1. Scope
1.1 This terminology is intended to name and document the principal concepts, and their associated terms, that are utilized in the healthcare information domain and all of its specialized subdomains. It is applicable to all areas of healthcare about which information is kept or utilized. It is intended to complement and utilize those concepts already identified by other national and international standards bodies. It will identify alternate accepted terms for the same concept and its elected term. Its terms are intended to clarify and simplify usage in the dialog and documentation about the concepts, processes and data that are used to schedule, conduct and manage all phases of healthcare. This common usage will improve the quality and management of all facets of healthcare by means of explicit information used in referring to each of these facets. These health informatics terms have been collected here specifically in order to facilitate the consistent use of common concepts in informatics standards development and use throughout healthcare. A separate process from this standard that is described in ISO 15188 will manage the approval of biomedical and healthcare terms.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) 
The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
E1239 Practice for Description of Reservation/Registration-Admission, Discharge, Transfer (R-ADT) Systems for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems
E1284 Guide for Construction of a Clinical Nomenclature for Support of Electronic Health Records
E1384 Practice for Content and Structure of the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
E1633 Specification for Coded Values Used in the Electronic Health Record
E1762 Guide for Electronic Authentication of Health Care Information
E1869 Guide for Confidentiality, Privacy, Access, and Data Security Principles for Health Information Including Electronic Health Records
E1985 Guide for User Authentication and Authorization
E1986 Guide for Information Access Privileges to Health Information
E1987 Guide for Individual Rights Regarding Health Information
E2087 Specification for Quality Indicators for Controlled Health Vocabularies
E2147 Specification for Audit and Disclosure Logs for Use in Health Information Systems
CEN Standards
EN-12264 Categorical Structure of Syntax of Concepts--Model for Representation of Semantics (MOSE)
ISO Standards
ISO15188 Project Management Guidelines for Terminology Interchange Format
Other Documents
UnifiedMedicalLangua Knowledge Sources National Library of Medicine 7th Experimental Edition January 1996
Index Terms
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 01.040.11 (Health care technology (Vocabularies)); 01.040.35 (Information technology. Office machines (Vocabularies)); 11.020 (Medical sciences and health care facilities in general); 35.240.80 (IT applications in health care technology)
DOI: 10.1520/E2457-07
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Citing ASTM Standards
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