SNOMED CT Expo 2016 in New Zealand is Go!

Liara Tutina Customer Relations Executive APAC

IHTSDO Email: ltu@ihtsdo.org

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▪  International not-for-profit association ▪ Owned by National Members ▪ Governed by General Assembly of its Members ▪ Management Board elected by General Assembly ▪ Funded by countries based on national wealth (GNI) ▪ A product and service organization

▪  Delivers SNOMED CT ▪ Licensed to registered Affiliates ▪ Free use in Member countries ▪ Low-cost licenses for institutions in other countries

IHTSDO - International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation

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IHTSDO Members

 Australia  

 Iceland

 Portugal

 Belgium

 India

 Singapore

 Brunei  

 Israel

 Slovak Republic

 Canada

 Lithuania  

 Slovenia  

 Chile  

 Malaysia  

 Spain  

 Czech Republic    

Malta    Sweden  

 Denmark  

 The Netherlands    

United Kingdom  

 Estonia

 New Zealand    

USA

Hong Kong

 Poland  

 Uruguay

 

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▪  Encourage and assist the convergence towards a family of effective EHR standards.

▪  Harmony with other recognized standards provides full potential of a National approach to Electronic Health Records.

▪  WHO ▪  Maps to ICD-O, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM and ICD-10 ▪  IHTSDO and WHO cooperating on development of ICD-11

▪  HL7 ▪  Collaboration agreement to encourage use of SNOMED CT in HL7 messages and

documents ▪  LOINC

▪  SNOMED CT and LOINC are being linked together to minimize duplication and benefit uses of both systems

▪  GMDN ▪  Devices terminology linked to SNOMED CT

▪  CIMI (Clinical Information Modeling Initiative) ▪  Developing common approaches to modelling clinical information bound to

SNOMED CT ▪  ICN (International Council of Nursing)

▪  Joint work linking SNOMED CD and ICNP

IHTSDO Collaboration

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SNOMED CT E-Learning Server ▪  elearning.ihtsdotools.org

Information Sheets (www.ihtsdo.org) ▪  Adding Value to the EHR

Other Documentation (www.ihtsdo.org/snomed-ct/learn-more) ▪  SNOMED CT Starter Guide ▪  SNOMED CT Technical Implementation Guide

Exploring SNOMED CT ▪  IHTSDO Browser (browser.ihtsdotools.org) ▪  Other Browsers (www.snomed.org/browsers)

IHTSDO Tools available or under development ▪  http://www.ihtsdotools.org/

Additional Information

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