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FHIR IG Statistics: NamingSystem/MeSH

Packagehl7.terminology.r4b
TypeNamingSystem
IdMeSH
FHIR VersionR4B
Sourcehttp://terminology.hl7.org/http://terminology.hl7.org/6.0.2/NamingSystem-MeSH.html
URLhttp://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/MeSH
Version3.0.0
Statusactive
Date2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00
NameMeSH
TitleMedical Subject Headings
Realmuv
Authorityhl7
DescriptionThe Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus is a controlled and hierarchically-organized vocabulary produced by the National Library of Medicine. It is used for indexing, cataloging, and searching of biomedical and health-related information. MeSH includes the subject headings appearing in MEDLINE/PubMed, the NLM Catalog, and other NLM databases. MeSH can be downloaded from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/download/mesh.html MeSH can be browsed here: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/search
Kindcodesystem

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Narrative

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Generated Narrative: NamingSystem MeSH

Summary

Defining URLhttp://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/MeSH
Version3.0.0
NameMeSH
TitleMedical Subject Headings
Statusactive
Definition

The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus is a controlled and hierarchically-organized vocabulary produced by the National Library of Medicine. It is used for indexing, cataloging, and searching of biomedical and health-related information. MeSH includes the subject headings appearing in MEDLINE/PubMed, the NLM Catalog, and other NLM databases.

MeSH can be downloaded from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/download/mesh.html

MeSH can be browsed here: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/search

PublisherNational Library of Medicine

Identifiers

TypeValuePreferredPeriodComment
OID2.16.840.1.113883.6.177true
URIhttps://www.nlm.nih.gov/meshtrue2021-06-29 00:00:00-0400 --> (ongoing)Official canonical URL going forward.
URIhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/MSHfalse(?) --> 2021-06-29 00:00:00-0400Maintained for backward compatibility.

Source

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  "resourceType": "NamingSystem",
  "id": "MeSH",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.url",
      "valueUri": "http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/MeSH"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.version",
      "valueString": "3.0.0"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.title",
      "valueString": "Medical Subject Headings"
    }
  ],
  "name": "MeSH",
  "status": "active",
  "kind": "codesystem",
  "date": "2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00",
  "publisher": "National Library of Medicine",
  "contact": [
    {
      "name": "National Library of Medicine; 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894",
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "https://support.nlm.nih.gov/support/create-case/"
        },
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "https://www.nlm.nih.gov/"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus is a controlled and hierarchically-organized vocabulary produced by the National Library of Medicine. It is used for indexing, cataloging, and searching of biomedical and health-related information. MeSH includes the subject headings appearing in MEDLINE/PubMed, the NLM Catalog, and other NLM databases.\r\n\r\nMeSH can be downloaded from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/download/mesh.html\r\n\r\nMeSH can be browsed here: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/search",
  "uniqueId": [
    {
      "type": "oid",
      "value": "2.16.840.1.113883.6.177",
      "preferred": true
    },
    {
      "type": "uri",
      "value": "https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh",
      "preferred": true,
      "comment": "Official canonical URL going forward.",
      "period": {
        "start": "2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "uri",
      "value": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/MSH",
      "preferred": false,
      "comment": "Maintained for backward compatibility.",
      "period": {
        "end": "2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00"
      }
    }
  ]
}