One step closer to interoperability: Applying SNOMED CT’s engine to the IPS Back 25 Nov 2021 Back Since the date of issue, this information is now out of date and has been archived. It has been made available for reference. At SNOMED International’s recent October Business Meetings held in London, the organization’s governance bodies enacted a decision to extend the core of SNOMED CT’s structured clinical terminology to deliver an open, standalone sub-ontology to support the scope of content within the International Patient Summary (IPS.) The IPS is an electronic health record extract containing essential healthcare information for use in the unscheduled, cross-border care scenario, as well as for local, regional and other care scenarios. It is a minimal, non-exhaustive set of data elements defined by ISO/EN 17269 and delivered by HL7 in both CDA and FHIR using a curated set of SNOMED CT terms. There is a groundswell of support across all health sectors to increase the portability and usability of patient information for the purpose of safe health care delivery. In 2019, SNOMED International and HL7 International announced the formalization of a license agreement in which a relevant ‘Free for Use’ Set of SNOMED CT coded concepts would be used within the HL7 IPS. Most recently, we watched as G7 leaders collaborated to release a communique on the dire need to progress a global health interoperability agenda. IBM offers a working definition of interoperability as “the timely and secure access, integration and use of electronic health data so that it can be used to optimize health outcomes for individuals and populations.” The G7 communique, which highlighted the importance of enabling digital healthcare systems worldwide to work together seamlessly as patients move between providers, facilities and even countries, is an impactful statement that rippled throughout the global health community. A charge taken up by the Global Digital Health Partnership, it is one SNOMED International is eager to support. Embracing a collaborative approach, “SNOMED International has been pleased to continue to work with HL7 International and partners across Europe and beyond to define SNOMED CT content for use in the International Patient Summary,” offered SNOMED International Management Board Chair, Joanne Burns. Continuing to act in the spirit of the IPS Free Set , SNOMED International has committed to create and release an openly available IPS sub-ontology in the first half of 2022 to enhance the existing cross border movement of information, and ultimately health system interoperability. Unlike SNOMED International’s Global Patient Set , a flat list of SNOMED CT codes and terms, an IPS sub-ontology will provide implementers with a product that can be used in healthcare solutions using the power of SNOMED CT through its query language and hierarchies for the specified scope. Use of the IPS sub-ontology will allow for more effective use of clinical data analytics and decision support, and for Artificial Intelligence applications. Alex Elias, Chair of SNOMED International’s General Assembly, the organization’s Member governance body, has observed a significant increase in discussion regarding the IPS. “2021 has seen increased interest by governments and Health and Care organizations globally for implementing the IPS to enhance timely cross border health information flow and interoperability. This has been a primary driver in SNOMED International supporting this recent initiative to make the IPS sub-ontology openly available with SNOMED CT content.“ An organization with an extensive history and active program of collaboration, SNOMED International CEO, Don Sweete, has played a pivotal role in positioning the IPS sub-ontology as a ‘soon to be achieved’ reality. “As the G7 Health Ministers recently indicated, the importance of enabling digital healthcare systems worldwide to work together seamlessly so patients don’t suffer as they move between providers, facilities and even countries is a sentiment that has rippled throughout the global health community”, offered Sweete. He went on to state that, “continued work with fellow health standards development, national, clinical and technical entities, SNOMED International will dedicate resources to achieve the goal of digital health interoperability.” Sweete added, “equipping the IPS, already one of the best examples of international collaboration among standards bodies, with the full capability of SNOMED CT’s ontological design is a significant action that we can contribute to achieving health information access gains for patients.” Over the coming months, SNOMED International is formalizing the steps and due diligence required to make the IPS sub-ontology available for broad release. Throughout this period, SNOMED International will continue to define the IPS sub-ontology, from content through to its release and maintenance approach for launch in the first half of 2022. Visit SNOMED International's IPS Sub-Ontology information page or subscribe to the organization’s news service to learn more as this initiative progresses. For additional 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

IQVIA Back IQVIA Vendor Overview IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services to the life sciences industry. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA applies human data science — leveraging the analytic rigor and clarity of data science to the ever-expanding scope of human science — to enable companies to reimagine and develop new approaches to clinical development and commercialization, speed innovation and accelerate improvements in healthcare outcomes. Powered by the IQVIA CORE™, IQVIA delivers unique and actionable insights at the intersection of large-scale analytics, transformative technology and extensive domain expertise, as well as execution capabilities. With more than 58,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries. 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-enabled solutions A series of consulting and software solutions (e.g., privacy, NLP, AIML and other SaaS) that lever SNOMED CT and other reference terminologies across countries to provide insights to patient health journeys and outcomes. Scope of services Analytics Downloadable documents Office 210 Pentonville Road London N1 9JY UnitedKingdom iqvia.com Contact details Ben Hughes SVP 07500121313 ben.hughes@iqvia.com Regions where operational Global

Conteir Back Conteir Vendor Overview Conteir specializes in health content for today’s digital world. We create content that is not only targeted, knowledge-based and professionally updated, but also structured and semantically rich. This way, it can be used in application development and as a basis for machine learning and artificial intelligence. We have a high level of expertise in health codes and terminology, such as SNOMED CT. Conteir also provides consulting services. We help our customers to succeed with health content creation, management and distribution. Among our customers and partners, you will find: The Norwegian Directorate of Health The Norwegian Directorate of eHealth helsenorge.no (citizen health portal) The Norwegian Drug handbook The Norwegian Library of Health 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-enabled solutions SNOMED CT is always at the center of our consulting services and product development. In Norway, SNOMED CT is used both as primary terminology and as reference terminology. The latter is essential when designing content intended for automated distribution to third-party systems. An example is Clinical Decision Support (CDS) in EMRs. By using SNOMED CT's mapping against other coding systems (such as ICD-10 and ICPC2), medical guidelines and recommendations can be semantically defined using one terminology, but understood by all software used in the Norwegian health service. Based on SNOMED CT, Conteir has also provided content design for distribution of patient information to Norwegian authorities. This was the first service in Norway to use SNOMED CT. Conteir offers training in SNOMED CT and helps our clients implement the terminology — conceptually, organizationally and technically. We also work closely with the Norwegian Release Center. Scope of services Clinical coding, Clinical documentation, EMR, Order sets Downloadable documents Office Youngstorget 3 Oslo 0181 Norway https://conteir.no Contact details Eirik Hafver Roenjum CEO and senior advisor +47 92 40 31 65 eirik@conteir.no Regions where operational Europe

Andorra became a Member in 2023, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Andorra Andorra became a Member in 2023, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Servei Andorrà d'Atenció Sanitària (SAAS) Website: https://www.saas.ad Email: sbonet@saas.ad , maria_rendon@govern.ad , Rosa_Vidal@govern.ad Linkedin Twitter Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Silvia Bonet Member Forum: Silvia Bonet and Maria Rendon News articles Andorrà takes big step towards interoperability with SNOMED CT adoption Servei Andorrà d'Atenció Sanitària (Andorra Health Care System) is a para-public management system that administers and manages the country’s healthcare resources, including one hospital, 11 primary care centres, one nursing home and a school health service. 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

Digital China Health Back Digital China Health Education Partner In 2019, Digital China Health and SNOMED International 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, Digital China Health 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. Additional information Visit Education at SNOMED International or contact elearning@snomed.org for more information. Press Release: November 2019: SNOMED International signs SNOMED CT education delivery agreement with Digital China Health Technologies Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Nourish Care Systems LTD Back Nourish Care Systems LTD Vendor Overview Nourish Care Ltd are an electronic care planning provider. Offering a digital platform to record notes and monitor those within a social care setting. Nourish works with a whole range of care services, including but not limited to: Residential Nursing Homes, Large Care Groups, Learning Disability Services, Mental Health Services. The Nourish platform is both web and app based, and it’s main purpose is to allow carers to record at the point of care, thus eliminating the need for lengthy paper notes and the risk of inaccuracy and inconsistency amongst patient records. One of the most important outcomes of using Nourish is to allow carers to spend less time note taking, and more time providing face-to-face, person-centred care, and allowing carers to record, monitor and analyse the health of those they support much more intricately, to be able to provide them the best care possible. What makes Nourish unique is that it is a truly flexible platform which can be configured to the needs and requirements of your care service. At Nourish, we know that there isn’t a one-size fits all approach to care, which is why the Nourish team will work with you to customise the elements of your platform in a way that works for you, and most importantly, those you support. Recording notes via the Nourish platform allows you store all information in a central location, which can be accessed anywhere at any time, by anyone with the relevant permissions. This significantly reduces the risk of lost patient data, making it a simple and safe way for care teams to work efficiently. With records that are secure and consistent, evidencing care becomes much more manageable and it provides transparency between care teams and managers on a daily basis. 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-enabled solutions Within Nourish’s electronic care planning platform you can add new patient data such as medical conditions quickly and easily, via a searchable list. You can then track and monitor medical conditions, allergies and other important information with ease either via Nourish’s analytics feature, or in conjunction with other healthcare services. Scope of services Analytics, Clinical documentation, EHR Downloadable documents Nourish Care - Brochure Office Third Floor, Dean Park House 8-10 Dean Park Crescent Bournemouth Dorset BH1 1HL UnitedKingdom https://nourishcare.co.uk Contact details Nuno Almeida caring@nourishcare.co.uk Regions where operational Europe

AMA and SNOMED International announce the validation of new SNOMED CT and CPT cross maps Back 28 Mar 2022 Back Since the date of issue, this information is now out of date and has been archived. It has been made available for reference. The American Medical Association (AMA) and SNOMED International announce the validation of the AMA’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) to SNOMED CT® cross maps. This validation exercise is the latest in a series of steps to enhance the bi-directional, rules-based cross maps that deliver better data transparency to enable heath systems to pinpoint efficiencies along care pathways and optimize resource utilization management to achieve better health outcomes. Tighter integration of the AMA’s CPT ® to SNOMED CT brings the power of two global medical terminologies to health systems seeking to gain resource utilization insights, administration analytics and physician compensation data linkage to their clinical documentation. Health systems deploying SNOMED CT will be able to leverage these connections to CPT content and unlock answers from their onslaught of complex clinical data more easily. The collaboration between AMA and SNOMED International aims to improve integration between the CPT and SNOMED CT terminologies by producing solutions for governments, hospitals, clinical practices, researchers and other stakeholders to help organize and utilize healthcare data better. As both terminologies continue to evolve to keep pace with modern medicine, they agree that an increasingly common medical language elevates the potential for even more medical innovation around the globe. The AMA and SNOMED International plan is to continue make health data enhancements to support medical innovation and use-case changes. Both organizations encourage health care stakeholders to join our conversation to share the new ideas, to explore new data paths and to evaluate how the combined terminologies can be used best to drive more value to their health care systems. “Health systems as a whole, require health-related data standards that are credible, comprehensive, and developed using collaborative, rigorous, and evidence-based processes,” said the AMA’s Lori Prestesater, Vice President of Health Solutions. “The AMA’s collaboration with SNOMED supports the shift to digitization and will help the healthcare industry optimize resources and increase efficiencies as it works towards achieving better patient outcomes, and improved patient and clinician experiences, all at a lower cost.” “As we continue to observe, there are many moving parts to achieving optimal information flow, data quality, and user satisfaction across regional, national and international healthcare systems,” offers Don Sweete, SNOMED International CEO. “Fulfilling a strategic objective to facilitate and integrate terminology standards and classifications, our ongoing mapping and validation activities with AMA is a prime example of two organizations working together to enhance and streamline the health and care ecosystem for the benefit of users and care recipients.” Both organizations are dedicated to the pursuit of unambiguous exchange of clinical information. Together, they seek to address the health system’s emerging need for greater integration in support of interoperability as well as health and resource data analytics. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Blog: SNOMED International concludes community feedback period on proposed description character limit increase and finalizes next steps Back 16 Sept 2025 Back Following over a year of consultation with our Members and stakeholders, SNOMED International has concluded its review of the proposal to increase the maximum potential length of Fully Specified Name (FSN) and Synonym descriptions in SNOMED CT. Purpose The purpose of this update is to inform the SNOMED International Community of Practice, Advisory and Project Groups about the feedback received regarding this proposal, and the agreed next steps. Background In 2024, SNOMED International initiated a consultation process to understand the impact of increasing the maximum character length of FSN and Synonym descriptions from 255 characters to 4096 characters. Over the past year, briefing notes were circulated and input from Members was carefully considered. Results of the Consultation The consultation phase concluded with broad support for the proposed change. No objections have been raised since that time, and Members who responded confirmed their acceptance of the proposed transition date of 1 July 2026. In line with established practice, SNOMED International will: Execute the transition on the agreed date, Issue scheduled communications to provide visibility of the changes and confirm completion once implemented, and Publish a list of International Edition Descriptions that have been increased over the original 255 characters. SNOMED International Member National Release Centres (NRCs) are requested to share these communications with national and regional end users and provide any required support. Next Steps The consultation will be marked as formally closed. SNOMED International will issue reminder communications in January 2026 ahead of the transition. NRCs will engage national and regional stakeholders to ensure readiness. The change will be implemented in the 1 July 2026 International Edition release, with updates applied to the DescriptionType file in the Metadata folder. The change will apply to all SNOMED International products. After the initial International Edition transition, Managed Service extensions and derivative products will gradually adopt the new standard. Post-transition, SNOMED International will: Confirm that the new description length maximum has been applied, and Publish the list of International Edition descriptions that have been increased. NRCs will be engaged to share this information with their end users. We encourage Members and stakeholders to review this information and take any actions necessary to prepare end users for the upcoming changes. Please contact info@snomed.org with any questions. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The Ministry of Health (MOH) bears national responsibility for ensuring the health of the population of Israel. Israel The Ministry of Health (MOH) bears national responsibility for ensuring the health of the population of Israel. Contact Details Ministry of Health 39 Yirmiyahu St Jerusalem Israel Website: https://www.health.gov.il/English/Pages/HomePage.aspx Email: Dr Yael Applbaum yael.applbaum@moh.health.gov.il ; Dr. Barbara Silverman barbara.silverman@moh.gov.il Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Dr. Boaz Lev, Ombudsman for Medical Professions, Israel Health Ministry Member Forum: Dr. Yael Applbaum, Director, Health Information Quality, Israel Health Ministry News articles It also determines the policy on matters of medical services, supervision, auditing, control, licensing and coordination of the health systems and services. Policy is based on health information that is gathered routinely from all health services. Data is the building block for policy decisions and the Health Ministry is investing much effort in data sharing, in big data and in digital health across all healthcare services. While the strategic decision to adopt SNOMED CT as the health system's clinical terminology was taken in 2012, when Israel joined as a member, the implementation method and timing has not yet been determined. This is because plans to implement SNOMED were linked to strategic decisions regarding the upgrading of the ICD coding system in a joint project. There are no plans to translate SNOMED into Hebrew, as medical diagnoses are written in English in all electronic health records. More information about SNOMED CT in Israel can be accessed here: https://www.health.gov.il/English/Pages/HomePage.aspx 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

SNOMED International and INSERM sign third consecutive collaboration agreement Back 16 Dec 2024 Back SNOMED International and INSERM, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research , have renewed a collaboration agreement initially established in 2015. The focus of the agreement continues to be on ensuring that rare diseases can be identified and recorded in a standard way globally and this is supported by the inclusion of rare disorders nomenclature content from Orphanet in SNOMED CT. Orphanet, the INSERM unit dedicated to knowledge on rare diseases, maintains the Orphanet nomenclature of rare diseases (ORPHAcodes) and provides a multilingual database of information related to rare diseases and orphan drugs. Orphanet is a network of 40 countries, committed to improving the recognition, information and knowledge to improve rare diseases patients’ lives. The Orphanet nomenclature of rare diseases is a key resource facilitating primary and secondary use of rare disease data supporting care, research and public health. It is the only rare disease specific medical terminology, constantly evolving as knowledge evolves, with the contribution of rare disease experts from around the world. Orphanet operates under the joint authority of the French Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health and Medical Research. INSERM is a public scientific and technological institute dedicated to biomedical research and human health, including rare diseases, and is involved in the entire range of activities from the laboratory to the patient's bedside and to public health. SNOMED CT is the most comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology in the world. It is used in 80 countries, representing a third of the global population. SNOMED International is committed to supporting interoperability across the healthcare sector globally, facilitating terminology integration and improving safe patient care. Effective October 2024, the agreement builds on prior collaboration agreements (2015 and 2020) intended to raise the visibility of rare diseases in terminologies and promote interoperability between organizations and countries using different coding systems. The collaboration has already delivered Orphanet rare disease content into the SNOMED CT International release and a linkage between SNOMED CT and Orphanet. The new collaboration agreement continues the work to maintain and update the alignment between SNOMED CT and Orphanet. In addition, both organisations are committed to supporting those requiring and using rare disease content to facilitate better patient care, precision medicine and research. Implementation is key to enable a global picture of rare diseases to provide understanding and allow improved patient management. “The ongoing renewal of our collaboration with INSERM demonstrates that we are building on a foundation of trust and achievement that has successfully delivered SNOMED CT content and product improvement,” said SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete. “We look forward to another five years of successfully working together to achieve our mutual goals to globally improve and transform healthcare delivery for patients and clinicians in the rare diseases domain.” Katrien Scheerlinck, Senior Expert Health Standards at the Belgium National Release Centre, said, “The integration of rare diseases concepts from Orphanet offers a significant administrative simplification in our case. What currently requires additional administrative resources can now automatically flow into our scientific registers and statistics. Academic hospitals and research centres are extremely enthusiastic about this forward-looking solution and simplification." Theresa Barry, Clinical Terminology Architecture Lead, (Téarmaíocht Chliniciúil Ceannaire Ailtireachta), Ireland said, “Having the Orphanet codes in SNOMED made available with a mapping file is going to be transformational for the collection of data for rare diseases, allowing registries and statistics to seamlessly flow data that will benefit patients and researchers. This approach is widely acknowledged as being progressive and beneficial, to all stakeholders.” “This renewed collaboration with SNOMED International aligns with Orphanet’s strategy of contributing to the creation of an interoperable rare disease data ecosystem. ORPHAcodes are the common language between countries and between sectors, for a better recognition of rare diseases, data production and knowledge generation, bringing health data to registries and data spaces. This cannot be achieved without the sustained collaboration with SNOMED since 2015, a collaboration of which we are proud,” said Dr Ana Rath, Orphanet Director. Media Inquiries Inserm, US14 - Orphanet Charlotte Rodwell Email: media.orphanet@inserm.fr SNOMED International Kelly Kuru Email: comms@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

This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Back Shelley Lipon Chief Operating Officer Shelley leads the Customer and Stakeholder Relations and Education and Product Support teams and joined SNOMED International in October of 2014 after spending the last 10 years with Canada Health Infoway (“Infoway”). During her time at Infoway she was responsible for all client relations and investment projects for the mid-western region, also leading Infoway's Certification Service for 3 years. Prior to working for Infoway Shelley was the CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Information Network, the provincial agency responsible for the development and implementation of the electronic health record across the Province. Shelley is a fellow Chartered Accountant and also holds a certified corporate director accreditation. 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’s GPS continues to reach a global population Back 18 Dec 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. A slice of SNOMED CT, the GPS is a managed collection of existing reference sets, available to any user at no cost. It's positioned to support cross border interoperability and enhanced digital maturity as users move towards decision support and full analytics capabilities in their respective strategies. Since its first release in September 2019, the GPS has capped off 2020 with 650+ downloads of the GPS from a variety of users worldwide. The GPS offers clinical content across dentistry, renal, family & general practice and nursing areas, and includes IHE, DICOM and HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS) domains and activities. Of particular relevance, the IPS is a minimal and non-exhaustive patient summary dataset containing essential healthcare information for use in the unscheduled, cross-border care scenario, as well as for local, regional and other care scenarios. SNOMED CT content supports the HL7 IPS and also the terminology to underpin the CEN European Standard for the Patient Summary. Through the GPS, these SNOMED CT terms are available free for use in HL7 CDA R2 implementations and FHIR IPS Implementations Guides worldwide, supporting the joint goal of cross border sharing and reuse of information. With the many events transpiring in 2020, among them was the introduction of a variety of new SNOMED CT content to the GPS. COVID-19 and related SNOMED CT content In terms of newly added content, in March 2020, the World Health Organization formally characterized Coronavirus, COVID-19, as a global pandemic and health systems worldwide are continuing their efforts to manage the outbreak. COVID-19 content included in the January 2020 release was subsequently updated in March 2020 with SNOMED International issuing an elective release falling outside of its customary release cycle. January and updated March COVID-19 content has been added to the scope of the September 2020 GPS release to support the recording and sharing of healthcare data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing and relevant SNOMED CT content has also been added to the GPS and can be referenced at http://snomed.org/covid-19 Social Determinants of Health SNOMED International is also committed to supporting the reduction of health inequity through developing and managing social determinants of health content within SNOMED CT’s clinical terminology. To maximize accessibility of this content, SNOMED International has also included a large amount of social determinants of health content within the September 2020 GPS release. Looking forward As the global situation persists and new SNOMED CT content is developed, SNOMED International has developed processes to assess relevant content for inclusion in the GPS. Offered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License, the GPS is available to any interested party at no cost, simply by visiting SNOMED International’s GPS information page and registering your use. Additional resources including use cases, and implementation guidance are also located on the GPS information page . Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe