1. TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Mortality TAG
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Sam Notzon, James Eynstone-Hinkins, co-chairs
Robert Jakob, WHO Liaison
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2. Key Priorities and Deliverables
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Key Priorities and Deliverables
Review Vol. 2 in collaboration with MbTAG and MRG, including impact of new structure on Vol. 2 rules;
Continue/complete chapter reviews;
Conduct coding and mapping exercises using selected certificates;
Work with WHO and relevant experts to review and refine the index (Volume 3).
N.B.: Several requests have been made to WHO in recent years to engage senior experts in public health and epidemiology to conduct a high-level review of the joint linearization. When will this review be conducted?
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3. Future and Continuing Tasks
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Future and Continuing Tasks
Continue work to review/refine index. Investigate modifications that will make the electronic index usable for manual coders;
Assess impact on cause of death statistics of joint linearization;
Estimate the effort required to update decision tables.
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4. TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Many mTAG members will attend the ICE on Automation and MRG Mid-Year Meetings in Budapest Tentative date: March 2015
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The mTAG will hold teleconferences every 1-2 months between November 2014 and September One or more MbTAG members will attend mTAG calls, and similarly mTAG members will attend MbTAG calls. Summaries of the calls will be shared across the two TAGs.
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