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]

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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]

RxNorm web viewer (RxNav) RxNorm web viewer (RxNav).png
RxNorm web viewer (RxNav)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "RxNorm Overview". U.S. National Library of Medicine. National Institutes of Health. 25 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "APIs". RxNav. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "RxMix Tutorial". RxNav. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 27 May 2017.


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