[The following from Tim Benson...]
Three important SNOMED events are being held in the UK this summer, each
aimed at rather different audiences. You may wish to attend all three,
but whatever you do, don't miss out by not knowing about them or
choosing the wrong one for your needs.
The first event is the annual Implementing SNOMED CT on 10-11 June at
Earls Court. This is a practical conference concerned with how to
design, implement, deploy, migrate, support and evolve computer
applications that use SNOMED CT. It is aimed primarily at healthcare IT
professionals working with suppliers and healthcare organisations
involved in the practicalities of implementing SNOMED CT. Implementing
SNOMED CT 2008 is sponsored by BT Health, CareCom A/S, Health Language
Inc, Ocean Informatics and SNOMED Terminology Solutions. It is being
held in association with Smart Healthcare EXPO 2008. The early-bird-cut
off date has been extended to Friday 9 May, 2008. Registration details
on www.abies.co.uk.
The IHTSDO 2008 Summer Conference: Community of Practice Meetings is at
Birmingham NEC from 29 June to 4 July. This six-day international
working conference is being hosted by NHS Connecting for Health to bring
together IHTSDO's working group and project group members and members of
National Release Centres from across the Globe, to progress the quality
and development of SNOMED Clinical Terms, to discuss the enhanced
release format and to look at better working practice in a volunteer
community. This is primarily for clinical terminologists to contribute
to the future development of SNOMED CT itself. Details are at
http://etdevents.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/1629.
SNOMED CT and Interoperable Healthcare on 2 July is a one-day conference
organised by the UK Terminology Centre, as part of the IHTSDO Summer
Conference, to raise awareness in both Clinicians and IT professionals
about the benefits (such as reduced errors) of using SNOMED CT to
support interoperability, based on UK and international experience.
Details at: http://etdevents.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/all/1638.
Finally, if you have not read it, I commend NHS Connecting for Health's
well written 20-page booklet "SNOMED CT - the language of the NHS Care
Records Service: A Guide for NHS staff in England", revised November
2007 (download from
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/data/snomed/snomed-ct.pdf).
Best wishes
Tim Benson
Abies Ltd
Implementing SNOMED CT Organisers
14 Pinewood Crescent, Hermitage, Thatcham, Berkshire RG18 9WL
Tel +44 (0)1635 20 31 62
Mob: +44 (0)7855 68 20 37
email: tim.benson@abies.co.uk
web: www.abies.co.uk