International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation ( IHTSDO ) is a not-for- profit organization that SNOMED CT developed and disseminated. It has its headquarters in Denmark. The aim is to assist with the SNOMED Terminology safe and effective exchange of health information.

History

By the year 2007, the College of American Pathologists (CAP ) has coordinated the development of SNOMED and also financed a large extent. It finally agreed to hand over all rights to an international SNOMED CT development organization that was finally established as IHTSDO. The transfer of the rights to the IHTSDO was an important step to changing the licensing policy of the original licensor and thus to further spread and internationalization of SNOMED CT.

Organization

The IHTSDO is supported and financed by member countries in collaboration with the WHO. So far, 14 countries (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Europe, the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Cyprus, Slovakia and Spain) to cooperate and especially co-financing have agreed.