this weekend. The outage is scheduled to start on Friday November 24, 2023 at 9pm (EST) and be completed on Monday November 27, 2023 at 8am (EST). InfoRMS will be unavailable while these enhancements to the SNOMED CT Request for Change project take place.There will be no impact to existing requests for change and all other InfoRMS project workflows will remain the same. Summary of changes for the SNOMED CT RFC Project include: New mandatory fields for: Date of Project Implementation, Translation Required, Requestor’s Organization and Source Terminology Existing fields made mandatory: Implementation Project, References, Reason for Change, Definition of Proposed Concept, Proposed Parent ID and Proposed FSN New optional field: Final Concept ID for New Concept RFC types Updates to permissible values list for following fields: Semantic tag, Concept Status and Description Status to align to SNOMED International values Updated RFC batch submission excel templates (English and French) and single submission screens to reflect all applicable changes A walk through ... and ... outlining of all these changes is available for review. If you have any questions or concerns, .... Thank you!

Helen Wu created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Hello, On behalf of LOINC, we are delighted to announce that for the first time, the presentations and recordings from the recent LOINC Conference are now available for purchase. This offer includes full access to all conference materials at a discounted rate. Key Details: Access: Immediate, post-purchase at the following page: https://loinc.org/conference/post-access/ Requirement: Must be logged in to purchase. Content: Recordings and slides. These resources offer valuable learnings and insights for topics such as LOINC for beginners, LOINC and FHIR, LOINC mapping and online resources, implementations, and many other interoperability and digital health presentations. If there is any feedback or questions, please feel free to ...here. Thanks!

Anil Patel created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Hello all, Please join us on November 21st at 11 a.m. (ET) for our regular monthly meeting. The agenda for the October meeting is 1. pCLOCD and LOINC Committee Updates 2. SNOMED RFC Project Updates 3. HTC Updates Remember that registration is required prior to joining the meeting. The registration link is in the Infoway Events Calendar and repeated here You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Nov 21, 2023, 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: infoway-inforoute.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcodeuhqT0jG9w25A6mAzWyM6IVqwNDgEG4 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Regards, Anil and Naomi

Jordan Chan created a new discussion in Health Terminologies

Hello, Here is a briefing note from SNOMED International to solicit feedback on the proposal to inactivate role groupers in the Substance hierarchy and the Medicinal Product hierarchy. Please see the attached ... for further details. Comments and feedback on this plan should be provided via this forum by December 8, 2023. Thank you!

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Upcoming events:

Tue Dec 19 @11:00AM - 12:00PM
Health Terminologies Community Meeting
Tue Jan 16 @11:00AM - 12:00PM
Health Terminologies Community Meeting
Tue Feb 20 @11:00AM - 12:00PM
Health Terminologies Community Meeting

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HTC Meeting Material for November 21, 2023 11/27/23

Hi Here are the presentation for the ... and ... ( with pCLOCD Update). If you have any questions related to the two presentations, please feel free to .... The Youtube meeting recording is ... Thank you Anil and Naomi.

SI - Inactivation of Mechanical Complication of Device 11/23/23

Hello, Here is a briefing note from SNOMED International to inform and seek feedback from the Community of Practice on the impact of the plan to inactivate the high-level grouping concepts “Mechanical complication of device”. Please see th...

SI - Inactivation of Mechanical Complication of Device 11/23/23

Hello, Here is a briefing note from SNOMED International to inform and seek feedback from the Community of Practice on the impact of the plan to inactivate the high-level grouping concepts “Mechanical complication of device”. Please see th...

InfoRMS Planned Update & Outage (November 24 at 9pm to 27 at 8am EST) 11/23/23

Hello, Please note that Infoway's Request Management System (InfoRMS) will be updated for changes to the SNOMED CT Request for Change Project this weekend. The outage is scheduled to start on Friday November 24, 2023 at 9pm (EST) and be completed...

Access to 2023 LOINC Conference Materials Available for Purchase 11/21/23

Hello, On behalf of LOINC, we are delighted to announce that for the first time, the presentations and recordings from the recent LOINC Conference are now available for purchase. This offer includes full access to all conference materials at a dis...

HTC Meeting Reminder for November 21, 2023 at 11 am EST 11/17/23

Hello all, Please join us on November 21st at 11 a.m. (ET) for our regular monthly meeting. The agenda for the October meeting is 1. pCLOCD and LOINC Committee Updates 2. SNOMED RFC Project Updates 3. HTC Updates Remember that registra...

Consultation on inactivation of role groupers in Substance and Medicinal Product 11/16/23

Hello, Here is a briefing note from SNOMED International to solicit feedback on the proposal to inactivate role groupers in the Substance hierarchy and the Medicinal Product hierarchy. Please see the attached ... for further details. Comm...

July 2023 SNOMED CT Odontogram refset package Production release now available 11/16/23

The Production release of the July 2023 SNOMED CT® Odontogram refset package is now available. The SNOMED CT® Odontogram refset package contains SNOMED CT files in Release Format 2 (RF2) only, distributed in a zipped file archive: SnomedCT_Od...

Terminology Gateway Downtime this weekend 11/09/23

Hi Infoway is planning to make some enhancements to the security of Terminology Gateway. Please note, that Terminology Gateway will be unavailable from Friday, November 10th at 10 PM to Monday, November 13th at 6 AM (ET). Detailed steps for use...

HL7 Anatomical Inventories and Person Characteristics 11/09/23

RE: HL7 INTERNATIONAL ANATOMICAL INVENTORIES AND PERSON CHARACTERISTICS PROJECT Greetings, In alignment with the Canada Health Infoway’s Sex-Gender Working Group Proposed Action Plan to Modernize Gender, Sex and Sexual Orientation Information Prac...

Problems importing latest SNOMED CT CA release? 11/07/23

I have since been able to import successfully with no problems. Thanks, Sarah

July 2023 Production Release: SNOMED CT General Dentistry Diagnostic refset 11/07/23

The Production release of the July 2023 SNOMED CT® General Dentistry Diagnostic refset package is now available. The SNOMED CT® General Dentistry Diagnostic refset package contains SNOMED CT files in Release Format 2 (RF2) only, distributed in a z...

Problems importing latest SNOMED CT CA release? 11/06/23

Hi Sarah, Let's discuss what is the issue you are having. Thank you!

Problems importing latest SNOMED CT CA release? 11/06/23

Hello, Has anyone else had any issues importing this latest release? When trying today, I came up with an error I had not seen before regarding component identifiers. Thanks! Sarah

SI - Revision of segmental models of the cardiac wall 10/31/23

Hello, Please find attached the briefing paper from SNOMED International to inform the community of the plan to revise the segment models of the cardiac wall. There are different segment models of the cardiac wall in clinical practice. The most...

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