SNOMED International

📌 DYK that in 2025, SNOMED International released a number of products and services, all driven by Member and stakeholder needs and feedback, including: ‣ 12 SNOMED CT International Editions; ‣ 2 SNOMED CT Spanish Editions; ‣ A host of derivative products; ‣ Extensions such as the SNOMED CT to LOINC Extension Production Release, the SNOMED CT NUVA Extension and the Veterinarian Extension to SNOMED CT Extension release; and ‣ Numerous Managed Service releases? We also released a number of new implementation guides, and integrated #AI tools more deeply into daily operations. 🔗 You can find them all in our 2025 Annual Report. ▶ Read the news release: https://lnkd.in/edP8Xs-Z ▶ Read the 2025 Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/eNi4kCKb

🌍 Did you miss the SNOMED International April 2026 Business Meetings + SNOMED CT in Austria Day in Vienna? Check out our recently published summary of the sessions and speakers who gathered to collaborate and share progress, updates and expertise over five days. The event, which featured 24 group sessions, drew 318 participants from 26 Member and 6 non-Member countries. ➡️ The Business Meetings opened with a keynote by Rachel Dunscombe; Auer Clemens Martin gave the SNOMED CT in Austria keynote. In addition, various advisory and clinical groups focused on terminology development, translation, implementation, FHIR alignment, lab medicine, mental health and more, while the organization's governance bodies focused on sustainability and governance in addition to other key strategic topics. The sessions throughout the week all reinforced the importance of international collaboration in advancing digital health. A big thank you to everyone who attended and participated. We look forward to continuing the conversations and building momentum toward better patient care and improved health outcomes globally. 🔗 Read the summary here: https://lnkd.in/epnxfAqB #SNOMEDCT #Interoperability #DigitalHealth #HealthInformatics

📌 A recent article spotlighting the OpenHealth Summit 2026: IA y Salud 5.0: Herramientas para acelerar la interoperabilidad (AI and Health 5.0: Tools to Accelerate Interoperability) highlights the growing importance of global health data standards in enabling seamless, secure, and efficient information exchange across healthcare systems. 🇲🇽 Bringing together international experts and key healthcare stakeholders in Mexico City, the event explored how standards such as #FHIR, #SNOMEDCT and #GS1 are helping to advance interoperability, streamline clinical and operational workflows, and support better patient care regardless of where services are delivered. The article also features insights from Victor Medina, Senior Terminologist & CSRM Lead LATAM at SNOMED International, who emphasized that the ultimate goal of #interoperability is to improve population health through a shared strategy embraced by all participants across the healthcare ecosystem. 🔗 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/emDXjmiw GS1 OpenHealth Health Level Seven International Deloitte En Español 📌 Un artículo reciente sobre el OpenHealth Summit 2026: IA y Salud 5.0: Herramientas para acelerar la interoperabilidad destaca la creciente importancia de los estándares globales de datos de salud para permitir un intercambio de información fluido, seguro y eficiente entre los sistemas de salud. 🇲🇽 El evento, que reunió en Ciudad de México a expertos internacionales y actores clave del sector salud, exploró cómo estándares como #FHIR, #SNOMEDCT y #GS1 están impulsando la interoperabilidad, optimizando los procesos clínicos y operativos, y contribuyendo a una mejor atención al paciente, independientemente de dónde se preste. El artículo también recoge las perspectivas de Victor Medina, Senior Terminologist & CSRM Lead LATAM de SNOMED International, quien destacó que el objetivo final de la #interoperabilidad es mejorar la salud de la población mediante una estrategia común adoptada por todos los participantes del ecosistema sanitario. 🔗 Lea el artículo completo aquí: https://lnkd.in/emDXjmiw GS1 OpenHealth Health Level Seven International Deloitte

🚀We’re hiring a Chief Terminologist: Shape the global language of health! 🌎 If you are a visionary clinician-leader with a passion for terminology, review our latest job post for the role of Chief Terminologist. A remote full-time position, this role offers the opportunity to serve as the definitive global authority on SNOMED CT terminology and editorial policy. Key role responsibilities include: ➡️ Clinical Excellence: Contributes to authoring, editing, peer review, and Editorial Panel activities; ➡️ Global Advocacy: Promotes understanding of SNOMED CT through presentations and communications; ➡️ Strategic Collaboration: Works across teams to improve content delivery and report on KPIs and risks; and  ➡️ Proactive Involvement: Participates in driving presence of the SNOMED CT terminology in regional interoperability programs 🗓️ Applications close on June 19 at 18:00 BST. 🔗 Review the job posting here: https://lnkd.in/gW4uSSeX #HealthIT #ClinicalInformatics #SNOMEDCT #Interoperability #HealthData #DigitalHealth #JobOpening #ChiefTerminologist AHIMA AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) International Medical Informatics Association HIMSS

➡️ SNOMED International’s Don Sweete and Victor Medina recently joined a panel discussion at OpenHealth Summit 2026 in Mexico City, exploring the role of #interoperability standards in supporting structured health data, quality and integrity assurance, and the development of trusted #AI health models. The discussion also highlighted the importance of interoperability standards in clinical practice, secondary use of data, and the evolving role of Mexican public and private sector organizations in advancing #digitalhealth. SNOMED International was a partner and sponsor for this conference. Don and Victor also participated in FORUM SALUD DIGITAL AMERICAS Mexico 2026, where Don shared insights on SNOMED International’s global strategy, licensing and membership opportunities, as well as the #InternationalPatientSummary and the Global Patient Set, and Victor moderated an international panel discussion on interoperability standards and AI. Thank you to everyone who contributed to these important conversations shaping the future of interoperable healthcare in Mexico. En Español: ➡️ Don Sweete y Victor Medina de SNOMED International participaron recientemente en un panel de discusión en el OpenHealth Summit 2026 en Ciudad de México, donde exploraron el papel de los estándares de #interoperability en el apoyo a datos de salud estructurados, el aseguramiento de la calidad e integridad, y el desarrollo de modelos de salud de #AI confiables. La discusión también destacó la importancia de los estándares de interoperabilidad en la práctica clínica, el uso secundario de los datos y el papel en evolución de las organizaciones de los sectores público y privado en México para impulsar la #digitalhealth. SNOMED International fue socio y patrocinador de esta conferencia. Don y Victor también participaron en el FORUM SALUD DIGITAL AMERICAS Mexico 2026, donde Don compartió perspectivas sobre la estrategia global de SNOMED International, las oportunidades de licenciamiento y membresía, así como sobre el #InternationalPatientSummary y el Global Patient Set. Por su parte, Victor moderó un panel internacional sobre estándares de interoperabilidad e inteligencia artificial. Gracias a todas las personas que contribuyeron a estas importantes conversaciones que están dando forma al futuro de la atención médica interoperable en México. https://lnkd.in/e7WrayQe

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➡️ Last year, we announced the availability of a simple mechanism for #InternationalPatientSummary (IPS) stakeholders to propose changes to one or more of the IPS standards artefacts that make up the IPS “suite of standards.” If you’re curious about what has been requested and the status of those requests, you’re in luck — now you can check them out for yourself! As of this post, 40 change requests have been submitted, some of which include requests to add content to the IPS, while others focus on clarifications, verifications and requests for guidance, to cite a few. ▶️ Take a look here: https://lnkd.in/e_kV4uSe 

🇮🇹 A recent Substack post argues that Italy is at a critical decision point in choosing nursing terminologies for digital health and #AI systems. Author Walter De Caro, who strongly advocates for the adoption of SNOMED International’s #SNOMEDCT and the ICN-International Council of Nurses' International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) as the foundation for #interoperable nursing data in Italy, notes that despite Italy’s 2022 Electronic Health Record decree that already explicitly references SNOMED CT and ICNP for nursing clinical data, implementation has lagged. Since AI systems in healthcare depend on structured, standardized, and interoperable data, De Caro, President of the Italian National Consortium of Nurses' Associations, says poorly coded or ambiguous nursing data will limit the effectiveness and safety of AI tools. He also argues that SNOMED CT is now the dominant international clinical terminology standard, and is already used in many countries around the globe, including in the European Union, which is investing heavily in SNOMED CT adoption through the European Health Data Space initiative to ensure cross-border #interoperability of health data. De Caro presents the ICNP as the preferred nursing terminology because it is fully integrated into SNOMED CT as the Nursing Practice Reference Set and it supports diagnoses, interventions and outcomes within one coherent, machine-readable system. 🔗 Read the article here (it’s in Italian but you can use Google translate): https://lnkd.in/dAceFds3

Interoperability standards are becoming increasingly important as healthcare systems across the world work to improve data quality, connectivity and the safe adoption of #AI. It's fantastic to see these conversations continuing to gain momentum globally and we're thrilled to have had the opportunity to participate! https://lnkd.in/eDHRRqg5

Great article highlighting the opportunities and challenges new SNOMED International Member South Africa faces as it adopts #snomedct and modernizes and standardizes its healthcare coding environment to support interoperability, reimbursement reform, digital health transformation and improved patient care. "There is an opportunity to move beyond incremental fixes," the article notes. "The adoption of SNOMED CT, the gradual international shift towards ICD-11 and the growing need for better public and private sector data create a moment to redesign coding as health-system infrastructure. The task is to separate the layers, define their roles, govern the mappings between them and build a system that can support care, payment, quality improvement and policy." https://lnkd.in/egs7GZpG