SNOMED responds to community call for improved diabetes insipidus terminology in SNOMED CT Back 12 Feb 2024 Back SNOMED International, responding to an external request from an international group of representatives of national and international endocrinology, nephrology and pediatric societies, is improving concepts referring to diabetes insipidus in SNOMED CT. Existing diabetes insipidus concepts will be renamed or replaced with new concepts representing current terminology for this disorder. In October 2022, the Working Group for Renaming Diabetes Insipidus published a paper outlining the rationale for the retirement of the term “diabetes insipidus” and the replacement with terms that more appropriately represent the pathophysiology of this set of conditions. Since then, a number of professional societies, as well as UpToDate , a primary source of truth for SNOMED CT, have endorsed the proposed changes, which have also been adopted by a number of primary references. A November 2022 Springer article , titled ‘ What’s in a name? That which we call diabetes does not taste sweet!’ says most health care professionals are familiar with the term “diabetes,” a shortening of the name for the common disorder “diabetes mellitus,” but the term “diabetes insipidus” is rare and many practitioners are unfamiliar with the diagnosis and its pathophysiology and management, leading to potentially serious consequences for patients. Concepts previously referring to diabetes insipidus in the SNOMED CT International Edition are affected by the changes. For each of the affected terms, either a name change or a replacement term was created to reflect the current terminology as determined by the expert group. The primary focus was to reflect the newer terminology of “arginine-vasopressin deficiency” or “arginine-vasopressin resistance,” which have been verified by subject matter experts to ensure clinical veracity to either central or nephrogenic etiologies. “We’re excited to provide the updated content related to this condition, and, hopefully, building greater awareness through correct terminology so providers have the information they need to accurately diagnose and treat patients,” says SNOMED International Chief Terminologist Dr James Case. “This process is a perfect example of how our community and SNOMED International work together to continually develop and improve SNOMED CT.” “This new nomenclature is an important step for patient safety, as many healthcare practitioners have confused diabetes insipidus with the much more common diabetes mellitus, which led to unnecessary blood sugar measurements but also much worse consequences including death,” explains Mirjam Christ-Crain, MD PhD, Professor of Endocrinology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. As a member of the working group to rename diabetes insipidus, I am extremely grateful to SNOMED International for this pragmatic implementation of the new names. We are already now experiencing that the new name is widely accepted, among physicians and patients alike,” she adds. The content changes have been completed and are scheduled for the February 2024 International release of SNOMED CT. Contact info@snomed.org for a list of the affected concepts. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Frequent releases of SNOMED CT International Edition support greater interoperability Back 11 Aug 2022 Back Last year, SNOMED International announced it would transition to more frequent releases of the SNOMED CT International Edition rather than just twice a year. Since January 2022, the organization has released the clinical terminology at the end of each month. Consuming the release on a monthly basis is not required, however, as Members can continue on a biannual schedule if they so choose – there are numerous benefits to being able to access SNOMED CT more frequently. Frequent releases support better interoperability, as organizations and entities can now consume release content that is more aligned with other organizations, for example. As well, it makes it easier to complete smaller projects. January to July 2022 frequent release highlights Some of the highlights of the types of new content included in the monthly release packages over the past six months are: Contributions from a number of our collaboration partners, such as the inclusion of new Social Determinants of Health clinical findings for the Gravity Project the addition of American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) allowable values for tumor staging following a new licensing agreement between the AJCC and SNOMED International and inactivations of outdated findings; additional new nursing procedure concepts; additional content for the ICD-11 update; completion of a map from the SNOMED CT International release to ICD-10 (2016 version) continued implementation of SNOMED International’s Quality Initiative, designed to improve internal structural consistency and ensure compliance with editorial policy related to the stated modeling of content; inactivation of concepts in the international release referring to "legal" and "illegal" termination of pregnancy (abortion) due to non-conformance to editorial policy. Those concepts have been replaced by concepts agnostic as to the legality of the procedure; and the revision and addition of new concepts related to Monkeypox. SNOMED International Release Manager Andrew Atkinson says he expects the uptake of the monthly releases to continue to grow as more users become more aware of the benefits. “The availability of frequent releases has proven to be increasingly popular with our Managed Service users in particular, as it offers them the ability to upgrade their national extensions more regularly,” he reports. “As these users and others (non Managed Service users) learn more about how frequent delivery enables them to better manage their workloads, we expect to see a steadily increasing embrace of SNOMED CT on a more regular basis.” Eventually, he adds, SNOMED International will extend the scope of the current automated functionality to allow Managed Service products to be released more frequently as well. “Once the work has been completed to enable this to happen, they’ll then have even more scope to deploy deliverables such as their drug extensions on a more frequent schedule,” he says. Monthly releases of SNOMED CT will continue to be made available from the Member Licensing and Distribution Service (MLDS.) MLDS contains SNOMED International releases, both Production and Alpha (technology previews), available for Members to download. Do you have more questions? Contact us at releases@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

In order to enhance consistence within and between code systems, attempts have been made to partly automitize this term matching through a no-code/low-code approach to to generate a basis for a glossary for subsequent AI-assisted translation. The poster will demonstrate the benefits and issues arising in this work. Back View Map Norwegian Directorate of Health (2 of 3) Utilizing national extension when translating other code systems Read More Country / Region EMEA Tags Artificial intelligence, Translation In order to enhance consistence within and between code systems, attempts have been made to partly automitize this term matching through a no-code/low-code approach to to generate a basis for a glossary for subsequent AI-assisted translation. The poster will demonstrate the benefits and issues arising in this work. Description Assessing approaches to facilitate consistence Scope Reusing translation, ammending terminology How SNOMED CT will be used National extension is used in automatized process during QA work. 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

University Hospitals Leuven launched a project enabling clinicians to directly code diagnoses in the problem list using SNOMED-CT (SCT), ensuring structured documentation in the EPR. The initiative focuses on creating specialty-tailored diagnosis lists, developed with in-house-terminologists. A critical need arises in rare disease (RD) care, where physicians require Orphanet coding, unsupported by the EPR. Though the system's SCT-only design simplifies queries and ensures transparency, the hospital uses a SCT-Orphanet mapping to bridge this gap. Dedicated SCT-concepts from the mapping are preloaded into the EPR, allowing RD coding in SCT while preserving Orphanet traceability. These are extracted to the datawarehouse. To date, 6258 unique RD patients have been registered, using 669 Orphanet terms and 1120 SCT terms. The discrepancy stems from a hospital-curated extension list of RDs not yet in the mapping but flagged by clinicians. Challenges remain: the current mapping includes 94.9% of Orphanet concepts at disorder level, but only 29.9% at subtype level, though subtypes often coexist in both terminologies. This leads to underreporting: a one-time analysis using SCT-hierarchies and the mapping increased RD patient extraction by 20%; this cascade approach counted child terms in the SCT hierarchy as RDs when linked to a parent Orphanet code (adding 10833 SCT-concepts to the official 6664 entries). Newly described RDs face delays awaiting annual mapping update; Orphanet added 166 new RDs in 2024. Clinicians emphasize the need to document causative genes as a future terminology priority. This project shows how mappings can overcome EPR limitations, enabling standardized RD-registration in constrained environments. Back View Map UZ Leuven (1 of 3) Standardizing rare disease registration: a SNOMED CT-Orphanet mapping approach in the electronic patient record of University Hospitals Leuven Read More Country / Region EMEA Tags Clinical Practice, Data analytics, Implementation, Innovation, Mapping University Hospitals Leuven launched a project enabling clinicians to directly code diagnoses in the problem list using SNOMED-CT (SCT), ensuring structured documentation in the EPR. The initiative focuses on creating specialty-tailored diagnosis lists, developed with in-house-terminologists. A critical need arises in rare disease (RD) care, where physicians require Orphanet coding, unsupported by the EPR. Though the system's SCT-only design simplifies queries and ensures transparency, the hospital uses a SCT-Orphanet mapping to bridge this gap. Dedicated SCT-concepts from the mapping are preloaded into the EPR, allowing RD coding in SCT while preserving Orphanet traceability. These are extracted to the datawarehouse. To date, 6258 unique RD patients have been registered, using 669 Orphanet terms and 1120 SCT terms. The discrepancy stems from a hospital-curated extension list of RDs not yet in the mapping but flagged by clinicians. Challenges remain: the current mapping includes 94.9% of Orphanet concepts at disorder level, but only 29.9% at subtype level, though subtypes often coexist in both terminologies. This leads to underreporting: a one-time analysis using SCT-hierarchies and the mapping increased RD patient extraction by 20%; this cascade approach counted child terms in the SCT hierarchy as RDs when linked to a parent Orphanet code (adding 10833 SCT-concepts to the official 6664 entries). Newly described RDs face delays awaiting annual mapping update; Orphanet added 166 new RDs in 2024. Clinicians emphasize the need to document causative genes as a future terminology priority. This project shows how mappings can overcome EPR limitations, enabling standardized RD-registration in constrained environments. Description This initiative at UZ Leuven focuses on standardizing diagnosis coding in the electronic patient record (EPR) by implementing SNOMED CT (SCT) as the primary terminology for clinician-driven problem list documentation. The project spans: * Clinical Adoption: * Development of specialty-specific diagnosis lists in collaboration with terminologists, enabling clinicians to code diagnoses directly in SCT at the point of care. * Rare Disease (RD) Workflow: * Addressing the gap in Orphanet coding (unsupported in the EPR) via a custom SCT-Orphanet mapping, allowing RD documentation in SCT while preserving traceability to Orphanet. * Preloading mapped SCT terms into the EPR to streamline RD registration. * Data Extraction & Challenges: * Automated extraction of coded RD data to the warehouse, with ongoing validation to ensure accuracy. * Maintenance of an internal extension list for RDs not yet covered by the official mapping. * Future Priorities: * Mapping expansion: Addressing gaps for RD subtypes and newly described diseases, which face delays due to annual mapping update cycles. * Gene-Disease Links: Developing terminology support to capture causative genes, a key unmet need for RD characterization. Scope SCT was adopted as the primary clinical terminology for this initiative due to the following key factors: * EPR system mandate * Our EPR (KWS) requires SCT as its native terminology standard for structured data entry, ensuring system-wide consistency and interoperability. * Comprehensive clinical coverage * SCT's broad scope covers all medical domains, allowing unified coding of both common and rare diagnoses within a single terminology framework. * This eliminates the need for multiple parallel coding systems, reducing complexity for clinicians. * Mapping Capabilities * While our clinicians prefer Orphanet for rare diseases, SCT's mapping functionality to external terminologies provides a pragmatic workaround: * The existing SNOMED CT-Orphanet mapping enables rare disease coding while preserving traceability to Orphanet codes. * Mapped concepts are preloaded in the EPR for clinician convenience. * Regulatory and Interoperability Benefits * SNOMED CT is an international standard and its use facilitates data exchange with other healthcare institutions and research partners. How SNOMED CT will be used In this project, SNOMED CT (SCT) serves as the primary terminology standard for encoding diagnoses in the electronic patient record (EPR), with specific applications: * Structured problem list documentation: * Clinicians directly code all clinically relevant diagnoses in SCT at the point of care, ensuring standardized data entry in the problem list. * Specialty-specific subsets of SCT (e.g., for cardiology, neurology) are curated with terminologists to streamline clinician workflows. * Rare Disease (RD) coding via mapping: * To address the lack of native Orphanet support in the EPR, an SCT-Orphanet mapping enables RD documentation: * Predefined SCT concepts (e.g., "Disorders" and "Findings" from the mapping) are preloaded into the EPR. * Physicians select SCT terms that map to Orphanet codes, preserving traceability for downstream use (e.g., registries, analytics). * Data extraction & interoperability: * Coded SCT diagnoses are extracted to the data warehouse, where the mapping enables automatic translation to Orphanet for RD-specific reporting. * Internal validation ensures consistency, supplemented by a hospital-maintained SCT extension list for RDs not yet mapped. 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Health Informatics Back Health Informatics Vendor Overview Our mission is to Promote Health Informatics Excellence in Pakistan. We are Pakistani health informaticians working around the world and have established this centre for the purpose of promoting best practices for implementing eHealth. We work directly with our clients through resident staff in 11 countries and specialize in Healthcare, Emergency Services Command & Control Systems, Enterprise Mobile Apps and Geo Spatial Systems. With over 300 experienced Software Developers and Project Managers we are able to undertake complex enterprise product development globally. 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 Indici - Primary Care Spectrum - URGENT & UNPLANNED CARE CareMonX™ EMS Suite- Electronic Patient Care Reporting & Data Management Solution CareMonX™CAD- Emergency Dispatch Vivasta - Enhanced Independent Living MIA - Major Incident Alerting PROMMS - Professional Membership Management System Exaro Script - Digital Pen Technology HazIT - Waste Disposal Management System BizNav - Empowering Your Business Process Scope of services Analytics, Chronic disease, Clinical coding, Clinical documentation, Diagnostic imaging, Drug, EHR, EMR, Lab, Middleware, Oncology, Order sets, Pharmacy, Telehealth Downloadable documents Office Vancouver Contact details Abdul Rauf Assistant Director Project 00923335414465 abdul.rauf@valentiatech.com Regions where operational Africa, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America

The National Board of Health and Welfare has, within the Swedish strategy for eHealth, the overall responsibility for providing national resources for standardized health and social care information. Sweden The National Board of Health and Welfare has, within the Swedish strategy for eHealth, the overall responsibility for providing national resources for standardized health and social care information. Contact Details The National Board of Health and Welfare 106 30 Stockholm Sweden Telephone: +46(0)75 247 3000 Websites: https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/kunskapsstod-och-regler/omraden/e-halsa/snomed-ct/ Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Carl Nilsson Member Forum: Niklas Eklöf, Erica Culp News articles These resources include the national and international classifications, the Swedish terminology database and SNOMED CT, as well as the national information structure initiative. The National Board of Health and Welfare runs the SNOMED CT National Release Centre, and is responsible for maintaining and distributing the Swedish extension of SNOMED CT. The extension contains translations into Swedish of the preferred terms from the international edition as well as nationally added content which is specific to Swedish health care. The National Release Centre is also in charge of user support and training to external stakeholders, and collaborates with other organizations to promote adoption of SNOMED CT. Some of the key adoption projects are presented on SNOMEDinAction.org. The national source for reasons for prescribing medication, with SNOMED CT serving as the foundation for the terminology, has been finalized and there is an ongoing discussion with other organizations on how to make it available in EHR systems. A coding system for medical alert information has been developed including allergies, contagious diseases and critical conditions using SNOMED CT and other coding systems. Integration of SNOMED CT concepts into national clinical guidelines and other resources for knowledge published by the National Board of Health and Welfare is ongoing and the Swedish NRC is involved in a national initiative to use SNOMED CT within pathology. The first stage of the project is focused on pancreatic cancer. More information about SNOMED CT in Sweden can be accessed here: https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/kunskapsstod-och-regler/omraden/e-halsa/snomed-ct/ 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 study presents a method for the automatic standardization of Chinese clinical terms to SNOMED CT using large language model (LLM) technology. To address the challenges of mapping Chinese medical terminology to standardized international vocabularies, the research constructs a dataset covering diverse clinical terms and fine-tunes a pretrained large model (DeepSeek-V3) to improve the accuracy and efficiency of term mapping. Experimental results demonstrate that the LLM-based approach significantly outperforms traditional rule-based or dictionary-based methods. It effectively handles complex cases such as polysemy and term variations, while also supporting contextual understanding to ensure precise term alignment. This technology has the potential to enhance clinical data integration and interoperability, providing standardized terminology support for intelligent healthcare systems and medical research applications. Back View Map Digital Health China (1 of 2) Automatic Standardization of Chinese Clinical Terms to SNOMED CT Based on Large Language Model Technology Read More Country / Region APAC Tags Global/International, Innovation, Mapping, Translation This study presents a method for the automatic standardization of Chinese clinical terms to SNOMED CT using large language model (LLM) technology. To address the challenges of mapping Chinese medical terminology to standardized international vocabularies, the research constructs a dataset covering diverse clinical terms and fine-tunes a pretrained large model (DeepSeek-V3) to improve the accuracy and efficiency of term mapping. Experimental results demonstrate that the LLM-based approach significantly outperforms traditional rule-based or dictionary-based methods. It effectively handles complex cases such as polysemy and term variations, while also supporting contextual understanding to ensure precise term alignment. This technology has the potential to enhance clinical data integration and interoperability, providing standardized terminology support for intelligent healthcare systems and medical research applications. Description 1.Data Level: Scope SNOMED CT is employed as the standardized medical terminology system to establish a unified and structured mapping between Chinese clinical terms and international medical knowledge frameworks. Key uses include: 1.Term Alignment Goal: Automatically maps unstructured Chinese clinical terms—such as disease names and symptom descriptions—to the corresponding standard terms or concept IDs in SNOMED CT. 2.Reference System for Matching: SNOMED CT serves as the reference system for validating whether Chinese terms have been correctly standardized and for evaluating mapping outcomes. 3.Training and Evaluation Benchmark: The outputs of the large language model are compared against SNOMED CT concepts to assess semantic accuracy and normalization effectiveness. In summary, SNOMED CT is used as the target system for standardization, providing structured coding, unified semantic representation, and enabling interoperability of medical information. How SNOMED CT will be used SNOMED CT was chosen as the target standard vocabulary for the following key reasons: 1.International Authority: SNOMED CT is one of the most comprehensive and well-structured medical terminology systems globally, widely adopted in clinical information systems and electronic health records. 2.Comprehensive Coverage: It includes a wide range of medical concepts—such as diseases, symptoms, procedures, and diagnostics—making it suitable for mapping common expressions in Chinese clinical text. 3.Semantic Interoperability: Using SNOMED CT facilitates semantic interoperability between Chinese clinical data and global medical information systems, enhancing data sharing and integration. 4.Support for Standardization and Global Integration: Aligning with SNOMED CT promotes the standardization of Chinese healthcare data and its integration into the international medical ecosystem. Therefore, SNOMED CT was selected to achieve high-quality, internationally compatible terminology normalization and to improve the global applicability of Chinese clinical terms. 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

This study presents a methodology for constructing a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) semantic network system based on SNOMED CT, addressing challenges in terminology standardization and knowledge integration within the TCM domain. By analyzing SNOMED CT's framework and encoding rules, and incorporating TCM-specific features (e.g., property-channel tropism, efficacy classification), we designed an ontological model encompassing core concepts, attribute relationships, and terminology mapping. The system employs semantic web technologies (e.g., RDF, OWL) to establish hierarchical and associative relationships among TCM concepts (e.g., "incompatibility," "pharmacological effects") while ensuring compatibility with SNOMED CT for international standardization. Experimental validation involved constructing a prototype semantic network (e.g., nodes for Astragalus membranaceus) to demonstrate the system's efficacy in terminology normalization, knowledge reasoning, and cross-domain data linkage. This research provides a feasible solution for standardizing and enabling intelligent applications (e.g., clinical decision support, big data analytics) of TCM knowledge, while expanding SNOMED CT's applicability to traditional medicine. It aims to foster integration between TCM and Western medicine and advance the modernization and digitization of TCM through foundational semantic infrastructure. Back View Map Digital Health China (2 of 2) Construction of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Semantic Network System Based on SNOMED CT Read More Country / Region APAC Tags Global/International, Innovation, Research This study presents a methodology for constructing a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) semantic network system based on SNOMED CT, addressing challenges in terminology standardization and knowledge integration within the TCM domain. By analyzing SNOMED CT's framework and encoding rules, and incorporating TCM-specific features (e.g., property-channel tropism, efficacy classification), we designed an ontological model encompassing core concepts, attribute relationships, and terminology mapping. The system employs semantic web technologies (e.g., RDF, OWL) to establish hierarchical and associative relationships among TCM concepts (e.g., "incompatibility," "pharmacological effects") while ensuring compatibility with SNOMED CT for international standardization. Experimental validation involved constructing a prototype semantic network (e.g., nodes for Astragalus membranaceus) to demonstrate the system's efficacy in terminology normalization, knowledge reasoning, and cross-domain data linkage. This research provides a feasible solution for standardizing and enabling intelligent applications (e.g., clinical decision support, big data analytics) of TCM knowledge, while expanding SNOMED CT's applicability to traditional medicine. It aims to foster integration between TCM and Western medicine and advance the modernization and digitization of TCM through foundational semantic infrastructure. Description The study focuses on: Terminology Standardization: Developing a TCM-compatible terminology system based on SNOMED CT to unify TCM expressions. Semantic Network Construction: Using RDF/OWL to model TCM concept relationships (e.g., property-channel tropism, efficacy, incompatibility). Knowledge Integration & Mapping: Aligning TCM knowledge (e.g., herbs, formulas, pharmacology) with SNOMED CT for interoperability. Application Validation: Testing feasibility via exemplary networks (e.g., Pogostemon cablin nodes) for clinical decision support and analytics. Scope Global Authority: Widely adopted in EHRs, enhancing TCM's international compatibility. Structured Knowledge Representation: Hierarchies and semantic relationships support modeling TCM complexities. Semantic Reasoning: Enables future applications like automated drug interaction checks. Cross-Domain Mapping: Bridges TCM-Western medicine terminology (e.g., herb-drug combinations). Extensibility: Open update mechanisms allow incremental TCM concept additions. How SNOMED CT will be used Key uses include: Standardization Framework: Adapting SNOMED CT's hierarchies (e.g., "substance/drug," "procedure") for TCM ontology design. Semantic Extension: Extending SNOMED CT's relationships (e.g., Is_a, Part_of) to TCM-specific links (e.g., "channel tropism"). Terminology Mapping: Partial alignment of TCM concepts (e.g., Astragalus "Herbal drug") for cross-domain interoperability. Technical Compatibility: Using OWL/RDF to ensure integration with global medical knowledge graphs. Limitation: SNOMED CT's limited TCM coverage necessitates supplemental TCM-specific concepts. 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

Joint Initiative Council Releases Inaugural Standards Set for Patient Summary Back 11 Jan 2018 Back In April 2015, the Joint Initiative Council (JIC), a collaborative of 8 international digital health standards development organisations, discussed its strategic direction and agreed upon the following goal: The JIC will contribute to better global patient health outcomes by providing strategic leadership in the specification of sets of implementable standards for health information sharing. Charged with operationalizing this goal, the JIC identified the need to develop a number of relevant use case-focused Standards Sets. Standards Sets follow the working definition of a coherent collection of standards and standards artefacts that support a specific use case. The first Standards Set the JIC prioritized for completion is the Patient Summary. Through a collaborative development process drawing upon international subject matter expertise, JIC membership and public consultation, a JIC coordination group has developed the Patient Summary Standards Set for immediate release. This Standards Set and its supporting documents are predominantly geared at vendors, healthcare organisations and governments/policy makers who are exploring ways of developing and implementing Patient Summaries. As a guidance document, the Standards Set provides an overview of standards, standards artefacts and profiles that meet agreed criteria for a specific Use Case. It does not recommend a single or specific implementation for a particular topic. Rather, the intent is to provide sufficient detail to enable different stakeholders to choose the standards, artefacts and profiles most suited to satisfying their requirements. The Standards Set is free for use and developed in line with best practice such as the work in ISO TC 215 on the Reference Standards Portfolio. It is a ‘living’ document that will be maintained and updated based on feedback, evolution and emergence of new standards and related artefacts on an annual basis. The collection of information artefacts, including the Patient Summary Standards Set, can be accessed via the dedicated Patient Summary Standards Set page on the Joint Initiative Council website. In addition to the PSSS guidance document, the JIC has made all supporting resources available for your use. To this end, as a means of supporting national and international bodies in their efforts to increase efficiency and coordination while reducing duplication, the JIC invites stakeholders to invest time in the review, use and betterment of this inaugural Standards Set.For additional information, please contact psssfeedback@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 EuroHeart ACS/PCI data standards have been developed by the European Society of Cardiology for use in quality registries and research. Following a pilot implementation of EuroHeart ACS/PCI in the HSE South West of Ireland the intention was to roll out the standards and platform nationally. The EuroHeart ACS/PCI reference set that was developed in Ireland is now going to be used throughout Europe through the EuroHeart registry IT Platform. Standardised data definitions are essential for the reliable investigation of quality of care and outcomes in observational studies and randomised controlled trials. Variety in such definitions impedes benchmarking and leads to inconsistencies that directly impact the interpretation of clinical studies and the implementation of their findings. The EuroHeart registry IT platform provides a reliable foundation for clinical quality registries, including pre-built data entry forms, mandatory data sets, and quality indicators. As healthcare systems evolve, the need for efficient data exchange and interoperability becomes a necessity. FHIR is the globally recognised standard that facilitate secure and reliable health data sharing. As Ireland's EuroHeart Registry Centre (EHRC) now have mapped the EuroHeart ACS-PCI mandatory data set to SNOMED,a standard that enables the use of FHIR, the benefits of the FHIR adapted APIs can be utilized for easy and correct data exchange. The enhancement of the EuroHeart platform with APIs supporting these standards can offer numerous advantages. Back View Map Health Service Executive, Ireland (2 of 2) EuroHeart Registry- Enhancing cardiovascular data by applying standards Read More Country / Region EMEA Tags Clinical Practice, Data analytics, Data quality, EHDS (European Health Data Space), Research The EuroHeart ACS/PCI data standards have been developed by the European Society of Cardiology for use in quality registries and research. Following a pilot implementation of EuroHeart ACS/PCI in the HSE South West of Ireland the intention was to roll out the standards and platform nationally. The EuroHeart ACS/PCI reference set that was developed in Ireland is now going to be used throughout Europe through the EuroHeart registry IT Platform. Standardised data definitions are essential for the reliable investigation of quality of care and outcomes in observational studies and randomised controlled trials. Variety in such definitions impedes benchmarking and leads to inconsistencies that directly impact the interpretation of clinical studies and the implementation of their findings. The EuroHeart registry IT platform provides a reliable foundation for clinical quality registries, including pre-built data entry forms, mandatory data sets, and quality indicators. As healthcare systems evolve, the need for efficient data exchange and interoperability becomes a necessity. FHIR is the globally recognised standard that facilitate secure and reliable health data sharing. As Ireland's EuroHeart Registry Centre (EHRC) now have mapped the EuroHeart ACS-PCI mandatory data set to SNOMED,a standard that enables the use of FHIR, the benefits of the FHIR adapted APIs can be utilized for easy and correct data exchange. The enhancement of the EuroHeart platform with APIs supporting these standards can offer numerous advantages. Description Following a pilot implementation of EuroHeart ACS/PCI in the HSE South West of Ireland, the intention is to roll out the standards and platform nationally. The project team brought their dataset for review through the Data Specification management Process in the HSE. This process review the dataset to ensure standards are met and ensure quality assurance and have early input from down stream functions to enhance service planning, analytics and reporting. Once the DSMP was completed work progressed on the devolopment of the EuroHeart ACS/PCI reference set. This was developed over a matter of months and a vast amount of new authoring was also developed through the National Release Centre of SNOMED CT Ireland. Once the reference set was developed and published the EuroHeart Registry IT platform was very happy to engage and will be using this reference set on a European platform. Scope SNOMED CT was chosen due to its International interoperability and it enables the use of FHIR, the benefits of the FHIR adapted APIs can be utilized for easy and correct data exchange. How SNOMED CT will be used SNOMED CT will not only be used in in the Irish setting for auditing of Cardiac disease but also now implemented in to the EuroHeart registry IT platform. 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

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

Ireland joined as a Member in November 2016 after an extensive consultation process, which included a report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). Ireland Ireland joined as a Member in November 2016 after an extensive consultation process, which included a report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). Contact Details Department of Health / eHealth Ireland High Street House, Wilton, Cork Ireland Eircode T12 E722 Website: http://www.ehealthireland.ie/ Email: snomed@hse.ie Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Niall Sinnott, Department of Health Member Forum: Theresa Barry News articles 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. More information about SNOMED CT in Ireland can be accessed here: http://www.ehealthireland.ie/ 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