Courtesy: ISO/TS 17948:2014 health information traditional chinese medicine literature metedata TCM “holds that the body’s vital energy (chi or qi) circulates through channels, called meridians, that have branches connected to bodily organs and functions.” Its view of the human body is only marginally concerned with anatomical structures, but focuses primarily on the body’s functions (such as digestion, breathing, temperature maintenance, etc.): These functions […]
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Courtesy: ISO/TS 17948:2014 health information traditional chinese medicine literature metedata Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy. It […]
Courtesy: ISO/TS 17948:2014 health information traditional chinese medicine literature metedata A 2012 review of cost-effectiveness research for TCM found that studies had low levels of evidence, with no beneficial outcomes. Pharmaceutical research on the potential for creating new drugs from traditional remedies has few successful results. Proponents suggest that research has so far missed key features of the art of […]
Courtesy: ISO/TS 17948:2014 health information traditional chinese medicine literature metedata At the beginning of Hong Kong’s opening up, Western medicine was not yet popular, and Western medicine doctors were mostly foreigners; local residents mostly relied on Chinese medicine practitioners. In 1841, the British government of Hong Kong issued an announcement pledging to govern Hong Kong residents […]
Courtesy: ISO/TS 17948:2014 health information traditional chinese medicine literature metedata In the centuries that followed, several shorter books tried to summarize or systematize the contents of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon. The Canon of Problems (probably second century CE) tried to reconcile divergent doctrines from the Inner Canon and developed a complete medical system centered on needling therapy. The AB Canon of […]
Courtesy: ISO/TS 17948:2014 Health information traditional chinese medicine literature metedata Scholars in the history of medicine in China distinguish its doctrines and practice from those of present-day TCM. As Ian Johnson notes, the term “Traditional Chinese Medicine” was coined by “party propagandists” and first appeared in English in 1955. Nathan Sivin criticizes attempts to treat medicine and medical practices […]
Courtesy: ISO/TS 17948:2014 health information traditional Chinese medicine literature metedata ISO/TS 17948:2014 defines the core set of TCM literature metadata, describes the principles and methods of TCM metadata, and specifies the formal description of TCM metadata. It applies to the storage, processing, recording, maintenance and exchange of TCM literature. It covers areas of identification, content, […]
Courtesy: ISO/TR 28380-1:2014 ISO/TR 28380-1:2014 describes how the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) process specifies and facilitates profiles of selected standards to support carefully defined healthcare tasks that depend on electronic information exchange. It accelerates the worldwide adoption of standards targeted at achieving interoperability between software applications within healthcare enterprises and across healthcare settings. The […]
Courtesy: ISO/TS 16949:2009 Certification ISO/TS 16949:2009, in conjunction with ISO 9001:2008, defines the quality management system requirements for the design and development, production and, when relevant, installation and service of automotive-related products. ISO/TS 16949:2009 is applicable to sites of the organization where customer-specified parts, for production and/or service, are manufactured. Supporting functions, whether on-site or […]
Courtesy: ISO/TS 16949:2009 Certification The aim of the standard is to improve the system and process quality to increase customer satisfaction, to identify problems and risks in the production process and supply chain, to eliminate their causes and to examine and take corrective and preventive measures for their effectiveness. The focus is not on the discovery, […]