Week 1 Discussion – Vocabulary mapping supports

Week 1 Discussion

Vocabulary mapping supports the interoperability of health information systems by using controlled vocabularies to increase communication between these systems. Think of a scenario in which two health information systems would need to transmit data to each other. In your response:

• Identify the two health information systems.
• Give specific examples of ten terms these systems would need to transmit to each other.
• Discuss master data and their relationship to other tables.
• Distinguish between a SDO and a standard.