What Is Terminology As A Service (Taas)?

Healthcare Terminology-as-a-Service (TaaS) refers to a cloud-based service model that provides access to standardized healthcare terminologies and related tools on a subscription basis.

Healthcare terminology refers to the standardized vocabularies, codes and classifications used to describe medical concepts, procedures, diagnoses and other healthcare-related information.

TaaS platforms offer a wide range of healthcare terminologies, such as ICD10CM (International Classification of Diseases), SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms), LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes), RXNORM, CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) and others.

These terminologies help healthcare organizations, software developers, researchers and other stakeholders to accurately capture, store, exchange and analyze healthcare data.

By offering terminology services via the cloud, TaaS providers eliminate the need for organizations to manage and maintain terminology resources locally.

Instead, users can access up-to-date terminologies and related tools via APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) or web-based interfaces. This approach can streamline the development and deployment of healthcare applications, improve interoperability between systems and support initiatives such as electronic health records (EHRs), clinical decision support, population health management and healthcare analytics.

Additionally, TaaS may offer features such as mapping between different terminologies, terminology versioning and support for regulatory compliance requirements.

Overall, Healthcare Terminology-as-a-Service aims to simplify the integration and utilization of standardized healthcare terminologies, thereby promoting consistency, accuracy and interoperability in healthcare information exchange and decision-making processes.