2024 Products & Services Catalog highlights SNOMED International’s ever-expanding product, implementation, education, and tooling services Back 31 May 2024 Back SNOMED International is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Products & Services Catalog . Available as a PDF download , the catalog, which is updated and published annually, provides a comprehensive snapshot of the organization’s products and services, organized into sections on content, support offerings, education and tooling. New in 2024 The 2024 catalog highlights new and/or updated content developed throughout the year, including anatomy, cancer synoptic reporting, rare diseases, epilepsy, social care and a preview of the SNOMED CT-LOINC extension . These developments are the results of linkages with other terminologies and classifications and of Member and stakeholder-driven requirements. The content section captures the monthly SNOMED CT International Edition releases, as well as the Spanish-language version , which is released twice a year, the one-way and bi-directional maps we co-develop with other terminologies or classifications, and subsets of SNOMED CT based on specific use cases. It also highlights the Global Patient Set , a managed collection of SNOMED CT reference sets, and the International Patient Summary , a minimal and non-exhaustive set of basic clinical data of a patient, specialty-agnostic, condition-independent, but readily usable by all clinicians for the unscheduled (cross-border) patient care. “A look back on our Products & Services Catalogs from even a few years ago reveals the incredible growth in the products and services SNOMED International provides around the SNOMED CT product,” said CEO Don Sweete. “It clearly demonstrates the cycle of stakeholder feedback and collaborative development that drives this growth, and indicates we are providing the products, tools and services our user community needs.” A growing portfolio of tools and resources The 2024 catalog focuses on existing, new and improved tools and services to support the users of our products and services. Driven by stakeholder needs and requests, the number and breadth of SNOMED International tools and resources continue to grow each year. The 2024 catalog highlights the many offerings available to help users manage releases and distribution, browse the terminology, request content changes, author content, and search for, manage, create and translate SNOMED CT refsets, among other tools. A few of the most recent tools include online mapping tool Snap2SNOMED , the SNOMED CT Concept Lookup tool , and the Simplex toolkit , a free, open-source tool that imports data from existing SNOMED International services and local spreadsheets. It also highlights the many services we offer our community to support their adoption and implementation journey, such as a fully staffed Customer Service Relations Management team and Implementation Portal , a continuously available online Helpdesk where users can submit a ticket for technical support, and an exhaustive library of interactive resources . Educational offerings SNOMED International has also developed a broad range of curricula, ranging from an introductory-level course that provides a firm foundation in SNOMED CT, to others targeted to more experienced users. New and updated for 2024 are a number of education products , ranging from the Foundation Course in both English and Spanish, all the way through to certifications and learning pathways for more advanced courses. The catalog also includes information on our global education delivery partners and continuing education credits , and on our annual SNOMED CT Expo and twice-annual business meetings . The bigger picture To better understand how each of these elements – tooling , education , content development , etc. – contributes to helping users realize the benefits of SNOMED CT, the catalog includes a section with links to multimedia materials detailing the value of SNOMED CT, how it is being used to help deliver better patient care globally and how it has provided a return on investment and other benefits to so many Member countries and others such as affiliate licensees, researchers and humanitarian or charitable organizations. For more information, contact us at 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

Croatia's representative to SNOMED International is the Croatian Ministry of Health Croatia Croatia's representative to SNOMED International is the Croatian Ministry of Health Contact Details Croatian Ministry of Health Website: https://zdravstvo.gov.hr Email: pitajtenas@miz.hr Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Srebrenka Mesić Member Forum: Andreja Matkun, Višnja Antolković Ilić News articles Croatia prioritizes the quality and structure of ehealth data with SNOMED membership With a population of nearly 4 million, Croatia is the latest European country to join SNOMED International since the March 2022 announcement that the European Union (EU) will provide its Member States with 60 per cent funding towards SNOMED International membership until 2027, via the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). “Highly developed with a fully integrated, globalized economy, Croatia made eHealth a priority in its 2021-2027 national health development plan , which is consistent with our comprehensive healthcare reform," says Croatian health Minister Vili Beroš on the occasion of Croatia joining SNOMED International. The goals of the strategy include 36 measures in five categories: improved healthy lifestyles and more effective disease prevention; improvement of the health system; improvement of the model of care for key health challenges; making the health system a desirable place to work; and improving the financial sustainability of the health system. Learn more about the Croatian Ministry of Health's SNOMED CT approach. 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

This project focuses on the principles of mapping clinical terms to standard terminology for a multi-institutional research platform. A hybrid mapping approach, combining automated and manual methods, ensures accurate and consistent terminology alignment. Strict mapping guidelines and 1:1 mapping principles are implemented to address terminology variations and data format differences. This study highlights the critical importance of precise terminology mapping for reliable multi-institutional research. Back View Map Kakaohealthcare Mapping Clinical Terms to Standard Terminology for Multi-institutional Research Platform: Mapping Principles Read More Country / Region APAC Tags Implementation, Mapping, Tooling This project focuses on the principles of mapping clinical terms to standard terminology for a multi-institutional research platform. A hybrid mapping approach, combining automated and manual methods, ensures accurate and consistent terminology alignment. Strict mapping guidelines and 1:1 mapping principles are implemented to address terminology variations and data format differences. This study highlights the critical importance of precise terminology mapping for reliable multi-institutional research. Description Key aspects include: Hybrid Mapping Process: Combines automated and manual methods to ensure semantic consistency and compliance with global standards. * Validation & Expert Involvement: Cross-validation and expert consultations resolve mapping discrepancies and inactive concept issues. Mapping Strategies: Establishes mapping principles for LOINC, RxNorm, and SNOMED CT by identifying the characteristics of each terminology and analyzing the current state of local terms, in order to develop practically applicable mapping guidelines. Implementation & Outcomes: Enhances mapping accuracy, improves cohort generation, and facilitates multi-institutional research through a user-friendly platform with advanced code search capabilities. Challenges & Future Directions: Addresses inter-institutional inconsistencies and SNOMED CT limitations while highlighting the need for trained terminology specialists in Korea. Future improvements include advanced search options and attribute-based retrieval for better usability. Ultimately, this study provides a scalable strategy for clinical terminology mapping, fostering efficient multi-institutional research and supporting global healthcare innovation. Accuracy, recall, and other performance metrics are used to compare the proposed method with traditional rule-based standardization approaches. Scope SNOMED CT is utilized in this study as the primary standard terminology system for mapping clinical terms, particularly for diagnosis, chief complaints, treatment procedures, measurements, and medical history. It is employed to ensure semantic consistency and interoperability across institutions. Key Usage of SNOMED CT in the Mapping Process: 1. Standardization & Interoperability: * SNOMED CT is selected for domains where no widely accepted terminology exists due to its robust modeling capabilities. * It provides a structured approach to ensure semantic equivalence in mapped clinical terms. 2. Hybrid Mapping Approach (Automated + Manual): * Automated Mapping: * Chipmunk, Kakao Healthcare’s in-house terminology tool, uses vector similarity to map local terms to SNOMED CT. * Manual Mapping: * Clinical experts review and correct automated mappings, ensuring accuracy and consistency. * Terms without direct SNOMED CT matches undergo post-coordination, where new concepts are created. 3. New Concept authoring & Validation: * If pre-coordinated concepts are unavailable, Chipmunk supports the post-coordination process to generate new SNOMED CT concepts. * Attributes and values are refined within their domains, and validation is performed using the Machine Readable Concept Model (MRCM). * Concepts are assigned a Kakao Healthcare extension namespace (1000305) and updated biannually. 4. Mapping Guidelines & Constraints: * SNOMED CT Editorial Guidelines are followed, but internal rules are created for cases not covered. * 1:1 mapping is preferred to ensure data consistency in multi-institutional research. * Uses domain-specific semantic restrictions, attribute prioritization for post-coordination, and tailored mapping approaches. * Many-to-one mapping is allowed for refined local codes (e.g., multiple diagnosis terms mapped to a single SNOMED CT concept). By implementing SNOMED CT in this way, the study ensures semantic integrity, interoperability, and reliable data alignment across institutions, ultimately supporting multi-institutional research and healthcare innovation. How SNOMED CT will be used SNOMED CT was chosen as the primary standard terminology system in this study due to its comprehensive coverage, structured modeling capabilities, and global acceptance. The selection was driven by several key factors: * SNOMED CT provides a broad and detailed representation of clinical concepts, covering diagnoses, chief complaints, procedures, medical history, and measurements. * Multi-institutional research requires a standardized terminology that enables consistent data integration across different medical centers. * Unlike some terminologies with limited predefined terms, SNOMED CT allows post-coordination, enabling the creation of new concepts when necessary. This flexibility was crucial for ensuring the granularity needed in multi-institutional research * SNOMED CT is widely recognized and used internationally, making it an ideal choice for a research platform aiming for global compatibility. * Using SNOMED CT enhances data retrieval and searchability, facilitating efficient cohort identification for research. * The medical field evolves rapidly, and SNOMED CT provides a regular update mechanism, ensuring that new concepts can be added as medical knowledge advances. SNOMED CT was selected for its robustness, flexibility, and ability to ensure semantic consistency across institutions. Its structured approach to concept representation, interoperability, and scalability makes it an essential component of the HRS (Healthcare data Research Suite) platform and UDM model (Universal Data Model by Kakao Healthcare), supporting efficient multi-institutional research and healthcare innovation. 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

New Global Licensing Agreement for SNOMED CT Code Inclusion in the DICOM Standard Back 2 Mar 2016 Back IHTSDO and the DICOM Standards Committee today announced a new global licensing agreement for SNOMED CT codes and descriptions to be used in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard. The renewable five-year licensing agreement between IHTSDO and DICOM continues the long-standing DICOM policy of using SNOMED terminology, previously established with the SNOMED DICOM Microglossary of 1997 and an agreement with the College of American Pathologists. The SNOMED CT licensing agreement covers the use of a subset of 7,314 SNOMED CT codes and descriptions, including all current SNOMED CT concepts used in the DICOM standard. Other key points from the agreement include the following: The agreed SNOMED CT subset will be updated after each biannual SNOMED CT international release, taking into account changes to SNOMED CT and requests from the DICOM Standards Committee to use additional concepts. The agreed SNOMED CT subset is free for use, both for publication in DICOM as well as by implementers and users of DICOM-compliant products and software globally, without restriction to IHTSDO member countries. If implementers use additional SNOMED CT codes (beyond the scope of the agreed subset), they are subject to SNOMED CT licensing arrangements that may incur a fee in IHTSDO non-member countries. The DICOM standard will be updated to retire and replace concepts that have been inactivated in SNOMED CT. For more details on the agreement please visit the IHTSDO and DICOM websites. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

VCI and SNOMED Partner to Lower Barriers to Worldwide Adoption of SMART Health Cards Back 7 Sept 2022 Back When the Verifiable Clinical Information coalition (VCI) started working on SMART Health Cards in 2020, there was tremendous urgency to help communities cope with the impact of COVID-19. Subsequently, the focus shifted to empower individuals with a QR code giving them easy access to their own COVID-19 vaccination status so people could return to work, school, events, and international travel with trustworthy COVID-19 vaccination verification. At that time, agreement on COVID-19 terminology was still in its infancy, so the engineers behind SMART Health Cards had to be broad in the terminology they included in their framework. “We needed to take a kitchen-sink approach at that time,” explained Dr. Max Masnick, Digital Health Engineer at MITRE. But they knew this approach would come at a cost. “There was a burden for verifiers to have to support all of this,” noted Masnick. “We suspected that we’d eventually need to simplify.” In fall 2021, VCI established three criteria for streamlining the SMART Health Card terminology experience: investing in a partnership that’s not constrained by licensing so the process of streamlining terminology standardization doesn’t create unnecessary expenses for SMART Health Card implementers, finding a terminology partner with strong international recognition, whose library extends to other vaccines beyond COVID-19, and reducing engineering costs for international interoperability. One of VCI’s core design principles is interoperability because the coalition knows the future of better healthcare requires worldwide standards that engineers can rely on consistently and build solutions on more quickly. From healthcare providers and public health officials to electronic healthcare records vendors and cloud technology leaders, VCI coalition members believe in the importance of lowering costs through open, interoperable standards. SNOMED International checked all the boxes. So, earlier this year, Dr. Masnick and his colleagues at VCI approached SNOMED International. The two organizations began collaborating to lower the barrier for verifiers and help improve international adoption of SMART Health Cards by making the SNOMED international terminology standards for Covid-19 vaccines available from the SMART Health Cards GitHub repository under a Creative Commons license. SNOMED International’s COVID-19 vaccine terminology, publicly available on SNOMED International’s website , was released for SMART Health Cards developers in August — giving engineers everywhere the opportunity to take advantage of this technology and lowering the barrier for worldwide adoption of these equitable, privacy-preserving, open standards that help empower everyone with easy access to their health data. SMART Health Cards contain a secure QR code and may be saved digitally or printed on paper. “SNOMED International is a global leader in the clinical terminology space, so it was exciting when they agreed to partner with us on this effort,” said Dr. Brian Anderson, VCI Steering Committee Member and Chief Digital Health Physician, MITRE. “VCI is deeply appreciative of SNOMED International’s contribution and innovation to the ongoing development of SMART Health Cards.” “We are pleased to have joined VCI and to be making our COVID-19 vaccine concepts publicly available to SMART Health Cards developers. The rapid adoption of SMART Health Cards during the COVID-19 pandemic was inspiring to see, and we’re looking forward to helping expand adoption by connecting SMART Health Card implementers with the existing free and open access we’ve created to this terminology via the Global Patient Set .” Don Sweete, CEO, SNOMED International. Source: SNOMED CT Browser VCI is a voluntary coalition of more than 1,100 public and private organizations committed to empowering individuals with access to a trustworthy and verifiable copy of their vaccination records and other clinical information. SMART Health Cards enabled more than 225 million people in the United States and millions of people worldwide to have access to their vaccination records in less than one year. The speed of adoption was unprecedented, and the ability to help public health entities and private healthcare organizations modernize their data so quickly was an important first step. But international interoperability is an ongoing endeavor. That’s why VCI and SNOMED International are collaborating to extend access and make COVID-19 vaccine concepts publicly available on GitHub via the Creative Commons licensing approach supporting the organization’s Global Patient Set. Increasing standardization of COVID-19 vaccine clinical terms across the globe is an important building block that will ease the barrier to international adoption of SMART Health Cards and make worldwide interoperability easier to achieve. By pairing SNOMED International’s comprehensive clinical terminology expertise with the SMART Health Card standard, this partnership serves as a model for future pandemics as well as ongoing digital health information sharing. VCI and SNOMED International organizations are committed to the use of unambiguous clinical information for safe, efficient, and effective patient care. “This collaboration will help drive interoperability and openness globally, ensuring a safe, equitable standard like SMART Health Cards are accessible to all, irrespective of economic status,” noted Dr. Anderson. “Saving lives is our ultimate goal, and that requires making it possible for people to move across borders seamlessly while still keeping people safe. We’re pleased SNOMED International shares our commitment to protecting everyone and has joined us in this important journey.” SNOMED International will continue its efforts to support VCI with the world’s most comprehensive clinical terminology. Questions about this collaboration? Contact info@snomed.org Have a comment about this post? We’d love to hear from you. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Flatiron Health Back Flatiron Health Vendor Overview Flatiron Health organizes the world’s oncology information and makes it useful for patients, physicians, life science companies and researchers. Today, our software connects community practices and cancer centers on a common technology infrastructure to address key healthcare challenges. Our goal is to power a national benchmarking and research network to transform how cancer care is delivered. 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 OncoEMR is Flatiron Health's Specialty Electronic Medical Record for Oncology. Scope of services Analytics, EMR, Oncology Downloadable documents Office 233 Spring Street New York, NY 10013 USA http://www.flatiron.com Contact details Dan Van Tran Senior Director of Engineering, Clinical 888-662-6367 dvt@flatiron.com Regions where operational North America

Bart de Witte Opening Keynote Speaker Bart de Witte Keynote Speaker October 27, 2023 (09:00-10:00 EDT/ 13:00-14:00 UTC) (Sponsored by Clinical Architecture ) Dr. Campbell is the program director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Systemic Harmonization and Interoperability Enhancement for Laboratory Data (SHIELD) program – a public- private collaboration that was assembled in 2015 with a focus: improving the interoperability and utility of diagnostic data by “Describing the same test the same way anywhere in the Healthcare ecosystem”. Before joining FDA full-time, Dr. Campbell worked as Assistant National Director of Informatics for Kaiser Permanente, and as Director of Informatics Architecture for the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). With nearly 30-years of experience working in medical informatics and terminologies for encoding clinical data, Dr. Campbell has dedicated his career to improving clinical data representation and patient safety outcomes through the engineering of safer healthcare systems. Dr. Campbell’s dissertation work at Stanford University created the modern architecture for SNOMED, where he worked in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente and the College of American Pathologists to develop SNOMED RT. SNOMED RT was subsequently merged with the NHS Clinical Terms to form SNOMED CT in 2002. Dr. Campbell continued his involvement with SNOMED for over two decades in various roles, including as chair of the technical committee, and as a member of other editorial committees and groups. Dr. Campbell holds an MD from the University of Southern California and while completing his residency in Internal Medicine, obtained his PhD in Computer Science & Medical Informatics from Stanford University. Dr. Campbell’s work has received industry-wide recognition, including three FedHealthIT Innovation Awards, a FedHealthIT VA Hero of the week award, and the 2018 Open-Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA) Lifetime Achievement Award. Twitter handle: @kec4saferhealth Back 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 - Privacy Policy Update Back 10 May 2018 Back As part of the new European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force on 25th May 2018, SNOMED International has updated its Privacy Policy. Our updated policy will provide more transparency on how we collect and use your personal data. This policy will also explain how to exercise your rights around the use of your personal information. In some cases, we will need to obtain your explicit consent under GDPR to process your information or send you emails. In these cases we will either contact you directly or you will be asked for your consent when you next access the service. You have the right at any time to change your consent or have your details removed from our systems where applicable. Access our Updated Privacy Policy As a result of the Privacy Impact Assessments we have undertaken, we are required to make some changes which may alter the way you interact with the following Services: Confluence: As part of the Explicit Consent rule, we will be removing all Confluence users from automatic email notifications. You will need to actively “Opt-In” to be able to receive email notifications from Confluence by “watching” specific groups or pages. Information on how to do this can be found here - http://snomed.org/howto-opt-in . Conference Management Registration Services: Where applicable, re-consent will be requested from attendees at the point of event registration and at the next SNOMED International Business Meeting and SNOMED CT Expo during sign in. Emails sent from this service will have unsubscribe links to allow recipients to change and update their preferences. Mailchimp - Mailing List Management Service: SNOMED International will issue a communication to any current mailing lists requesting explicit consent to contact you for the purposes of promoting SNOMED International, the SNOMED Community, along with updates specific to SNOMED International events. Emails sent from this service already have unsubscribe links to allow recipients to change and update their preferences. Full details on how SNOMED International has prepared for GDPR can be found in our Compliance Statement, http://snomed.org/gdpr-compliance . If you have any questions or queries please contact our Data Protection Team at privacy@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

European Union drives use of standardized terminology in Member States with funding for SNOMED CT Back 2 Mar 2022 Back At the end of 2021, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency took a firm step towards increasing the semantic interoperability, re-use and the cross border exchange of health data. The European Union will provide its Member States with 60 per cent funding towards SNOMED International membership until 2027, via the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). The goal of this initiative is to allow the residents of participating member states to easily access and share their own health data in their own language with healthcare providers as they travel in the European Union. According to the European Commission, the objective of the agreement is to facilitate the use of a standardized terminology to express clinical meanings for clinicians and to benefit the citizens of the European Union. An important step toward building stronger, more resilient and accessible health systems, it also attempts to better manage the fragmentation and vulnerabilities of disparate health systems that were revealed throughout the COVID-19 crisis, noted SNOMED CT Expo 2021 Keynote Speaker Dr Andrzej Ryś, Director responsible for Health Systems, Medical Products and Innovation at the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission. “There is currently a fragmentation of standards used to express clinical concepts, which hampers the semantic interoperability of health data sharing and the ability of the European health data space from reaching its full potential,” Dr.Ryś shared with the SNOMED CT Expo 2021 audience. One of the benefits cited in the agreement is SNOMED International’s approach to translation. Currently, entire or part translations of SNOMED CT are available in a number of languages and dialects, including United States English, United Kingdom English, Australian English, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Lithuanian, Swedish and French. Translations in other SNOMED International Member countries and elsewhere are also in progress. Germany, which also became a Member in 2021, has formed a working group that includes Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg to launch a joint German-language reference translation of SNOMED CT. SNOMED International’s translation tooling can also be used to support additional translations of SNOMED CT by Member countries/territories or groups of Members that share a common language. Ahead of formal membership by France, a collaborative group formed of representatives from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Canada are working to develop a global French translation of SNOMED CT. SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete hails the agreement as a creative and effective approach to encouraging the adoption of a common health terminology across a diverse group of countries, each with its own language and degree of digital health readiness. “This agreement falls in line with the SNOMED CT Case for Investment , which outlines why countries invest resources in the clinical terminology and how SNOMED CT meets the clinical terminology suitability requirements of the EU community,” said Sweete. “Partnering with an organization such as the European Health and Digital Executive Agency facilitates the adoption and implementation of SNOMED CT across Europe and significantly contributes to our goal of a single global language of health and supporting patients and citizens to better manage their own health.” To bridge implementation, Sweete also notes that countries adopting SNOMED CT are supported by SNOMED International’s implementation services and resources, easing the process of adopting the clinical terminology and optimizing the benefits it offers. Founded in 2007 by nine charter nations, which has now grown to serve 42 Members globally, SNOMED International is a not-for-profit organization that owns and maintains SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive clinical terminology. With over 350,000 concepts, SNOMED CT is not just a coding system of diagnosis. It also covers clinical findings like signs and symptoms and tens of thousands of surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Also within the scope of SNOMED CT are observables and those concepts representing body structures, organisms, substances, pharmaceutical products, physical objects, physical forces, specimens, etc. needed to be recorded in or around the health record. For more information, visit www.snomed.org or email 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

Australia's representative to SNOMED International is the Australian Digital Health Agency Australia Australia's representative to SNOMED International is the Australian Digital Health Agency Contact Details Australian Digital Health Agency GPO Box 9942 Canberra ACT 2601 Website: https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au Email: help@digitalhealth.gov.au Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Peter O'Halloran Member Forum: Cath Koetz and Ryan Mavin News articles As the steward for digital health enablement of Australia’s health system, the Australian Digital Health Agency is responsible for the Australian national digital health strategy including the design, development, delivery and operation of national infrastructure such as the My Health Record. More information about SNOMED CT in Australia can be accessed at: https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au https://www.healthterminologies.gov.au 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

Syadem and SNOMED collaboration supports vaccination information interoperability Back 25 Apr 2024 Back SNOMED International is excited to announce a new collaboration with France-based company SYADEM that aims to deliver a comprehensive terminology system to health organizations, enabling them to accurately represent administered vaccines. SYADEM owns and manages the Unified Nomenclature of Vaccines ( NUVA ), a terminology used to capture, interpret, and process records of administered vaccines. SYADEM participates in the European Vaccination beyond COVID (EUVABECO) project, which is co-funded by the European Commission under the eU4Health program. By mid 2026, EUVABECO will deliver implementation plans for innovative vaccination practices to EU Member States. The plans will support the operationalization of several tools including a portable European Vaccination Card (EVC). NUVA is the intended code system for documenting administered vaccines in the EVC. Through a five-year agreement, this collaboration aims to facilitate the creation of comprehensive vaccination histories for individuals over time, regardless of the original vaccine source and data format. As part of the agreement, SNOMED CT and SYADEM will collaborate to integrate NUVA content as an extension in SNOMED International’s Community Content Area. Furthermore, they will define processes for ensuring content alignment and, where relevant, NUVA concepts will be included in the SNOMED CT International Edition. The collaboration will harmonize NUVA and SNOMED CT terminologies, offering users flexibility in code selection, facilitating smooth implementation. SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual healthcare terminology created for use by healthcare professionals. It enables the care of individuals to be captured in electronic health records, facilitating information sharing, decision support and analytics for safe and effective health information exchange. NUVA, developed by vaccinologists, is both a vocabulary and a comprehensive knowledge base. Its purpose is to capture vaccine information that is relevant for clinical decision-making, regardless of the record’s format - either digital or paper. It then acts as a universal coding system that enhances the transcription and transferability of vaccine information across various terminologies, complementing rather than replacing existing systems. NUVA and SNOMED CT complement each other: NUVA provides codes for current and historical vaccines, while SNOMED CT provides codes that represent the foundational concepts for contextualizing this vaccine information. The SNOMED International Drug Extension User Support Group has endorsed the approach, recognising that the collaboration facilitates a unified approach to the collection of vaccine information over time. SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete says, “In addition to providing a solution that will meet both clinical and regulatory requirements globally, the collaboration will demonstrate the benefits of using SNOMED CT as a foundation to model. When we talk about SNOMED CT as the global language of health, this is what we mean,” he adds. “We get closer to making that a reality with every new content-focused collaboration. The COVID-19 pandemic consolidated for everyone the need for greater healthcare data interoperability, and this partnership moves that forward.” Jean-Louis Koeck, Scientific Director at SYADEM, shared, “SYADEM is dedicated to making NUVA a common good, publicly available to any user. Furthermore, we are exploring the possibility of transitioning ownership of NUVA to a community of stakeholders in the near future, as part of our dedication to shared health advancements. Our collaboration with SNOMED CT represents a significant milestone in this journey.” Contact info@snomed.org 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

BLOG: New Simplex tool empowers users to create custom extensions Back 16 Oct 2024 Back SNOMED International is constantly looking for new ways to support Members and our broader community by developing tools and services that will make it easier to implement and use SNOMED CT. We recently launched our Simplex tool, which empowers users to efficiently create, manage and publish custom SNOMED CT extensions and to tailor SNOMED CT to meet their specific needs without incurring high costs. In this Q&A-style blog, SNOMED International Implementation Team members Kai Kewley, Alejandro Lopez Osornio and Anne Højen explain the tool’s key features, its target audience and how it differs from our Managed Service offering. Q: What is the Simplex tool? A: It is a tool we have developed to help our Members, affiliate license users and others to customize SNOMED CT by creating their own extension. Q: What are its main features and capabilities? A: This tool helps users create and maintain subsets, maps, translations, synonyms and basic primitive concepts with a single parent. It enables you to assemble this content into an edition, browse the edition during maintenance, and validate and release the edition. It integrates with existing SNOMED International tooling like the Refset & Translation tool and the Snap2SNOMED mapping tool. Q: Whom will this be of interest to? A: Simplex may be of interest to Members or any affiliate who would like to extend the International Edition. It’s intended for those who require basic components and derivatives of SNOMED CT, may have budgetary constraints, and can independently perform ongoing maintenance of the created content. It’s perfect for stakeholders with basic extension requirements who lack access to another extension management and release environment. Q: Why did SNOMED International create the tool? A: SNOMED International created the tool to simplify the process for healthcare organizations and members who need to customize SNOMED CT. Previously, this process was complex, but the new tool aims to remove that barrier by offering a simple and open solution for everyone. While some implementers were already using available services like the Refset and Translation tool or Snap2SNOMED to create subsets and maps, there had not been a free service to allow users assemble these derivatives into a proper SNOMED CT extension until now. Q: What are some of the considerations to keep in mind when using this new tool? A: This tool has been designed to be completely self-service without the need for training or support. The accompanying guide covers everything users will need to know to create artifacts, perform content validation and go through the steps of the release process themselves to produce a high-quality standardized SNOMED CT release. Many automations mitigate the need for technical support, allowing more customers to join without additional costs and enabling users to work on their own schedules. Users are responsible for maintaining the content they create. Q: How can I access and use it? A: You can access it any time as an online service hosted by SNOMED International. Q: Where can I find the guide and what does it include? A: You can find the guide here . It includes all the information required to use it and a number of “how to” Qs&As. The new user sign-up form is here . Q: How is this tool different from the Managed Service offering? A: The two main differences are the capabilities and the level of support. Simplex can only be used to create very basic concepts using a spreadsheet. It’s a completely self-service tool including the release process. The Managed Service Authoring Platform supports full concept modeling enabling the creation of new clinical concepts. It also has other features like advanced content reporting and many other capabilities. Managed Service users have a support agreement with a team at SNOMED International who provide on-site onboarding training, customer service reviews, and a user group that discusses features and development priorities. A comparison table is available in the Simplex User Guide. Q: What if we need help? A: For support, we suggest users refer to the comprehensive documentation. There is also a Simplex User Forum where users can learn from others and ask questions. Our implementation specialists will also be participating in conversations with the users in the public forum. Contact info@snomed.org with questions. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe