A Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards

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A Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards

Please see our updated content in the Health Data Standards and Terminologies tutorial.

As part of the series, Clinical Information, Librarians and the NLM: from Health Data Standards to Better Health, Rex Robison from the U.S. National Library of Medicine provides a primer on health data standards, highlighting the role of the National Library of Medicine in terminology standards.

See also:

healthit.gov from the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy / Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC)
Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards at NLM

Last Reviewed: January 21, 2025