Chv umls

Consumer Health Vocabulary (from UMLS) (infores:chv-umls)

Status: released

Knowledge Level: knowledge_assertion

Agent Type: manual_agent

Description: CHV connects informal, common words and phrases about health to technical terms used by health care professionals. It includes jargon, slang, ambiguous, and misspelled words as used by consumers and health care professionals. OAC CHV is designed to complement the existing framework of the UMLS and to aid the needs of consumer health applications, enabling these applications to translate technical terms to consumer friendly language.

Cross References:

• http://consumerhealthvocab.org/
• http://consumerhealthvocab.org/docs/README.pdf
• https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/sourcereleasedocs/

Consumed by:

• infores:rtx-kg2