Over the past year, SNOMED International has established a clinical regional network focused on Spanish-speakers in Latin America.
The network continues to build on the SNOMED International offerings currently available in Spanish, including the SNOMED CT International Edition in Spanish, which is released twice a year; the SNOMED CT Foundation course in Spanish (Curso de Fundamentos de SNOMED CT); and a Confluence space for Spanish-speaking SNOMED CT users.
The purpose of the network is to equip clinicians and other SNOMED CT users in Latin American non-SNOMED International Member countries with basic knowledge of the clinical terminology and the benefits it offers to patients, providers, and other stakeholders. It also functions as a forum for sharing experiences and for community support to resolve common questions and challenges. The discussions and real-world use cases shared in this network are valuable input for the further development of the terminology.
Read our latest blog post to learn more.
On October 23, 2024, as part of SNOMED CT Expo 2024 pre-conference sessions, SNOMED International is hosting a half-day workshop on traditional medicine. In this blog, Liara Tutina, SNOMED International’s Customer Relations Executive Asia and Pacific & Global Education Lead, and Yongsheng Gao, Senior Terminologist, discuss the growing need for traditional medicine content in SNOMED CT and the benefits of its inclusion.
Read it to learn how we define traditional medicine, the goal of our traditional medicine project, the process of including more of this type of content in SNOMED CT, the challenges posed by integrating various global traditions into the terminology and the learning goals for the October 23, 2024 session.
Read the blog.
Visit our Traditional Medicine Confluence page for more information on the project.
SNOMED International is pleased to announce that Hungary has become a SNOMED International Member. Hungary will join a community of 49 Members globally. It is the fifth following the announcement of EU funding for Member states wishing to adopt SNOMED CT.
Since launching an electronic patient record in 2017, Hungary’s efforts to further digitize the healthcare system were spurred in part – as in many countries – by the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2023, Dr Péter Takács, Hungary’s State Secretary for Health, made strengthening the country’s health resources, infrastructure and delivery, harnessing technology and innovation to better serve its population, and nurturing its health and care workforce its main priorities.
Read the release to learn more about how Hungary's digital health efforts and SNOMED CT activities position the country to achieve its goals of a data-driven health system.
