Te Aho o Te Kahu (Cancer Control Agency) in collaboration with Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora in New Zealand is designing national standards for sharing cancer data across the healthcare system. This presentation will focus on the molecular and immunohistochemistry aspects of this work, which support the sharing of ancillary study results from the pathology labs to medical oncologists, haematologists, and radiation oncologists. These test results are crucial in supporting the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. We will describe our unique approach to modelling these genetic test results that supports the appropriate level of detail required by both structured pathology reports and cancer treatment clinicians. Back View Map Te Aho o Te Kahu (Cancer Control Agency) Modelling Molecular and Immunohistochemistry Tests for Cancer Care Read More Country / Region APAC Tags Clinical Practice, Data analytics, Data quality, Genomics, Innovation, Research Te Aho o Te Kahu (Cancer Control Agency) in collaboration with Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora in New Zealand is designing national standards for sharing cancer data across the healthcare system. This presentation will focus on the molecular and immunohistochemistry aspects of this work, which support the sharing of ancillary study results from the pathology labs to medical oncologists, haematologists, and radiation oncologists. These test results are crucial in supporting the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. We will describe our unique approach to modelling these genetic test results that supports the appropriate level of detail required by both structured pathology reports and cancer treatment clinicians. Description CanShare is a national project, developed by Te Aho o Te Kahu (Cancer Control Agency) in collaboration with Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora in New Zealand, to share cancer data using SNOMED CT and HL7 FHIR. The CanShare team is developing SNOMED CT enabled datasets to collect and share cancer data, including structured pathology requests and reports, genetic testing, surgical notes, systemic anti-cancer therapy, radiation oncology treatment, cancer registries, screening and more. Scope SNOMED CT was selected for a number of reasons. Firstly it is both a New Zealand national standard and an international standard. Secondly, it is the only terminology with the breadth and depth to standardise the wide range of cancer data that needs to be shared. Thirdly, SNOMED CT's semantic definitions enable advanced use of the data, including data reuse, data analytics and clinical decision support. How SNOMED CT will be used SNOMED CT value sets have been developed for a range of cancer-related data, including cancer types, morphologies, body sites, observables, test results, cancer grading, staging, prognostic factors, scoring, treatment intents, disease responses, and more. Observable entity and clinical finding templates are used to author new, fully defined molecular and immunohistochemistry tests and results (respectively). This includes gene mutations, gene amplifications, genetic rearrangements and mismatch repair deficiency. Our use of SNOMED CT is driven by clinical use cases, including sharing structured pathology reports, systemic anti-cancer therapy care plans, radiation oncology treatment and surgical notes. SNOMED CT is being used as: * A reference terminology to integrate data from different data silos and share clinical information between healthcare providers. * An interface terminology in vendor systems (using the CanShare language reference set), and * A source of semantic definitions for data analytics (using ECL queries on the New Zealand Health Terminology Service, NZHTS). 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

In July 2013 Brunei became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Brunei In July 2013 Brunei 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 Brunei Darussalam Commonwealth Drive Bandar Seri Begawan BB3910 Negara Brunei Darussalam Website: www.moh.gov.bn Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Junaidah Hussin Member Forum: TBD News articles More information about SNOMED CT in Brunei can be accessed at: www.moh.gov.bn Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

SNOMED International publishes its 2018 Annual Report Back 2 Jul 2019 Back Since the date of issue, this information is now out of date and has been archived. It has been made available for reference. The Annual Report outlines the organization’s activities and achievements in 2018. It includes the accomplishments of the organization through the lens of the organization’s strategic directions, as well as a message from the organization’s leadership and governance representatives. The Report includes the contributions of each line of business towards the fulfillment of the organization’s 2015-2020 corporate strategy, including business functions and financial statements. SNOMED International has published its Annual Report 2018, accessible here . Please direct all inquiries to 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

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

SNOMED International Welcomes Jordan to the Global SNOMED CT Community Back 28 Aug 2018 Back London, United Kingdom, Aug. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SNOMED International and Electronic Health Solutions are pleased to announce that Jordan has recently joined the organization as its thirty-fifth Member. Electronic Health Solutions (EHS), Jordan’s representative to SNOMED International, is a nonprofit company mandated to advance the public healthcare sector and transform health care through the provision of automated solutions that enhance the quality and efficiency. Through its flagship program “Hakeem” which was launched in 2009 upon a profound vision of his Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein, EHS is responsible for the implementation of a nationwide Electronic Health Record solution for the Ministry of Health and Royal Medical Services as well as King Hussein Cancer Center and the National’s Women’s Health Care Center. With membership in SNOMED International, EHS has committed nationwide support for structured clinical terminology in support of Jordan’s strategic health goals. The scope of Jordan’s 2018-2022 e-Health strategy includes unifying protocols, medical procedures and terminologies within all healthcare bodies in the Kingdom, presenting a clear role for SNOMED CT as a reference terminology. SNOMED CT is the world’s most comprehensive health terminology. Founded in 2007 by nine charter nations, SNOMED International is a not-for-profit, member-owned and driven international organization. The addition of Jordan has grown the organization’s Membership to thirty-five countries and territories across five continents. SNOMED International CEO, Don Sweete, is excited to welcome Jordan to the community of the organization’s Members. With Jordan’s Membership to SNOMED International, EHS has crossed the threshold enabling Jordan to leverage SNOMED CT for the nationwide benefit of their healthcare system.” He adds, “I applaud his Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein for his vision for healthcare within Jordan, and welcome Jordan to our thriving and collaborative Community of Practice.” EHS CEO, Eng. Feras Kamal stressed on the vital role played by the company in unifying medical terminology between all healthcare entities throughout Jordan as this will be of great value in big data analytics. Kamal, also points out the importance of this collaboration as it is the first step in placing Jordan as a recognized reference for medical terminology in the Arab World. Jordan becomes the second country in the Middle East region to join SNOMED International, laying the groundwork for increased interoperability as well as the promise of leveraging learnings amongst its regional and international counterparts. To learn more about SNOMED International and SNOMED CT, visit www.snomed.org . To learn more about Electronic Health Solutions visit https://ehs.com.jo Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The SNOMED CT International Edition to be published on first day of each month BLOG: The SNOMED CT International Edition to be published on first day of each month The SNOMED CT International Edition to be published on first day of each month Back 19 May 2023 Back In January 2022, SNOMED International moved to releasing the International Edition of SNOMED CT at the end of every month , rather than just twice a year. Today, we are announcing the move to a new release day: the first day of each month. In this blog, SNOMED International Release Manager Andrew Atkinson explains why we made the shift, how it reflects our ongoing commitment to innovation and evolution throughout the entire lifecycle of a release, and how it benefits our users. Q: What change will users see as of September 2023? AA: The International Edition packages will be released on MLDS on the first of each month, instead of the last day of the month. The final release on the old schedule will be on July 31, 2023, and the first release on the new schedule will be published on September 1, 2023. This means there will be no release in the month of August 2023, as there would be no new content to publish on August 1 after just having deployed the July release on the day before! This will be the only month to go without a release (including August 2024), as after that there will be a new release published indefinitely on the first of each month. Q: Why did SNOMED International and the Community decide to change the release day to the first of the month? AA: There were multiple drivers for this change, from removing the ambiguity of release dates to preventing conflicts with certain types of extension content. However, the predominant reason is to improve the efficiency of the release cycles, in order to provide benefits such as additional time for those stakeholders who base their extension and derivatives on the International Edition releases. Q: What problems will the new release day solve? AA: As mentioned, it removes any confusion as to which date releases will be published (previously they could be on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st). Q: What kind of stakeholder engagement did we conduct to get feedback on this change? AA: We have discussed this proposal at great length with a variety of stakeholders, across multiple conferences. We also published early visibility notifications in the recent April 2023 International Edition announcements and Release Notes, and put a notice in our Early Visibility page - both providing the means for users to share their comments with us: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/RMT/2023+Early+Visibility+Release+Notifications Q: What impact does this have on national extensions or derivative releases? AA: This should have very little impact on extensions and derivatives, other than a positive one, which is to provide a bit of extra time for translations and migrations that are based on the “January” and “July” releases. That’s because these dependent releases will be brought forward from January 31 and July 31, to January 1 and July 1 respectively (instead of being moved back to February 1/August 1). This will prevent any confusion as to which releases are termed “January”/”July,” and will provide additional time for stakeholders to prepare their extension/derivative content that is dependent upon these releases. Q: What does this mean for the next monthly release? AA: The May 2023 International Edition release will be published as normal on May 31, as will the June and July releases (on June 30 and July 31 respectively). The first release on the first of the month will be published on September 1, 2023, and we will then continue to publish all subsequent releases on the first of each month. Concerns or questions? Email us at release@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

Ireland Joins IHTSDO as Member Back 9 Nov 2016 Back The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) announced today that Ireland had joined as its twenty-ninth Member. IHTSDO owns and administers SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive health terminology. Founded in 2007 by nine charter nations, IHTSDO is a strong member-owned and driven international organization. The addition of Ireland has grown the Membership to 29 countries and territories across five continents. Ireland decided to join IHTSDO after an extensive consultation process, which included a report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). The report identified the adoption of a standard terminology such as SNOMED CT as essential to the implementation of the national Irish eHealth Strategy, as well as the risks associated with not adopting SNOMED CT. As IHTSDO’s newest Member, Ireland will enjoy benefits such as: Use of SNOMED CT within Ireland Management of the release, distribution, and sublicensing of SNOMED CT and other IHTSDO products within Ireland Representation on the IHTSDO General Assembly Access to forums and networks to share and learn from others’ experiences implementing and using the terminology “We are delighted to be the 29th Member of IHTSDO and we see this as an important step towards interoperability and connected health to support eHealth Ireland,” said Richard Corbridge CIO HSE, CEO eHealth Ireland. “As we strive to put in place the concepts of a ‘digital fabric’ for health, the Irish healthcare system understands the need for working on an international platform around standards and best practice.” “Ireland joins a global community with shared assets, common needs, and a commitment to exchanging experiences and working together on shared priorities,” said IHTSDO CEO Don Sweete. “We welcome them as a Member and look forward to further growing our Membership in 2017”. 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

SNOMED International and IHE forge inaugural agreement jointly supporting optimal patient care Back 5 Apr 2019 Back London, United Kingdom, April 5, 2019 -- Today, IHE International and SNOMED International formally announce a license agreement encouraging data consistency and interoperability across international boundaries, with benefits for clinical care, research and operational efficiency. An organization geared at improving the way computer systems in healthcare share information, IHE’s commitment to working with SNOMED International as the global leader in healthcare terminology promotes the coordinated use of established standards in support of optimal patient care. Through this agreement, the organizations have agreed on the production of a SNOMED CT IHE Set which includes a jointly decided upon set of SNOMED CT concepts and identifiers within IHE profiles. By placing the SNOMED CT codes referenced in IHE profiles under a free international license, the current agreement reduces incentives for national groups to specify variant code sets based on other terminologies. The SNOMED CT value sets specified in IHE profiles are selected to ensure data consistency and interoperability in support of a variety of clinical use cases. IHE profiles are developed in eleven active clinical and operational domains. SNOMED CT value sets referenced in these profiles are typically used to bind coded values to content in structured documents, discrete data elements and metadata. Approximately 30 IHE profiles reference SNOMED CT value sets as of the date of this agreement. Over the course of the 5 year agreement, the SNOMED CT IHE Set will be updated officially annually, taking into account updates to the IHE profiles which are performed annually in each IHE domain. Thirty-seven profiles within 6 domains currently fall within the scope of the agreement. Phast-Services, based in Paris, France, will serve as experts on behalf of IHE to maintain the SNOMED CT IHE Set. ”For 20 years, IHE has pursued collaboration to advance standards-based interoperability in health information technology,” said Michael, McCoy, MD, Co-chair of the IHE International Board. “This agreement with SNOMED International marks a significant milestone toward making standards more accessible and usable.” From SNOMED International, “we are excited and encouraged to embark on this license agreement with IHE International”, said Don Sweete, the organization’s CEO. “Cooperation and accord among the world’s health standards organizations has never been more critical. The like-mindedness of our two organizations in aspiring to enable the clear exchange of information clearly supports the validity of our agreement to work together.” Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

New Zealand is represented in SNOMED International by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. New Zealand New Zealand is represented in SNOMED International by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. Contact Details Health New Zealand 133 Molesworth Street PO Box 793 Wellington 6140 New Zealand Website: www.tewhatuora.govt.nz Email: standards@tewhatuora.govt.nz Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Alastair Kenworthy Member Forum: Mia van Dorp, Evan Li News articles There is more energy than ever in rolling out SNOMED CT as the key information standard for an equitable, data-driven and digitally-transformed health and social system in Aotearoa New Zealand. SNOMED CT implementation is central to an interoperability roadmap supporting the New Zealand Health Strategy, Pae Ora Healthy Futures reforms and national digital health programme, with their long-term goals of achieving health equity and improving health outcomes for all New Zealanders. The focus over the next three years is the primary and community sector, where health providers are migrating their systems to SNOMED CT as they introduce new models of care, become data-driven and use technology to reduce workforce pressures. SNOMED also plays a vital part in the New Zealand adaptation of the International Patient Summary standard, which allows consumers to tell their health story in digital form and streamlines their interactions with health services. More information about SNOMED CT in New Zealand can be accessed here: www.tewhatuora.govt.nz Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

SNOMED recognizes and celebrates 2023 Lifetime Achievement and Award for Excellence winners Back 21 Dec 2023 Back As 2023 draws to a close, SNOMED International recognizes its 2023 Lifetime Achievement and Award for Excellence winners SNOMED International recently awarded two Lifetime Achievement and two Awards for Excellence at its 2023 Awards Gala held in conjunction with SNOMED CT Expo 2023 in Atlanta, GA. Vivian Auld, Dr. Keith E Campbell, Pim Volkert and W. Scott Campbell recognized. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals for outstanding, sustained contribution in the development and promotion of SNOMED CT and overall global leadership in the terminology field. The Award of Excellence is given for outstanding contribution to the improvement of SNOMED CT and its successful implementation in health and social care. Lifetime Achievement Award winner Vivian Auld The first award in this category was given to Vivian Auld, Senior Specialist for Health Data Standards (retired) at the US National Library of Medicine. Vivian, who was involved with US federal strategy for terminology standards for electronic health records since the early 1990s, worked at the US National Library of Medicine for almost three decades, where she focused on supporting the nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the overall quality and efficiency of health care. She was also an active member of the team that developed and executed the strategy which led to the inclusion and acceptance of SNOMED CT in US health data policy, and played a role in discussions about global adoption of SNOMED CT. Vivian has been and remains an advocate for the equal rights of all SNOMED International Members regardless of size or wealth and an ambassador for SNOMED CT adoption and implementation. Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dr Keith E Campbell The second award in this category went to Keith E. Campbell, MD, PhD, Program Director, US Food and Drug Administration’s Systemic Harmonization and Interoperability Enhancement for Laboratory Data program. Keith was a key member of the original SNOMED CT Design Team created in 1999 following the agreement between the College of American Pathologists and the UK NHS to merge SNOMED RT with NHS Clinical Terms Version 3. As a member of SNOMED International’s original Editorial Board, Keith continued his contribution to the SNOMED Technical Design Team that produced the original distribution format and its evolution into RF2, including the reference set mechanism that today enables the graceful evolution of SNOMED CT to support broader use cases and extensibility requirements. Award for Excellence winner Pim Volkert Clinical data architecture coordinator (formerly head of the Netherlands SNOMED CT National Release Centre) Pim Volkert, a long-time ambassador and driving force for SNOMED CT in the Netherlands, also drove the translation of SNOMED CT into the Dutch language. All of these efforts resulted in the Netherlands’ adoption of SNOMED CT as the preferred terminology. Pim is also the clinical data coordinator of Health-RI, a Netherlands national program to build a national and integrated health data infrastructure for research and innovation. Award for Excellence winner W. Scott Campbell W. Scott Campbell, Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was nominated for his work in implementing electronic health record systems in ambulatory care practices and his leadership capabilities as a terminologist and implementation specialist, bringing together, educating and guiding a large group of pathologists, terminologists and other specialists. “The SNOMED International Awards Gala, where we recognize and celebrate those SNOMED CT community members who have made outstanding contributions to the development and implementation of the clinical terminology, is always one of the biggest highlights of our yearly Expo,” says SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete . “Although there are always many worthy contenders, we salute the four chosen this year, each of whom has played such a pivotal role in the ongoing development and success of SNOMED CT globally.” About SNOMED International SNOMED International is a not-for-profit organization that owns and develops SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive healthcare terminology product. We play an essential role in improving the health of humankind by determining standards for a codified language that represents groups of clinical terms. This enables healthcare information to be exchanged globally for the benefit of patients and other stakeholders. We are committed to the rigorous evolution of our products and services, to deliver continuous innovation for the global healthcare community. SNOMED International is the trading name of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation. https://www.snomed.org/ Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

SNOMED International and LOINC® announce renewed collaboration agreement and upcoming production release of the LOINC Ontology Back 11 Mar 2025 Back SNOMED International and LOINC® by Regenstrief announce their renewed agreement and upcoming production release of the LOINC ® Ontology: A LOINC and SNOMED CT interoperability solution . Renewed commitment Although the main focus of the renewed collaboration agreement is the release of the LOINC Ontology, it also continues the work initiated in 2022, including the adoption of working practices that facilitate the use and interoperability of the terminology standards both organizations produce. It will also focus on ensuring that stakeholders/users globally have clear direction on the use of the standards, whether together or individually, and that an effective interoperability solution is available to users when both standards are implemented in the same system. The upcoming release is the result of the renewed collaboration between the two organizations that began in 2022 and continued in 2023 with the technical preview of the ontology , building on the relationship formed more than a decade ago. The ontology, colloquially referred to as the LOINC Extension, is slated for release at the end of March 2025 and will initially cover quantitative laboratory tests. After the initial production release, Regenstrief plans to issue the release twice a year (March and September) following the twice annual LOINC release . To keep up to date on important project news including informational release webinars, subscribe to receive updates . What is the LOINC Ontology? The LOINC Ontology supports providers and users who implement different combinations of SNOMED CT and LOINC in health information systems and allows them to meet clinical and regulatory requirements in a single solution. An extension of SNOMED CT’s ontological framework, the ontology creates SNOMED CT and LOINC codes for all concepts that are shared between the terminologies. SNOMED CT provides the computable framework and LOINC provides laboratory and pathology content in an understood format to countries that do not currently use LOINC. The goals of the collaboration are to improve health and better care through standardized terminology and to make it easy for implementers to take a unified approach to implementing both standards. It minimizes duplication of effort between Regenstrief and SNOMED International, gives implementers a choice of which codes to use, and provides a single solution that meets clinical and regulatory requirements globally. As part of this joint effort, SNOMED International subject matter experts have worked with the LOINC team to provide ontological guidance, modelling, relevant content specialization and technical support. Regenstrief, however, continues to own and manage the ontology. The March 2025 release will include more than 35,000 concepts, including quantitative lab tests and the top 200 most used lab tests ordered. Domains of information (lab, clinical, documents, radiology, survey instruments) will be added incrementally. We will link existing SNOMED CT concepts to existing LOINC content where applicable and new LOINC codes will be created as needed. LOINC Parts will be mapped to SNOMED concepts, and new SNOMED CT concepts will be created as needed. Over the next few months, both organizations will also focus on developing implementation resources, including jointly developed guidance, tangible pilots and opportunities for community engagement, to better understand implementers’ experiences. LOINC , short for Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes, is a worldwide standard used in 193 countries and available in 20 languages for identifying health measurements, observations and documents enabling the identification, exchange and collection of data across health systems. Created and maintained at Regenstrief Institute , the system is free to use. SNOMED CT , with more than 360,000 concepts, is the most comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology in the world. “It is extremely gratifying to see the progress that the LOINC and SNOMED CT teams have made over the past year in developing the production release of the LOINC Ontology,” says SNOMED International Chief Executive Officer Don Sweete. “While our end goal is, jointly, to support the delivery of better patient care worldwide, a big piece of that is enabling providers and other users of the ontology with a less complex, more integrated approach that eliminates the challenges posed by using two separate health data standards.” The upcoming release of the LOINC Ontology reflects the strength and dedication of our partnership with SNOMED International,” says Marjorie Rallins, DPM, M.S., Executive Director of LOINC and Health Data Standards at Regenstrief. “By combining the robust capabilities of both standards, we’re delivering an integrated solution that simplifies implementation for healthcare providers and promotes seamless data exchange. This collaboration is a pivotal step toward improving interoperability and supporting better health outcomes globally.” Visit snomed.org and loinc.org for more information on each standard. Visit loincsnomed.org for more information on the LOINC Ontology and review the frequently asked questions . Contacts: Regenstrief Institute John Erickson Email: prteam@regenstrief.org SNOMED International Kelly Kuru Email: comms@snomed.org Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe