Cross-terminology mapping challenges: A demonstration using medication terminological systems

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-625

  Saitwal, Himali ^a,f   Qing, David ^a   Jones, Stephen ^a,c   Bernstam, Elmer V ^a,b   Chute, Christopher G ^d   Johnson, Todd R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f APELON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication terminological systems; Review of medication terminological systems; Standards; Terminology mapping

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC METHOD; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLINICAL DATA WAREHOUSE; COMPOUND DRUG; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; SEMI-AUTOMATED; STRING COMPARISON; TERMINOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TERMINOLOGY MAPPING; UMLS METATHESAURUS;

DATA WAREHOUSES; MAPPING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; STANDARDS;

TERMINOLOGY;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; NORTRIPTYLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CODING; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG TERMINOLOGY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL CODING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 84865065603     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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