RxNorm
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RxNorm is US-specific terminology in medicine that contains all medications available on the US market.[1] It can also be used in personal health records applications.[citation needed] RxNorm is part of Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) terminology and is maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).[2]
Concept types[]
RxNorm distinguishes different types of drug concepts. It has concepts for drug ingredients, clinical drugs or dose forms.
Coverage[]
RxNorm only includes drugs that are approved in USA.
Use[]
As of May 2017, NLM provides six APIs related to RxNorm.[3] There is also a web application called RxMix that allows users to access the RxNorm APIs without writing their own programs.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Bennett, Casey C. (2012). "Utilizing RxNorm to support practical computing applications: Capturing medication history in live electronic health records". Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 45 (4): 634–641. arXiv:1204.4093. doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2012.02.011. PMID 22426081.
- ^ "RxNorm Overview". U.S. National Library of Medicine. National Institutes of Health. 25 April 2017.
- ^ "APIs". RxNav. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "RxMix Tutorial". RxNav. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
External links[]
- Official website
- RxNorm at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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