Introduction to the Unified Medical Language System
Coded data is the basis for knowledge transfer in 21st-century healthcare. The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is often called the Rosetta stone of international terminologies used in healthcare worldwide.
The purpose of the UMLS is to “facilitate the development of com....
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