SNOMED CT Expo 2025 Q&A with West Coast Informatics
Q: What will you present at the conference?
A: We are showing how to use syndication services to deploy terminology content at scale with very little effort. Using the SNOMED CT syndication standard together with TermHub, we will load code systems, value sets, and concept maps into a FHIR terminology server with only a few minutes of effort. The same workflow lets teams keep environments current with minimal work.
In the session, we use a containerized FHIR server and a content provider feed, then push the resulting content into the server, verify it, and browse it in TermHub. You will leave with a self-guided exercise to repeat the exact process on your own setup. If you want a head start, you can sign in to TermHub here: http://app.terminologyhub.com.
Q: How does AutoMap support AI readiness?
A: Modern AI projects rise or fall on the quality and consistency of the data. The healthcare community is clear about this: without rigorous syntactic and semantic standardization, models struggle to perform. AutoMap addresses that need by normalizing local or free text data to standards such as SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, and ICD-10-CM. The result is cleaner training sets, better feature parity across sources, and fewer silent errors in analytics and decision support.
In practice, AutoMap speeds up mapping, improves consistency across teams, and creates a single source of truth that downstream pipelines can trust. It also reduces maintenance work when new terminology versions are released, since updates flow through the mappings rather than breaking them. When paired with TermHub, organizations can validate, publish, and reuse these mappings across projects with very little friction.
Q: What is MT2 and what sets it apart?
A: MT2 is our next generation mapping tool is being built with a focus on the SNOMED community. There are a number of aspects that set it apart from our competitors:
Direct Snowstorm integration: Many tools can read from Snowstorm. MT2 goes further by writing maps directly to Snowstorm as you work. This enables immediate validation against the live terminology and allows teams to run RVF checks on demand during the editing cycle. This level of round-trip integration is unique, and it shortens review loops for complex maps.
Full support for community mapping needs: MT2 supports mapping from SNOMED, mapping to SNOMED, simple equivalence, and complex multi target maps. This aligns with how SNOMED CT is routinely mapped to other terminologies to enable reporting, reimbursement, and analytics.
A smooth path for current users: MT2 is being developed for broad community use and is designed to feel familiar for current SNOMED mapping tool users, which lowers training time and increases adoption across projects.
Flexible authorization: MT2 can integrate with your preferred authentication and authorization approach so that organizations can reuse existing controls and auditing.
That comes along with the other key features you expect from tools created by West Coast Informatics:
QA Tooling: Built-in quality assurance checks help ensure mapping accuracy, flagging issues early and giving confidence that maps are complete and consistent.
Reports: Generates detailed reports on mapping progress, coverage, and quality. These help teams monitor progress, share updates with stakeholders, and document compliance.
In-Tool Collaboration: Users can leave comments and messages directly on maps and even at the individual map-item level. This reduces email back-and-forth and keeps related context tied to the work itself.
Intuitive GUI: MT2 balances power with usability. It delivers advanced functionality while keeping simple tasks quick and straightforward, so both casual users and expert mappers can be productive.
Q: How can people try this or connect with you?
A: Join the session to see syndication in action, then replicate it with our self-guided exercise. If you want to explore right now, sign up at http://app.terminologyhub.com
You can also stop by our booth to get a hands-on walkthrough of AutoMap and an early look at MT2, or contact us for a deeper technical discussion after the Expo.