Recent Developments in Clinical Terminologies - SNOMED CT, LOINC, and RxNorm

Oliver Bodenreider, Ronald Cornet, Daniel J. Vreeman

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE:  To discuss recent developments in clinical terminologies. SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms) is the world's largest clinical terminology, developed by an international consortium. LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes) is an international terminology widely used for clinical and laboratory observations. RxNorm is the standard drug terminology in the U.S.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-139
JournalYearbook of medical informatics
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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