2021-10-20 - CMAG Meeting

Welcome

Cathy Richardson

• Attendees list

• Note: Meeting will be recorded.

Apologies/conflicts of interest

Cathy Richardson

• Apologies as noted

• Declarations of Interest - please review and update by November 5th.

Summary notes:

• No apologies given

• Group advised of DOI review and update requirements.

Administrative

Cathy Richardson

Monica Harry

• Minutes of meetings - see recording for April 2021

• Group ways of working - discussion on current approach (topic pages with ad hoc meetings)

  • Are members finding this approach effective?

• Review of Terms of Reference (Draft attached to page)

• CMAG 2022 Work Plan

• CMAG Action List (Additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines - open item)

Summary notes:

• Group thanked for the feedback. 

• Our way of working overall is working, though the following comments made to support improvement:

  • Greater participation in the provision of feedback is encouraged, some items receive limited responses.

  • Request for additional information when content is inactivated, more clarity on replacement concepts please. Noted, for future items. 

  • Clarity on where items for feedback are located. 

    • Items usually raised as sub pages of Current topics and issues being worked on. A small number are raised as Old Discussions. A blog post is made each time something requiring feedback is added.

CMAG Activity - last 12 months

Cathy Richardson

• Topics CMAG has provided feedback on since October 2020

  • Consultation for conditions caused by substance or product

  • Animal dander - Request for input from Allergy CRG

  • Concept inactivation proposed amendments

  • Duplicate concepts in the computed tomography imaging hierarchy

  • Use of the concept 704497002 |Uses British sign language interpreter (finding)|

  • Use of international occupation content

  • Foreign body disorder concepts

  • Inactivation of endoscopy procedure content stating intent

  • Usage of poisoning concepts defined by medicinal product roles

  • Requirements for external editors of SNOMED CT International Release document

  • Inactivation of concepts that include mental handicap

  • Additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines (still open)

Summary notes:

• Group thanked for feedback.

• Additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines topic discussed - how are different countries recording these. 

Country concepts

Monica Harry

• Advice: Content being checked to ensure countries present in ISO standard ISO 3166 exist in SNOMED CT. 

Summary notes:

• Content will be present in the January or July 2022 release. Work commencing now.

Community content

Monica Harry

• Discussion

Summary notes: 

• Overview of work presented by Rory Davidson (see recording for detail).

• SNOMED CT Community Content Home

• https://community-browser.ihtsdotools.org/

• COVID vaccine content

  • Didn't proceed due to timing.

  • Generic branded content is not included in the International Release and no plans to do so.

  • National COVID content can be viewed in the Multi-browser accessible via https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/

External International author requirements

Monica Harry

• 2021 Requirements for external editors of SNOMED CT International Release

Summary notes:

• Document discussed briefly. 

• Review processes for work done by external authors covered.

• Feedback from CMAG has been responded too. The requests for additional detail have been noted. 

Any other business

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