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We are:

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation®.

We are also known as the "SNOMED SDO®" and the “SSDO®” (SNOMED Standards Development Organisation).

Logo

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation Logo is the most important element of our visual identity. The Logo consists of two elements: the Name and the Mark.

Key words

  • Brings knowledge into healthcare
  • Terminology
  • Concepts
  • Coordination
  • Development
  • Interoperability
  • Languages
  • Viability
  • Continuity
  • Relations
  • Growth
  • International/Global
  • Providing a framework
  • Transparency
  • Openness

The globe is represented to illustrate the international frame for the terminology. The squares are illustrating relations – between countries, between people, between concepts.

The blue colors are representing health and purity, the red color represents human beings – and blood.

The whole picture represents transparency and interoperability.