SNOMED International provides online courses, tutorials and learning pathways that help to extend your knowledge and understanding of SNOMED CT. Education SNOMED International provides online courses, tutorials and learning pathways that help to extend your knowledge and understanding of SNOMED CT SNOMED CT courses and certification SNOMED International offers a range of education courses and certification exams. Our courses provide a structured learning program for beginners through to advanced users of SNOMED CT, while our certification allow individuals to be recognized for their capabilities in specific skill areas. To apply for one of our courses or register for a certification exam, please visit our SNOMED CT Course Catalog. Course catalog SNOMED CT e-learning services To access these services please visit the SNOMED CT E-Learning Platform. SNOMED CT e-learning platform SNOMED CT starter tutorials The SNOMED CT Starter Tutorials provide an introduction to the key benefits and features of SNOMED CT. You can access these tutorials without creating an account on the E-Learning Platform. Starter tutorials SNOMED CT presentation library The SNOMED CT Presentation Library allows you to view a wide range of SNOMED CT education presentations. To access this service, please visit the Presentation Library. Presentation library Learn more Events Annual Business Meetings, Expo, and SNOMED CT Web Series Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Get involved Find out how you can get involved 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 Courses and certification E-learning services Starter tutorials Presentation library

SNOMED International's twice-annual business meetings support discussion, knowledge exchange and planning of the organization's governance and advisory bodies. Business meetings SNOMED International's twice-annual business meetings support discussion, knowledge exchange and planning of the organization's governance and advisory bodies. Next meeting: October 18-21, 2026 (Hybrid event) InterContinental Sydney Sydney, Australia (and online) Register now View schedule Meet. Advise. Engage. SNOMED International's twice-annual Business Meetings are hybrid events in April and October for our governance, advisory, working, project and clinical reference groups, providing the organization and Community of Practice both in-person and online opportunities to participate. The next in-person conference will be held from October 18-21, 2026 at the InterContinental Sydney hotel in Australia, alongside some online-only sessions. It will be followed by SNOMED CT Expo 2026 from October 21-23, 2026. Learn more about the Expo here . All in-person meetings will be supported with the necessary audio and video tools to support high quality online participation via Zoom. Links to join meetings online are shared on the organization's What's on this Week calendar - pre-registration is not required. For any additional information pertaining to the Business Meetings, please contact events@snomed.org . More information Schedule and registration The schedule for the October 2026 Business Meetings is available here. Click here to register your attendance. Contribute your knowledge and connect with peers in the SNOMED CT Community of Practice - all free of charge! Please note that pre-registration to attend the Business Meetings online is not required. Venue and accommodation Attendee guide Host country Entry visas Attend online Subscribe for event updates Data privacy and event terms & conditions Future business meeting dates SNOMED CT in Austria (April 2026) April 2026 Business Meeting Summary Report SNOMED CT Expo 2026 The SNOMED CT Expo unites clinical terminology SMEs from around the world Learn more Get involved Find out how you can get involved Learn more Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Chile became a Member on November 1 2013, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Chile Chile became a Member on November 1 2013, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Department of Statistics and Health Information, Office of Family Clinical Classifications and Terminological Standards, Ministry of Health Huérfanos 670, Santiago, Chile, 320196 (for the submission of printed documentation). Website: http://www.deis.minsal.cl Email: felipeandres.bravo@minsal.cl Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Felipe Bravo Member Forum: Felipe Bravo News articles Health Informatics Office is the unit that has been entrusted by the Ministry of Health to deliver a project that will use health information technology to ensure appropriate use of electronic medical records throughout the country. Since the amount of information is growing every day, creating knowledge has become a great challenge. Standardization and correct use of available tools will allow us to achieve our objectives. Moreover, being a part of an international community will let us share best practices, and further reducing the needed time to implement the whole project. The major goal is to provide terminology services to the whole health system, using SNOMED CT as the basis, not only limited to diagnosis or procedures. Health Informatics Office is working in a National Pharmaceutical Terminology that will allow nationwide coordination with every related agency. Great expectations are due. In the long run we foresee every hospital and primary care facility exchanging relevant information for better patient care, information management and policies definition. 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

Long-Standing Collaboration Renewed for Continued Production of SNOMED CT - DICOM Freeset Back 11 Aug 2021 Back SNOMED International and DICOM have formally extended their longstanding agreement to publish a SNOMED CT Freeset of coded concepts in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard. This collaboration agreement, a renewal of the agreement negotiated in 2016, will extend for a 5-year term to July 1, 2026. DICOM has been incorporating SNOMED CT into its Standard for more than 20 years, originally through an agreement with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) before SNOMED CT was undertaken by IHTSDO, now rebranded as SNOMED International. “This is great news for our collective medical imaging interoperability community,” said Lawrence Tarbox, Co-Chair of the DICOM Standard Committee. “We are thrilled to continue collaboration with SNOMED International with this agreement renewal.” “This agreement will support the consistent use of standardized clinical terminology within DICOM that will ultimately benefit patient care,” added DICOM General Secretary Carolyn Hull. This renewed licensing agreement covers the use of an agreed-upon set of 7,000+ SNOMED CT codes and descriptions in the DICOM Standard. The SNOMED CT-DICOM set is updated once annually in line with the July SNOMED CT international release, considering changes to SNOMED CT and any requests for changes from the DICOM Standard Committee. “Renewal of our joint commitment to enable the use of consistent clinical terminology for imaging purposes is a clear example of the recent interoperability statements issued at the G7 Health Ministers meeting,” stated SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete. “The importance of international health collaboration is at the core of our approach to partnerships, in which DICOM continues to play a vital role.” The DICOM Freeset is also available as part of SNOMED International's Global Patient Set (GPS), an open product designed to enable the sharing of patient health information coded with SNOMED CT across care settings, systems, and national borders. Supporting the movement of structured clinical terminology and providing options for countries at the beginning of their digital health journey, the GPS is a managed collection of existing reference sets available to any user at no cost and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Including clinical content across dentistry, renal, family and general practice, and nursing areas, the GPS also includes IHE and HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS) domains and activities in addition to DICOM content. To learn more about this continuously evolving collaboration, please visit the DICOM and SNOMED International websites. The DICOM SNOMED CT content is available via the SNOMED CT International Edition and also accessible as part of SNOMED International’s Global Patient Set . About DICOM DICOM ® — Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine — is the international standard for medical images and related information. It defines the formats for medical images that can be exchanged with the data and quality necessary for clinical use. DICOM ® is implemented in almost every radiology, cardiology imaging, and radiotherapy device (X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, etc.), and increasingly in devices in other medical domains such as ophthalmology and dentistry. With hundreds of thousands of medical imaging devices in use, DICOM ® is one of the most widely deployed healthcare messaging Standards in the world. There are billions of DICOM ® images currently in use for clinical care. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

GS1 Back GS1 Standards Partner In April 2016, IHTSDO and GS1 signed a Collaboration Agreement focusing on specific areas of joint work, building on a previous Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) established to facilitate liaison between the two organizations and committing to closer working to ensure compatibility between our respective standards where appropriate. The agreement will be reviewed and evaluated to explore how the two organizations may continue to collaborate in 2023. Additional information The focus of the 2016 agreement is: Development of guidance/principles for linking SNOMED CT and GTINs that can be applied at the national/local level Exploring options, feasibility and benefits for a technical solution/model at international level to support local/national linkage between SNOMED CT and GTINs. This will come out of the guidance/principles work. An Expert Group assisted in the work, based on their requirements for the principles/guidance at a national level. The agreed Scope and Purpose statement and Use Cases for the SNOMED CT to GS1 linkage work as well as the draft Principles are available in the links below. Draft Principles (20170324) Use Cases (20170324) GS1 and IHTSDO Collaboration work: Scope Statement 20160728 Press Release: April 2016: New Global Collaboration between GS1 and IHTSDO Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

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Engaging with clinicians is fundamental to ensuring that the SNOMED CT product is, and continues to be, fit to support clinical practice. SNOMED International’s culture has a progressive and sustainable approach to engaging clinicians. Clinicians Engaging with clinicians is fundamental to ensuring that the SNOMED CT product is, and continues to be, fit to support clinical practice. Vision for clinical engagement The vision of clinical engagement is "to ensure that all activities of SNOMED International are influenced by global clinical communities.” SNOMED International’s culture has a progressive and sustainable approach to engaging clinicians. View the strategy Engage as a clinician The benefits of clinical engagement include: Informing direction of SNOMED International products and services Improving quality, and thus clinical usability and acceptability, of SNOMED International products and services, based on clinical knowledge and expertise Identifying clinical champions who support and endorse the implementation of SNOMED CT and related products and services Promoting collaboration between international healthcare professional groups that improve SNOMED International products and services Our clinical engagement team: Global Clinical Engagement Lead - Ian Green Clinical Engagement Lead - Dr. Charles Gutteridge Collaboration Lead - Jane Millar Contact Clinical groups Clinical input to support the development of SNOMED CT is delivered through Clinical Reference Groups and Clinical Project Groups. These groups are focused on clinical specialities, with each specialty are having its own section on Spaces, our collaborative portal. Each site supports discussion and knowledge sharing. Access to the Clinical Reference Groups and Clinical Project Groups is though a central portal focused on clinical engagement activities. Learn about Clinical Reference and Clinical Project Groups Clinical Web Series The Clinical Web Series is a collection of monthly, 90 minute webinars where clinicians working with SNOMED CT share their real-world experiences. Attendees will gain a greater insight into the work of clinicians using SNOMED CT in their practice. Registration is open to all and there is no cost to attend. View schedule SNOMED CT for clinical data analytics Building on data capture at the point of care, one of the prime uses of SNOMED CT is to enable clinical data analytics. Watch the demo outlining how SNOMED CT supports data analytics as well as review related SNOMED International resources. Watch demo Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe Vision for clinical engagement Clinical groups Clinical Web Series SNOMED CT for clinical data analytics

SNOMED International is a not-for-profit organization that owns, administers and develops SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive clinical terminology. Visit www.snomed.org for product and service information, stakeholder implementation resources and news about SNOMED CT. Explore the Value of SNOMED CT This interactive platform presents SNOMED CT stakeholder value propositions along with evidence that SNOMED CT adds measurable value to a broad range of primary and secondary health processes leveraging SNOMED CT encoded data to deliver improved patient outcomes. Read the executive summary SNOMED CT is a best-in-class, core clinical reference terminology that is well-designed, comprehensive, serves multiple uses, is widely adopted, and enables improved patient outcomes Question A core clinical reference terminology Several names are given to systems of standardized terms or concepts, such as SNOMED CT. It can be referred to as a terminology, a vocabulary, or a lexicon. These names are all synonymous. The semantic network features of SNOMED CT are the same as what exists in ontologies. SNOMED CT is a terminology built on an ontological foundation (i.e. it looks and acts like an ontology). Ideally, controlled terminologies (vocabularies) should have twelve features, as outlined in the seminal article by Dr. James Cimino. SNOMED CT does in fact adhere to all the twelve features, some of which allow it to be differentiated from other classification systems. As a terminology, SNOMED CT is fit-for-purpose. The European-wide ASSESS CT project, integrated a broad range of stakeholders, and investigated the fitness of the international clinical terminology SNOMED CT as a potential standard for EU-wide eHealth deployments. Assess CT deemed SNOMED CT the best available core reference terminology for cross-border, national and regional eHealth deployments in Europe. Learn more about SNOMED CT Answer What is SNOMED CT? Understand SNOMED CT through the example of Viral Pneumonia Click here 5 things that make SNOMED CT unique Core Reference Terminology SNOMED CT is integrated to over 20 other clinical terminologies and classification systems. It is the core reference terminology in the clinical terminology ecosystem. Learn more Content For terminologies “content is paramount”. SNOMED CT, with over 350,000 concepts is the most comprehensive and fine-grained clinical terminology. It has 3-4 times more content than the next largest clinical terminologies. Learn more Semantic Network SNOMED CT has a machine-readable semantic network, whereas other terminologies do not. SNOMED CT's semantic network differentiates it from other clinical terminologies, especially in its capability to carry out analytics and research. Learn more Broad Use SNOMED CT is commonly used for documenting problem lists, procedures, clinical findings and diseases in clinical information, health data and analytics and interoperability solutions. Learn more National Mandates SNOMED CT is mandated for use in many countries, most notably: U.S.A. with Meaningful Use U.K.’s NHS policy that all GP systems will use SNOMED CT Australia mandating SNOMED CT as the preferred national solution for a clinical terminology as endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council. Learn more The value of SNOMED CT for stakeholders Policy Makers Patients & Citizens Care Providers Vendors Implementers Researchers, etc. Collaboration Partners Members Stakeholder value proposition Where is SNOMED CT used? SNOMED CT-embedded Clinical Information Systems, Health Data & Analytics Platforms, and/or Interoperability Solutions are used in the following ways Research Conducting clinical research, laboratory research and scientific research. Data Entry and Integration The recording & integration of SNOMED CT in clinical information systems and health data & analytics platforms. Clinical Information Sharing The electronic exchange of clinical data and documents among Care Providers along the continuum of care, often using interoperability solutions. Research Creating historical summaries, doing point-of-care reporting and using clinical decision support. Population Analytics Conducting trend & comparative analysis, pharmacovigilence and clinical audit. Management Analytics Conducting trend & comparative analysis and health system value analysis. SNOMED CT Case Studies A Demonstrated Case for Investment: Real World Use Learn more AEHRC and CSIRO (Australia) a look into the current and future possibilities for SNOMED CT use in artificial intelligence. Learn more Honghu Public Health Surveillance (COVID-19) a description of the SNOMED-CT-embedded Honghu Hybrid System that supported policy makers and public health officials with COVID-19 surveillance and control Learn more OHDSI the SNOMED CT-embedded OMOP CDM, and the benefits obtained from research projects using the OHDSI research collaborative Learn more University of Nebraska Medical Centre the benefits obtained from the SNOMED CT-embedded i2B2 data warehouse and its use for clinical and translational research Learn more Northern Queensland Primary Health Network and the Mackay Hospital and Health Service an economic evaluation of the Mackay SNOMED CT-embedded HealthPathways implementation Learn more University of Cambridge Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the benefits derived from a SNOMED CT-embedded eHospital clinical information system, patient portal and a health data & analytics platform Learn more Barts NHS Trust and the East London Health and Care Partnership the benefits derived from a SNOMED CT-embedded Cerner clinical information system and a regional EHR and data & analytics platform Learn more North York General Hospital the benefits obtained from a SNOMED CT-embedded eCare clinical decision support system Learn more Kaiser Permanente the benefits derived from a SNOMED CT-embedded HealthConnect clinical information system and patient portal, as well as analytics and research Learn more Veterans Health Administration the cost benefit analysis of the SNOMED CT-embedded VistA system, as well as the benefits derived from the Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE). 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The Joint Initiative Council: International Collaboration for Digital Health Standards Back 11 Apr 2019 Back It is widely accepted that the adoption of standards is a foundational element essential to effective digital health. Today’s health care demands extensive sharing of information amongst clinicians, across organizations and geographies, and also with the patient, all of which would be impossible without the use of standards. With the increasing globalization of digital health comes the equally increasing need to use internationally developed standards. International digital health standards are produced and supported by a relatively small number of international Standards Development Organizations (SDO’s). In the past, these SDO’s operated independently resulting in standards that often overlapped and competed for acceptance. In 2007 the Joint Initiative Council for Global Health Informatics Standardization (known as the JIC) was formed to provide a forum for dialogue and collaboration amongst an initial group of 3 of SDO’s. Having grown to include 9 SDOs representing the most prominent in the industry, current membership includes ISO/TC215, HL7 International, CEN/TC251, CDISC, IHE International, DICOM, SNOMED International, GS1, and the PCH Alliance. As stated in its Charter, the JIC is a council of equals, with each member SDO taking a turn to chair the JIC for a 2-year term. This Chair rotation is key to the JIC’s stability and sustainability over time. While the JIC undertakes a myriad of functions, the most important is as a forum for regular collaboration amongst the senior leadership of the member SDO’s. “This exchange of strategies, priorities and initiatives provides assurance to the digital health industry worldwide that SDO’s are committed to ongoing dialogue, and wherever possible, joint initiatives that reduce overlapping efforts and fill needed gaps”, said Michael Nusbaum, who represents IHE and is the current JIC Chair. “Users of our standards, including governments, health providers and vendors, welcome this collaboration as a signal of cooperation and stability at the international level”. In addition, the JIC has undertaken a number of specific joint initiatives that have led to a more harmonized approach to the development of standards. Examples of JIC successes include standards for harmonized data types, functional models for electronic and personal health records, a tool that collects and resolves standards definitions and terms, a standards set and associated guidance for implementing a patient summary record, and standards for the identification of medicinal products. Currently, the JIC is also helping to coordinate cross-SDO participation in the development of international genomics standards. While each of the member SDO’s have their particular strengths and capabilities, the JIC serves as an important vehicle to foster both the spirit of collaboration as well as cross-SDO development activities, leading to a stronger and more robust international standards community that supports digital health. To learn more about the JIC and how it serves and adds value to the global digital health community, visit the website at www.jointinitiativecouncil.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 use case describes the automation of monitoring obstetric clinical indicators using SNOMED CT encoded clinical notes. The semi-structured clinical notes were extracted and encoded with SNOMED CT using a natural language processing system called MyHarmony. A tri-partite arrangement was established, which involved the informaticians at the Health Informatics Centre (Pusat Informatik Kesihatan, PIK) in the Ministry of Health Malaysia, the clinicians headed by the head of Malaysia’s obstetric speciality, and the Information Technology (IT) engineers of the hospitals involved. Each party has specific roles and responsibilities. There were four benefits identified with using this approach: (1) No data entry required. (2) Saved time and resources due to the automation process for data submission, codification, and reporting. Hence, there is no effect on clinical workflow or requires additional workload. (3) Richer analysis due to the granularity of the data written in free text. (4) Timely result which enables clinicians to monitor and intervene faster. However, there were several expected challenges during this project. First is the incompleteness of the documentation by the doctors which need can be improved with continuous awareness. the documentation and the resulting reports. Secondly, the team must standardize the semi-structured clinical notes from different hospitals. Therefore, it is important that the informatician understand the clinical requirement to ensure the right data are extracted by the IT engineers. This approach will be introduced to other clinical specialities so they can experience the same benefit when using SNOMED CT. Back View Map Ministry of Health Malaysia An approach to monitor obstetric clinical indicators using SNOMED CT encoded clinical notes Read More Country / Region APAC Tags Artificial intelligence, Clinical Practice, Data analytics This use case describes the automation of monitoring obstetric clinical indicators using SNOMED CT encoded clinical notes. The semi-structured clinical notes were extracted and encoded with SNOMED CT using a natural language processing system called MyHarmony. A tri-partite arrangement was established, which involved the informaticians at the Health Informatics Centre (Pusat Informatik Kesihatan, PIK) in the Ministry of Health Malaysia, the clinicians headed by the head of Malaysia’s obstetric speciality, and the Information Technology (IT) engineers of the hospitals involved. Each party has specific roles and responsibilities. There were four benefits identified with using this approach: (1) No data entry required. (2) Saved time and resources due to the automation process for data submission, codification, and reporting. Hence, there is no effect on clinical workflow or requires additional workload. (3) Richer analysis due to the granularity of the data written in free text. (4) Timely result which enables clinicians to monitor and intervene faster. However, there were several expected challenges during this project. First is the incompleteness of the documentation by the doctors which need can be improved with continuous awareness. the documentation and the resulting reports. Secondly, the team must standardize the semi-structured clinical notes from different hospitals. Therefore, it is important that the informatician understand the clinical requirement to ensure the right data are extracted by the IT engineers. This approach will be introduced to other clinical specialities so they can experience the same benefit when using SNOMED CT. Description This project involves the implementation of SNOMED CT in obstetric clinical notes for the purpose of data analytics and strategic planning. Scope We use SNOMED CT in MyHarmony, a clinical Natural Language Processing to codify relevant clinical terms found in unstructured or semi-structured clinical notes. The output is a SNOMED CT encoded clinical notes ready for further analysis. How SNOMED CT will be used 1. SNOMED CT provides precise clinical entities that is currently being practiced. Yet, it is also an expandable terminology which allows local descriptions to be added. 2. SNOMED CT is a clinically validated ontology which enables subsumption analysis, useful to generate a comprehensive information when monitoring clinical quality indicators. 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

RACSEL collaboration strengthens digital health transformation and interoperability across Latin America and the Caribbean Back 17 Oct 2024 Back SNOMED International and the Chile-based National Center for Health Information Systems ( Centro Nacional en Sistemas de Información en Salud - CENS ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen and support digital health transformation and enable regional healthcare interoperability in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). CENS is the executing agency of RACSEL (Latin American and Caribbean Digital Health Network). The MOU positions SNOMED International as a strategic partner to RACSEL, a collaborative network across LAC. Collaboration goals The goal of the MOU is to support the implementation of regional projects to strengthen the capacity of LAC countries in health management by promoting digital transformation in health, focusing on developing a regional agreement for cross-border digital health services, and strengthening the health information exchange model implemented in the region through the adoption of standards, architectures, governance and protocols, and data exchange and interoperability protocols. SNOMED International’s role in the collaboration will include supporting health data interoperability and the implementation of SNOMED CT and other health data standards and providing education through webinars and other educational offerings. The organization will also participate in various activities to help promote health data interoperability initiatives across the LAC region. The organizations will work together to develop guidelines and protocols for the exchange of public health data and care information, including semantic and syntactic components, and to support participating countries in their adoption. They will also collaborate on developing architectural components and security frameworks for the exchange of healthcare, public health and telehealth data, and on identifying other areas where effective and practical cooperation may be possible. “The alliance with SNOMED International will allow us to consolidate our efforts in the exchange of health information,” said Alejandra Piermarini, the coordinator of the RACSEL network. “This will not only improve the quality of health services in the region, but also strengthen our capacity to respond to public health emergencies," she added. For Ms Piermarini, "interoperability and regional collaboration are essential to transform digital health in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Regarding the agreement with SNOMED, the executive director of CENS, May Chomali, stated that: “As CENS, we are committed to the continuous improvement of health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. That is why we are pleased to establish this collaboration with SNOMED, because with its global experience and our regional initiatives we will more strongly promote innovation and interoperability in digital health in our region, which has major health challenges.” SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete describes the agreement as another step toward realizing the promise of digital health globally and a complementary addition to a number of projects in digitally maturing regions that the organization has participated in over the past few years, such as our work with the Bahmni Coalition . As a result of that initiative to integrate SNOMED CT into the Bahmni Electronic Medical Record , which is designed for use in low-resource, digitally maturing regions, clinicians, researchers and hospital administrators can use SNOMED CT in their health facilities to record diagnosis and other clinical data, as well as for reporting and Clinical Decision Support use-cases. “SNOMED International has much to contribute to the RACSEL and CENS collaboration,” Don Sweete said. “We look forward to harnessing our knowledge and expertise to support our efforts with CENS in RACSEL to enable health data interoperability throughout the Latin American and Caribbean regions.” SNOMED International offers a number of products and services for our Spanish-speaking Members and other users, including the Spanish language version of the SNOMED CT International Edition, which is released twice a year; educational offerings such as the Spanish Foundations in SNOMED CT course; and an online space where users can communicate with other Spanish speakers and share their knowledge and expertise. Additionally, the organization makes available at no cost a number of other open products and services, including the Global Patient Set , a managed collection of existing SNOMED CT reference sets; the International Patient Summary Terminology , 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; educational resources and webinars ; numerous reference subsets and maps to and from SNOMED CT to other code systems, classifications or terminologies; and tools and software to support SNOMED CT adoption and use. About RACSEL The Latin American and Caribbean Digital Health Network (RACSEL) is a collaborative initiative that brings together countries from Latin America and the Caribbean. Its main objective is to promote digital transformation in the health sector. RACSEL aims to facilitate the sharing of digital health experiences and knowledge across the region. It also seeks to promote the use of standards, tools, technologies and best practices, focusing on cross-border interoperability. The network is made up of 15 countries. Visit racsel.org for more information. About CENS CENS aims to improve people's health care by promoting and adopting information technologies in the public and private sectors. To accomplish its mission, it promotes interoperability and the creation of an enabling environment by energizing the ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in digital health, promoting the development of human capital, and certifying platforms and digital solutions to health needs. CENS has worked as the executive agency supporting RACSEL, leading the implementation of LACPASS , a regional project involving 16 countries to achieve cross-border interoperability that aims to reduce gaps in digital health, in the LAC region. CENS is currently implementing a second project with the goal of creating a secondary data space for use in epidemiological surveillance. Countries that are participating in the projects are also SNOMED International Member countries (Argentina , Chile , El Salvador , Jamaica and Uruguay ); SNOMED International collaboration partners HL7 International and the World Health Organization are also CENS strategic partners. Visit cens.cl for more information. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Global Alliance for Genomics and Health Back Global Alliance for Genomics and Health Clinical Partner SNOMED International, as part of its commitment to developing its approach to Genomics, has become a member of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health . As a member, SNOMED International contribute to work to identify content requirements, and to provide support for the interoperability challenges faced by the global genomics community. Additional information The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health was formed to help accelerate the potential of genomic medicine to advance human health. It brings together over 400 leading institutions working in healthcare, research, disease advocacy, life science, and information technology. The partners in the Global Alliance are working together to create a common framework of harmonized approaches to enable the responsible, voluntary, and secure sharing of genomic and clinical data. The work of the Global Alliance is critical to realizing the potential of recent technological advances that make possible the large-scale collection of data on genome sequencing and clinical outcomes. To seize this extraordinary opportunity, it is often necessary to ask questions that span individual datasets. The Global Alliance is working to alter the current reality where data are kept and studied in silos, and tools and methods are non-standardized and incompatible. Engaging collaboratively with its stakeholders, the Global Alliance works to establish, broadly disseminate, and advocate for the use of interoperable technical standards for managing and sharing genomic and clinical data. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe