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On August 11 2020, SNOMED International and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) announced that they had again joined forces, this time with an agreement that has paved the way for the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) to be managed, produced, released and distributed by SNOMED International, fully integrated as part of SNOMED CT.
This agreement, which is the culmination of years of collaboration between the two organizations, will see ICN retain ownership of ICNP and continue to define its content so that it meets the needs of the global nursing profession. The agreement aligns with increasing global health digitisation, the widespread use of SNOMED CT-enabled electronic health records (EHR), and the documentation of ICNP-specific content by nurses around the world.
The key aspect of the agreement is the incorporation of ICNP 2019 into SNOMED CT and the consequent production and distribution of an ICNP 2019 SNOMED CT reference set by SNOMED International on behalf of ICN with subsequent annual releases.
In October 2021, SNOMED International and ICN announced the production release of a new reference set, the International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP) SNOMED CT Nursing Practice Refset.
Additional information
ICN and SNOMED International have previously delivered tables between ICNP and SNOMED CT for Nursing Diagnoses and Nursing Interventions which are now deprecated and replaced by ICNP.
In October 2021, SNOMED International and ICN announced the production release of a new reference set, the International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP) SNOMED CT Nursing Practice Refset. Access within SNOMED International Member countries is provided by the Member National Release Centre in each country, via the relevant Member webpage. Affiliates of SNOMED International in non-Member countries can access the ICNP SNOMED CT Nursing Practice Refset through their Member Licensing Distribution Service (MLDS) account. ICNP and the equivalence tables are also available for download from the ICN website.
SNOMED International’s Nursing Clinical Reference Group brings an international perspective on both the content and equivalences, thus providing a measure of quality assurance.
With ICN’s permission, this refset has been included in the scope of SNOMED International's Global Patient Set.
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