The Netherlands
The Netherlands
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The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Netherlands has assigned the responsibility to act as the Point of Contact for SNOMED CT developments and licenses to Nictiz.
Nictiz has a seat on the IHTSDO Management Board on behalf of the Netherlands, and thus coordinates the Netherlands’ participation in and contribution to the HTSDO activities.
Nictiz furthermore coordinates a national programme aimed at increasing and stimulating the awareness, knowledge, practices and use of SNOMED CT.
For healthcare organisations and companies inside the Netherlands Nictiz will act as the National Release Centre for SNOMED CT (sub-)licenses.
For more information about the activities and service provided by Nictiz please visit the website at www.nictiz.nl or send your request to info(at)nictiz.nl
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Nictiz - the National IT Institute for Healthcare in the Netherlands - is the national coordination point and knowledge centre for IT and innovation in the healthcare sector. The national switch point forms the core of electronic communications in the sector, which is managed by Nictiz. Any authorized healthcare practitioner can be connected to the switch point so that he or she can obtain the latest and most relevant information about a patient at any time, from anywhere in the Netherlands and in a simple, secure and reliable way. In consultation with and at the request of the healthcare sector, Nictiz is continuously developing and refining national standards for electronic communications in healthcare. Furthermore, Nictiz supports the sector in developing functional IT solutions that can be used nationwide, and contributes to policy making on IT issues as they relate to healthcare on a national and international level.
