High-quality, standard, controlled healthcare terminologies come of age

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-104

  Cimino, James J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051729451     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625347     Document Type: Editorial

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