In May 2021 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that the UAE was to become a Member of SNOMED International, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. United Arab Emirates In May 2021 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that the UAE was to become a Member of SNOMED International, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health and Prevention 11th Floor, Dusit Thani Hotel, Al Muroor Road Abu Dhabi, UAE Website: https://mohap.gov.ae/en/home Email: info@mohap.gov.ae Appointed Representatives General Assembly: TBA Member Forum: TBA News articles 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. 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 strategic healthcare objectives and beyond. In a 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).” More information about SNOMED CT in the UAE can be accessed here . 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

Indonesia's representative to SNOMED International is Ministry of Health Indonesia, through which the SNOMED CT® terminology standard and related assets are made available to Indonesian users. Indonesia Indonesia's representative to SNOMED International is Ministry of Health Indonesia, through which the SNOMED CT® terminology standard and related assets are made available to Indonesian users. Contact Details Ministry of Health Indonesia Website: https://www.kemkes.go.id/index.php Email: pusdatin@kemkes.go.id Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Eko Sulistijo Member Forum: Ratri Aprianda News articles Indonesia’s national commitment to improved health services infrastructure is strengthened with SNOMED membership Indonesia joined SNOMED International at the end of 2022 and has become the most recent Member in the Asia Pacific region. A transcontinental country spanning the southeast part of Asia and western part of Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans, Indonesia’s geography is composed of over 17,000 islands. The work of Indonesia’s Ministry of Health is guided by its vision to achieve an ‘Independent, Just and Healthy Society’ for its more than 270 million citizens. In July 2022, Indonesia's Health Ministry launched the SATUSEHAT (Indonesia Health Services) platform as a way to deliver on the country's health technology strategy. The SATUSEHAT platform (Indonesia Health Services) is a platform of data connectivity, analysis, and services to support the integration of applications across health facilities. “The Ministry is committed to developing health policies using data based evidence. With so many applications already running, there is an enormous quantity of health data and information available which will be standardized and integrated through SATUSEHAT, ” says Setiaji, Chief of Digital Transformation Office, the Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia. About the Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia The Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia (MoH) is a government ministry which organizes public health affairs within the Indonesian government. The MoH has six pillars of health transformation that include primary care transformation to health technology transformation. MoH has issued the Blueprint of Digital Health Transformation Strategy 2024 that aims to lay the ground for building enterprise architecture of health technology and its health technology ecosystems in Indonesia from primary care, and secondary care, to biotechnology. Learn more about the Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia . Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

In November 2018 Finland became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Finland In November 2018 Finland 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 National Institute for Health and Welfare Postal Address: P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland Street Address: Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki (reception in building A) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thl.fi Twitter: https://twitter.com/THLorg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-institute-for-health-and-welfare YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/THLfinland SlideShare: https://www.slideshare.net/THLfi Blogs: https://blogi.thl.fi/ Appointed Representatives General Assembly: JuhA Mykkänen Member Forum: Päivö Niska, Mikko Härkönen News articles Finland will leverage SNOMED CT’s structured clinical vocabulary to structure its Kanta Service and realize improvements in how clinical data is recorded, analyzed and reported on for the benefit of patient care. Finland’s commitment to SNOMED CT sets a foundation for clinical data to be exchanged accurately and consistently across Finnish health and social care settings, further extending the reach of structured clinical terminology throughout the European region. To make best use of SNOMED CT with available resources, Finland has chosen not to translate the whole terminology. Instead, the aim is to focus on two national reference sets that meet local needs in areas where there is international experience and models showing implementation success. The first target is an obvious one: standardizing the terminology and codes for anatomic pathology in the clinical laboratories. Finnish pathology laboratories have used SNOMED 2 since 1980’s. But lack of coordination eventually resulted in several dialects and variance between hospitals. Now the ongoing project aims at national reference set to help the biobanks, regional and national quality registers and structured reporting on individual patient basis. The other chosen application for SNOMED CT is patient problem list. Finland decided to use CORE Problem List as foundation for the local effort. CORE Problem List originated from a respectable group of medical institutions in the U.S. and is maintained by the National Medical Library thus making the acceptance of the reference set by clinicians so much easier. The ongoing project translates terminology into Finnish and when finished will cover terms for both professionals and patients. Finland's aim is to have these first two applications ready at the first half of 2020. SNOMED CT National Release Center will gradually take off during 2019 and 2020 to meet the needs for services and support during SNOMED CT local implementations. SNOMED CT NRC will be essential part of THL Code Service. 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

Australia's representative to SNOMED International is the Australian Digital Health Agency Australia Australia's representative to SNOMED International is the Australian Digital Health Agency Contact Details Australian Digital Health Agency GPO Box 9942 Canberra ACT 2601 Website: https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au Email: help@digitalhealth.gov.au Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Peter O'Halloran Member Forum: Cath Koetz and Ryan Mavin News articles As the steward for digital health enablement of Australia’s health system, the Australian Digital Health Agency is responsible for the Australian national digital health strategy including the design, development, delivery and operation of national infrastructure such as the My Health Record. More information about SNOMED CT in Australia can be accessed at: https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au https://www.healthterminologies.gov.au Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Cyprus joins SNOMED International to bring structure and consistency in the sharing of health information for patient care, clinical decision support and research purposes. Cyprus Cyprus joins SNOMED International to bring structure and consistency in the sharing of health information for patient care, clinical decision support and research purposes. Contact Details National eHealth Authority of Cyprus (NeHA) 67A Limassol Avenue, 2121 Aglantzia Nicosia, Cyprus Website: https://www.neha.org.cy/ Email: marios.neofytou@neha.org.cy Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Marios Neofytou Member Forum: Marios Neofytou, Melanie Fysentzou News articles With a developing e-health program across the country’s hospital and health center landscape, Cyprus joins SNOMED International to bring structure and consistency in the sharing of health information for patient care, clinical decision support and research purposes. Within the European region, the promise of cross-border care mobility is believed to be the single most important revolution in healthcare. Preserving the sanctity of patient information through structured data becomes critical to this vision. In recent years, Cyprus is dynamically entering the eHealth era. Codification is an essential part of this journey as health information should be captured, monitored, analyzed and disseminated among health professionals, health policy makers, and the public. Taking part in the European ‘eHealth Network’ project to establish cross border health care, of which the dominant terminology used is SNOMED CT, further supports the need for codification. Through this project, Cyprus has seen this as an opportunity to expand our codification horizons. For this reason, we joined SNOMED CT as a member country, in order to be able to promote health information coding, in a unifying way, among different local health software. The aim of which is to better guide our understanding and comparability of existing health information data. More information about SNOMED CT in Cyprus can be accessed through the National eHealth Authority of Cyprus. 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

Uzbekistan became a SNOMED International Member in 2025 as part of its nationwide digital transformation of its healthcare system. Uzbekistan Uzbekistan became a SNOMED International Member in 2025 as part of its nationwide digital transformation of its healthcare system. Contact Details UZINFOCOM Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent City, Muminov Street 7/1, 100011 Website : https://uzinfocom.uz/en Appointed Representatives General Assembly : Ruslan Sultanov Member Forum : Kamila Nazrullaeva, Foziljon Mirzokhidov News articles Uzbekistan Accelerates Its Digital Health Transformation with the Adoption of SNOMED CT Uzbekistan is working toward the creation of an interoperable, standards-based digital health ecosystem that enables secure data exchange, continuity of care, and evidence-based decision-making across the health sector. Joining SNOMED International represents an important milestone in strengthening the semantic foundation of its Digital Health Platform: the adoption of SNOMED CT will support the standardized, structured, and computable representation of clinical information — including diagnoses, clinical findings, procedures, and other health concepts — across interconnected systems. Learn more about Uzbekistan: https://uzinfocom.uz/en Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

Andorra became a Member in 2023, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Andorra Andorra became a Member in 2023, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Servei Andorrà d'Atenció Sanitària (SAAS) Website: https://www.saas.ad Email: sbonet@saas.ad , maria_rendon@govern.ad , Rosa_Vidal@govern.ad Linkedin Twitter Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Silvia Bonet Member Forum: Silvia Bonet and Maria Rendon News articles Andorrà takes big step towards interoperability with SNOMED CT adoption Servei Andorrà d'Atenció Sanitària (Andorra Health Care System) is a para-public management system that administers and manages the country’s healthcare resources, including one hospital, 11 primary care centres, one nursing home and a school health service. Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's representative to SNOMED International is the National Health Information Center. Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's representative to SNOMED International is the National Health Information Center. Contact Details National Health Information Center Olaya St, As Sahafah, Riyadh 13315, Saudi Arabia Website: https://nhic.gov.sa/en/Pages/default.aspx Email: https://nhic.gov.sa/en/Help/Pages/ContactUs.aspx Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Waleed Albahli Member Forum: Noora Althomairy, Saad Alobaili News articles The National Health Information Center (NHIC) has been given the mandate to further digital health and information technology across healthcare sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The NHIC will provide a number of digital health and informatics services. The main objective of NHIC is to contribute to healthcare, and the public health in the kingdom through technology and standards. The NHIC acts as a healthcare hub of digital connectivity, identifies and standardizes health data, build an EHR to ensure national interoperability, adopt and facilitate international coding system and classification standards, contribute to research and statistics, etc. which follows the mandate listed in Saudi royal decree no. 333. The NHIC is responsible for distributing and managing SNOMED CT in Saudi Arabia, while also developing and maintaining its content to meet Saudi Arabian Requirements. Through Membership in SNOMED International, The Kingdom strives to increase patient safety by eliminating errors occurring due to misinterpreted data, while fulfilling our National E- Health Strategy in alignment with the larger healthcare transformation strategy and 2030 Vision. Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The French E-health Agency (ANS – Agence du Numérique en Santé) has been commissioned by the French Ministry of Health and Safety to represent, as National Release Centre (NRC), France in SNOMED International governance. France The French E-health Agency (ANS – Agence du Numérique en Santé) has been commissioned by the French Ministry of Health and Safety to represent, as National Release Centre (NRC), France in SNOMED International governance. Contact Details Agence du Numérique en Santé PariSanté Campus 2 – 10 rue d’Oradour-sur-Glane 75015 Paris France Website: https://esante.gouv.fr/produits-services/cgts/snomed-ct Licensing: https://smt.esante.gouv.fr/licences-snomed/ Email: ans-terminologies@esante.gouv.fr Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Thierry DART Member Forum: Elisabeth SERROT-DAMATTE and Maël LE GALL News articles SNOMED International welcomes France as a new Member of the global SNOMED CT community ANS is the reference public agency for development and deployment of e-health in France. This is achieved through 3 missions: (i) Regulate and promote e-health, (ii) support stakeholders’ initiatives, and (iii) conceive e-health national programs. SNOMED International France membership is in line with the European dynamic to develop the European Health Data Space (EHDS). It also responds to the ambition of the “Ségur du numérique en santé ” program, aiming to facilitate and secure health data exchange and to promote interoperability between information systems. In this context, SNOMED CT use case in France will be, at first, to standardise anatomy (imaging, vaccination site, …) and microbiology (biology report) data. The French NRC takes part in the French Translation Collaboration Group to collaborate with other French-speaking countries in the creation of a Common French translation. This translation is then used by the Members in the group as a basis for their national translations. Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

The Ministry of Health is the governing instance and leader of the National Health System, guaranteeing coverage of timely and comprehensive services. El Salvador The Ministry of Health is the governing instance and leader of the National Health System, guaranteeing coverage of timely and comprehensive services. Contact Details Centro Nacional Habilitador SNOMED Phone: +503 25917011 Email: snomed@salud.gob.sv Appointed Representatives General Assembly: William Hoyos Arango Member Forum: Herber Hernandez Trejo, William Hoyos Arango News articles In accordance with the law of the National Integrated Health System, in 2020, the Ministry of Health set itself the challenge to strengthen the digital transformation of the health sector. During this collaborative process it had the participation of all the actors in the system and based on a situational diagnosis, conceived a vision of the future of digital health. This vision of the future is complemented by the identification of critical success factors to achieve it. Among the activities carried out, the infrastructure of syntactic and semantic interoperability processes and the organization’s information repositories stand out. The Ministry of Health of El Salvador will coordinate and lead the participation and contribution of the actors of the health system in the activities and tasks related to SNOMED international, will execute a strategy of socialization and adoption in the health environment of the country and forms the National Center of Habilitation of SNOMED CT clinical terminology. The registration and systematization of clinical data under the terminology service will allow the adequate analysis of multiple variables, guaranteeing complete, timely, verifiable, reliable, and quality information, giving rise to a lower number of sub-registrations, and generating benefits that in the short term will lead to having an updated and truthful information system for monitoring, epidemiological surveillance and timely decision making. Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

In February 2022 Thailand became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Thailand In February 2022 Thailand became a Member, joining a global effort to develop, maintain, and enable the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. Contact Details Thai Health Information Standards Development Center (THIS) 3rd floor National Health Building 88/39 Tiwanon Rd.14 Tambon Talad-Khwan Amphoe Mueang Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand Website: https://www.this.or.th/ Email: this@this.or.th Appointed Representatives General Assembly: Boonchai Kijsanayotin Member Forum: Rath Panyowat News articles Thailand progresses interoperability journey with SNOMED CT membership The National Reform Commission on Public Health - appointed by the cabinet - and the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand has assigned the responsibility to the Thai Health Information Standards development center (THIS), Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI) to act as the point of contact for SNOMED CT developments and licenses, thus demonstrating the National Release Centre. THIS is the research and development center for digital health and health information standards in the HSRI. HSRI is the health systems knowledge creation and health systems research management arm of Ministry of Public Health Thailand. THIS mission is to develops and facilitates the development of Thailand health information system standards that are compatible with international standards and enable health information exchanges and interoperability with the ultimate goal of better health systems. THIS coordinates the Thailand’s participation in and contribution to SNOMED International activities. THIS coordinates a national program aimed at increasing and stimulating the awareness, knowledge, practices and use of SNOMED CT and other health data standards, e.g. Thai Medicines Terminology (TMT)-Thailand SNOMED CT extension, Thai Medical Laboratory Terminology (TMLT), to name a few. For healthcare organizations and companies inside the Thailand THIS acts as the National Release Centre for SNOMED CT (sub-) licenses. As Thailand's SNOMED National Release Centre, THIS is responsible for distributing and managing SNOMED CT in Thailand, and develops and maintains content specific to the Thailand. More information about SNOMED CT in Thailand can be accessed here: https://www.this.or.th/ Back Learn more Global Patient Set Built from the globally recognized SNOMED CT terminology standard at no cost to users Learn more Get SNOMED CT Information about our license and fee structure Learn more Software and tools We develop and operate applications platforms to support our products and services Learn more Document library Access overviews, guides and specifications Subscribe to SNOMED International news Stay up to date on SNOMED news, features, developments and newsletters by subscribing to our news service. Subscribe

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