title: A BioPortal-Based Terminology Service for Health Data Interoperability.
abstract: A terminology service makes diverse terminologies/ontologies accessible under a uniform interface. The EUTRANSFoRm project built an online terminology service for European primary care research. The service experienced performance limitations during its operation. Based on community feedback, we evaluated alternative solutions and developed a new version of the service. Based on BioPortal's scalable infrastructure, the new service delivers more features with improved performance and reduced maintenance cost. We plan to extend the service to meet Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources specifications.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Sarah N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Lim Choi Keung
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Theodoros N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Arvanitis
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled