Bridging the gaps: Advancing clinical informatics, data science, and global health with ICD-11

•ICD-11 is WHO’s first digital-native, ontology-based classification—linking informatics, data science, and health.•Over 180 countries are already on the ICD-11 journey, with 70 in advanced rollout or live-data stages.•ICD-11's API integrates with EHRs, enabling real-time analytics and AI insig...

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Published inInformatics and Health Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 1 - 3
Main Author Jakob, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.03.2026
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
Subjects
Health
Health financing
ICD-11
Medical Informatics
Statistics
ICD-11
Medical Informatics
Health
Statistics
Health financing
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ISSN2949-9534
2949-9534
DOI10.1016/j.infoh.2025.08.001

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Summary:•ICD-11 is WHO’s first digital-native, ontology-based classification—linking informatics, data science, and health.•Over 180 countries are already on the ICD-11 journey, with 70 in advanced rollout or live-data stages.•ICD-11's API integrates with EHRs, enabling real-time analytics and AI insights.•ICD-11 includes extensive scientific and clinical updates across all chapters.•Postcoordination, extension codes and the foundation terminology provide unmatched detail for clinical coding, financing, and policy.•ICD-11 is available in 14 translations, with 22 underway, making it a global multilingual interoperable health data standard.
ISSN:2949-9534
2949-9534
DOI:10.1016/j.infoh.2025.08.001