A graph-based approach to auditing RxNorm

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 558-570

  Bodenreider, Olivier ^a   Peters, Lee B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing methods; Biomedical terminologies; Graphs; Quality assurance; RxNorm

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE PATH; AUDITING METHODS; BIOMEDICAL TERMINOLOGIES; CLINICAL DRUGS; GRAPH-BASED; GRAPHS; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINES; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RXNORM; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

FLOW PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TERMINOLOGY;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONTENT VALIDITY; DRUG INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEB BROWSER;

MANAGEMENT AUDIT; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 65649118987     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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