Health Informatics

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is at the forefront of health IT, our vision is high-quality care, lower costs, healthy population, and engaged people.

NLM is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NLM works closely with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to ensure NLM efforts are aligned with the goal of the President and HHS Secretary for the nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.