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Blog from March, 2022


SNOMED International wishes to remind those planning to attend the forthcoming April 2022 Business Meetings in London to make the most of the excellent delegate bedroom rates that have been negotiated at the event venue, the DoubleTree by Hilton (Tower of London).

Time is ticking to make your booking as rooms must be reserved before March 12, 2022 to obtain the discounted rates, please click here to book now using the unique event code.

SCHEDULE
As previously announcedthe conference will mark a return to hybrid events for the organization and Community of Practice, providing both in-person and virtual opportunities to participate.

  • Hybrid sessions will run in London, UK and online from April 3-6, 2022
  • Virtual-only sessions will run from April 4-14, 2022
  • View the full schedule here.

REGISTRATION
Joining us in London? Register now

Attending virtually? Registration is not necessary - Zoom links to join open sessions will be shared via the organization's What's on this Week calendar.

KEEPING YOU SAFE
We have a robust COVID-19 health and safety plan in place to ensure our participants stay safe before, during and after the London event. To learn more, we encourage you to review the plan.

We very much look forward to welcoming you again to London. For any additional information pertaining to the April 2022 Business Meetings, please contact events@snomed.org 


March 2, 2022

At the end of 2021, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency took a firm step towards increasing the semantic interoperability, re-use and the cross border exchange of health data. The European Union will provide its Member States with 60 per cent funding towards SNOMED International membership until 2027, via the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). The goal of this initiative is to allow the residents of participating member states to easily access and share their own health data in their own language with healthcare providers as they travel in the European Union.
 
According to the European Commission, the objective of the agreement is to facilitate the use of a standardized terminology to express clinical meanings for clinicians and to benefit the citizens of the European Union...

Read the full announcement


March 1, 2022

SNOMED International, the Thai Health Information Standards Development Centre (THIS), and Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI) are pleased to announce that Thailand has joined the SNOMED CT Community as SNOMED International’s 42nd Member.

Thailand is the eleventh country in the Asia Pacific Region, following Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong – China, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Republic of Armenia, Republic of Korea and Singapore to join SNOMED International, further extending SNOMED CT use, implementation experience and collaboration opportunities for the region. Effective January 2022, all users in Thailand can register to request a free license for use of SNOMED CT from the country’s National Release Center...

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