Xinhua News: WHO releases new int’l classification of diseases
“The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday released the latest 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which provides a common language that allows health professionals to share health information across the globe. For the first time the ICD is completely electronic and has a much more user-friendly format, thanks to unprecedented involvement of health care workers who have joined collaborative meetings and submitted proposals…” (6/18).