2020 SNOMED International Annual Report Digital - Flipbook - Page 44
A COMMIT T ED COM M U NIT Y OF P RACT I C E
Clinical Reference and Project Groups
Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) facilitate discussion between
clinicians focused on specific clinical specialties or topic areas and
SNOMED International. The groups are open and transparent, and
support input from beyond the clinical specialty area, e.g., clinicians,
interested vendors and information specialists.
Linked to the CRGs are clinical project groups focused on delivering
agreed work items and editorial groups (providing clinical validation
for derivative products).
Clinical Reference Groups
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Dentistry (Mark Jurkovich & Jørn Jørgensen, Co-Chairs)
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Nursing (Roberta Severin, Chair)
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Cancer Synoptic Reporting (Clinical Project Group) (W. Scott
Campbell, Chair)
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Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (W. Scott Campbell & Daniel
Karlsson, Co-Chairs)
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Anesthesia (Patrick McCormick, Andrew Marchant & Andrew
Norton, Co-Chairs)
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Nutrition Care Process Terminology (Clinical Project Group)
(Constantina Papoutsakis, Chair)
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Mental & Behavioural Health (Piper Ranallo, Chair)
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Allergies/Hypersensitivity and Intolerance (Bruce Goldberg, Chair)
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Genomics and Precision Medicine (Ian Green & Charles
Gutteridge, Co-Chairs)
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Diabetes (Clinical Project Group) (Paul Amos, Chair)
SNOMED International 2020 Annual Report
Q&A
with Mark Jurkovich
2019 Award for Excellence recipient,
Dentistry CRG Chair
Q: Why are CRGs essential to the clinical accuracy
and quality of SNOMED CT?
A: As I became more familiar with SNOMED CT through
my involvement with the Dental CRG and through the
classes offered by SNOMED International, the value of
using SCT became very evident. Dentistry, like many
other areas of health care, is more loosely associated
with the in-patient medical model that care systems
have generally developed around. At the same time,
we are now much more aware of how all of these
ancillary services tie into the total health experience and
outcomes for our patients. SNOMED CT allows us to both
implement this integration more effectively and to study
the many implications and connections more efficiently.
Q: Why is this important?
A: As our electronic records become more encompassing
and as communication between systems improves, we
are experiencing a growing interest and need to use
SNOMED CT in the dental space.