title: Important health information concepts.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * The difference between actual patient information and information structure and metadata * The purpose of defining health information concepts * How health concepts are defined * The components used to define health concepts and their relationship to expressing meaning clearly and safely.
authors.affiliation: Austin Health, E-Health Education and Pavillion Prime Care, Melbourne, Australia. heather@lginformatics.com
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grain
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D009626:Terminology as Topic