A Framework for Comprehensive Health Terminology Systems in the United States: Development Guidelines, Criteria for Selection, and Public Policy Implications
Open Access
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Vol. 5 (6) , 503-510
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jamia.1998.0050503
Abstract
Health care in the United States has become an information-intensive industry, yet electronic health records represent patient data inconsistently forKeywords
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