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SNOMED CT and the Central Terminology Server

SNOMED CT

SNOMED CT is a high-quality clinical terminology, (like a dictionary of clinical words and phrases), used within electronic health records. It provides a standardised way to represent clinical phrases captured by the clinician and enables automatic interpretation of these.

SNOMED Irish reference sets

Endoscopy Reference set (PDF, 268 KB, 9 pages)

Mental State Exam Refset Ireland (PDF, 225 KB, 5 pages)

National ambulance service reference set (PDF, 290 KB, 15 pages)

Central terminology server

The HSE Terminology Server is a managed service solution that serves as a resource for standards subject matter experts, developers, healthcare organisations, vendors, healthcare data providers, and consumers nationwide.

Central Terminology server request management portal

HSE Terminology Server End User Agreement (PDF, 226 KB, 11 pages)

HSE Terminology Server Ref Guide (PDF, 2.6 MB, 26 pages)

SNOMED CT Requirements and Compliance (PDF, 939 KB, 57 pages)

Terminology Server Content Licences Agreement (PDF, 182 KB, 5 pages)

SNOMED CT Vendor Specification Procurement document - Part 1 (PDF, 557 KB, 21 pages)

SNOMED CT Compliance document - Part 2 (PDF, 638 KB, 78 pages)

For more details on SNOMED please visit snomed.org.