SNOMED International and IHE forge inaugural agreement jointly supporting optimal patient care Back 5 Apr 2019 Back London, United Kingdom, April 5, 2019 -- Today, IHE International and SNOMED International formally announce a license agreement encouraging data consistency and interoperability across international boundaries, with benefits for clinical care, research and operational efficiency. An organization geared at improving the way computer systems in healthcare share information, IHE’s commitment to working with SNOMED International as the global leader in healthcare terminology promotes the coordinated use of established standards in support of optimal patient care. Through this agreement, the organizations have agreed on the production of a SNOMED CT IHE Set which includes a jointly decided upon set of SNOMED CT concepts and identifiers within IHE profiles. By placing the SNOMED CT codes referenced in IHE profiles under a free international license, the current agreement reduces incentives for national groups to specify variant code sets based on other terminologies. The SNOMED CT value sets specified in IHE profiles are selected to ensure data consistency and interoperability in support of a variety of clinical use cases. IHE profiles are developed in eleven active clinical and operational domains. SNOMED CT value sets referenced in these profiles are typically used to bind coded values to content in structured documents, discrete data elements and metadata. Approximately 30 IHE profiles reference SNOMED CT value sets as of the date of this agreement. Over the course of the 5 year agreement, the SNOMED CT IHE Set will be updated officially annually, taking into account updates to the IHE profiles which are performed annually in each IHE domain. Thirty-seven profiles within 6 domains currently fall within the scope of the agreement. Phast-Services, based in Paris, France, will serve as experts on behalf of IHE to maintain the SNOMED CT IHE Set. ”For 20 years, IHE has pursued collaboration to advance standards-based interoperability in health information technology,” said Michael, McCoy, MD, Co-chair of the IHE International Board. “This agreement with SNOMED International marks a significant milestone toward making standards more accessible and usable.” From SNOMED International, “we are excited and encouraged to embark on this license agreement with IHE International”, said Don Sweete, the organization’s CEO. “Cooperation and accord among the world’s health standards organizations has never been more critical. The like-mindedness of our two organizations in aspiring to enable the clear exchange of information clearly supports the validity of our agreement to work together.”

SNOMED International signs education delivery agreement with Digital China Health Technologies Co Back 19 Nov 2019 Back London, United Kingdom, Nov. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SNOMED International is pleased to announce a recent partnership with Digital China Health Technologies Co., Ltd (DCHealth) as an approved delivery agent of SNOMED CT education throughout China. DCHealth and SNOMED International have struck an agreement to deliver mutually agreed upon SNOMED CT educational content including the organization’s clinically and technically curated Foundation and Implementation courses, with the potential to also offer the organizations suite of Authoring courses for delivery. As part of this agreement, DCHealth will serve as an extension of the SNOMED International Education Program within China and be empowered to issue course completion certificates and certifications as applicable. DCHealth is an innovative company in the industry of healthcare IT and Big Data and has enjoyed a relationship with SNOMED International. DCHealth has committed to develop an independent technology system, as well as to the development and innovation in healthcare Big Data and Precision Medicine, to promote healthcare information technology worldwide. SNOMED International began delivery of education programming to support understanding, use and implementation of SNOMED CT in 2015. Since that time, and with demonstrated growth of the organization’s Member base and affiliates, SNOMED International has been exploring ways to broaden its ability to educate audiences interested in clinical terminology. At the recent SNOMED CT Expo 2019, SNOMED International featured in-person delivery of our most popular tutorials and workshops. “We recognize and value the growing interest and demand for SNOMED CT education in China” offered SNOMED International CEO, Don Sweete. Mr. Sweete went on to say, “we are honored to engage in this education delivery agreement with DCHealth and appreciate the opportunity to move into this vital market with our comprehensive and mature education curriculum.” David Shi, the founding CEO of Digital China Health shared with journalists, “in China, we are so passionate about big data and AI in healthcare, but without comprehensive coding, the benefits of medical data are limited substantially. The desire to adopt a world leading terminology is met with this great opportunity of assisting SNOMED CT in disseminating education locally. With our hands-on experience in the national projects in cancer, cardio and nephropathy, local experts will soon discover that SNOMED CT is the missing part they had been looking for.” This arrangement went into effect as of 2nd July 2019. Contact info@snomed.org with any additional inquiries.

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In Memoriam: Stewart Jessamine Back 8 Feb 2019 Back In Memoriam of our Dear Friend and Colleague, Stewart Jessamine It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of Stewart Jessamine’s recent passing.Within New Zealand, Stewart was a much loved and respected member of the Ministry of Health family having dedicated over 26 years to its service progressing numerous initiatives and projects. As we knew Stewart, he was a driving force and contributor to the IHTSDO and then SNOMED International community. His passion for the global implementation and adoption of SNOMED CT was unparalleled, lending his time to progress the development and evolution of our vision and mission. Stewart first joined IHTSDO’s General Assembly (GA) in 2010, quickly taking ownership of many key initiatives resulting in his appointment as GA Chair for 2011 and 2012. After fulfilling his term, he stayed on as an active GA Member, sharing his enthusiasm for SNOMED CT and mentoring new Members as they signed on to the organization. In 2016, Stewart was once again appointed GA Chair, a role which he ultimately served in until 2017. When Stewart formally stepped down from the General Assembly in 2017, it gave the organization a chance to reflect on his years of service. He was instrumental to the changing role of governance for IHTSDO, having not only impacted it from the GA level, but also his support and guidance for changes in the organization. Demonstrating the laudable career and accomplishments he had built in New Zealand, Stewart worked closely with Alastair Kenworthy to shape the successful outcome of the SNOMED CT Expo held in Wellington, NZ in October 2016. Our staff, governance bodies, and Community of Practice will dearly miss Stewart’s genuine passion and drive. We offer our sincerest condolences to his family, colleagues past and present, and all those that called him a friend. Don Sweete CEO SNOMED International

The Slovak Republic's representative to SNOMED International is the National Health Information Center. Slovak Republic The Slovak Republic's representative to SNOMED International is the National Health Information Center. Contact Details National Health Information Center Lazaretská 26 811 09 Bratislava Slovak Republic Website: http://www.nczisk.sk Email: info@nczisk.sk Appointed Representatives General Assembly: TBA Member Forum: Lucia Jurovatá News articles The Slovak Republic's representative to SNOMED International is the National Health Information Center (NHIC). NHIC is the state contributory organization established by the Ministry of Health of Slovak Republic. NHIC became a Member in November 2009 thus joining the international effort to develop, maintain and use SNOMED CT in healthcare systems. The mission and the subject of the activities of NHIC in the Slovak Republic is to promote the use of IT systems in healthcare, to support and ensure the operation of implemented eHealth solutions, and to ensure a flexible information base for authorized persons. Because of that, NHIC also supports the introduction of ITC standards into the healthcare arena. Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications

SNOMED International joins Bahmni Coalition to extend the global benefits of SNOMED CT’s structured clinical terminology Back 21 Jun 2024 Back Building on the success of the 2023 SNOMED International and Bahmni Coalition collaboration , SNOMED International has formally joined the Bahmni Coalition. Bahmni, a digital public good, is an easy-to-use, open-source hospital system for healthcare providers in low-resource settings. Bahmni was created in 2012 as part of the social impact program at Thoughtworks , a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. The Bahmni Coalition is a group of organizations involved in the product across various capacities, including partners that use Bahmni’s open-source electronic medical record (EMR) and hospital information system (HIS) and partners who contribute to Bahmni’s ongoing development and implementation, and offer related services. The Coalition members, who set the direction for Bahmni and promote its adoption, include Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders), an international organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare; OpenMRS , developers of the open source Electronic Medical Records platform used in more than 80 countries; and Thoughtworks, among a number of other partner organizations focused on harnessing open-source technology to support the development and deployment of digital health technologies in limited-resource regions. Review the full list of Coalition members here . With over 500 implementations in more than 50 countries, the easy-to-use EMR and hospital management system brings together essential functionalities such as patient registration, appointments, recording diagnosis and procedures, billing, lab, pharmacy, and more, into one cohesive platform. It is the preferred solution in many Asian and African countries and a strategic asset for many large humanitarian organizations. SNOMED International worked with the Coalition throughout 2023 to integrate SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive clinical terminology into the Bahmni EMR, enabling clinicians to record diagnoses and other clinical data. The SNOMED CT-enabled EMR can also be used for reporting and Clinical Decision Support (CDS) use-cases, for searching and saving diagnoses, receiving alerts when a drug-diagnosis interaction is contraindicated, generating diagnosis reports, and creating forms. With the integration of SNOMED CT, patient records can be standardized and therefore more easily exchanged with other electronic health records. “Working with the Coalition on a more formal basis is a very exciting next step for SNOMED International,” says CEO Don Sweete. “Enabling the integration of SNOMED CT into the Bahmni EMR helps fill in the existing gaps in using healthcare data standards to structure electronic health record data, much of which is captured in clinician notes, and enables the data to be used for other purposes such as analytics as well. We are pleased to provide the Coalition with this capability, as well as to share our knowledge and experience in working with low- to middle-income countries on a broader basis.” “Our partnership with SNOMED International marks a significant step forward in empowering healthcare workers in low-resource settings with the tools they need to deliver standardized, accurate care. The integration of SNOMED CT with Bahmni improves data management while also establishing the foundation for better patient outcomes and a more equitable healthcare landscape globally,” said Satish Viswanathan , head of social change for Thoughtworks in India and member of the governing committee of the Bahmni Coalition. As part of the Coalition, SNOMED International will work with other members to advance the organization’s mission and goals, build support for the Bahmni EMR, participate in and drive marketing activities, and participate in the Coalition’s various committees. Over 2024, the Coalition will continue to seek feedback on its 2024 roadmap for the Bahmni EMR and define and develop new features. For more information on the integration of the SNOMED CT module with the Bahmni EMR, visit https://www.bahmni.org/snomed-ct-support . Listen to a podcast on the SNOMED International-Bahmni collaboration. Contact info@snomed.org or coalition-director@bahmni.org to demo the Bahmni EMR and integrated SNOMED CT module. About Thoughtworks Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. We are over 10,500 people strong across 48 offices in 19 countries. For 30 years, we’ve delivered extraordinary impact together with our clients by helping them solve complex business problems with technology as the differentiator.

This work intention is to support laboratory data interoperability and later data analytics. Ultimately, we aim at enabling our tests data to be understood in any of the three data dictionaries (bioMerieux, LOINC, SNOMED CT) Following its involvement in the FDA SHIELD program, bioMerieux (world leading IVD systems manufacturer) has a track record of publishing maps associating its test catalogue to LOINC codes and publishing them as LIDV files. We also published several posters where we associated part of our test results (nominal results) to SNOMED CT. We take benefit of the LOINC-SNOMED collaboration to investigate an association embedding our test catalogue & LOINC codes (cf. LIVD publication), SNOMED observations, claimed test results (binary, ordinal, nominal) and claimed supported specimen. Firstly, a conceptual model is created and implemented in a graph data model. Secondly, our different mappings are re-used, completed and qualified (exact match, border match and narrow match). Their covering is described based on metrics such as: precision and recall. Back View Map bioMérieux Associating specific tests codes to the LOINC ontology (i.e. the SNOMED extension) and linking them to claimed test results & specimen Read More Country / Region EMEA Tags Data analytics, Mapping, Research This work intention is to support laboratory data interoperability and later data analytics. Ultimately, we aim at enabling our tests data to be understood in any of the three data dictionaries (bioMerieux, LOINC, SNOMED CT) Following its involvement in the FDA SHIELD program, bioMerieux (world leading IVD systems manufacturer) has a track record of publishing maps associating its test catalogue to LOINC codes and publishing them as LIDV files. We also published several posters where we associated part of our test results (nominal results) to SNOMED CT. We take benefit of the LOINC-SNOMED collaboration to investigate an association embedding our test catalogue & LOINC codes (cf. LIVD publication), SNOMED observations, claimed test results (binary, ordinal, nominal) and claimed supported specimen. Firstly, a conceptual model is created and implemented in a graph data model. Secondly, our different mappings are re-used, completed and qualified (exact match, border match and narrow match). Their covering is described based on metrics such as: precision and recall. Description My project's main objective is to ensure bioMerieux's systems data interoperability. Data are represented in a conceptual graph that links together bioMerieux, LOINC and SNOMED CT sub-vocabularies. Scope SNOMED CT is considered as a common language in the medical field, even with professionals from different countries. How SNOMED CT will be used SNOMED CT is used as an interface onto-terminology linking the other two controlled terminologies (bioM√©rieux terminology & LOINC) together. Why SNOMED CT will be used Contact More information Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Learn more Explore the wide range of resources available to our community of practice

NHS Digital planning "big drive" on clinical terminology standardisation Back 5 May 2017 Back NHS Digital will be having a “big drive” on standardising clinical terminology across health and social care, according to one of its leaders. Beverley Bryant, the organisation’s director of digital transformation, told delegates at the UK e-Health Week conference that such standardisation was critical for data sharing. “What is the point of being a national health service if we don’t capitalise on the national nature of it through standardisation of our clinical terminology?” She told the London audience on Thursday that: “I need SNOMED clinical terminology to become the central building block of information sharing across health and social care”. In October 2015, NHS Digital (then known as the Health & Social Care Information Centre) said that all primary care systems needed to switch from Read Codes to the SNOMED system for clinical technology by end of December 2016, with the rest of the healthcare system following suit by April 2020. Both systems are sets of numerical machine readable codes and human readable descriptions which can be used to uniquely identify clinical concepts. Bryant said that primary care was not the issue – “it’s in secondary care that we’ve got a lot more work to do”. She also said that NHS Digital has started work on a social care dictionary for SNOMED terminology. Bryant said that standardisation “does reduce data collection burdens and transform how we share information and data”. A few examples were given of how datasets were being linked across the healthcare system, including via the Child Protection – Information Sharing (CPIS) programme. CP-IS is now receiving 1,000 hits a week between social care and selected healthcare teams, according to Bryant, and was described as a “really useful intervention for frontline patient care”. However, the rollout of the system has been slower than was initially hoped. NHS Digital’s commissioning last year of the Professional Record Standards Body to develop standards for e-discharge summaries from emergency departments to GPs – it will do so in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians – was also referenced. Bryant concluded the speech by saying whatever the result of the upcoming general election, the momentum and pace that is now in health IT cannot be halted. Throughout the conferences, questions to speakers from national bodies were not allowed due to purdah. Source: DigitalHealth.net

As the largest and most comprehensive clinical terminology in the world, SNOMED CT provides a structured data ontology along with useful resources to aid and assist with implementation, and the Implementation Support Portal is our flagship resource. Implementers As the largest and most comprehensive clinical terminology in the world, SNOMED CT provides a structured data ontology along with useful resources to aid and assist with implementation, and the Implementation Support Portal is our flagship resource. Visit the Portal Implementation Support Portal SNOMED International's Implementation Support Portal offers many support services to help you with your successful SNOMED CT implementation. Visit the Portal In Member Countries Regional customer support management We have dedicated customer relationship executives in each region. They provide support on a range of issues – for example, licensing, access or contact with other members. Submit your inquiry Product support document library We maintain a comprehensive library, evolving our documents as the implementation of SNOMED CT expands. We also provide editorial guidance to help ensure interoperability. Visit the document library Refset Management and Translation Tool SNOMED International provides online courses, learning pathways and other E-Learning materials that help to extend your knowledge and understanding of SNOMED CT. Refset Management and Translation Tool Implementers in non-Member countries Use SNOMED CT in a non-Member country If you are using and/or deploying SNOMED CT in a non-Member country/territory, you are required to apply for a license through the Member Licensing & Distribution Service (MLDS) on an annual basis. All license holders in non-Member countries or territories are required to submit a Statement of Usage via MLDS on an annual basis. Invoices are issued once annually. Request access from the helpdesk Learn more Events Annual Business Meetings, Expo, and SNOMED CT Web Series Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure SNOMED CT Browser This tool allows you to browse the terminology easily, and to review the open source code. More about SNOMED CT Tools SNOMED CT Education SNOMED International provides online courses, learning pathways and other E-Learning materials that help to extend your knowledge and understanding of SNOMED CT. More about Education Mapping tools Snap2SNOMEDCT is a hosted tool for SNOMED International Members to collaboratively create and maintain simple maps to SNOMED CT. The SNOMED CT Mapping Tool is used by the IHTSDO Content Team to manage maps between SNOMED CT and other terminologies including ICD-10 and ICD-9CM. Snap2SNOMEDCT Access the mapping tool Implementation Support Portal Implementers In Member Countries Implementers In non-Member Countries

Mongolia joins SNOMED International to advance its digital health strategy Back 8 Aug 2025 Back SNOMED International is pleased to welcome Mongolia as the most recent Member to join our global community. Mongolia, an East Asian country with a population of 3.5 million, is the 12th Asia Pacific country to join SNOMED International , the not-for-profit organization that owns, administers and develops SNOMED CT. Membership enables the country-wide use of SNOMED CT, a comprehensive, multilingual healthcare terminology created for use by healthcare professionals that enables the care of individuals to be captured in electronic health records, facilitating information sharing, decision support and analytics for safe and effective health information exchange. The Mongolia Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications , in collaboration with Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), UNICEF Mongolia, and UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), recently held a Digital Health Convergence Workshop to discuss and advance the digital transformation of Mongolia’s healthcare sector . The outcomes of the workshop included the development of the country’s draft National Digital Health Strategy and a detailed roadmap for future actions. The report on Digital Health Landscape Assessment in Mongolia prepared by AeHIN for the Government as part of the above-mentioned Digital Health Convergence Workshop found that Mongolia has already established a strong Information Communications Technology (ICT) ecosystem. Upon completion of the assessment, the tool recommended continued investment in non-ICT enablers (such as improved internet connectivity) to ensure longterm successful digital transformation. Mongolia currently uses some international health data standards, such as ICD10 and DICOM, to support data exchange across systems. With a commitment to strengthen clinical information exchange by implementing SNOMED CT, the country will make even greater strides toward enabling interoperability. “Embracing SNOMED CT is a vital step towards a unified, accurate, and efficient healthcare system,” says Myagmarulzii Enkhbaatar, Head of Digital Development, Health Data Division, Ministry of Health in Mongolia. “By integrating this comprehensive clinical terminology, we pave the way for better patient outcomes, seamless data exchange, and empowered clinical decision-making. Together, we build a healthier future." “Every country and every culture is unique,” says SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete. “The beauty of implementing an international clinical data standard such as SNOMED CT is how it enables Member countries to tailor their health terminology to meet the unique needs of their health strategies to benefit their citizens, by supporting structured data exchange across health systems in a standardized way. I’m really excited to see how Mongolia will implement SNOMED CT to achieve its goals and deliver on its healthcare commitments to its citizens.”

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