American Joint Committee on Cancer Back American Joint Committee on Cancer Clinical Partner In July 2022, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and SNOMED International entered into a licensing agreement to include agreed upon American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) references in SNOMED CT. The AJCC is administered by the Chicago-based American College of Surgeons. Additional information The focus of the agreement enables SNOMED International to include updated AJCC staging concepts critical to understanding cancer and treating patients, while eliminating outdated AJCC content no longer relevant to clinical care within SNOMED CT. Press release: July 2022: Cancer staging content from the American Joint Committee on Cancer will appear in SNOMED CT under new licensing agreement Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

University of Nebraska Medical Center pathology cancer reports have been recorded and stored as Portable Document Format (PDF) in the Electronic Health Records (EHR). Therefore, the data held within these reports is not readily available for use in research or patient care decision making. To rectify it, we developed an approach to extract and SNOMED CT encode large amounts of historical cancer pathology data and insert these data into a Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW) to support clinical research endeavors and population health efforts. A five-step process was applied to five cancer types: ampulla of Vater, pancreas, esophagus, lung, and prostate.1) PDF pathology reports were generated from a pathology information system; 2) The system's user interface for synoptic reporting was evaluated, all possible text strings were identified, and bindings of controlled text strings and SNOMED CT was created; 3) A python-based program was used to convert the PDF reports to plain text and extract synoptic text strings; 4) Free-text data were bound with SNOMED CT; 5) SNOMED CT encoded cancer data were integrated into the CDW. This project demonstrated a tractable method to extract and transform PDF-based pathology cancer data from EHR to SNOMED CT encoded data to support of research and public health. Automated data conversion from text/PDF to SNOMED CT is possible when structured text is used to create initial reports. Free-text or non-standard, unstructured text were manual, case-by-case reviewed. Following this, multiple years of historical pathology cancer data was encoded and made available for multiple future uses. Back View Map University of Nebraska Medical Center Extraction and Transformation of Pathology Cancer Report Data into a SNOMED CT Encoded Data Repository Read More Country / Region Americas Tags Data quality, Implementation, Mapping, Research University of Nebraska Medical Center pathology cancer reports have been recorded and stored as Portable Document Format (PDF) in the Electronic Health Records (EHR). Therefore, the data held within these reports is not readily available for use in research or patient care decision making. To rectify it, we developed an approach to extract and SNOMED CT encode large amounts of historical cancer pathology data and insert these data into a Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW) to support clinical research endeavors and population health efforts. A five-step process was applied to five cancer types: ampulla of Vater, pancreas, esophagus, lung, and prostate.1) PDF pathology reports were generated from a pathology information system; 2) The system's user interface for synoptic reporting was evaluated, all possible text strings were identified, and bindings of controlled text strings and SNOMED CT was created; 3) A python-based program was used to convert the PDF reports to plain text and extract synoptic text strings; 4) Free-text data were bound with SNOMED CT; 5) SNOMED CT encoded cancer data were integrated into the CDW. This project demonstrated a tractable method to extract and transform PDF-based pathology cancer data from EHR to SNOMED CT encoded data to support of research and public health. Automated data conversion from text/PDF to SNOMED CT is possible when structured text is used to create initial reports. Free-text or non-standard, unstructured text were manual, case-by-case reviewed. Following this, multiple years of historical pathology cancer data was encoded and made available for multiple future uses. Description It is still common for pathology reports to be stored and distributed as Portable Document Format (PDF). While this format helps user easily read the information, it causes a barrier to computation, secondary use, or electronic data exchange. That is an important issue because pathology reports contain crucial information for patient care and treatment planning. To address this, we initiated an ongoing project composed of three parts: (1) data extraction, (2) data encoding using SNOMED CT, and (3) integration into the Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW). This abstract will present findings from the process based on five cancer types: ampulla of Vater, pancreas, esophagus, lung, and prostate. Scope SNOMED CT was selected as it is currently the sole international medical terminology standard capable of representing pathology cancer data as found in pathology reports. In addition, SNOMED CT is a terminology supported for use in national and international research oriented Clinical Data Warehouses (CDW) including OMOP and PCORI. By performing this study, a practical, tractable process to extract uncoded pathology data from the electronic health record and convert to encoded, structured data for use in CDW has been demonstrated for widespread use. How SNOMED CT will be used In the encoding process SNOMED CT was used to bind (map) the extracted data from Portable Document Format (PDF). Specifically, terminology binding between the extracted data and SNOMED CT was conducted in two parts: (1) batch binding based on a predefined master file based on the synoptic report format, and (2) manual binding for free-text elements. The project follows the pathology cancer date methods proposed by the Cancer Synoptic Reporting Working Group (CSRWG) of SNOMED International and described in the Cancer Synoptic Reporting Implementation Guide. 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 Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's representative to SNOMED International is the National Health Information Center. Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's representative to SNOMED International is the National Health Information Center. Contact Details National Health Information Center Olaya St, As Sahafah, Riyadh 13315, Saudi Arabia Website: https://nhic.gov.sa/en/Pages/default.aspx Email: https://nhic.gov.sa/en/Help/Pages/ContactUs.aspx Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Waleed Albahli Member Forum: Noora Althomairy, Saad Alobaili News articles The National Health Information Center (NHIC) has been given the mandate to further digital health and information technology across healthcare sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The NHIC will provide a number of digital health and informatics services. The main objective of NHIC is to contribute to healthcare, and the public health in the kingdom through technology and standards. The NHIC acts as a healthcare hub of digital connectivity, identifies and standardizes health data, build an EHR to ensure national interoperability, adopt and facilitate international coding system and classification standards, contribute to research and statistics, etc. which follows the mandate listed in Saudi royal decree no. 333. The NHIC is responsible for distributing and managing SNOMED CT in Saudi Arabia, while also developing and maintaining its content to meet Saudi Arabian Requirements. Through Membership in SNOMED International, The Kingdom strives to increase patient safety by eliminating errors occurring due to misinterpreted data, while fulfilling our National E- Health Strategy in alignment with the larger healthcare transformation strategy and 2030 Vision. 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 Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Translating SNOMED CT is an important and demanding task, requiring terminological precision, linguistic sensitivity and a strong understanding of clinical contexts. What is the current state of French translations of SNOMED CT ? Why is an accurate and precise translation so important ? What are the challenges encountered in this work ? What are the common pitfalls and possible solutions ? As the main contributing team to the French translations of SNOMED CT for several years now, we would like to share our experience in this fascinating and meaningful work. Back View Map Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (1 of 2) Translating SNOMED CT into French, an essential task full of challenges and insights: experience of our terminology team Read More Country / Region EMEA Tags Clinical Practice, Implementation, Translation Translating SNOMED CT is an important and demanding task, requiring terminological precision, linguistic sensitivity and a strong understanding of clinical contexts. What is the current state of French translations of SNOMED CT ? Why is an accurate and precise translation so important ? What are the challenges encountered in this work ? What are the common pitfalls and possible solutions ? As the main contributing team to the French translations of SNOMED CT for several years now, we would like to share our experience in this fascinating and meaningful work. Description A good and precise translation of SNOMED CT is essential to improve the clinical documentation with a clear terminology, understandable for all healthcare professionals involved in the clinical data capture. In our hospital, better clinical documentation offers many direct benefits for patients and clinicians, including data sharing and reusing, problem-oriented charting, dashboard, clinical decision support for better care and safety of the patients, and effective retrieval of patient data for research and statistics. Scope Belgium is member of SNOMED International since 2013, and has designated SNOMED CT as the recommended clinical reference terminology for clinical information systems. Implementing SNOMED CT in electronic health records ensures consistent and structured clinical documentation across healthcare providers and systems. This enables international interoperability, improves patient safety and allows effective use of data for research, analytics, and public health. How SNOMED CT will be used In our academic hospital, SNOMED CT is already implemented in different parts of the electronic health records for documentation of diagnoses (problem list), medical history, family history, surgical history and non-drug allergies. We also would like to extend its use to other domains such as pharmacy and laboratory. Translation is a key element to improve the compliance of our health providers with structured data capture. 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 Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia joins the SNOMED CT Community Back 24 Jun 2019 Back London, United Kingdom, June 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SNOMED International and the National Health Information Center (NHIC) are pleased to announce that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently joined as the organization’s thirty-ninth Member. The NHIC has been established pursuant to the Saudi royal decree no. 333 to be linked with health services and connected to an electronic network of health information with the Ministry of Health, medical services in the military bodies, university hospitals and other relevant government agencies. It is the vision of the Center to serve as the core axis of smart, safe and reliable digital information and healthcare services in the Kingdom and in doing so will provide, organize and exchange health information electronically among bodies of health sectors and other relevant bodies. Through Membership in SNOMED International, the Kingdom and NHIC have committed support for structured terminology to address national tasks to standardize clinical terminology, names and definitions used in all health information systems and methods of collection. With the Kingdom’s strategic aims to support transformation of electronic healthcare services along with facilitating the circulation of health data and information electronically safely, SNOMED CT is a valuable tool to be used throughout the country. SNOMED CT is the world’s most comprehensive health terminology. Founded in 2007 by nine charter nations, SNOMED International is a not-for-profit, member-owned and driven international organization. The addition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has grown the organization’s Membership to thirty-nine countries and territories across five continents and enables management and use SNOMED CT and other related products. Membership also extends to participation on the General Assembly, a critical governance role which includes responsibility for approval of the organization's budget and strategy. “The Kingdom’s Membership in SNOMED International will extend the footprint of clinical terminology in place in hospital and health information systems within Saudi Arabia. In line with the launch of the Kingdom’s healthcare transformation strategy and Saudi’s 2030 Vision, investment in digital health infrastructure such as clinical terminology standards will contribute to accomplishing these goals” says SNOMED International CEO, Don Sweete. “SNOMED CT is internationally recognized as a powerful terminology for healthcare. Through our Membership in SNOMED International we are certain we can increase patient safety in the kingdom by eliminating errors occurring due to misinterpreted data, while fulfilling our National E- Health Strategy aligned with the Kingdom’s healthcare transformation strategy and 2030 Vision” says the NHIC’s General Director. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia becomes the third country within the Middle East region to join SNOMED International, further extending the SNOMED CT use, implementation experience and collaboration opportunities for the area. To learn more about the National Health Information Center visit https://nhic.gov.sa/en/Pages/default.aspx . Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The Health Informatics Centre (HIC) under the Planning Division of the Ministry of Health (MoH) Malaysia represents Malaysia in SNOMED International. Malaysia The Health Informatics Centre (HIC) under the Planning Division of the Ministry of Health (MoH) Malaysia represents Malaysia in SNOMED International. Contact Details Ministry of Health Malaysia Level 12, Block E7, Complex E Federal Government Administration Centre 62590 Putrajaya, Malaysia Website: www.moh.gov.my Email: TBD Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Dr Nuraidah binti Marzuki Member Forum: Dr Zulhairi Mohamad and Dr Ahmad Aqram Rusli News articles HIC is responsible for managing the development and distribution of SNOMED CT in Malaysia. In December 2009, HIC began the initiative to become a member of IHTSDO. Consistent involvement with IHTSDO activities allowed HIC to learn more about IHTSDO as an organization, SNOMED CT, and the possible benefits to Malaysian healthcare as a whole. Over time, the use of SNOMED CT has also piqued the interest of clinicians and health managers in Malaysia. In October 2012, the Malaysian team, comprised of HIC staff representing MoH Malaysia and staff from MIMOS, a government-funded R&D ICT agency, attended the annual IHTSDO Conference and SNOMED CT Implementation Showcase in Sweden. At the event, we gained significant knowledge about how SNOMED CT was developed and continues to be further expanded, about its current application to ICT environments and about the implementation experiences of other countries. In December 2012, Malaysia formally became the 22nd member of IHTSDO, now SNOMED International. HIC bears the responsibility to produce and disseminate trustworthy health and health-related information in a timely manner on behalf of MoH to national and international agencies. To fulfill this role, HIC has four main functions: 1. Data management: HIC develops and manages the national Health Information Management System (HIMS), which collects health data for health statistical reports. It serves as a platform that allows MoH stakeholders to make evidence-based decision making and planning. HIC is also in charge of identifying new health indicators, health information and data for the MoH. Data quality is vigorously checked by monitoring the submitted reports, followed by data cleaning for granular data. 2. Publication and dissemination: HIC analyzes data collected from various HIMS and produces reports for the MoH. It also manages requests for health information from national and international agencies. 3. Health informatics standards: HIC ensures integration and interoperability between various health facilities, especially in collecting information from primary sources for secondary use. HIC manages development, maintains versioning, reviews requests, provides training and promotes the use of health informatics standards. 4. Strategic health information planning: HIC plans, develops and manages related projects in gathering health and health-related information for MoH, such as leading the Malaysian Health Data Warehouse (MyHDW) project and the Geographical Information System. The Ministry of Health (MoH) Malaysia immediately began planning its approach for developing and implementing SNOMED CT after becoming a Member of the organization. The decision was made to try and meet the needs of clinicians and health managers interested in using SNOMED CT for clinical and secondary data analysis. There is the belief that providing early results within the first one or two years after adopting SNOMED CT will encourage a high level of buy-in from stakeholders. As a result, MoH proposed the development of two local RefSets, which will be implemented in an EHR environment to create a SNOMED CT coded database for further analysis. More information about SNOMED CT in Malaysia can be accessed here: www.moh.gov.my 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 Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

First Member from the Caribbean region, Jamaica adopts SNOMED as a needed element of its digital health transformation Back 2 Jun 2023 Back SNOMED International is pleased to announce that Jamaica has joined the global SNOMED CT community, becoming SNOMED International’s inaugural Member from the Caribbean region. Jamaica, the third largest island in the Caribbean Sea, boasts a population of nearly 3 million. Currently, Jamaica is undergoing a major digital transformation of its healthcare system, spearheaded by the national EHR pilot and health data exchange platform. These cutting-edge initiatives will empower patients to access their healthcare data and streamline transitions between public and private healthcare systems. By leveraging technology to improve healthcare access and quality, Jamaica is poised to make significant strides in enhancing the well-being of its citizens, while setting a compelling example for other nations in the region to follow. Founded in 2007 by nine charter nations, SNOMED International is a not-for-profit, member-owned and driven international organization. Jamaica’s adoption of SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive health terminology, is an important part of its digital health transformation: not only does it provide access to SNOMED CT and SNOMED International’s related products and services, but it also opens the door to the broad expertise of a global community of stakeholders, including other Members, collaboration partners, researchers, policy-makers, implementers, vendors, care providers, and patients and citizens. Learn more about the varied stakeholders contributing to the use and ongoing development of SNOMED CT at www.value.snomed.org . Joining a community of 48 global Members, Jamaica’s Ministry of Health & Wellness will serve as the National Release Centre for SNOMED CT. The Ministry will appoint representatives to the General Assembly and the Member Forum, the governance bodies that shape and guide SNOMED International projects and products, promote consultation and communication between SNOMED International and Members and make binding organizational decisions. “We are thrilled to welcome our first Member of the Caribbean region,” said SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete. “The implementation of SNOMED CT in Jamaica aligns with and supports the country’s commitment to digitally transforming its health system and will contribute to improved patient outcomes for Jamaica’s citizens.” Learn more about Jamaica’s Ministry of Health & Wellness . Visit Jamaica’s Member page on the SNOMED International website to view the country’s representatives to the Member Forum and the General Assembly. To learn more about SNOMED International and SNOMED CT, visit www.snomed.org . About the Jamaican Ministry of Health & Wellness The Ministry of Health (MOH) is the pre-eminent Government organization whose mandate is “to ensure the provision of quality health services and to promote healthy lifestyles and environmental practices.” The Ministry and its Regional Health Authorities, agencies and related organizations make up the public health system and are responsible for health care delivery across the island. Jamaica’s health vision is: “Healthy People, Healthy Environment.” It is one which envisages a health system that is client-centred and guarantees access to quality health care for every person in its population, at reasonable costs, and which takes into account the needs of the vulnerable. It is one which seeks to provide information and to educate the populace, to facilitate individuals taking responsibility for their own health, making informed decisions and adopting healthy lifestyle habits. All this, within a clean, healthy environment where families and communities actively participate and are integrated into the system of health. About SNOMED International SNOMED International is a not-for-profit organization that owns and develops SNOMED CT, the world's most comprehensive healthcare terminology product. We play an essential role in improving the health of humankind by determining standards for a codified language that represents groups of clinical terms. This enables healthcare information to be exchanged globally for the benefit of patients and other stakeholders. We are committed to the rigorous evolution of our products and services, to deliver continuous innovation for the global healthcare community. SNOMED International is the trading name of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO.) Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

New ICNP-SNOMED CT Nursing Practice Refset is first product from recent agreement Back 21 Oct 2021 Back OCTOBER 21, 2021 – SNOMED International and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) announce the production release of a new reference set, the International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP) SNOMED CT Nursing Practice Refset. In August 2020, SNOMED International and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) joined forces in a groundbreaking agreement for the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) to be managed, produced, released and distributed by SNOMED International. ICN retains ownership of ICNP and the definition of its content so that it meets the needs of the global nursing profession. The October 2021 production release of the ICNP SNOMED CT Nursing Practice Refset is the inaugural release following the 2020 agreement. ICNP, which has been in use for more than 30 years, is a standardized terminology that enables nurses to describe and report their practice, including diagnoses, interventions and outcomes, in a systematic way. The resulting information is used to support care and effective decision-making, and to inform nursing education and health policy. ICNP content has been incorporated into SNOMED CT and is being released as a reference set by SNOMED International on behalf of ICN. This Production release is based on the 2019 release of ICNP and the July 2021 International Edition Release of SNOMED CT. Subject matter experts from both organisations and the new ICNP Editorial Board at ICN have informed the decisions about additions and changes to SNOMED CT as a result of the incorporation of ICNP. To ensure fit with international requirements and other sources of terminology, the SNOMED International Nursing Clinical Reference Group has also provided advice and expertise. To accompany the reference set, equivalence tables reflecting ICNP content and equivalent SNOMED CT content have been created to show the correspondence between the content in the 2019 release of ICNP and the content in the SNOMED CT reference set. Provision of the equivalence tables supports the migration of ICNP data into SNOMED CT for those not using ICNP in SNOMED CT-enabled systems. This inaugural reference set release capitalises on ICN’s nursing terminology, which is defined by the nursing profession, and SNOMED International’s global clinical validation processes, licensing platform, quality assurance approach and established distribution tools. 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. Visit the ICN pages to learn more about ICN and ICNP . Visit the Our partners page to learn more about SNOMED International collaborations. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The global effort to manage COVID-19 through collaboration and clinical terminology Back 11 May 2020 Back Management of patient information and information standards regarding sharing, analysis and planning have become critical today. SNOMED International offers SNOMED CT, the world’s largest clinical terminology with a collection of 350,000+ clinical concepts for improved management of patient data. The global campaign to address COVID-19 is being advanced on many clinical and administrative fronts; across towns, cities, provinces, states, and nations. The impact of its reach has, and will continue to, extract human, social, and economic consequences globally. If there has been any learning fully absorbed across continents, it is the fragile interdependency of our ecosystems. Read about this global effort at www.healthmanagement.org Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

SNOMED CT COVID-19 content added to the Global Patient Set Back 12 Mar 2020 Back Since the date of issue, this information is now out of date and has been archived. It has been made available for reference. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization formally characterized Coronavirus, COVID-19, as a global pandemic and health systems globally are continuing their efforts to manage the outbreak. SNOMED International recently announced an interim release of the SNOMED CT International Edition outside of its customary release cycle to include updated COVID-19 content as a means of lending its support to the ongoing global effort. Without reservation, SNOMED International will also include this COVID-19 content, in its recently released Global Patient Set (GPS), a managed list of existing SNOMED CT unique identifiers, fully specified names (FSN), preferred terms in international English, and status flags, made available at no cost to users. Please note, this content will appear as part of the GPS in the next release in September 2020, but is now available and can be used under the same open license, (the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License). Following the announcement from WHO regarding the Emergency use of ICD-10 codes for the COVID-19 disease outbreak, the map record is also included in the March 2020 interim SNOMED CT International Edition release. Learn more about the GPS and access provided resources on SNOMED International’s Global Patient Set information page . For more information, contact info@snomed.org . Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

SNOMED International and international health research network OHDSI collaborate Back 7 Jun 2022 Back The Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) community and SNOMED International have formalized their long-time relationship with a five-year collaborative agreement that will benefit both of their user communities. OHDSI is a non-profit, global research collaborative that provides open-source solutions and products to enable analysis and sharing of health and observational data. Coordinated by the Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics, its mission is to improve health by empowering a community to collaboratively generate the evidence that promotes better health decisions and better care. SNOMED CT is a core terminology within OHDSI's common data model: Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP), allowing the use of other terminologies and classifications through computable linkages. Effective April 29, 2022, the collaboration provides OHDSI and its user community with comprehensive ontologies on specific healthcare domains and content such as devices, social determinants of health, disease severity scores and modifiers of cancers, as well as better concept definitions and resolutions of composite concepts in large-scale observational research. In return, OHDSI and its user community can provide SNOMED International with information and feedback on clinical validation, frequency of use data, and validation of SNOMED CT content modeling. Ultimately, continuous feedback shared regarding identified content gaps will benefit both user communities as we move forward together. The collaboration supports SNOMED International’s Member and stakeholder-driven five-year strategy, which includes genomic content collaboration as well as engagement with the research community. The work of OHDSI looks to showcase the use of SNOMED CT for the purposes of data analytics, supporting both healthcare research and audit, with the aim of enhancing healthcare globally. “Both OHDSI and SNOMED International are working towards creating a healthcare environment that provides both patients and clinicians the real-world evidence needed to make informed and important decisions,” said George Hripcsak, Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor and Chair of Columbia University’s Department of Biomedical Informatics. “SNOMED plays a critical role by delivering the comprehensive health terminologies necessary for OHDSI to generate reliable and reproducible evidence. Our community is thrilled to formalize this partnership so we can continue this important work.” SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete describes the collaboration with OHDSI as a major step forward supporting the global adoption of health data standards and terminologies. Supporting scientific research, networks and initiatives, SNOMED CT’s structured terminology strengthens tools used to produce research findings that drive improved patient outcomes. “Although we have worked with OHDSI extensively over the past years, formalizing our relationship offers extensive benefits to each organization’s stakeholders and we are excited about the engagement opportunities and the quality improvements the relationship will drive,” he said. “As well, our vision statements closely align: OHDSI is working toward a world in which observational research produces a comprehensive understanding of health and disease, while SNOMED International envisions a near future in which clinical terminologies will be used globally, resulting in better health and improved patient outcomes and supported by one language of health.” As part of the agreement, representatives from each organization will ensure the delivery of joint work, exploring areas where they can collaborate to highlight areas of clinical and informatics research and showcase the functionality of SNOMED International and OHDSI products. As an initial step, both parties will develop a two-year work plan that may include: use of SNOMED CT for research and analytics; evidence of benefits of SNOMED CT in use; SNOMED CT and derivative quality improvement; content collaboration; open engagement between clinical and research communities between the two organizations; and joint communications regarding the collaboration and work. SNOMED CT will be available to OHDSI and its user community throughout the term of the agreement for use in OHDSI products available on OHDSI’s GitHub repository . SNOMED International will also continue to work with OHDSI to provide SNOMED CT Development Licenses to OHDSI users in SNOMED International non-Member countries. For more information on this collaboration, please visit www.snomed.org and www.ohdsi.org/ . Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

SNOMED CT is the main clinical terminology in Helseplattformen EHR representing diagnoses, patient nursing plans and medication. This enables closed loop medication, advanced clinical decision support, and efficient reporting to health registries by FHIR profiles. SNOMED CT is a primary factor for interoperability across different operating systems and to bridge primary and secondary health care services. Back View Map Helseplattformen SNOMED CT: An engine for data driven healthcare services in Central Norway Read More Country / Region EMEA Tags Clinical Practice, Data quality, EHDS (European Health Data Space), Implementation, Innovation SNOMED CT is the main clinical terminology in Helseplattformen EHR representing diagnoses, patient nursing plans and medication. This enables closed loop medication, advanced clinical decision support, and efficient reporting to health registries by FHIR profiles. SNOMED CT is a primary factor for interoperability across different operating systems and to bridge primary and secondary health care services. Description Since 2019, the implementation of the Helseplattformen Electronic Health Record (EHR) has been underway, heralding a significant leap in healthcare technology within the Central Norway region. This system is built on the foundation of Epic Electronic Patient Journal (EPJ). In May 2022, Trondheim municipality was the first to use the new EHR system. Today Helseplattformen is operative for 39200 health workers, 9 hospitals, 34 municipalities, 71% of the population in Central Norway, 2 GP offices, 2 emergency care centers, all hospital labs and pharmacies. Helseplattformen EHR utilizes SNOMED CTs hierarchal structure (disorder, finding, procedure (to some extent), substance, body structure) to facilitate a wide range of functionality. From diagnose making, registering patient nursing plans, a closed-loop medication management system, clinical decision support and allergy warnings to efficient reporting to health registries by FHIR profiles. SNOMED CT provides Helseplattformen EHR with a solution to interoperate across different operating systems and bridge primary and secondary health care services. Scope SNOMED CT is the only terminology/ standard with the potential to enable us to interoperate across different operating systems and bridge primary and secondary health care services. How SNOMED CT will be used Helseplattformen EHR utilizes SNOMED CTs hierarchal structure. Disorder, finding, procedure (to some extent), substance, body structure hierarchies are used to facilitate a wide range of functionality in the system. From diagnose making by doctors, registering patient nursing plans, a closed-loop medication management system, clinical decision support and allergy warnings to efficient reporting to health registries by FHIR profiles. 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 Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe