From concepts to clinical reality: An essay on the benchmarking of biomedical terminologies

It is only by fixing on agreed meanings of terms in biomedical terminologies that we will be in a position to achieve that accumulation and integration of knowledge that is indispensable to progress at the frontiers of biomedicine. Standardly, the goal of fixing meanings is seen as being realized through the alignment of terms on what are called `concepts'. Part I addresses three versions of the concept-based approach

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: JBI
• Authors: Barry Smith
• Keywords: Biomedical Terminologies, Concept-based Approach, Electronic Health Record, JBI 2004, JBI 2006