Exchange of Computable Patient Data between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD): Terminology Mediation Strategy

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-183

  Bouhaddou, Omar ^a   Warnekar, Pradnya ^a   Parrish, Fola ^c   Do, Nhan ^c   Mandel, Jack ^a,d   Kilbourne, John ^c   Lincoln, Michael J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tricare Management Activity ^*

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CETIRIZINE PLUS PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; ERGOCALCIFEROL; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARDENAFIL;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RELEASE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NOMENCLATURE; OINTMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; VETERAN;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 39649111094     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2498     Document Type: Article

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