Evaluation of a proposed method for representing drug terminology

In the absence of a single, standard, multipurpose terminology for representing medications, the HL7 Vocabulary Technical Committee has sought to develop a model for such terms in a way that will provide a unified method for representing them and supporting interoperability among various terminology...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. - 1998. - (1999) vom: 23., Seite 47-51
1. Verfasser: Cimino, J J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: McNamara, T J, Meredith, T, Broverman, C A, Eckert, K C, Moore, M, Tyree, D J
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1999
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
Schlagworte:Comparative Study Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Pharmaceutical Preparations
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Zusammenfassung:In the absence of a single, standard, multipurpose terminology for representing medications, the HL7 Vocabulary Technical Committee has sought to develop a model for such terms in a way that will provide a unified method for representing them and supporting interoperability among various terminology systems. We evaluated the preliminary model by obtaining terms, represented in our model, from three leading vendors of pharmacy system knowledge bases. A total of 2303 terms were obtained, and 3982 pair-wise comparisons were possible. We found that the components of the term descriptions matched 68-87% of the time and that the overall descriptions matched 53% of the time. The evaluation has identified a number of areas in the model where more rigorous definitions will be needed in order to improve the matching rate. This paper discusses the implications of these results
Beschreibung:Date Completed 01.02.2000
Date Revised 13.11.2018
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1531-605X