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Terminology and Terminological Systems

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Peter L. Elkin

    1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA, New York, USA

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  • The book will appeal to a wide audience
  • Its problem-solving approach serves as both an ideal teaching tool for informatics students and as a useful guide for professionals in charge of systems implementation in health care settings
  • The vision of this book is unique to the field of Health Informatics as it immerses readers in the basis and use of reference terminologies, including the guidelines needed to use them safely
  • Several in-depth examples cover the field of concept-based indexing, allowing readers to experience its effectiveness in real situations without having to employ the technique

Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter L. Elkin, Mark Samuel Tuttle
    Pages 1-4

  3. History of Terminology and Terminological Logics

    • Peter L. Elkin, Mark Samuel Tuttle
    Pages 5-10

  4. Knowledge Representation and the Logical Basis of Ontology

    • Peter L. Elkin, Steven H. Brown
    Pages 11-50

  5. Theoretical Foundations of Terminology

    • Peter L. Elkin
    Pages 51-70

  6. Compositionality: An Implementation Guide

    • Peter L. Elkin, Steven H. Brown
    Pages 71-94

  7. Interface Terminologies

    • S. Trent Rosenbloom
    Pages 95-106

  8. Springer Terminology Related Standards Development

    • Peter L. Elkin
    Pages 107-123

  9. Implementations of Terminology

    • Peter L. Elkin, Mark Samuel Tuttle, Marjorie Rallins, Jennifer Trajkovski, Elizabeth Lumakovska, Steven H. Brown
    Pages 125-175

  10. Terminological Systems

    • Peter L. Elkin, Mark Samuel Tuttle
    Pages 177-209

  11. Conclusion

    • Peter L. Elkin, Mark Samuel Tuttle
    Pages 211-212

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 213-221
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About this book

This book will provide readers with the essential information needed to understand knowledge representation with a focus on healthcare. The book will use health sector real world examples to delineate the principal issues and solutions for the field of data representation. The book will include a history of terminologies and in particular their use in healthcare. This book will cover the basis, authoring and use of reference terminologies including the formalisms needed to use them safely. The editor will exhaustively cover the field of concept-based indexing and will provide readers with an understanding of natural language processing and its application to health terminologies. The book will discuss terminology services and the architecture for terminological servers. This text will serve as the basis for a course or equally well as a reference text.

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“The clear, direct prose with its balance of breadth and depth, survey and explanation make the book suitable for both novice and advanced students of healthcare informatics, and the numerous definitions and concise style make it a handy reference for healthcare professionals. … this book provides useful lists of terminology standards, implementations, and systems. … A valuable addition to Springer’s influential Health Informatics series, it will prove helpful to students and useful in libraries.” (Frank Ritchel Ames, Doody’s Review Service, September, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA, New York, USA

    Peter L. Elkin

About the editor

Peter L. Elkin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Terminology and Terminological Systems

  • Editors: Peter L. Elkin

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2816-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6969-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2816-8Published: 11 May 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 221

  • Topics: Health Informatics

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