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The SNOMED CT Presentation Library allows you to browse or search a wide range of SNOMED CT education presentations.

• Presentations
  Introduction
  Learning About SNOMED CT This presentation provides a general introduction to SNOMED CT E-Learning courses and includes information on other ways to learn more about SNOMED CT.
  Introduction To SNOMED CT This presentation provides general information about the background and nature of SNOMED CT.
  Introduction To SNOMED International This presentations provides an introduction to SNOMED International, the organization that owns, maintains and distributes SNOMED CT.
  Why Clinical Terminology Matters This presentation provides a short history of experience of recording clinical ideas in computer systems over the past forty years. This sets the context for the requirements associated with the adoption and development of SNOMED CT.
  Exploring Content This presentation provides a guide to using SNOMED International's SNOMED CT browser to explore the content of the terminology. Exploring the content of SNOMED CT is a good way to reinforce knowledge acquired in other E-Learning presentations.
  Introduction To Content Components This presentation introduces concepts, descriptions and relationships as the three types of uniquely identified components that are used to represent clinical ideas in SNOMED CT.
  Introduction to SNOMED CT and ICD This presentation provides an introduction to SNOMED CT and ICD, by presenting the objective, history, design features, purposes, scope and granularity of the two code systems.
  Comparing the Features of SNOMED CT and ICD In this presentation the design features of SNOMED CT and ICD are compared. The presentation looks at the difference between the mono-hierarchical structure of ICD and the polyhierarchical structure of SNOMED CT. It also presents the differences in the way concepts are defined in the two code systems, and how each unit of meaning is uniquely identified.
  SNOMED CT Benefits For Organizations This presentation introduces the potential benefits for national, regional and local healthcare providers to adopt and specify use of SNOMED CT vendors and others developing and deploying EHRs (or related systems and services) to support effective use of SNOMED CT standards bodies concerned with health informatics to include appropriate use of SNOMED CT in their standards and guides.
  Building The Business Case This presentation examines how to build the business case for SNOMED CT adoption.
  SNOMED CT In EHRs This presentation provides an overview of the relationship between SNOMED CT and Electronic Health Records.
  Introduction To Implementation This presentation provides an outline of SNOMED CT implementation requirements and steps.
  Implementation Roadmap This presentation provides a summary of of SNOMED CT implementation stages.
  Implementation Approaches This presentation describes a number of different approaches to implementing SNOMED CT.
  Services And Tools This presentation describes key SNOMED CT Services and Tools
  Technology Considerations A presentation that explores a range of technology considerations when implementing SNOMED CT enabled solutions.
  Implementation Examples This presentation provides an overview of some SNOMED CT implementation examples.
  Analytics Case Studies This presentation reviews a series of case studies in which SNOMED CT is used to support data analytics.
  SNOMED CT Licensing An introduction to SNOMED CT licensing.
  Content
  Controlled Vocabularies And Representing Clinical Meaning This presentation provides an introduction to representing clinical meanings as well as an overview of the principles upon which SNOMED CT was built.
  Concept Model Introduction This presentation introduces the SNOMED CT Concept Model and summarizes how the model supports the consistent, meaningful representation of a clinical concept.
  SNOMED CT Logical Design This presentation provides an implementation specific view of the logical model of SNOMED CT components - concepts, descriptions and relationships. It also provides details of the structure and use of the SNOMED CT identifier and other data types used in SNOMED CT release files.
  Exploring Content This presentation provides a guide to using SNOMED International's SNOMED CT browser to explore the content of the terminology. Exploring the content of SNOMED CT is a good way to reinforce knowledge acquired in other E-Learning presentations.
  Making a Request Submission In this presentation we introduce the reasons for submitting requests and the different types of requests.  We explain the key things to include when making a good request submission and we describe the general information flow for request submission processes.
  Content Hierarchy Introduction (for authors) This presentation provides an overview of the main SNOMED CT hierarchies from a content development perspective.
  Concept Model Overview (for authors) This presentation provides an overview of the SNOMED CT Concept Model from a content development perspective.
  Clinical Finding Hierarchy (for authors)  This presentation looks at the Clinical Finding hierarchy.
  Procedure Hierarchy (for authors) This presentation examines the Procedure hierarchy.
  Body Structure Hierarchy (for authors) This presentation looks at the Body Structure hierarchy.
  Situation with Explicit Context Hierarchy (for authors) This presentation looks at the Situation with Explicit Context hierarchy.
  Product Substance and Physical Object Hierarchies (for authors) This presentation looks at the Substance, Product and Physical Object hierarchies.
  Miscellaneous Hierarchies (for authors) This presentation looks at some of the other SNOMED CT hierarchies.
  Observable Entity Overview This presentation is the first of two presentations that look at the Observable Entity hierarchy. This first presentation provides an overview.
  Content Hierarchy Introduction This presentation provides an overview of the main SNOMED CT content hierarchies.
  Concept Model Overview This presentation provides an overview of the SNOMED CT Concept Model.
  Clinical Finding Hierarchy (for implementers) This presentation explores the SNOMED CT Clinical Finding concept model.
  Procedure Hierarchy (for implementers) This presentation explores the SNOMED CT Procedure concept model.
  Body Structure Hierarchy (for implementers) This presentation explores the SNOMED CT anatomy concept model.
  Situation with Explicit Context Hierarchy (for implementers) This presentation explores the SNOMED CT situation with explicit context concept model.
  Product Substance And Physical Object Hierarchies (for implementers) This presentation explores the Pharmaceutical / biologic product, Substance and Physical object hierarchies.
  Qualifier Value Hierarchy This presentation explores the Qualifier Value hierarchy, explains what qualifier values are and illustrates how they are used.
  Miscellaneous Hierarchies (for implementers) This presentation explores some of the other hierarchies.
  Observable Entity Overview This presentation is the first of two presentations that look at the Observable Entity hierarchy. This first presentation provides an overview.
  Content Development Introduction This presentation provides an introduction to the way in which SNOMED CT content is developed.
  Stated, Inferred And Transitive Views This presentation explains how different logically consistent views of SNOMED CT relationships can be generated and used for different purposes.
  Content Development Overview This presentation provides an introduction to content development.
  Content Creation - Principles - A This is the first of two presentations which look at the principles of content creation. This first presentation provides the participant with the opportunity to develop an entry level theoretical foundation on what needs to be considered when creating a new concept. Choosing the hierarchy and semantic tag Creation of descriptions Conventions Acceptability Case significance Text definitions Modelling relationships Is a Attribute Relationship groups Definition status The aim of this presentation is to give the participant a theoretical understanding of the principles of content creation.
  Content Creation - Principles - B This is the second of two presentations which look at the principles of content creation. This second presentation provides the participant the opportunity to further develop an entry level theoretical knowledge (in relation to authoring) of Description logic and classification Stated and inferred relationships Stated and inferred views The authoring form Modelling approaches Proximal parent modelling Proximal primitive parent modelling Necessary and sufficient conditions
  Content Changes - Principles This presentation examines the basic principles of making changes to released components.
  Content Development - Considerations - A The first of two presentations which look at content development considerations and issues.
  Content Development - Considerations - B The second of two presentations which look at content development considerations and issues.
  Content Development - Quality Assurance This presentation examines the content development review process.
  Managing Content Requests This presentation examines the management of requests for content.
  Description Logic - Application This presentation includes a demonstration on how to get started with using Description Logic with SNOMED CT.
  Description Logic - Advanced Features This presentation explores some of the more advanced aspects of Description Logic.
  Updates to Support Advanced Description Logic This presentation introduces changes to the way in which SNOMED CT concept definitions are represented to enable support for more advanced description logic (DL). It identifies the requirements for these changes and summarizes the design changes, including the introduction of an "OWL axiom reference set". It also explains how these changes will affect different types of terminology consumers and producers.
  Content Creation - Description Logic Introduction to the role of Description Logic in authoring SNOMED CT content
  Terminology Services
  Introduction to Terminology Services This presentation is a good starting point for those developing applications that require terminology service and for those developing and providing terminology services. It sets the scene for more specific and technical presentations related to particular technical approaches to terminology services. It defines what terminology services are and the purposes they serve. It outlines a few common use cases that require access to terminology services and then provides summaries of the main types of services required. It also briefly discusses options for those developing software that either uses or provides terminology services.
  SNOMED CT Logical Design This presentation provides an implementation specific view of the logical model of SNOMED CT components - concepts, descriptions and relationships. It also provides details of the structure and use of the SNOMED CT identifier and other data types used in SNOMED CT release files.
  Stated, Inferred And Transitive Views This presentation explains how different logically consistent views of SNOMED CT relationships can be generated and used for different purposes.
  Subsets - Creation Distribution And Use This presentation explores some of the uses and approaches to developing subsets.
  Importing Release Files This presentation includes a demonstration of how to import SNOMED CT release files into a relational database.
  Accessing Components This presentation explores some of the practical approaches to accessing SNOMED CT components in a relational database.
  Introduction To Expressions This presentation provides an introduction to SNOMED CT Expressions.
  Implementing Expressions This presentation explores SNOMED CT expressions from an implementation perspective.
  Subsumption Testing of Concepts This presentation provides an introduction to subsumption and the requirements for testing whether one concept is subsumed by another concept. It also describes and evaluates several technical approaches for optimizing subsumption testing.
  Subsumption and Equivalence of Expressions This presentation explains one of the ways to compare post-coordinated expressions. The technique explained involves transforming expressions to a common normal form and then comparing the individual concepts and attributes in the normalized expressions.
  Subsumption and Equivalence of Expressions (Advanced) This presentation explains one of the ways to compare post coordinated expressions. The technique explained involves transforming expressions to a common normal form and then comparing the individual concepts and attributes in the normalized expressions.
  Description Logic - Advanced Features This presentation explores some of the more advanced aspects of Description Logic.
  Updates to Support Advanced Description Logic This presentation introduces changes to the way in which SNOMED CT concept definitions are represented to enable support for more advanced description logic (DL). It identifies the requirements for these changes and summarizes the design changes, including the introduction of an "OWL axiom reference set". It also explains how these changes will affect different types of terminology consumers and producers.
  Description Logic - Application This presentation includes a demonstration on how to get started with using Description Logic with SNOMED CT.
  Content Creation - Description Logic Introduction to the role of Description Logic in authoring SNOMED CT content
  Introduction To Extensions This presentation introduces the rationale for SNOMED CT extensions, and then examines how the design of the terminology supports extensions. It also reviews some of the benefits and potential risks arising from the use of extensions.
  SNOMED CT Extensions Content This presentation explores the topic of SNOMED CT Extensions and their content.
  SNOMED CT Extensions Creation This presentation explores some of the technical aspects of creating SNOMED CT Extensions.
  Adding Components to Extensions This presentation builds on the other presentations related to extensions and explores the technical aspects of SNOMED CT Extensions.
  Translation and Language Preferences This presentation provides an introduction to the way in which SNOMED CT enables translation.
  Mapping Introduction This presentation examines the motivation for mapping and summarizes the process of developing and applying maps.
  Mapping - Basics This presentation looks at some of the basic principles related to mapping to and from SNOMED CT.
  Mapping - To ICD10 This presentation which examines the map from SNOMED CT to ICD-10.
  Mapping - LOINC This presentation examines how LOINC and SNOMED CT can be used together.
  Introduction to SNOMED CT and ICD This presentation provides an introduction to SNOMED CT and ICD, by presenting the objective, history, design features, purposes, scope and granularity of the two code systems.
  Comparing the Features of SNOMED CT and ICD In this presentation the design features of SNOMED CT and ICD are compared. The presentation looks at the difference between the mono-hierarchical structure of ICD and the polyhierarchical structure of SNOMED CT. It also presents the differences in the way concepts are defined in the two code systems, and how each unit of meaning is uniquely identified.
  Data Analysis with SNOMED CT and ICD The presentation shows which analytics tasks are possible with the use of SNOMED CT compared to ICD.
  Managing Gaps In Content This presentation looks at some of the options and considerations surrounding content gaps in SNOMED CT.
  Maintenance and Change Management This presentation explores the topics of maintenance and change management of SNOMED CT enabled systems.
  Record Services
  SNOMED CT In EHRs This presentation provides an overview of the relationship between SNOMED CT and Electronic Health Records.
  Introduction to Terminology Binding The first of two presentations on the topic of SNOMED CT and Information Models. This presentation provides an introduction to how SNOMED CT can be used in information models.
  Terminology Binding Principles and Examples The second of two presentations on the topic of SNOMED CT and Information Models. This presentation introduces some of the principles for binding SNOMED CT to information models and provides some examples of where terminology binding has been used.
  Search Techniques This presentation provides advice on the various approaches to effective and efficient searching of SNOMED CT content.
  Data Entry Techniques This presentation explores some of the requirements and a dvice surrounding SNOMED CT enabled data entry.
  Interface Terminology Approaches This presentation explores some of the options for displaying terms in the user interface of an Electronic Health Record system.
  Record Storage This presentation provides a dvice related to the topic of storage of clinical data using SNOMED CT.
  Implementing Expression Constraints This presentation introduces the SNOMED CT Expression Constraint Language and  provide some high level implementation guidance.
  Expression Constraint Examples This presentation explores  a range of expression constraints, which exemplify the key features of the Expression Constraint Language.
  Data Analytics Techniques This presentation summarizes a variety of techniques used to perform data analytics over SNOMED CT coded data.
  Data Analytics Application This presentation discusses a range of tasks which may benefit from applying data analytics over SNOMED CT coded data. It also explores some considerations when using SNOMED CT for data analytics, in terms of user interface design,  database technologies, and general challenges.
  Data Analysis with SNOMED CT and ICD The presentation shows which analytics tasks are possible with the use of SNOMED CT compared to ICD.
  Analytics Case Studies This presentation reviews a series of case studies in which SNOMED CT is used to support data analytics.
  Clinical Decision Support A presentation which examines using SNOMED CT to enable Clinical Decision Support (CDS). Additional topics include the architectural components of a CDS enabled EHR and how the components use SNOMED CT.
  Managing Gaps In Content This presentation looks at some of the options and considerations surrounding content gaps in SNOMED CT.
  Maintenance and Change Management This presentation explores the topics of maintenance and change management of SNOMED CT enabled systems.
  Migration From Legacy Systems This presentation outlines some of the requirements associated with migrating to a system which supports SNOMED CT.
  Specifications
  Introduction To Content Components This presentation introduces concepts, descriptions and relationships as the three types of uniquely identified components that are used to represent clinical ideas in SNOMED CT.
  SNOMED CT Logical Design This presentation provides an implementation specific view of the logical model of SNOMED CT components - concepts, descriptions and relationships. It also provides details of the structure and use of the SNOMED CT identifier and other data types used in SNOMED CT release files.
  Subsets - Creation Distribution And Use This presentation explores some of the uses and approaches to developing subsets.
  Reference Sets Introduction This presentation introduces reference sets, which are the flexible structures that are used to represent subsets, maps and a wide range of other derivatives which support effective configuration and use of SNOMED CT.
  Reference Sets Overview This presentation introduces the purpose of and the different types of reference sets, and it presents the logical model of reference sets. Finally, the presentation introduces considerations related to the general functionality and specific uses of reference sets.
  Customizing SNOMED CT This presentation summarizes some of the practical ways in which the configurable features of SNOMED CT can be used to address common requirements. This builds on other presentations which introduce extensions and reference sets.
  Reference Set Definitions This presentation explains a number of terms commonly used when talking about SNOMED CT Reference Sets.
  Reference Set Types - Part A This is the first of two presentations about the different reference set types. It provides details of the structure and examples of uses for each reference set type.
  Reference Set Types - Part B This is the second of two presentations about the different reference set types. It provides details of the structure and examples of uses for each reference set type.
  Release Files and Formats (introduction) This presentation provides an overview of how SNOMED CT is distributed to licensees.
  Release Files And Formats This presentation describes the files and format used in SNOMED CT Release Format 2 (RF2).
  Release File Versioning This presentation explains how SNOMED CT components are versioned in Release Format 2 (RF2).
  RF2 Versioning Examples This presentation provides some examples of how components and their associated release files are versioned in SNOMED CT.
  Importing Release Files This presentation includes a demonstration of how to import SNOMED CT release files into a relational database.
  Accessing Components This presentation explores some of the practical approaches to accessing SNOMED CT components in a relational database.
  Introduction To Expressions This presentation provides an introduction to SNOMED CT Expressions.
  Implementing Expressions This presentation explores SNOMED CT expressions from an implementation perspective.
  Implementing Expression Constraints This presentation introduces the SNOMED CT Expression Constraint Language and  provide some high level implementation guidance.
  Expression Constraint Examples This presentation explores  a range of expression constraints, which exemplify the key features of the Expression Constraint Language.
  Concept Model Overview This presentation provides an overview of the SNOMED CT Concept Model.
  URI Standard This presentation explores the SNOMED CT Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) standard for identifying components, editions, modules and release file properties.
  Content Requests
  Making a Request Submission In this presentation we introduce the reasons for submitting requests and the different types of requests.  We explain the key things to include when making a good request submission and we describe the general information flow for request submission processes.
  Presentation Update Report
  Metadata Tables