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

The French E-health Agency (ANS – Agence du Numérique en Santé) has been commissioned by the French Ministry of Health and Safety to represent, as National Release Centre (NRC), France in SNOMED International governance. France The French E-health Agency (ANS – Agence du Numérique en Santé) has been commissioned by the French Ministry of Health and Safety to represent, as National Release Centre (NRC), France in SNOMED International governance. Contact Details Agence du Numérique en Santé PariSanté Campus 2 – 10 rue d’Oradour-sur-Glane 75015 Paris France Website: https://esante.gouv.fr/produits-services/cgts/snomed-ct Licensing: https://smt.esante.gouv.fr/licences-snomed/ Email: ans-terminologies@esante.gouv.fr Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Thierry DART Member Forum: Elisabeth SERROT-DAMATTE and Maël LE GALL News articles SNOMED International welcomes France as a new Member of the global SNOMED CT community ANS is the reference public agency for development and deployment of e-health in France. This is achieved through 3 missions: (i) Regulate and promote e-health, (ii) support stakeholders’ initiatives, and (iii) conceive e-health national programs. SNOMED International France membership is in line with the European dynamic to develop the European Health Data Space (EHDS). It also responds to the ambition of the “Ségur du numérique en santé ” program, aiming to facilitate and secure health data exchange and to promote interoperability between information systems. In this context, SNOMED CT use case in France will be, at first, to standardise anatomy (imaging, vaccination site, …) and microbiology (biology report) data. The French NRC takes part in the French Translation Collaboration Group to collaborate with other French-speaking countries in the creation of a Common French translation. This translation is then used by the Members in the group as a basis for their national translations. 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

The Ministry of Health is the governing instance and leader of the National Health System, guaranteeing coverage of timely and comprehensive services. El Salvador The Ministry of Health is the governing instance and leader of the National Health System, guaranteeing coverage of timely and comprehensive services. Contact Details Centro Nacional Habilitador SNOMED Phone: +503 25917011 Email: snomed@salud.gob.sv Appointed Representatives General Assembly: William Hoyos Arango Member Forum: Herber Hernandez Trejo, William Hoyos Arango News articles In accordance with the law of the National Integrated Health System, in 2020, the Ministry of Health set itself the challenge to strengthen the digital transformation of the health sector. During this collaborative process it had the participation of all the actors in the system and based on a situational diagnosis, conceived a vision of the future of digital health. This vision of the future is complemented by the identification of critical success factors to achieve it. Among the activities carried out, the infrastructure of syntactic and semantic interoperability processes and the organization’s information repositories stand out. The Ministry of Health of El Salvador will coordinate and lead the participation and contribution of the actors of the health system in the activities and tasks related to SNOMED international, will execute a strategy of socialization and adoption in the health environment of the country and forms the National Center of Habilitation of SNOMED CT clinical terminology. The registration and systematization of clinical data under the terminology service will allow the adequate analysis of multiple variables, guaranteeing complete, timely, verifiable, reliable, and quality information, giving rise to a lower number of sub-registrations, and generating benefits that in the short term will lead to having an updated and truthful information system for monitoring, epidemiological surveillance and timely decision making. 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

In February 2022 Thailand became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Thailand In February 2022 Thailand became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Thai Health Information Standards Development Center (THIS) 3rd floor National Health Building 88/39 Tiwanon Rd.14 Tambon Talad-Khwan Amphoe Mueang Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand Website: https://www.this.or.th/ Email: this@this.or.th Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Boonchai Kijsanayotin Member Forum: Rath Panyowat News articles Thailand progresses interoperability journey with SNOMED CT membership The National Reform Commission on Public Health - appointed by the cabinet - and the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand has assigned the responsibility to the Thai Health Information Standards development center (THIS), Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI) to act as the point of contact for SNOMED CT developments and licenses, thus demonstrating the National Release Centre. THIS is the research and development center for digital health and health information standards in the HSRI. HSRI is the health systems knowledge creation and health systems research management arm of Ministry of Public Health Thailand. THIS mission is to develops and facilitates the development of Thailand health information system standards that are compatible with international standards and enable health information exchanges and interoperability with the ultimate goal of better health systems. THIS coordinates the Thailand’s participation in and contribution to SNOMED International activities. THIS coordinates a national program aimed at increasing and stimulating the awareness, knowledge, practices and use of SNOMED CT and other health data standards, e.g. Thai Medicines Terminology (TMT)-Thailand SNOMED CT extension, Thai Medical Laboratory Terminology (TMLT), to name a few. For healthcare organizations and companies inside the Thailand THIS acts as the National Release Centre for SNOMED CT (sub-) licenses. As Thailand's SNOMED National Release Centre, THIS is responsible for distributing and managing SNOMED CT in Thailand, and develops and maintains content specific to the Thailand. More information about SNOMED CT in Thailand can be accessed here: https://www.this.or.th/ 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

In January 2010, the Republic of Slovenia became a Member of SNOMED International, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Republic of Slovenia In January 2010, the Republic of Slovenia became a Member of SNOMED International, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Ministry of Health Štefanova 5 SI- 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Website: http://www.mz.gov.si/en/ Email: gp.mz@gov.si Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Iztok Štotl Member Forum: Alen Vrecko News articles In joining IHTSDO, SNOMED CT will be made available throughout the Republic of Slovenia for use in electronic health records, health research, and other applications. Users of the terminology in the Republic of Slovenia will also have access to new resources as they are developed. More information about SNOMED CT in the Republic of Slovenia can be accessed here: http://www.mz.gov.si/en/ 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

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

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

The Dutch representative to SNOMED International is the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Netherlands The Dutch representative to SNOMED International is the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Contact Details National IT Institute for Healthcare in the Netherlands (Nicitz) Visiting address: Oude Middenweg 55 2491 AC Den Haag Postal address: P.O. Box 19121 2500 CC Den Haag The Netherlands Telephone: +31 (0) 70 317 34 50 Website: http://www.nictiz.nl Email: info@snomed.nl Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Herko Coomans (Vice-Chair) Member Forum: Cynthia Yang and Elze de Groot News articles The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport has assigned the responsibility to Nictiz – the National IT Institute for Healthcare in the Netherlands - to act as the point of contact for SNOMED CT developments and licenses, thus demonstrating the National Release Centre. Nictiz is the centre of expertise for eHealth. It conducts research and interprets trends in eHealth to assist with the establishment of Netherlands national policies for various parties, such as the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, nation-wide umbrella organizations and the Informatieberaad Zorg (national healthcare consultation). Nictiz also develops and manages information standards. These standards are required to enable exchanging information in healthcare. In addition, Nictiz provides healthcare institutions and software specialists with advice on standards implementation and optimization of data exchange. Nictiz coordinates the Netherlands’ participation in and contribution to SNOMED International activities. Nictiz furthermore coordinates a national program aimed at increasing and stimulating the awareness, knowledge, practices and use of SNOMED CT. For healthcare organizations and companies inside the Netherlands Nictiz acts as the National Release Centre for SNOMED CT (sub-) licenses. As the SNOMED National Release Centre of the Netherlands, Nictiz is responsible for distributing and managing SNOMED CT in the Netherlands, and develops and maintains content specific to the Netherlands. Nictiz is also translating to the Netherlands relevant parts of SNOMED CT. More information about SNOMED CT in the Netherlands can be accessed here: www.snomed.nl Affiliated licenses can be obtained at https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/#/landing/NL?lang=en 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

The United States representative to SNOMED International is the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on behalf of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). United States The United States representative to SNOMED International is the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on behalf of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Contact Details National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20894 USA Telephone: +1 (301) 594-5983 Website: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/ Email: custserv@nlm.nih.gov Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Raja Cholan Member Forum: Patrick McLaughlin and Nick McGraw News articles Part of the National Institutes of Health, NLM provides information services to support the advancement of science, the progress of health care, and the public health. The Library’s electronic information services (including MEDLINE on PubMed.gov, consumer health information on MedlinePlus.gov, molecular biology and genomic resources, and many others) are available free of charge worldwide from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ . NLM serves as the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the US. The Library supports the development, enhancement, and distribution of clinically specific vocabularies (e.g., SNOMED CT®, LOINC®, RxNorm®) to facilitate the exchange of clinical data and improve retrieval of health information. NLM’s activities in support of health data standardization are described at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/healthit.html. NLM makes SNOMED CT available in multiple formats, both in its native file structure and as part of the Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®) Metathesaurus®, where it is linked to more than 100 other biomedical terminologies in many languages and to lexical processing tools. The NLM distributes SNOMED CT free of charge to US and international users, under the terms of the standard affiliate license which is incorporated into the UMLS license agreement. Information about obtaining SNOMED CT from the NLM is available at www.nlm.nih.gov/snomed For more information users should contact NLM Customer service at https://support.nlm.nih.gov 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

In 2012 the Czech Republic became a Member joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Czech Republic In 2012 the Czech Republic became a Member joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Ministry of Health / UZIS Palackého nám. 4 128 01 Prague 2 Czech Republic Telephone (secretary office): +420 224 972 712 Website: www.uzis.cz Licensing: https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/cz Email: Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Irena Molinari Member Forum: Irena Molinari and Miroslav Zvolský News articles The Czech Republic will make SNOMED CT available throughout the Czech Republic for use in electronic health records, health research, and other applications. Users of the terminology in the Czech Republic will also have access to new resources as they are developed. 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

Luxembourg’s representative to SNOMED International is Agence eSanté. Luxembourg Luxembourg’s representative to SNOMED International is Agence eSanté. Contact Details Agence eSanté 125 route d'Esch L-1471 Luxembourg Telephone: (+352) 2712 5018 1 Website: https://www.esante.lu/portal/fr/ Email: info@agence-esante.lu Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Fabrice Dewasmes Member Forum: Fabrice Dewasmes and Laurent Vandenhove News articles Luxembourg, one of the leading nations in the area of information and communication technology, has set the development of eHealth technologies as a high priority. Agence eSanté, Luxembourg’s national agency for the exchange and sharing of medical data, has set an overall mission to facilitate clinical information exchange both within Luxembourg and across other international actors. To work towards this reality, the agency has taken part in discussions about standardization across Europe, a contributing building block achieved with its membership in SNOMED International. Agence eSanté is Luxembourg’s national eHealth competence centre in charge of Specifying, implementing and maintaining a common interoperability platform to support electronic medical data exchange and electronic patient records on national scale Promoting and enhancing interoperability between healthcare information management systems Fostering interoperability and security in healthcare domain It is operating the national eHealth Platform and connecting primary systems through interoperable services since 2014. Agence eSanté is also actively participating in European healthcare interoperability projects such as CEF eHDSI and Trillium Bridge, as well as in Euro-CAS, a project for the development of a sustainable Conformity Assessment Scheme for Europe. More information about SNOMED CT in Luxembourg can be accessed here: https://www.esante.lu/portal/fr/ 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

In September 2011 Iceland became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Iceland In September 2011 Iceland became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details The Ministry of Health Digital Health Skúlagata 4, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Guðrún Auður Harðardóttir Member Forum: Sara Lovísa Halldorsdottir News articles The Digital Health division of the Ministry of Health in Iceland makes SNOMED CT available throughout Iceland for use in electronic health records, health research, and other applications. Users of the terminology in Iceland will also have access to new resources as they are developed. The eHealth policy in Iceland includes the implementation of an integrated EHR at a national level, which is securely accessible to authorized professionals at point of care. Furthermore, it allows people in the general public access to their own health data. This is achieved by integration of regional databases and the development of a national patient portal. The application, combined with information from the national prescription database, provides physicians with a much better overview of healthcare provided to their patients. Hence, this supports increased patient safety and quality of healthcare. Current plans to improve clinical documentation and national reporting include the implementation of a standardized terminology for X- ray diagnostics, documentation of symptoms, and physical examination. The product of a national collaboration between the responsible partners for classifications and terminologies, these plans are in coherence with future EHR development plans at a national level. A nationwide surveillance system on communicable diseases for the office of the Chief Epidemiologist of Iceland has been in use for some years. Recently, the system was updated to allow for real-time reporting on communicable diseases. SNOMED CT terminology is utilized in the system to ensure correct registration of pathogens. 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