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RxTerms |
RxTerms is a drug interface terminology derived from RxNorm for prescription writing or medication history recording (e.g. in e-prescribing systems, PHRs). The advantages of RxTerms are:
CMS is using RxTerms in a demonstration project of its post-acute care assessment tool (CARE). At NLM, we will also use RxTerms in our NLM Personal Health Record. We encourage anyone who needs a drug interface terminology to try it. To learn more about the RxTerms data, click here. To download the RxTerms files, click here. To see a presentation on RxTerms, click here. RxTerms is developed and maintained by Kin-Wah Fung of the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, NLM. Please directly email comments or questions to: kfung@mail.nih.gov or enter them here. *Drugs not associated with any NDC codes in RxNorm are assumed to be unavailable in the U.S. This is an approximation and may not be 100% accurate. |
Last reviewed: 22 October 2008
Last updated: 22 October 2008
First published: 21 October 2008
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