Vidal Group Back Vidal Group Vendor Overview VIDAL Group is a leading European healthcare informatics and information systems company. With a team of over 200 pharmacists, pharmacologists, physicians, researchers, health informaticists, database architects, and application developers, VIDAL Group provides hospitals, primary care physicians, pharmacists, and patients with online access to up-to-date drug databases and related treatment-based information. The VIDAL Group team utilizes their collective expertise to provide relevant content from regulatory agencies, drug development organisations and peer-reviewed journals. In order to maximize opportunities for combining information produced by VIDAL Group with other healthcare-related information, VIDAL Group publishes its information using a number of standards relating to the clinical use of medications such as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification (ATC). Supporting the information access needs of both patients and providers requires carrying out a number of information sorting, layering, and translation tasks. The collective goal is to provide consumer-relevant information in a format that facilitates informed, efficient, effective, and economically sensible clinical decision-making. It is the consistent and successful accomplishment of these various information-processing tasks that distinguish the VIDAL Group’s medication-centric information products. VIDAL Group solutions are designed for both individual use and integration into existing healthcare information-processing systems. The company’s products are currently embedded in over 400 medical software applications in Europe. VIDAL Group is headquartered in Paris. It has local operations in a number of European countries including France, Germany, Portugal and Spain with VIDAL France (Paris) having the largest operation with more than 140 employees. VIDAL Group has recently expanded its sales to Latin America and the Middle East. 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 VIDAL Consult VIDAL Integrated VIDAL Data Services Scope of services Analytics, Clinical coding, Clinical documentation, Drug, EHR, EMR, Order sets, Pharmacy Downloadable documents Office 21 rue Camille Desmoulins Issy-les-Moulineaux Ile-de-France 97132 France http://www.vidal-dis.com Contact details Paul Bonnet G.M. Paul Bonnet pbonnet@vademecum.es Regions where operational Global

The United Kingdom is a founder member of SNOMED International, and its representative is NHS England, on behalf of the UK countries. United Kingdom The United Kingdom is a founder member of SNOMED International, and its representative is NHS England, on behalf of the UK countries. Contact Details NHS England 7 and 8 Wellington Place Leeds West Yorkshire LS1 4AP Website: http://www.digital.nhs.uk Email: enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk Technology and Information Standards Help Desk: support.digitalservices@nhs.net Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Alex Elias Member Forum: Paul Wright (co-chair), Ed Cheetham News articles NHS England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health for England. NHS England is working closely with the UK countries to ensure a consistent and coherent contribution to SNOMED International. NHS England provides data, information and technology resource for the health and care system and plays a fundamental role in driving better care, better services and better outcomes for patients in England. NHS England is the trusted source of authoritative data, information and information standards relating to health and care. NHS England is responsible for discharging the various Member country responsibilities, which includes the governance of clinical terminology and related activities. The Technology and Information Standards (TIS) UK Strategic Board sets the strategic direction for terminology and includes representatives from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. NHS England is the UK Member’s National Release Centre for the creation of, and delegated authority to license, SNOMED CT UK Edition and derivatives. This role is undertaken by NHS England's Technology and Information Standards service. All NHS provider organisations are expected to assume paperless running by 1 April 2018 and are expected to adopt SNOMED CT in the direct care process by 1 April 2020. During this time we must also work with local authorities to understand and address the implications of this for Social Care. Clinical applications incorporating SNOMED CT continue to be deployed into all healthcare sectors. For example, over 156 million electronic prescription messages are transacted monthly using SNOMED CT. The retirement of the Read Drug and Appliance Dictionary in support of the strategic direction to adopt SNOMED CT for the exchange of medicines information. The creation of mapping tables from antecedent versions of SNOMED for pathology content as well as Read to SNOMED CT mapping tables for laboratory result reporting. The UK Edition is now available in both RF1 and RF2 formats, with around 88,000 UK clinical concepts and 380,000 UK drugs. More information about SNOMED CT in the United Kingdom can be accessed here: http://www.digital.nhs.uk https://digital.nhs.uk/snomed-ct (For inquiries relating to SNOMED CT UK Edition, licensing, requests for new terms, training, advice and related products) National Information Board Personalised Health and Care 2020: A Framework for Action Endorses the move to adopt a single terminology, SNOMED CT States that partners will actively collaborate to ensure that all primary care systems adopt SNOMED CT by the end of December 2016 States that the entire health system should adopt SNOMED CT by April 2020 States that the NIB will work with local authorities to understand and address the implications of this for social care. 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

Ontology 2.0 deepens LOINC®-SNOMED collaboration, speeds global lab interoperability Back 1 Oct 2025 Back INDIANAPOLIS, US and LONDON, UK – October 3, 2025 – Regenstrief Institute and SNOMED International have released LOINC® Ontology 2.0, the next version of The LOINC Ontology: A LOINC and SNOMED CT Interoperability Solution and a significant advance in their ongoing collaboration to streamline the exchange and use of health data worldwide. This version expands the Ontology with approximately 6,000 additional concepts, with more than 2,500 new “Orderable Grouper” concepts that provide practical, higher-level groupings for laboratory orders. By introducing this organization, called LABORDERS.ONTOLOGY, the partners are deepening their relationship and making it easier for implementers to deploy a broader range of LOINC and SNOMED CT concepts across health information systems. Developed as a LOINC and SNOMED CT interoperability solution, the LOINC Ontology helps organizations that implement different combinations of the two standards meet clinical and regulatory requirements with a single, complementary approach. SNOMED CT supplies the computable framework, while LOINC contributes rich laboratory and pathology content in a widely understood format – benefiting implementers globally, including those in countries that do not yet use LOINC. The update is in response to international users who requested clearer navigation and application. Instead of working with a flat list of tens of thousands of concepts, implementers can now use this organization hierarchy to locate and manage related tests more efficiently. Version 2.0 continues to support the ongoing development of standardized laboratory orders and results for exchange and use in health data systems globally. Each grouper combines component, system (specimen) and a new “measurement” property to group related result concepts, giving users an at-a-glance structure that encompasses three or more related tests. These concepts are designed for ordering, not for reporting results, and align with the granularity typical of laboratory order catalogs. “Many laboratories need order codes that are more abstract than result codes,” said MarjorieRallins, DPM, M.S., executive director of Health Data Standards at Regenstrief, which oversees LOINC. “With these new Orderable Grouper concepts, we’re giving the community a better way to align laboratory ordering practices with the rich specificity of LOINC. The LOINC Ontology is novel and transformative in providing clinical observation content in an integrated format that accelerates interoperability and supports stakeholders with meeting clinical and regulatory requirements.” “Significant commitment and collaboration have gone into producing this Ontology,” said Don Sweete, CEO of SNOMED International. “SNOMED CT contributes the computable clinical framework, rigorous semantics and terminology that anchor the Ontology 2.0 hierarchy, enabling navigation, decision support, analytics and global interoperability alongside LOINC’s laboratory content. It’s an excellent illustration of how we’ve leveraged our mutual expertise to further the goal of interoperability for implementers globally.” Key highlights of LOINC Ontology 2.0 include: ONTOLOGY concepts: Each combines component, system (specimen) and a new “measurement” property to group related result concepts. Created for ordering, not results: These concepts provide a granularity consistent with typical laboratory order catalogs but should not be sent as result codes. Clearer navigation: Users gain an “at a glance” structure that encompass three or more related result concepts for easier browsing. Guidance and training: Tutorials and educational resources will be developed to support correct implementation and prevent misuse. The LOINC Ontology is fully owned by Regenstrief Institute and is available free of charge under the existing LOINC royalty-free license. SNOMED International members and users can access LOINC in the same format as SNOMED CT. Each organization retains editorial control of its respective standard. SNOMED International, a not-for-profit organization governed by 50 global members, sets global standards for health terminology. Its comprehensive, multilingual SNOMED CT enables healthcare professionals to capture, share and analyze patient care data to support safe, effective health information exchange. In 2022, the two organizations signed a milestone agreement to create a LOINC extension of SNOMED CT. This built on a partnership established in 2013 that linked SNOMED’s clinical semantics to LOINC’s observational concepts, improving data exchange and interoperability across health systems. For more information and to browse and download the Ontology, visit https://loincsnomed.org . This press release was originally published on the Regenstrief Institute website on September 29, 2025. About LOINC® LOINC® was created in 1994 at Regenstrief Institute to facilitate interoperability in healthcare. There was a growing trend to send clinical data electronically between healthcare entities, a practice that has now become ubiquitous. Today, it contains more than 108,000 concepts for everything from an albumin level to a zygomatic arch X-ray report. For each concept, LOINC contains many other rich details, such as synonyms, units of measure and carefully crafted descriptions. 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 . About Regenstrief Institute Regenstrief Institute, based in Indianapolis, is a globally renowned medical research organization with expertise and innovation in aging, health services and biomedical informatics research, global health standards and data stewardship. The organization collaborates with local, state, national and international public and private sector partners to develop, conduct, disseminate and implement impactful scientific research and solutions in health systems and across communities. The Institute’s vision is to engage in pioneering, transformative, interdisciplinary solutions for a healthier world. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Over the past two years, we have developed FHIR specifications for electronic service requests, specifically targeting pathology and radiology. Collaborating with the peak organizations representing these fields—the respective Colleges—we established national requesting value sets based on SNOMED CT. The Colleges leveraged existing catalogues to identify necessary content and gaps within SNOMED CT. These catalogues were then published as FHIR Value Sets, defined using SNOMED CT reference sets. Our decision to adopt precoordinated SNOMED CT codes aimed to simplify implementation, enhance user experience, and minimize ambiguity, while maintaining robust support for decision support and analytics. To demonstrate the practicality of these specifications, we created FHIR Smart forms and other implementation prototypes that incorporated ECL to create responsive experience, facilitating user feedback and further refinement. Within these demonstrations SNOMED CT is also used for other data elements of the request along. Back View Map CSIRO (1 of 4) From Requesting to Results: Using SNOMED CT to within Electronic Diagnostic Requests Read More Country / Region APAC Tags Collaboration, Data quality, Expression constraint language, Implementation, Mapping, Pre/postcoordination Over the past two years, we have developed FHIR specifications for electronic service requests, specifically targeting pathology and radiology. Collaborating with the peak organizations representing these fields—the respective Colleges—we established national requesting value sets based on SNOMED CT. The Colleges leveraged existing catalogues to identify necessary content and gaps within SNOMED CT. These catalogues were then published as FHIR Value Sets, defined using SNOMED CT reference sets. Our decision to adopt precoordinated SNOMED CT codes aimed to simplify implementation, enhance user experience, and minimize ambiguity, while maintaining robust support for decision support and analytics. To demonstrate the practicality of these specifications, we created FHIR Smart forms and other implementation prototypes that incorporated ECL to create responsive experience, facilitating user feedback and further refinement. Within these demonstrations SNOMED CT is also used for other data elements of the request along. Description This work was part of the National Sparked eRequesting project - that is developing national specifications to be used across the whole of Australia. Scope SNOMED CT provided reasonable coverage, with mechanisms in place to promptly address any gaps. More importantly the underlying concept model can be exploited for decision support and analytics. How SNOMED CT will be used SNOMED CT is used to encode the content of diagnositic requests - primarily the service, but also specimens, sites and reason for presentation. The underlying FHIR Service Request resource is an international standard. 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

Opinions and perspectives on SNOMED CT and its use in digital health from thought leaders across our global community. Blog Series Opinions and perspectives on SNOMED CT and its use in digital health from thought leaders across our global community. Submit your blog idea Learn more 11 Dec 2025 Tudor Groza (Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR & Maternal and Child Health Research Institute, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore) and Ian Green (SNOMED International) Surfacing Rare Diseases Earlier: Smarter Signals from Health System Clinical Data Learn more 16 Sept 2025 Blog: SNOMED International concludes community feedback period on proposed description character limit increase and finalizes next steps Learn more 18 Mar 2025 By: Anne Randorff Højen, Alejandro Lopez Osornio & Kai Kewley Discover the SNOMED CT Implementation Demonstrators Learn more 12 Mar 2025 By: Marte Rime Bø, Norwegian Directorate of Health Learn about SNOMED CT in Norway: internal implementations and global experiences Learn more 16 Oct 2024 By: Kai Kewley, Alejandro Lopez Osornio & Anne Højen BLOG: New Simplex tool empowers users to create custom extensions Load more Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

New self-assessment tool helps SNOMED CT users better understand their implementation maturity and plan effective adoption Back 16 Sept 2025 Back SNOMED International is pleased to announce the availability of a new, interactive and self-serve tool designed to help SNOMED CT users assess their current implementation maturity to plot next steps in optimizing their use of the clinical terminology. SNOMED International is the not-for-profit that owns and develops the clinical terminology standard SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive health terminology product. SNOMED CT enables the global exchange of healthcare information through a codified language that represents groups of clinical terms. It supports better health records and clinical decisions, saving time, money and lives. To realize its full potential, SNOMED CT must be effectively implemented, integrated and maintained within complex healthcare environments. That’s why SNOMED International developed the Implementation Maturity Framework tool – to help stakeholders evaluate their current use of SNOMED CT and identify areas of growth. It is also widely understood that the success and maturity of SNOMED CT implementation depends on many other factors than the features of SNOMED CT: it also depends on a variety of other factors, from the way implementations are governed and managed, to the technologies and techniques applied. The new model is designed to include these other aspects. Targeted to a broad range of users, including Members, user organizations and software providers, the Implementation Maturity Framework assessment tool outlines the five stages of implementation maturity and provides a structured approach to evaluating the progress and effectiveness of SNOMED CT adoption among SNOMED International Members at each of these stages. It also helps users identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement in their implementation strategies. Depending on the stakeholder, different criteria are assessed, such as the scope of implementation, governance, stakeholder engagement and interoperability and analytics. Questions are targeted to each stakeholder, and answer options help to select the “right” level. It explains the maturity levels, which range from “zero or none” to “optimizing,” and provides options for deploying the framework tool. To anchor the tool in current best practice, the framework draws on established maturity frameworks across various industries and provides the key models upon which it is based. Implementation Support Specialist Anne Randorff Højen explains that the framework applies to all healthcare environments where SNOMED CT is used and assesses maturity across six key domains: governance and strategy; technical readiness; semantic interoperability; education and workforce capacity; adoption and use; and evaluation and continuous improvement. “We wanted to enable users to pick the areas most relevant to them and their needs, complete the assessment on their own and end up with a clear understanding of where they are at the moment,” she says. “They can then come to us for targeted guidance on how to meet their next objectives, and can download and share the report with others in their organization.” To start the process, users select their stakeholder type – Member, vendor or user organization – and provide a brief description. They can then follow the prompts to select relevant key process areas to be assessed. Senior Implementation Specialist Alejandro Lopez Osornio notes that the Implementation Support Team is inviting early adopters to try out the tool and provide feedback that can be used to refine it over the next few months. “We will also be seeking feedback from Members via our annual Member survey, which is launched every December,” he says. “We look forward to learning about users’ experience and to ensuring it becomes an invaluable tool in all of our stakeholders’ toolkits.” To learn more about the Implementation Maturity Assessment Framework, visit this page . Media Inquiries 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

SNOMED International is a not-for-profit organization that owns, administers and develops SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive clinical terminology. Visit www.snomed.org for product and service information, stakeholder implementation resources and news about SNOMED CT. Explore the Value of SNOMED CT This interactive platform presents SNOMED CT stakeholder value propositions along with evidence that SNOMED CT adds measurable value to a broad range of primary and secondary health processes leveraging SNOMED CT encoded data to deliver improved patient outcomes. Read the executive summary SNOMED CT is a best-in-class, core clinical reference terminology that is well-designed, comprehensive, serves multiple uses, is widely adopted, and enables improved patient outcomes Question A core clinical reference terminology Several names are given to systems of standardized terms or concepts, such as SNOMED CT. It can be referred to as a terminology, a vocabulary, or a lexicon. These names are all synonymous. The semantic network features of SNOMED CT are the same as what exists in ontologies. SNOMED CT is a terminology built on an ontological foundation (i.e. it looks and acts like an ontology). Ideally, controlled terminologies (vocabularies) should have twelve features, as outlined in the seminal article by Dr. James Cimino. SNOMED CT does in fact adhere to all the twelve features, some of which allow it to be differentiated from other classification systems. As a terminology, SNOMED CT is fit-for-purpose. The European-wide ASSESS CT project, integrated a broad range of stakeholders, and investigated the fitness of the international clinical terminology SNOMED CT as a potential standard for EU-wide eHealth deployments. Assess CT deemed SNOMED CT the best available core reference terminology for cross-border, national and regional eHealth deployments in Europe. Learn more about SNOMED CT Answer What is SNOMED CT? Understand SNOMED CT through the example of Viral Pneumonia Click here 5 things that make SNOMED CT unique Core Reference Terminology SNOMED CT is integrated to over 20 other clinical terminologies and classification systems. It is the core reference terminology in the clinical terminology ecosystem. Learn more Content For terminologies “content is paramount”. SNOMED CT, with over 350,000 concepts is the most comprehensive and fine-grained clinical terminology. It has 3-4 times more content than the next largest clinical terminologies. Learn more Semantic Network SNOMED CT has a machine-readable semantic network, whereas other terminologies do not. SNOMED CT's semantic network differentiates it from other clinical terminologies, especially in its capability to carry out analytics and research. Learn more Broad Use SNOMED CT is commonly used for documenting problem lists, procedures, clinical findings and diseases in clinical information, health data and analytics and interoperability solutions. Learn more National Mandates SNOMED CT is mandated for use in many countries, most notably: U.S.A. with Meaningful Use U.K.’s NHS policy that all GP systems will use SNOMED CT Australia mandating SNOMED CT as the preferred national solution for a clinical terminology as endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council. Learn more The value of SNOMED CT for stakeholders Policy Makers Patients & Citizens Care Providers Vendors Implementers Researchers, etc. Collaboration Partners Members Stakeholder value proposition Where is SNOMED CT used? SNOMED CT-embedded Clinical Information Systems, Health Data & Analytics Platforms, and/or Interoperability Solutions are used in the following ways Research Conducting clinical research, laboratory research and scientific research. Data Entry and Integration The recording & integration of SNOMED CT in clinical information systems and health data & analytics platforms. Clinical Information Sharing The electronic exchange of clinical data and documents among Care Providers along the continuum of care, often using interoperability solutions. Research Creating historical summaries, doing point-of-care reporting and using clinical decision support. Population Analytics Conducting trend & comparative analysis, pharmacovigilence and clinical audit. Management Analytics Conducting trend & comparative analysis and health system value analysis. SNOMED CT Case Studies A Demonstrated Case for Investment: Real World Use Learn more AEHRC and CSIRO (Australia) a look into the current and future possibilities for SNOMED CT use in artificial intelligence. Learn more Honghu Public Health Surveillance (COVID-19) a description of the SNOMED-CT-embedded Honghu Hybrid System that supported policy makers and public health officials with COVID-19 surveillance and control Learn more OHDSI the SNOMED CT-embedded OMOP CDM, and the benefits obtained from research projects using the OHDSI research collaborative Learn more University of Nebraska Medical Centre the benefits obtained from the SNOMED CT-embedded i2B2 data warehouse and its use for clinical and translational research Learn more Northern Queensland Primary Health Network and the Mackay Hospital and Health Service an economic evaluation of the Mackay SNOMED CT-embedded HealthPathways implementation Learn more University of Cambridge Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the benefits derived from a SNOMED CT-embedded eHospital clinical information system, patient portal and a health data & analytics platform Learn more Barts NHS Trust and the East London Health and Care Partnership the benefits derived from a SNOMED CT-embedded Cerner clinical information system and a regional EHR and data & analytics platform Learn more North York General Hospital the benefits obtained from a SNOMED CT-embedded eCare clinical decision support system Learn more Kaiser Permanente the benefits derived from a SNOMED CT-embedded HealthConnect clinical information system and patient portal, as well as analytics and research Learn more Veterans Health Administration the cost benefit analysis of the SNOMED CT-embedded VistA system, as well as the benefits derived from the Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE). Click for our approach The Case for Investment identifies why a country invests resources to implement SNOMED CT. Download the Case for Investment Why would a country or hospital entity invest resources to implement SNOMED CT? Desired Value + Potential Value + Demonstrated Value + Future Value Download the full report Learn more What value does a country or healthcare entity desire from a clinical terminology? Learn more What potential value does SNOMED CT provide to a specific country or a healthcare entity? Learn more What demonstrated value has SNOMED CT provided to a country or a healthcare entity in the past? Learn more What are the future opportunities for SNOMED CT? Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. 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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

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

In January 2016 Switzerland became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Switzerland In January 2016 Switzerland 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 eHealth Suisse Koordinationsorgan eHealth Bund und Kantone Schwarzenburgstrasse 157, CH-3003 Bern Switzerland Website: www.e-health-suisse.ch Email: info@e-health-suisse.ch Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Pero Grgic Member Forum: Pero Grgic and Stefanie Neuenschwander News articles More information on eHealth Suisse at: https://www.e-health-suisse.ch The Federal Department of Health (FOPH/BAG) represents Switzerland in dealings with SNOMED International. Together with the cantons, the FOPH is responsible for the health of the Swiss population and for developing national healthcare policy. The FOPH is also the national authority representing Switzerland in international organisations and vis-à-vis other states in matters related to health. The FOPH has directed the management of SNOMED CT and the National Release Centre (NRC) in Switzerland to eHealth Suisse. In its capacity as NRC, eHealth Suisse is responsible for issuing licences on behalf of SNOMED International, and serves as the central point of contact for questions related to the use of SNOMED CT in Switzerland. eHealth Suisse is a coordinating body with a secretariat charged with ensuring that the various eHealth projects in Switzerland are goal-oriented and strategy-compliant, and that synergies between the projects are harnessed. The SNOMED CT reference health terminology will be an important component of the new electronic patient dossier, due to be introduced in Switzerland from 2020 at the latest, also in terms of semantic interoperability. Additionally, eHealth Switzerland manages a semantics expert group whose job is to help define and implement a national strategy for handling semantic standards. More information about SNOMED CT in Switzerland can be accessed here: https://www.e-health-suisse.ch/technik-semantik/semantische-interoperabilitaet/snomed-ct Affiliated licenses can be obtained at https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/#/landing/CH ---- Das Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) vertritt die Schweiz gegenüber der SNOMED International. Es ist - zusammen mit den Kantonen - verantwortlich für die Gesundheit der Schweizer Bevölkerung und für die Entwicklung der nationalen Gesundheitspolitik. Zudem vertritt das BAG als nationale Behörde die Schweiz in Gesundheitsbelangen in internationalen Organisationen und gegenüber anderen Staaten. Für die Verwaltung von SNOMED CT und Führen des National Release Centers (NRC) in der Schweiz, wurde „eHealth Suisse“ vom BAG beauftragt. „eHealth Suisse“ als NRC ist verantwortlich für die Herausgabe von Lizenzen im Namen der SNOMED International und dient als zentrale Anlaufstelle für Fragen rund um die Nutzung von SNOMED CT in der Schweiz. Das Koordinationsorgan „eHealth Suisse“ stellt durch eine Geschäftsstelle sicher, dass die einzelnen eHealth Projekte in der Schweiz zielorientiert und strategiekonform sind und dass die Synergien zwischen den Projekten genutzt werden. Für das kommende elektronische Patientendossier, welches in der Schweiz spätestens ab 2020 eingeführt werden soll, ist SNOMED CT als Referenzterminologie ein wichtiger Baustein, hin zur semantischen Interoperabilität. Mit Hilfe der von „eHealth Suisse“ betreuten Expertengruppe Semantik, soll zudem eine nationale Strategie zum Umgang mit semantischen Standards definiert und umgesetzt werden. Mehr Informationen über „eHealth Suisse“ unter: http://www.e-health-suisse.ch/index.html?lang=de Mehr Informationen zum Bundesamt für Gesundheit unter: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home.html Mehr Informationen zum Bundesamt für Gesundheit und deren eHealth-Aktivitäten unter: To be confirmed. 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

United Arab Emirates joins SNOMED International to drive achievement of health strategy Back 26 Oct 2021 Back SNOMED International and the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health and Prevention are pleased to announce that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become SNOMED International’s 41st Member. The UAE is the fourth Middle East country, following Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, to join SNOMED International, further extending the SNOMED CT use, implementation experience and collaboration opportunities for the region. Effective as of May 2021, UAE users can register to request a free license for use of SNOMED CT by visiting the country’s National Release Center website. In addition to the many benefits the country can realize through implementing SNOMED CT, its use will also support the UAE in achieving its 2017-2021 strategic healthcare objectives and beyond. In a recent Healthcare IT News article , Ali Al Ajmi, the UAE’s Director of Digital Health at the Ministry of Health and Prevention, indicated that the use of SNOMED CT will improve functionality and coordination between health facilities and contribute to enhancing the exchange of organizational data among the country’s health-related organizations in both the public and private sectors, including insurance companies, healthcare providers and governmental organizations. In the article, Al Ajmi added: “The electronically stored detailed data in this system would help increase access of hospitals, clinics and pharmacies across the UAE to electronic health records (EHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs).” The benefits of becoming a Member Joining SNOMED International provides the country’s healthcare institutions and organizations no-cost access to SNOMED CT, the world’s most comprehensive clinical terminology and a recognized critical element for the electronic exchange of health data. Use of SNOMED CT provides distinct benefits for the country’s spectrum of stakeholder groups, ranging from policy-makers to researchers and knowledge producers, implementers, vendors, care providers and patients/citizens. It enables Members to ensure that high-quality clinical information is available to all stakeholders in their country, and supports policy-makers by enabling them to make more informed policy and management decisions. SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete extended a warm welcome to the United Arab Emirates. “In line with the United Arab Emirate’s health strategy, the addition of SNOMED CT will help strengthen the implementation of effective health information systems through global standards,” he said. Mr. Sweete went on to say, “As the SNOMED CT footprint in the Middle East grows, the greater the opportunity for sharing region-specific lessons learned, and the greater the potential for collaboration.” Founded in 2007 by nine charter nations, 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. With SNOMED CT, users can record patient data more accurately, and exchange patient data both within the healthcare team and with patients, both locally and across borders, to improve patient outcomes. Further, SNOMED CT can be used in health data and analytics platforms for clinical analytics, population analytics, management analytics, clinical research, applied research, and other research activities to improve health care. Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The Monarch Initiative has signed a five-year collaboration agreement with SNOMED International. SNOMED and the Monarch Initiative collaborate to develop two-way maps for HPO The Monarch Initiative has signed a five-year collaboration agreement with SNOMED International. Back 2 Feb 2023 Back London, United Kingdom and Colorado, United States – The Monarch Initiative has signed a five-year collaboration agreement with SNOMED International to develop maps from the clinical terminology SNOMED CT to Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO - a standardized vocabulary of phenotypic abnormalities encountered in human disease) and to HPO from SNOMED CT. HPO is a flagship product of the Monarch Initiative , a U.S. National Institutes of Health -supported international consortium dedicated to semantic integration of biomedical and model organism data with the ultimate goal of improving biomedical research, and an integrative data and analytic platform connecting phenotypes to genotypes across species, bridging basic and applied research with semantics-based analysis. It is also a central component of one of the 13 driver projects in the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health strategic roadmap. SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual healthcare terminology created for use by healthcare professionals to capture the care of individuals in an electronic health record (EHR) and facilitate sharing, decision support and analytics, to support safe and effective health information exchange. As part of the agreement, the organizations will work together to develop mapping conventions by which both maps will be created, along with use cases. Both organizations will also collaborate on quality assurance, promoting the maps to their respective stakeholders and defining and agreeing upon an ongoing maintenance and updating process and policy for the developed maps. SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete explains that the collaboration is a natural next step for the two organizations, both of which have recognized and discussed the steadily increasing interest in genomics over the past few years. “The development of maps to and from both ontologies will be extremely beneficial for both clinical interoperability and research in a domain that holds so much promise for the way we understand and treat hereditary and genetic conditions,” he said. “And as the largest global clinical terminology, SNOMED CT is well-positioned to enable advances in this domain.” Melissa Haendel, PhD, is Chief Research Informatics Officer at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, one of the research institutions that’s spearheading the work of the Monarch Initiative. “Through the Monarch Initiative, our team is categorizing our collective knowledge and standardizing rare disease diagnoses worldwide,” said Dr. Haendel. “This work is also allowing researchers to globally compare disease phenotypes, as well as species, which can tell us a lot about how genetic defects affect humans.” Media Inquiries: Kelly KuruSNOMED International 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