2010 Update

National Activities

The New Zealand Universal List of Medicines (NZULM) has been released for evaluation prior to its general release. In 2010, the main focus has been on strategic long-term planning to implement SNOMED CT in other new health IT projects currently underway.

Implementation Plans/Activities

In addition to being used by our affiliate license holders in the NZULM, SNOMED CT is being used as underlying codes for a primary care data dictionary: for primary/secondary e-referral and e-discharges (still in the planning stages); for data validation in various health IT systems; and as a resource for education and database design for academic purposes.

Affiliate Licensees/Activities

There were 43 affiliate licensees as of December 31, 2010.