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A recent article emphasizes the critical role of robust information infrastructure in the success of #IntegratedCareSystems (ICSs) and advocates for the adoption of open platforms and systemic design to create integrated, shareable care records with high-quality data. Written by Erik Vermeulen at EY, the article argues that such an approach aims to facilitate seamless data exchange and #interoperability across various healthcare settings, ultimately leading to transformational change in health and care systems. Positing that health information systems should share a common language (standards, semantics and structure) to avoid "translational interoperability friction," the article notes that by integrating health data standards such as #SNOMEDCT and others, health information systems can achieve that seamless data exchange and interoperability so essential to the success of ICSs. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gPYEmEhc

Researchers who conducted a study integrating #SNOMEDCT mapping, #machinelearning, and #LargeLanguageModels to advance clinical coding automation compared the accuracy and efficiency of #ChatGPT models to that of human coders. They found that while challenges remain, ChatGPT 4 demonstrated improved consistency and comparable performance to median human coders, achieving 22% accuracy in challenging cases. They also found that combining ChatGPT with methods like SNOMED CT mapping could further enhance clinical coding accuracy, particularly for complex scenarios. More here: https://lnkd.in/gh7w4HES

Les invitamos a asistir al próximo webinar de la Red Clínica Latinoamericana de SNOMED International, el cual se llevará a cabo este 27 de Febrero de 2025 a partir de las 15:00 UTC/12:00 CLST en Santiago de Chile, con una duración de 90 minutos. Esteban Hebel Neira, Asesor de Interoperabilidad en el Ministerio de Salud de Chile, presentará sobre los servicios terminológicos y modelado para #oncología y sus experiencias con la implementación de #SNOMEDCT. Después de la ponencia, tendremos media hora para sus preguntas y una discusión sobre la próxima reunión y los temas a tratar en las siguiente reuniones. Inscripción gratuita: https://lnkd.in/gFBJGpEt Victor Medina Ian Green

A recent study looks at the challenges of identifying and treating #rarediseases, which is further complicated by #interoperability challenges, as well as by the lack of more specialized and profound clinical data and of a common data model. The study aims to harmonize the Common Data Set by European Rare Disease Registry Infrastructure, Health Level Seven International Fast Healthcare Interoperability (#FHIR) Base Resources, and the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health and Health Phenopacket Schema into a novel rare disease common data model (RD-CDM), laying the foundation for developing international RD-CDMs aligned with these data standards. View the study here and to learn more about the role of standards such as #SNOMEDCT in this work: https://lnkd.in/g42caqsF Ian Green

We're really excited to see this report! In 2020, SNOMED International created the Cancer Synoptic Reporting Working Group (CSRWG), a group whose mission was to use #SNOMEDCT concepts to represent the required content within the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR) published pathology reporting protocols. The result was an international collaboration across multiple pathology organizations, and in late 2023, the CSRWG published 1,300+ new or revised SNOMED CT concepts to represent all required pathology cancer data elements for adult and pediatric solid tumors in both CAP and ICCR using the semantic principles of the SNOMED CT concept model. In October 2024, SNOMED International published the SNOMED CT Clinical Implementation Guide for Cancer Synoptic Reporting, a comprehensive resource to facilitate standardized and structured reporting in cancer care.  Read the recently published report to learn more about the project, its methods, and applications in the stated use cases: https://lnkd.in/gtrAM39T *Please note to read beyond the summary, you will need to either purchase access or log into the site with a subscription. To view the SNOMED CT Clinical Implementation Guide for Cancer Synoptic Reporting, visit https://lnkd.in/gEtRSeTs Ian Green W. Scott Campbell, MBA, PhD

Les invitamos a asistir al próximo webinar de la Red Clínica Latinoamericana de SNOMED International, el cual se llevará a cabo este 27 de Febrero de 2025 a partir de las 09:00 CLST / 12:00 UTC en Santiago de Chile, con una duración de 90 minutos. Se presentará sobre las experiencias con la implementación de #SNOMEDCT en Chile. Después de la ponencia, tendremos media hora para sus preguntas y una discusión sobre la próxima reunión y los temas a tratar en las siguiente reuniones. Inscripción gratuita: https://lnkd.in/gFBJGpEt Victor Medina Ian Green

A recent study proposes a methodology to advance the reuse of free text #radiology reports in Spanish by using Natural Language Processing #NLP transformer technology combined with biomedical ontologies and Linked Data. The researchers' methodology expresses clinical terms identified with NLP as an #ontology that allows for running phenotyping queries based on the concept model of #SNOMEDCT, allowing identifying granular entities needed for Deep Phenotyping and facilitating the Extraction Transformation and Load for secondary use of clinical notes. More here: https://lnkd.in/g_4Dqu7P

Important! Registration for our April 2025 Business Meetings, taking place April 6-10 in Oslo, Norway, is now open. Our business meetings provide a great opportunity for our governance, advisory, working, project and clinical reference groups to share updates and information, as well as to provide insights on their planned activities. This year's event includes a special #SNOMEDCT in Norway Day on April 10, hosted by the Helsedirektoratet (Norwegian Directorate of Health). For more information, including links to register, the Business Meetings agenda and SNOMED CT in Norway Day program, as well as travel discounts, visit https://lnkd.in/gM6eeTpt. We hope to see you there!

Personal clínico de Latinoamérica, les invitamos a participar en el desarollo de #SNOMEDCT en América Latina. Tu experiencia y conocimiento son necesarios para la adopción y uso adecuados de la terminología clínica en la region. Participa en la Red Latinoamericana de SNOMED International para conocer más sobre SNOMED CT y los beneficios que aporta a los sistemas de salud de manera global, esto de la mano de tus pares de varios países de habla Hispana. ¿Estás interesado en saber más? Visita https://lnkd.in/gmT8GEbh donde encontrarás la página de Confluence de este grupo. Necesitarás estar registrado en Confluence para participar activamente en los debates de todos los grupos de SNOMED International. Si no has iniciado sesión en Confluence a través de una cuenta, solo podrás acceder a la vista de "solo lectura" de las páginas. Si no tienes una cuenta de Confluence, puedes solicitarla aquí: https://lnkd.in/gFBNZYSW . Si ya tienes una cuenta de Confluence, envía un correo electrónico a info@snomed.org, marcando tu consulta "Red Clínica Latinoamericana de SNOMED.” También te sugerimos que veas las grabaciones de las discusiones de los webinars previos disponibles aquí: https://lnkd.in/gQ2MZXhi y que consultes esta página para la fecha y el tema de los próximos webinar. Ian Green Alejandro Lopez Osornio Victor Medina Suzy Roy

Children from racial and ethnic minority groups are at greater risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, but do they have increased risk for post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), also known as long COVID? Using a comprehensive list of relevant #SNOMEDCT codes reviewed by subject matter and patient and parent advocates, the researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study of individuals <21 years seeking care at 24 health systems across the U.S, using electronic health record (#EHR) data. Read the study for details: https://lnkd.in/grpHkiD4