The tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases or “ICD-10” is used to categorize and catalog health conditions and diseases with specific conditions.

Think of terminology as the art and science of naming. It's like creating a map that everyone agrees to use, ensuring that when one person says "apple," everyone else pictures the same juicy, red fruit and not, say, a banana.

FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is a set of standards designed to enable the electronic exchange of healthcare information to ensure consistency and clarity.

Healthcare terminologies (or clinical terminologies) use codes to represent standard ways of saying things like “heart attack” or “brain MRI.”

Healthcare Terminologies that are used within healthcare are maintained and released by various organizations.

The United States Core Data for Interoperability, or USCDI for short, is like a common language that different healthcare computer systems and terminologies use to talk to each other.

What Is a LLM and how can AI help with PII? The role of Large Language Models, Artificial Intelligence, & PII.

When would one create a Simple Map rather than a Complex Map? In this blog we explain and give examples of map sets.

What’s the purpose of terminology mapping?

A terminology mapping is used to translate terminologies and classifications from one system to another for a particular use case.

What makes Healthcare data so difficult?

Terminology browsers are increasingly popular in the healthcare industry. They help improve the accuracy of EHRs as well as enhance clinical decision-making and helps with accurate coding.

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Everything you wanted to know about terminology servers, but were afraid to ask.

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The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to improve the digital transfer of health information between provider networks.