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RxNorm, the Glossary

Index RxNorm

RxNorm is US-specific terminology in medicine that contains all medications available on the US market.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 7 relations: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, API, Medication, Medicine, Personal health record, Unified Medical Language System, United States National Library of Medicine.

  2. Pharmacological classification systems
  3. United States National Library of Medicine

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System is a drug classification system that classifies the active ingredients of drugs according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties. RxNorm and Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System are pharmacological classification systems.

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API

An is a way for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other.

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Medication

A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.

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Personal health record

A personal health record (PHR) is a health record where health data and other information related to the care of a patient is maintained by the patient.

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Unified Medical Language System

The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is a compendium of many controlled vocabularies in the biomedical sciences (created 1986).

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United States National Library of Medicine

The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. RxNorm and United States National Library of Medicine are National Institutes of Health.

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See also

Pharmacological classification systems

United States National Library of Medicine

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RxNorm