title: Our health language and data collections.
abstract: All communication within the health industry is dependent upon the use of our health language consisting of a very extensive and complex vocabulary. Converting this language into computable formats is necessary in a digital environment with a strong reliance on data, information and knowledge sharing. This chapter describes our health language, what terminologies and ontologies are, their use and relationships with natural language, indexing, data standards, data collections and the need for data governance.
authors.affiliation: eHealth Education Pty Ltd, Australia.
authors.forename: Evelyn J S
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hovenga
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grain
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D033161:Government Regulation; D063005:Health Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D012660:Semantics; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled