A dedicated terminology to support the International Patient Summary

The PS-CA project is excited to see SNOMED CT's continued support of the patient summary community and will continue to work with IPS and other national implementers to understand how this new terminology will be leveraged for patient summary exchange in non-affiliates/countries without SNOMED CT licenses.

We don't anticipate impacts to the patient summary implementations in Canada at this time, given that the scope of implementations are currently focused on exchange within Canada and SNOMED CT is recommending that SNOMED International members and affiliates continue to use the complete SNOMED CT editions.

We've included some language below from the release note that further describes these instructions:

"It is worth noting that current SNOMED CT users, those located in a SNOMED International Member region or those with an Affiliate license to a complete SNOMED CT edition, should avoid use of the IPS Terminology and instead, implement their IPS solutions using a full edition of SNOMED CT. To share IPS data with non-Affiliates, licensed users may choose to refer to the IPS Reference Set"

Towards the end of 2021, SNOMED International shared its intention to extend the core of SNOMED CT’s structured clinical terminology to deliver an open, standalone terminology in support of the scope of content within the International Patient Summary (IPS) for non-Members.

The IPS Terminology will provide advanced terminology features for non-Affiliates to use in their IPS implementations. Now released in its beta version for focused stakeholder testing and feedback, the IPS Terminology will be accompanied by a User Guide to support implementers in non-Member regions to understand the features, capabilities and limitations of the IPS Terminology package.

Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for information on how to review the IPS Terminology as well as information on the mechanisms and timelines for providing feedback. To view the IPS Terminology via browser, visit ips-browser.snomedtools.org/.