International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation
| Abbreviation | IHTSDO |
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| Formation | 2007 |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Products | SNOMED CT |
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Membership
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29 member countries/territories |
| Slogan | Leading Healthcare Terminology, Worldwide |
| Website | http://www.snomed.org/ |
| Remarks | Trading as SNOMED International |
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) is an international non-profit organization that owns SNOMED CT, a leading clinical terminology used in electronic health records. IHTSDO was founded in 2007 by 9 charter member countries (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, Sweden, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) in order to acquire the rights of SNOMED CT from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and make the development of a global clinical language for healthcare an international, collaborative effort. As of January 1, 2017 the organization is trading under the name "SNOMED International".
IHTSDO governance is defined in the IHTSDO Articles of Association. The organization is headquartered in the United Kingdon(London).
Since 2007 the number of Member countries has increased from nine to twenty nine. The Members were (as of December 2016):Australia, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay. The Member countries provide the bulk of the institutional financing through payment of yearly Member fees, which are based on Gross National Income. Members of IHTSDO can be either an agency of a national government or another body (such as a corporation or regional government agency) which has been endorsed by an appropriate national government authority within the country it represents. Member countries commit themselves to the dissemination of the IHTSDO terminologies within their jurisdiction, including where appropriate the creation of local translations, extensions, and mappings.
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