Evaluation of alternative standardized terminologies for medical conditions within a network of observational healthcare databases

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 689-696

  Reich, Christian ^a   Ryan, Patrick B ^a,b   Stang, Paul E ^a,b   Rocca, Mitra ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding scheme; ICD 9 CM; Mapping; Taxonomy; Terminology standards; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL DATA; CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY; CODING SCHEME; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH OUTCOMES; ICD-9-CM; MEDICAL CONDITIONS; MEDICAL PRODUCTS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SEMANTIC SPACE; VOCABULARY;

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; MAPPING; SEMANTICS; TAXONOMIES; TERMINOLOGY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; HIP FRACTURE; ICD-9-CM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DICTIONARY FOR REGULATORY ACTIVITIES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; SEMANTICS; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCABULARY MAPPING;

CLINICAL CODING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 84865088478     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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