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| Official URL: http://smart.who.int/base/ConceptMap/CDSCv1toCDSCv2 | Version: 0.2.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-03-20 | Computable Name: CDSCv1toCDSCv2 | |||
Mapping from the Classification of Digital Health System Categories v1 (CDSCv1, 2018) to the Classification of Digital Health Services and Application Types v2 (CDSCv2, 2023).
The v1 used 25 single-letter codes (A–Y). The v2 completely restructured this into 5 representations within the digital health enterprise architecture, each with alphanumeric codes (A1–A9, B1–B8, C1–C11, D1–D8, E1–E2).
Several new v2 categories have no v1 equivalent: A3 (Decision support), A4 (Diagnostics), B1 (Blood bank), B3 (Health program monitoring), B7 (Patient administration), C4 (Facility registries), C5 (Health worker registry), C7 (Immunisation information), C8 (Master patient index), C9 (Product catalogues), C10 (Public Key directories), D1 (Analytics), D3 (Data warehouses).
Mapping from Health System Challenges to Services and Application Types
Group 1 Mapping from Classification of Digital Health System Categories v1 to Classification of Digital Health Services and Application Types v2
| Source Code | Relationship | Target Code | Comment |
| A (Census, population information & data warehouse) | is equivalent to | C1 (Census and population information systems) | v1 'Census; population information & data warehouse' → v2 C1 'Census and population information systems' |
| B (Civil Registration and Vital Statistics) | is equivalent to | C2 (Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems) | v1 'Civil Registration and Vital Statistics' → v2 C2 [same concept; refined name] |
| C (Client applications) | maps loosely to | A7 (Personal health records) | v1 'Client applications' [broad] most closely maps to v2 A7 'Personal health records'; point-of-service apps generally fall under A. group |
| D (Client communication system) | is equivalent to | A1 (Communication systems) | v1 'Client communication system' → v2 A1 'Communication systems' |
| E (Clinical terminology and classifications) | is equivalent to | C11 (Terminology and classification systems) | v1 'Clinical terminology and classifications' → v2 C11 'Terminology and classification systems' |
| F (Community-based Information System) | is equivalent to | A2 (Community-based information systems) | v1 'Community-based Information System' → v2 A2 'Community-based information systems' |
| G (Data interchange interoperability and accessibility) | is equivalent to | D2 (Data interchange and interoperability) | v1 'Data interchange interoperability and accessibility' → v2 D2 'Data interchange and interoperability' |
| H (Electronic Medical Record) | is equivalent to | A5 (Electronic medical record systems) | v1 'Electronic Medical Record' → v2 A5 'Electronic medical record systems' |
| I (Emergency response system) | is equivalent to | E1 (Emergency preparedness and response systems) | v1 'Emergency response system' → v2 E1 'Emergency preparedness and response systems' |
| J (Environmental monitoring systems) | is equivalent to | D4 (Environmental monitoring systems) | v1 'Environmental monitoring systems' → v2 D4 'Environmental monitoring systems' |
| K (Facility Management Information System) | is equivalent to | C3 (Facility management information systems) | v1 'Facility Management Information System' → v2 C3 'Facility management information systems' |
| L (Geographic Information Systems) | is equivalent to | D5 (Geographic information systems (GIS)) | v1 'Geographic Information Systems' → v2 D5 'Geographic information systems [GIS]' |
| M (Health finance and insurance system) | is equivalent to | B2 (Health finance-related information systems) | v1 'Health finance and insurance system' → v2 B2 'Health finance-related information systems' |
| N (Health Management Information System) | is equivalent to | D6 (Health Management Information systems (HMIS)) | v1 'Health Management Information System' → v2 D6 'Health Management Information systems [HMIS]' |
| O (Human Resource Information System) | is equivalent to | B4 (Human resource information systems) | v1 'Human Resource Information System' → v2 B4 'Human resource information systems' |
| P (Identification registries and directories) | is equivalent to | C6 (Identification registries and directories) | v1 'Identification registries and directories' → v2 C6 [same concept] |
| Q (Knowledge Management) | is equivalent to | D7 (Knowledge management systems) | v1 'Knowledge Management' → v2 D7 'Knowledge management systems' |
| R (Laboratory and Diagnostic System) | is equivalent to | A6 (Laboratory information systems) | v1 'Laboratory and Diagnostic System' → v2 A6 'Laboratory information systems' |
| S (Learning and Training System) | is equivalent to | B5 (Learning and training systems) | v1 'Learning and Training System' → v2 B5 'Learning and training systems' |
| T (Logistics Management Information System) | is equivalent to | B6 (Logistics management information systems (LMIS)) | v1 'Logistics Management Information System' → v2 B6 'Logistics management information systems [LMIS]' |
| U (Pharmacy Information System) | is equivalent to | A8 (Pharmacy information systems) | v1 'Pharmacy Information System' → v2 A8 'Pharmacy information systems' |
| V (Public health and disease surveillance) | is equivalent to | E2 (Public health and disease surveillance systems) | v1 'Public health and disease surveillance' → v2 E2 'Public health and disease surveillance systems' |
| W (Research information system) | is equivalent to | B8 (Research information systems) | v1 'Research information system' → v2 B8 'Research information systems' |
| X (SHR and health information repositories) | is equivalent to | D8 (Shared Health Record and Health Information Repository) | v1 'SHR and health information repositories' → v2 D8 'Shared Health Record and Health Information Repository' |
| Y (Telemedicine) | is equivalent to | A9 (Telehealth systems) | v1 'Telemedicine' → v2 A9 'Telehealth systems' |