NRC onboarding checklist
SNOMED International provides new Members with a wide range of benefits and resources to support their SNOMED CT journey.
This page provides new National Release Centers (NRCs) with a checklist of important activities to get started with SNOMED International.
For more information, please refer to our Getting Started page and our SNOMED CT Popular Links page. Please send your questions to info@snomed.org.
Nominate representatives
SNOMED International is owned and governed by its Members. To participate in our governance and advisory processes, please nominate the following national representatives:
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Nominate a General Assembly (GA) representative - Email their name, title, and contact information to info@snomed.org
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Nominate a Member Forum (MF) representative - Email their name, title, and contact information to info@snomed.org
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Establish NRC communication resources
SNOMED International provides resources to assist the sharing of information within and between Member regions. To help establish your NRC communication resources, please:
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Submit information for Member page - Complete this linked form or send a short paragraph in English about the National body responsible for SNOMED International Membership, followed by a translation into the national language(s) of the country, to comms@snomed.org
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Explore the Member communications toolkit and request your customized Member logo - Email comms@snomed.org
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Subscribe to receive the weekly digest of SNOMED International News
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Follow SNOMED International's social media channels - Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube
Create new tooling accounts
SNOMED International offers a range of tools and services. To get access to these, please ask your NRC team to register for the following tooling accounts:
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Apply for a SNOMED International Confluence account - All NRC team members
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Register for an account on our Member Licensing and Distribution Service (MLDS) - Only NRC team member responsible for downloading SNOMED CT and affiliates management
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Request access to the international SNOMED CT Content Request Service (CRS) - Only NRC team member responsible for submitting specialist content to SNOMED International
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Create a SNOMED CT e-learning account - All NRC team members who will participate in free SNOMED CT training
For a comprehensive list of available tooling, provided by SNOMED International and third parties, check the Implementation Support Portal Tooling page.
Learn more about SNOMED CT
SNOMED International offers a wide range of training and certification resources. Please follow the links below to access these.
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Participate in the community
SNOMED CT experts from around the world collaborate in SNOMED International's advisory groups, project groups, user groups, and webinars to share knowledge, implementation experiences, and resources. Please explore the following groups to learn from the experience of others in the community.
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Plan your national roadmap
These resources will help new Members in the design of a National SNOMED CT Implementation Roadmap. This includes communicating the value proposition, deciding on the need for a national extension, selecting tooling, defining a distribution strategy, linking with other standards in the local eHealth architecture, supporting users and training those involved.
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Apply for a namespace ID – if your NRC is planning to develop an extension, reference sets, maps or translations of SNOMED CT