To access release notes and communiqués, visit Update and news. Access to all NCTS documentation, presentations and webinars related to the understanding, use, adoption and implementation of Australian clinical terminology products.Only the latest version of each document is available for download. If you require an older version, please complete the online Support Request form or email help@digitalhealth.gov.au.By operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Establishing the Australian Digital Health Agency) Rule 2016, on 1 July 2016, all the assets and liabilities of NEHTA will vest in the Australian Digital Health Agency. In this website, on and from 1 July 2016, all references to “National E-Health Transition Authority” or “NEHTA” will be deemed to be references to the Australian Digital Health Agency.Alphabetical Index of documentsAMT Benefits Analysis 2014-2015Describes the benefits of recent deployments of AMT as a component of Electronic Medications Management systems at hospitals in Victoria, Tasmania and at Sydney Adventist Hospital.AMT Editorial and Naming Rules v4.1Detailed information on the naming conventions and rules applied in the creation of all description types for concepts in the AMT.AMT Fact SheetA high level overview of the AMT presented as a printable 2-page handout.AMT Model Specification v1.1This document provides the details of the Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT) concept model. It briefly explains what the AMT product is and why it exists, but primarily focuses on describing the components of the model, their relationship to one another and SNOMED CT.AMT Requirements and Use Cases v1.0This document provides details of the Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT) requirements and information on use cases that AMTv4 is designed to support.AMT v3 to v4 change summaryThis document is intended to serve as a quick guide for vendors to determine how AMT v4, or planned packaged changes to SNOMED CT might impact their system.AMT v4 Changes and ImpactsThis document presents the changes being proposed for the AMT v4 project, and details the impacts these changes will have on the terminology dataset.Australian National Terminology Licence AgreementThe licence terms and conditions for the use of the Australian National Terminology comprising SNOMED CT-AU, the AMT and any other national extensions or derivatives.Basic FHIR terminology services presentation v1.1This presentation accompanies the “Basic FHIR terminology services webinar”. Topics include: the structure of CodeSystem, ValueSet and ConceptMap resources and basic FHIR SCRUD actions (Search, Create, Read, Update and Delete); specific terminology operations including lookup, subsumes, expand, validate-code, translate and closure; various terminology use cases and applicable operations; tips and hintsHL7 FHIR Terminology Service ExemplarsA set of UI and client-side exemplar software snippets to illustrate various aspects of interacting with the FHIR Terminology API.Introduction to AMT presentation v1.2This presentation accompanies the “Introduction to AMT webinar”. Topics include an overview of the AMT, its structure and coverage, purpose, use cases and more.Introduction to SNOMED CT-AU Presentation v1.2This presentation accompanies the “Introduction to SNOMED CT-AU webinar”. Topics include an overview of SNOMED CT-AU, its structure and content, purpose, use cases and more.Introduction to the FHIR specification presentation v1.1This presentation accompanies the “Introduction to the FHIR specification webinar”. Topics include: an overview of the FHIR specification, the CodeSystem, ValueSet and ConceptMap resources; content negotiation including basic use of HTTP post client; basic SCRUD actions (Search, Create, Read, Update and Delete) and their input/output parameters.Introduction to the NCTS products and services presentationThis presentation accompanies the “Introduction to the NCTS products and services webinar”. Topics include: NCTS objectives; CodeSystem, ValueSet and ConceptMap resources available; APIs including the National Terminology Server and National Syndication Server; deploying local terminology services using Ontoserver and Snapper; various terminology deployment scenarios and use cases; brief overview of what else we are working on e.g. Medication resource.Medicinal Cannabis request guideThis document serves as a guide to assist vendors, sponsors and other AMT users in achieving high‑quality medicinal cannabis submissions.NCTS Batch Request Submission TemplateA form for the submission of multiple or batches of content requests for both Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT) and SNOMED CT-AU.NCTS Guidance for People and Processes v1.1Provides guidance to organistions to assist in minimising clinical safety risks and maximise the benefits associated with using SNOMED CT-AU (including the AMT).NCTS Guidance for Use in Healthcare Software v1.1Provides guidance for managing risks when implementing SNOMED CT-AU (including the AMT) in healthcare software. This guidance complements the software requirements provided by other eHealth specifications.NCTS Guidance for Use of Medical Nomenclatures in Information Exchange v1.2Provides guidance to healthcare software developers to assist in managing risk when developing systems that produce and consume clinical messages containing medical nomenclatures.NCTS Guide for Implementers v1.2This document provides an introduction to the NCTS and guides implementers through common tasks associated with integrating with the NCTS. It provides an explanation of key technical concepts as well as design considerations and deployment scenarios with the use of conformant terminology servers.NCTS Postman CollectionExample NCTS FHIR operations including requesting an access bearer token, querying the integration API and fetching the syndication feed.NCTS Postman EnvironmentThe default Postman environment variables required to execute the NCTS Postman Collection.NCTS Request Submission Guidelines v1.1Provides guidance on how to submit a request to the NCTS for the creation, modification, or inactivation of clinical terminology content.NCTS Specifications v3.0These specifications describe the structure and semantics of terminology content types, the behaviour and interfaces of NCTS conformant server applications and the technical interface contract for the national infrastructure services.NCTS Test Cases for Software and Messaging v1.1Test cases for healthcare software systems using SNOMED CT-AU (including the AMT) to confirm if they meet the relevant terminology software requirements as described in the NCTS Guidance for Use of Medical Nomenclatures in Information Exchange and NCTS Guidance for Use in Healthcare Software.RCPA Pathology Terminology and Information Models Terms of Use v1.0This document contains the Terms of Use for users downloading the RCPA Pathology Terminology and Information Models.Shrimp terminology browser – searching SNOMED CT-AU presentation v1.1Demonstrates a popular terminology browser and how to search for SNOMED CT-AU content, including the AMTSNOMED CT Affiliate License AgreementThe licence terms and conditions for use of SNOMED CT.SNOMED CT Introduction for Vendors (SNOMED International)An informative practical introduction to SNOMED CT focused primarily on the needs of vendors and developers of EHRs and other related applications in healthcare information technology.SNOMED CT Starter Guide (SNOMED International)The best place to start learning about SNOMED CT or to refresh existing knowledge. An overview of a range of topics related to the terminology.SNOMED CT-AU Adverse Reactions Reference Set Implementation Guide v1.0Comprehensive description of the Adverse Reactions Reference Set group, how it was developed, intended implementation, usage options, and potential considerations for enhancement and expansion.SNOMED CT-AU and AMT Adoption InfographicThis document provides a snapshot view of the current terminology-enabled systems, and those in progress around Australia.SNOMED CT-AU and AMT Subsets Presentation v1.0This presentation provides an overview of SNOMED CT-AU and AMT subsets and why they are useful in terminology implementations. Examples of NCTS subsets available in different formats (SNOMED CT reference set, FHIR® ValueSet), the use cases they support, and how to access them will be discussed.This accompanies the SNOMED CT-AU and AMT subsets webinar.SNOMED CT-AU Australian Technical Implementation Guide v4.0Provides practical implementation guidance for software developers and technical consumers on SNOMED CT-AU (including the AMT).SNOMED CT-AU Australian Terminology Sample ScriptsSample SQL scripts to provide a starting point for loading and working with SNOMED CT-AU in a relational database environment (MySQL) and aid in the learning of the release format and data structuresSNOMED CT-AU Clinical Scenarios with Medicine Order v1.0This document provides example clinical scenarios to show where SNOMED CT-AU and the AMT supports coding of elements within the associated medicine orders in clinical systems.SNOMED CT-AU Clinical Terminology Implementation Process and Checklist v1.0This document provides a business level overview of the steps required to implement SNOMED CT-AU and the AMT content within your products or clinical systems.SNOMED CT-AU Development Approach For Reference Sets v3.5Describes the development approach used in creating SNOMED CT-AU (including the AMT) reference sets developed by the NCTS.SNOMED CT-AU Guide for Terminology Use in Prescribing v1.0Provides non-technical guidance on how to natively use SNOMED CT-AU (including the AMT) to support medicines ordering and prescribing activities within software systems. Readers should be familiar with the SNOMED CT-AU and AMT concept models and clinical hierarchies as found in the AMT Concept Model and Business Use Cases and SNOMED CT Editorial Guide documents.SNOMED CT-AU hierarchies presentation v1.0This presentation accompanies the “SNOMED CT-AU hierarchies webinar”. Topics include the content available within each of the SNOMED CT-AU hierarchies.SNOMED CT-AU Mapping Guidelines v3.0Provides guidelines and a methodology for mapping local code systems to SNOMED CT-AU (including the AMT). The reason for mapping in this direction is to support the transformation of various local and proprietary codesets into a common national terminology for eHealth messaging and system interoperability.Terminology and Classification Presentation v2.1This presentation was developed in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) and provides an overview of commonly used code sets in health; SNOMED CT-AU features and main use cases; ICD-10-AM features and main use cases; International Classification of Diseases revision; and maps between SNOMED CT and ICD-10. WebinarsBasic FHIR terminology services webinarThis is one of three 1-hour introductory technical webinars Topics include: a recap of the structure of CodeSystem, ValueSet and ConceptMap resources and basic FHIR SCRUD actions (Search, Create, Read, Update and Delete); specific terminology operations including lookup, subsumes, expand, validate-code, translate and closure; various terminology use cases and applicable operations; tips and hints.Terminology and Classification webinar v1.0This webinar was developed in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) and provides an overview of commonly used code sets in health; SNOMED CT-AU features and main use cases; ICD-10-AM features and main use cases; International Classification of Diseases revision; and maps between SNOMED CT and ICD-10.Introduction to AMT webinarAn introductory webinar that provides an overview of the AMT, its structure and coverage, purpose, use cases and more.Introduction to SNOMED CT-AU webinarAn introductory webinar that provides an overview of SNOMED CT-AU, its structure and content, purpose, use cases and more.Introduction to the FHIR specification webinarThis is one of three 1-hour introductory technical webinars. Topics include: an overview of the FHIR specification, the CodeSystem, ValueSet and ConceptMap resources; content negotiation including basic use of HTTP post client; basic SCRUD actions (Search, Create, Read, Update and Delete) and their input/output parameters.Introduction to the NCTS products and services webinarThis is one of three 1-hour introductory technical webinars. Topics include: NCTS objectives; CodeSystem, ValueSet and ConceptMap resources available; APIs including the National Terminology Server and National Syndication Server; deploying local terminology services using Ontoserver and Snapper; various terminology deployment scenarios and use cases; brief overview of what else we are working on e.g. Medication resource.Shrimp terminology browser – searching SNOMED CT-AU webinarThis webinar demonstrates a popular terminology browser and gives tips and hints on how to search for SNOMED CT-AU content, including the AMT.SNOMED CT-AU and AMT Subsets webinarThis webinar provides an overview of SNOMED CT-AU and AMT subsets and why they are useful in terminology implementations. Examples of NCTS subsets available in different formats (SNOMED CT reference set, FHIR® ValueSet), the use cases they support, and how to access them will be discussed.This accompanies the SNOMED CT-AU and AMT subsets presentation.SNOMED CT-AU hierarchies webinarA webinar that provides an overview of the content available within each of the SNOMED CT-AU hierarchies.