
SNOMED CT support for current and future Cancer care
Thursday May 7, 2026 09:00 - 09:30 F2
Lecturers: Charles Gutteridge, Ian GreenTrack: Future Health and Care, Future Healthcare
SNOMED International acknowledges the importance of supporting cancer services and cancer care. This commitment is visible in the collaboration agreements SNOMED International have in place with AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) and UICC (Union for International Cancer Control), and under development with ICCR (International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting). The session will provide a forum for each of the partners to provide a background to their standard, the benefits of working with SNOMED CT, and the inclusion of the standards in the SNOMED CT International release to ensure their uptake by the widest possible audience. These collaborations will in addition support the interoperability of future cancer data to support direct patient care, clinical cancer registries and cancer research initiatives. Whilst the standards and their inclusion in SNOMED CT is important, their implementation in existing systems is essential to ensure the benefits are realised. Through the presentations and questions during the session, we will explore the implementation successes and challenges faced by today’s cancer clinicians, with presentations exploring the work and challenges with Cancer registries and within protocols, specifically for breast cancer.
Topic
Data and Information
Seminar type
Live + On site
Lecture type
Presentation
Objective of lecture
Tools for implementation
Level of knowledge
Intermediate
Target audience
Technicians/IT/Developers
Researchers
Care professionals
Healthcare professionals
Keyword
Actual examples (good/bad)
Innovation/research
Follow-up/Report of current status
Documentation
Usability
Informatics/Interoperability
Lecturers
Charles Gutteridge Lecturer
Ian Green Lecturer
Global Clinical Engagament Lead
SNOMED International
Ian is based in the UK, and has worked for SNOMED International for the last 13 years in a variety of roles. Ian’s current role is leading Clinical Engagement activities and a particular focus on developing SNOMED CT’s capacity to support Genomics developments globally.
He is a nurse by background, who moved into healthcare management in both primary and secondary care sectors, and then into Health Informatics. Previously, he worked for the NHS in the UK, authoring both READ codes and SNOMED CT for over 10 years. In addition to a general interest in all areas of health informatics, he has a particular interest in engaging with clinicians to develop a clinical terminology that meets the requirements of all clinicians globally that can transform the way healthcare is delivered for the benefit of patients. Ian obtained an MSc in Quality in Healthcare, focusing on the implementation of evidence-based medicine and clinical governance, with a particular emphasis on quality management processes.