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A recent study addresses the need for unsupervised medical concept annotation to overcome the limited availability of annotated clinical data due to sensitivity and time constraints. The study, which used an unsupervised SapBERT-based bi-encoder model to analyze n-grams from narrative text and measure their similarity to #SNOMEDCT concepts, concluded that the approach demonstrates potential for initial annotation (pre-labeling) in manual annotation tasks. While promising for certain semantic tags, the study says, challenges remain, including false positives, contextual errors, and variability of clinical language, requiring further fine-tuning. More here: https://lnkd.in/gMT-zVFm

Les invitamos a asistir al próximo webinar de la Red Clínica Latinoamericana de SNOMED International, el cual se llevará a cabo este 28 de Noviembre de 2024 a partir de las 12:00 en México DF, las 13:00 en Bogotá y las 15:00 en Buenos Aires, con una duración de 90 minutos. En esta reunión, el Dr Alejandro Lopez Osornio, Especialista Senior de Implementación de SNOMED International, presentará las estrategias de implementación de #SNOMEDCT y HL7 #FHIR. Despues, RACSEL - Red de América Latina y el Caribe de Salud Digital también presentará sobre las experiencias con los conectathons en Latinoamérica usando las terminologías clínicas y un servidor terminológico. 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 en https://lnkd.in/gN66N93G  Victor Medina Ian Green

DYK SNOMED International is revamping its Implementation Course? By the end of this year, you can expect to see a new version. One of the features of the new course is that there are no time limitations for completion and no webinars. Learners can earn badges for each completed module, learning stream certificates and a full course certificate upon successful completion. Each module will include a number of lessons and at least one assignment (a quiz and/or practical assignment using relevant tooling for the topic). Learn more about SNOMED International educational offerings: https://lnkd.in/gpBuqftj Liara Tutina

ICYMI: The World Health Organization and SNOMED International are planning a future collaboration with the goal of facilitating seamless data conversion and linkages for users of both #ICD11 and #SNOMEDCT, with multiple benefits for both organizations’ joint users and stakeholders. SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete applauds the commitment the organizations have made in their efforts to serve the digital health information management needs of policy makers, clinicians, informaticians and citizens as it relates to the use of both ICD-11 and SNOMED CT. Read the release here: https://lnkd.in/gsbBfSQy

Les invitamos a asistir al próximo webinar de la Red Clínica Latinoamericana de SNOMED International, el cual se llevará a cabo este 28 de Noviembre de 2024 a partir de las 12:00 en México DF, las 13:00 en Bogotá y las 15:00 en Buenos Aires, con una duración de 90 minutos. En esta reunión, el Dr Alejandro Lopez Osornio, Especialista Senior de Implementación de SNOMED International, presentará las estrategias de implementación de #SNOMEDCT y HL7 #FHIR. 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 en https://lnkd.in/gN66N93G Victor Medina Ian Green

At the most recent SNOMED International Open General Assembly meeting, part of the October 2024 Business Meetings & Expo in Korea, CEO Don Sweete thanked outgoing Management Board Chair Joanne Burns, for her service. Joanne, who was first a Management Board Director, recently completed her term as Chair. Don also thanked outgoing Directors Matis Meglic, who served as Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee and who brought to the organization his considerable expertise in public health, health informatics and semantic interoperability, both in Europe and globally; and Mengchun Gong, MD. Mengchun, a participating member of the board’s Technical Innovation Committee, also gave the SNOMED CT Expo 2023 James Read Memorial Lecture on using SNOMED CT to power public health management and knowledge discovery in COVID-19. 

SNOMED International's Award for Excellence is awarded to a single recipient each year for outstanding contributions to the improvement of #SNOMEDCT and/or its successful implementation in any aspect of health and social care. This year, at #SCTExpo24 in Seoul, the organization recognized Dr Hyeoun-Ae Park, who has pioneered efforts to promote and implement #SNOMEDCT in South Korea. Dr Park, who played an instrumental role in enabling Korea to host this year’s event, also has a long history of collaborating with key stakeholders and organizations globally and furthering research in the application of SNOMED CT to support semantic #interoperability and clinical research in Korean medical institutions.

SNOMED International’s Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals for sustained, outstanding contributions in the development or promotion of #SNOMEDCT and for global leadership in the terminology field. At #SCTExpo24 in Seoul, the organization recognized as this year’s award winner Dr. Md. Khadzir Sheikh Ahmad, former Deputy Director, Health Informatics Centre, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, for his role in strategically coordinating and executing the implementation of semantic standards in the Malaysian healthcare system. Dr Khadzir also established the foundation for Health Informatics Center as the National Release Centre for #SNOMEDCT as well as for other standards. After Malaysia became a SNOMED International Member in 2012, he promoted the use of SNOMED CT in other Member countries and generously shared with new SNOMED International Members Malaysia’s journey and lessons learned. Dr. Khadzir’s visionary outlook in promoting the use of SNOMED CT not only fosters collaboration and #interoperability, but has opened a new chapter in healthcare data analytics both in Malaysia and internationally.

Les invitamos a asistir al próximo webinar de la Red Clínica Latinoamericana de SNOMED International, el cual se llevará a cabo este 28 de Noviembre de 2024 a partir de las 12:00 en México DF, las 13:00 en Bogotá y las 15:00 en Buenos Aires, con una duración de 90 minutos. En esta reunión, el Dr Alejandro Lopez Osornio, Especialista Senior de Implementación de SNOMED International, presentará las estrategias de implementación de #SNOMEDCT y HL7 #FHIR. 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 en https://lnkd.in/gN66N93G Victor Medina Ian Green

#GenerativeAI can help pharmaceutical companies cut costs by half while significantly improving accuracy, according to Uwe Trinks, Global Practice Lead of Pharmacovigilance Technologies at IQVIA. In a recent article, Trinks discussed the significant challenges the pharmaceutical industry faces in #adverseevent case processing, with current manual workflows taking up to a week per case. It also discusses the organization's efforts to establish strategic partnerships to enhance its AI capabilities and integrate IQVIA’s sizeable data resources, which includes #SNOMEDCT and other terminologies and databases. More here: https://lnkd.in/gH9F5u8C