As part of the series, Clinical Information, Librarians and the NLM: from Health Data Standards to Better Health, Rex Robison from the U.S. National Library of Medicine provides a primer on health data standards, highlighting the role of the National Library of Medicine in terminology standards.

See also:

• healthit.gov from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
• Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards at NLM