SNOMED International has renewed its agreement with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), through its American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) program. The renewed three-year agreement advances both organizations’ commitment to improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients globally.
The renewal of the collaboration agreement furthers the work SNOMED International began in 2020 with the establishment of the Cancer Synoptic Reporting Project Group, which was formed to develop comprehensive SNOMED CT concepts suitable for structured pathology reports. It includes pathology experts who provide input from the community of practice on the development, maintenance and use of SNOMED CT in this specific domain. Their work contributed to the 2024 release of the SNOMED CT Clinical Implementation Guide for Cancer Synoptic Reporting, a comprehensive resource to facilitate standardized and structured reporting in cancer care.
Renewed commitment details
As part of the renewed agreement, the AJCC will provide SNOMED International with a comprehensive list of Allowable Values (codes), without definitions. The list will include allowable values in the AJCC Cancer Staging System. However, the AJCC will not provide definitions for these Allowable Values and users will require permission to use the definitions from the ACS. The AJCC may create other Allowable Values in future versions of the AJCC Cancer Staging System and will provide them to SNOMED CT at time of publication.
Read the news release here.
Looking to catch up on content from this year’s SNOMED International April Business Meetings in Oslo? Please see below!
Opening Keynote and Community Updates (Monday, April 7)
Herko Coomans (International Digital Health Coordinator (Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands) delivered the April 2025 Business Meeting Keynote: 'GDHP: A Global Commitment to Digital Health'
This was followed by the April 2025 SNOMED International & Community Updates.
Download the combined presentation here.
Open General Assembly - Host Country Presentation (Tuesday, April 8)
Alfhild Stokke, Norwegian General Assembly representative, Chair of the General Assembly and host of the April 2025 Business Meetings, presented on the National Release Centre's digital health strategy and accomplishments with SNOMED CT implementation.
Alfhild was followed by Tom van Renterghem, who provided a brief overview of what to expect at SNOMED CT Expo 2025 in Antwerp, Belgium.
View the presentation here.
SNOMED CT in Norway - hosted by the Norwegian Directorate of Health (Thursday, April 10)
The SNOMED CT in Norway Day Conference featured a variety of Norwegian and International speakers.
Click here to view the video playlist.
Keynote by Jørn Andre Jørgensen: 'Dental health and big data: finding new connections'
Innovation Spotlight by Anthony Shek: 'AI and Language Models'
Looking ahead...
October 2025 conference
We really hope to see you in Antwerp for the October Business Meetings and SNOMED CT Expo 2025, from October 19-24, 2025.
Registration will open in mid June.
Questions?
Contact events@snomed.org.
The SNOMED International 2024 Annual Report is now available.
The document, which chronicles the organization’s key activities over 2024, wraps up the 2020-2025 strategy with a reflection on and an accounting of our goals for the five-year period and our successes meeting those objectives. It outlines a number of first-time endeavours for the organization in 2024 and the benefits realized from those activities.
In addition, the report offers insights into the many different ways the organization engaged with its Members and other stakeholders over 2024 and provides a snapshot of the 2025-2030 Strategy, which was developed in 2024 in conjunction with our governance bodies.
Some of the features we’re most proud of in this year’s report are the Member-focused articles that highlight their activities and successes in implementing and adopting SNOMED CT, including New Zealand discussing its use of a “working bee” to advance the use of the terminology, the piece on global cancer reporting agencies that discusses multi-agency efforts to use SNOMED CT to improve cancer care, and the article detailing our work with LOINC by Regenstrief to develop the LOINC Extension.
“The 2024 annual report enables us to tell the story of our ecosystem of global stakeholders – their goals, and our work to better understand how we can support the drive for interoperability across the globe,” says SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete.
Read the news release here.
Visit the Results section of the Strategy, Objectives and Results page to read the report.
SNOMED International and Syadem have announced the release of the Unified Nomenclature of Vaccines (NUVA) Extension.
The release follows the April 2024 announcement of the formal collaboration between the two organizations, which was formed to facilitate the creation of comprehensive vaccination histories for individuals over time, regardless of the original vaccine source and data format. The partners also agreed to collaborate to integrate NUVA content as an extension in SNOMED International’s Community Content Area, define processes for ensuring content alignment, and, where relevant, include NUVA concepts in the SNOMED CT International Edition.
The NUVA Extension includes all of the NUVA vaccine content, including branded products, valences and medicinal product role. It facilitates alignment with and strengthens access to vaccine content in a SNOMED CT format, supporting both clinical and regulatory requirements for vaccine information.
The SNOMED International team participating in the NUVA collaboration work are attending the International Summit on Vaccine Coding & Standards Conference on May 9, 2025, in Bordeaux, France, where the release will be formally announced.
Read the release here.
View the NUVA Extension here.
SNOMED International has several voluntary Advisory Groups designed to provide expert advice on the development and implementation of its products and services. See IHTSDO Advisory Group Manual Home for information on each of the groups.
At this time, SNOMED International is seeking volunteers to serve on the following Advisory Groups:
- Editorial (EAG)
- Modeling (MAG)
How do I apply for a position on a SNOMED International Advisory Group?
Selection Process
The deadline for submitting a nomination is Friday, 30 May 2025. Applications will be reviewed by the AG Chairs, and their recommendations will be put forward to the CEO for final approval. All candidates will be notified of the results by email in June.
Application Checklist
Applicants, please ensure to include the following items in your email submission to governance@snomed.org:
- Completed Nomination Form, including your declaration of interest and self-assessment of relevant skills per the applicable skills matrix (see document below)
- Your CV (resume)
For additional information on the Advisory Group nomination process, kindly contact Yohani Daruis at governance@snomed.org