UI

This is an abbreviation for user interface.

user interface

The way in which a software application presents itself to a user.

Notes

• The user interface includes the:

  • On-screen appearance

  • Commands readily available to the user

  • Manner in which the user can access and update information with the application

• UI

UK NHS

This is an abbreviation for UK National Health Service.

UK National Health Service

A government funded service delivering health care services to all United Kingdom (UK) citizens.

Notes

• The National Health Service (NHS) Digital provides standards for collecting and publishing data and information for the health and social care system in England.

• The NHS and the College of American Pathologists collaborated on the development of SNOMED CT.

• The NHS is a founding Member of SNOMED International.

• National Health Service

• NHS

• UK NHS

The set of elements that are members of**** at least one of two or more sets.

• In set theory, the union of a collection of sets is the set of all elements in the collection.

• In SNOMED CT, the union of two or more _subsets _of concepts consists of all concepts that are members of at least one of those subsets.

• The following expression constraint language defines the set of concepts in the union of subtypes of and subtypes of

A 128-bit integer used to uniquely identify information in computer systems.

• Universally unique identifier are generated by widely available algorithms. They are used to identify information in computer systems world-wide.

• In SNOMED CT universally unique identifiers is used to uniquely identify reference set members. Since universally unique identifiers are unique and it is unnecessary to track the issuing of identifiers for the thousands of reference set members that are needed in some implementations.

This is an abbreviation for uniform resource identifier.

A string of characters used to identify a resource on a computer network.

• The best known type of URI is the web address or URL.

• URI

user interface

The way in which a software application presents itself to a user.

Notes

• The user interface includes the:

  • On-screen appearance

  • Commands readily available to the user

  • Manner in which the user can access and update information with the application

• UI

This is a synonym for universally unique identifier.

A 128-bit integer used to uniquely identify information in computer systems.

• Universally unique identifier are generated by widely available algorithms. They are used to identify information in computer systems world-wide.

• In SNOMED CT universally unique identifiers is used to uniquely identify reference set members. Since universally unique identifiers are unique and it is unnecessary to track the issuing of identifiers for the thousands of reference set members that are needed in some implementations.

A string of characters used to identify a resource on a computer network.

• The best known type of URI is the web address or URL.

• URI

UK National Health Service

A government funded service delivering health care services to all United Kingdom (UK) citizens.

Notes

• The National Health Service (NHS) Digital provides standards for collecting and publishing data and information for the health and social care system in England.

• The NHS and the College of American Pathologists collaborated on the development of SNOMED CT.

• The NHS is a founding Member of SNOMED International.

Alternatives

• National Health Service

• NHS

• UK NHS

understandability, reproducibility and usefulness

Criteria applied to test the validity of new SNOMED CT concepts and design features.

Notes

• Understandable. The meaning of a concept can be understood by most healthcare providers, without reference to private or inaccessible information.

• Reproducible. Multiple users apply the concept to the same situations.

• Useful. The concept has a practical value to users that is self-evident or can be readily explained.

Alternatives

• URU

URU

This is an abbreviation for understandability, reproducibility and usefulness.

understandability, reproducibility and usefulness

Criteria applied to test the validity of new SNOMED CT concepts and design features.

Notes

• Understandable. The meaning of a concept can be understood by most healthcare providers, without reference to private or inaccessible information.

• Reproducible. Multiple users apply the concept to the same situations.

• Useful. The concept has a practical value to users that is self-evident or can be readily explained.

• URU