Health Terminologies

Thanks for reviewing, Anibal. Responding on behalf of Anil, who is out of office at the moment. Feedback can be sent to Linda Bird at lbi@snomed.org and please kindly cc standards@infoway-inforoute.ca Also, please note that: • This is a work in progress, it will be changing regularly • Data will be cleared periodically • It may go offline on occasion • It is public and open, so please don’t put anything in there that should be secured! Many thanks, Kelly Davison, CTSS Senior Specialist, Standards Canada Health Infoway

Hi there, I just watched the latest video presentation from CSIRO and I have some comments/feedback. They say they're open to feedback but I don't know how. Anybody knows how to contact them with feedback? Thanks, -Anibal MSSS

Content highlights for the July 31, 2021 release of SNOMED CT include: Following on the successful technical preview of the impending Concrete Domains changes, released in February 2021, SNOMED International is now implementing drug concept strengths and counts changes in the July 2021 release. Please ...for details. Contact SNOMED International with questions at support@snomed.org with “Concrete Domains transition question” in the subject line and cc standards@infoway inforoute.ca 2,025 new concepts added to the Clinical finding hierarchy. 621 new concepts added to the Pharmaceutical / biologic product hierarchy. 301 new concepts added to the Procedure hierarchy. 103 new concepts added to the Substances hierarchy. 128 new concepts added to the Organisms hierarchy. 1,249 new concepts in the following hierarchies: Record artefacts (1), Physical objects (317), Situation with explicit context (88), Specimen (10), SNOMED CT Model Component (27), Staging and scales (29), Events (6), Social context (3), Body structure (300), Observable entities (377) and Qualifier value (91). Inactivation of 3,018 organism concepts that were moved to the Veterinary Extension. Progress on the Anatomy Model including revision for spine related concepts. Revision of Pharmaceutical/Biological Product hierarchy including replacement of over 120 clinical drug concept and revision of vaccine attributes including addition of new attributes. Revision or remodeling of many concepts including 302227002 |Ecchymosis (finding), 41969006 |Idiopathic disease (disorder), 609406000 |Pseudoallergic reaction (disorder), injury disorder concepts and others. Addition of approximately 250 concepts for SNOMED CT to International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP) equivalence product. Maintenance of the Convergent Medical Terminologies (CMT) Subsets, ICD-10 map, Global Medical Device Nomenclature Agency (GMDNA) map, addition of 433 ICD-11 concepts. Technical updates: replacement of the stated relationship files with the new OWL Axiom refset files, documentation to support Logic Profile Enhancements with OWL axiom refset files and Machine Readable Concept Model (MRCM) updates related to Concrete Domains. *Note: the above figures are based on the member release notes and are subject to last-minute changes. Highlights for Canadian Users New editorial guidance for Pharmaceutical Dose Form and Pharmaceutical and Biological Product (includes the Medicinal Product Hierarchy). .... Addition or update of over 300 cancer synoptic reporting concepts and inactivation and replacement of neoplastic morphology concepts containing ICD-O-3 classification terming. Addition of 5 new Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) concepts related to housing instability and 1 new concept for education procedure. Coronavirus pandemic support and guidance is available via the .... For additional Canadian COVID-19 related content visit the .... for additions and changes incorporated into this release. Requests for change to these terminology standards should be made via Infoway’s request for change management system, ..., which is accessible once you have logged into your Infoway account. If you do not have an Infoway account, register to request an ... and accept the appropriate license agreements. If you would like more information about any of our products or services, please contact the Infoway Infodesk at standards@infoway-inforoute.ca.

Summer is in full swing and that means we have a full pCLOCD release for you. The July 2021 pan-Canadian LOINC Observation Code Database (pCLOCD) is now available on ... for downloading. This release contains new content and changes based on the June 2021 International release of LOINC®, and includes: 317 total records marked as R05.14.00_2.70: 200 new records in English and French, including 13 SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 LOINC terms requested or identified by Canadian implementers; 117 term edits in English and/or French ...are available for full details of changes in this release. We wish to thank the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) for their continued collaboration on updating the MIS Service Activity Reporting attribute for pCLOCD codes. To find out more about MIS Standards, visit .... Infoway works together with various stakeholders to ensure pCLOCD is reflective of Canadian use and needs. We thank each of you for your continued contributions and efforts. We also welcome feedback for enhancements to better support implementation needs, please contact us at standards@infoway-inforoute.ca REMINDER: **The ... is shifting to September and March. The first release per this new schedule will be in September 2021.**

Hi, SNOMED International and CSIRO (Australia) provded an update on the SNAP2SNOMED project this week. If anyone is interested in participating in the MTUG here is the link to the SNOMED International Confluence page where you can find links to the recording which is viewable to all (https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/USRG/MTUG+Meeting+-+27th+July+2021), but I have loaded the presentation for those that do not have a confluence account below. There is a DEMO tool (https://snap2snomed.app/) that is available to anyone with a social media account to use and provide feedback. I would recommend that you listen to the meeting or read the ... before trying it out. The next MTUG meeting is on August 24, 2021, at 10:00 UTC (6 AM ET/3 AM PT). Have a wonderful Civic holiday! Anil

Hello, This is a reminder that there will not be a Health Terminology Community Meeting in August. This is due to high vacation activity during this time. We will be to regroup with everyone again on September 21, 2021 at 11 a.m. EST. An agenda will be sent ahead of the meeting. Anil and I would like to thank everyone for your participation over the past year and wish you a happy and safe summer. Anil and Alana