The history of the Read Codes: The inaugural James Read memorial lecture 2011

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-182

  Benson, Tim ^a  

^a Abies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International classification of diseases; Read Codes; SNOMED CT; Taxonomy; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LINGUISTICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE;

CLINICAL CODING; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 84863215458     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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