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NLM became part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1968 and it has a broad range of initiatives that involve collaboration and partnerships with other NIH Institutes and Centers. NLM also works with many other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal Departments.

 

NIH and Federal partnerships

Some examples of NLM's NIH and Federal partnerships are provided under the categories below. Information about NLM's work with other types of organizations appears throughout its Web site.

• Information Resource Development
• Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness
• Health Information Technology and Standards
• NIH Committees, Working Groups, and Task Forces
• Federal Information Services and Research Coordination

Information Resource Development

Following are selected examples of NLM collaborations in developing a wide range of information resources.

• AIDSinfo and InfoSIDA - Trans-NIH, CDC, FDA, HRSA
• ClinicalTrials.gov (Registry of Clinical Research) - Trans-NIH, FDA
• DailyMed - FDA
• DbGaP - Trans-NIH
• PubChem - Trans-NIH
• MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español - Trans-NIH collaboration
• NIH MedlinePlus Magazine and NIH MedlinePlus Salud - Trans-NIH collaboration
• NIHSeniorHealth.gov - Trans-NIH collaboration
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce - AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, Office of the Secretary, HHS

 

Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness

Following are selected examples of NLM collaborations.

• Bethesda Hospitals' Emergency Preparedness Partnership(BHEPP) - NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Surburban Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine
• Radiation Emergency Medical Management - CDC, Office of the Secretary, HHS
• ToxMap - EPA
  

Health Information Technology and Standards

Following are selected examples of NLM collaborations in developing, maintaining, and promoting use of information technology and standards.

• NLM is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Terminology standards supported or developed by NLM include:
• RxNorm - FDA, VA, commercial drug information services
• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) - AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA, HIS, Office of the Secretary, HHS
• SNOMED International and Support Services - AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, ISH, SAMHSA, Office of the Secretary, HHS
• Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Federal Collaboratory
• Inventory of Federal Clinical Decision Support Activities - AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, IHS, OS
• Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide - CDC, HRSA, Office of the Secretary, HHS
• PhenX Toolkit - Trans-NIH collaboration

 

NIH Committees, Working Groups, and Task Forces

Following are selected examples of NLM participation in trans-NIH collaborative groups.

• Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee
  
• Biomedical Informatics Coordinating Committee [BMIC]
  
• Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative Consortium [BISTI]
• Coordinating Committee for Research on Women's Health
• Clinical Research Information Systems (CRIS) Steering Committee
• Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee (DMICC)
• Nutrition Coordinating Committee (NCC)

• Proteomics Interest Group (ProtIG)
• Public Health Genomics Interest Group (PHGIG)
• Translational Research Interest Group
• Trans-NIH American Indian and Alaska Native Health Communications and Information Work Group
• Trans-NIH Working Group on Global Health and Climate Change

Federal Information Services and Research Coordination

Following are selected examples of NLM participation in groups that focus on broad cross-agency coordination activities related to initiatives in library and information services and informatics research.

• CENDI
• Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC)
• National Digital Stewardship Alliance
• Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program
• Interagency Digital Health Literacy Working Group

 

Agencies mentioned in the examples provided in this section include:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
• Office of the Secretary, HHS
• Veterans Administration (VA)