RxNorm
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RxNorm is US-specific terminology in medicine that contains all medications available on the US market.{{Cite journal | last1 = Bennett | first1 = Casey C. | title = Utilizing RxNorm to support practical computing applications: Capturing medication history in live electronic health records | doi = 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.02.011 |doi-access=free| journal = Journal of Biomedical Informatics | volume = 45 | issue = 4 | pages = 634–641 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22426081| arxiv = 1204.4093 }} It can also be used in personal health records applications.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} RxNorm is part of Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) terminology and is maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).{{cite web |date=25 April 2017 |title=RxNorm Overview |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/overview.html |website=U.S. National Library of Medicine |publisher=National Institutes of Health }}
Use
{{As of|2017|05|post=,}} NLM provides six APIs related to RxNorm.{{cite web |title=APIs |website=RxNav |publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine |url=https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov/APIsOverview.html |access-date=27 May 2017 }} There is also a web application called RxMix that allows users to access the RxNorm APIs without writing their own programs.{{cite web |title=RxMix Tutorial |website=RxNav |publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine |url=https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov/RxMixTutorial.html |access-date=27 May 2017 }}
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- {{official|https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/}}
- {{MeSH name|RxNorm}}
Category:National Institutes of Health
Category:Pharmacological classification systems
Category:United States National Library of Medicine
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