RxNorm explained

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. RxNorm is part of Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) terminology and is maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).[2]

Use

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

Notes and References

  1. Bennett . Casey C. . Utilizing RxNorm to support practical computing applications: Capturing medication history in live electronic health records . 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.02.011 . free. Journal of Biomedical Informatics . 45 . 4 . 634–641 . 2012 . 22426081. 1204.4093 .
  2. Web site: 25 April 2017 . RxNorm Overview . U.S. National Library of Medicine . National Institutes of Health .
  3. Web site: APIs . RxNav . U.S. National Library of Medicine . 27 May 2017 .
  4. Web site: RxMix Tutorial . RxNav . U.S. National Library of Medicine . 27 May 2017 .

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