Enabling Electronic Healthcare Information Exchange
Author :
Liu, Simon
Author_Institution :
National Institutes of Health
Volume :
9
Issue :
6
fYear :
2007
Firstpage :
17
Lastpage :
23
Abstract :
The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus enables the standardized representation of healthcare information so that it can be correctly stored, manipulated, retrieved, and exchanged.
Keywords :
IT; Metathesaurus; and data or information storage; and exchange.; eHealth; healthcare information; retrieval; standards;
