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The Columbia International eHealth Laboratory (CIEL) dictionary is a shared open concept dictionary that provides comprehensive terminology services to OpenMRS and other health information systems. Based at Columbia University's Department of Biomedical Informatics, CIEL contains over 55,000 medical concepts mapped to standardized code systems including ICD, SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, and many others. CIEL supports open source health initiatives globally and has been recognized as both a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance and a Content Public Good by Digital Square.
clinical, health, biomedical, information technology
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| ID | Name | URL | Category | Format | Description |
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| ciel.ocl | CIEL on OCL Online | CIEL | GraphicalInterface | http | Web interface for browsing CIEL conce... |
| ciel.dictionary | CIEL Concept Dictionary | CIEL | Product | mixed | CIEL concept dictionary with over 55,... |
| ciel.covid19 | CIEL COVID-19 Starter Set | COVID-19-Starter-Set | Product | mixed | COVID-19 concept starter set for rapi... |
| ciel.mpx | CIEL Monkeypox Starter Set | MPX | Product | mixed | Monkeypox (mpox) concept starter set |
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| athena.mappings ⚠ | Athena Concept Mappings | start | MappingProduct | csv | Concept mappings between different te... |
| athena.vocabularies ⚠ | Athena Vocabulary Downloads | list | Product | csv | Downloadable standardized vocabulary ... |
The Columbia International eHealth Laboratory (CIEL) is based in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University in New York, USA. CIEL provides comprehensive terminology services to OpenMRS and other health information systems through its open concept dictionary.
Originally formed as a collaboration between Columbia’s DBMI, the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and the Earth Institute, CIEL was supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Under the direction of Andrew S. Kanter, MD MPH, CIEL initially helped develop and implement health information systems for the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in ten countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Interactive web interface for browsing, searching, and accessing CIEL concepts through the Open Concept Lab platform.
The complete dictionary source containing over 55,000 concepts with mappings to standard code systems, distributed monthly via Open Concept Lab.
Curated collection of COVID-19-related concepts for rapid implementation in health information systems responding to the pandemic.
Specialized concept collection for monkeypox (mpox) surveillance and clinical management.
The CIEL concept dictionary is primarily edited by Dr. Andrew S. Kanter, with content creation and direction driven by community participation through:
CIEL is updated on a monthly basis and is primarily distributed via the Open Concept Lab. Release notes are posted on the OpenMRS Talk forum.
The CIEL dictionary is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0). The dictionary contains lexical codes that may be subject to claims of ownership by third parties (IMO, IHTSDO, WHO, etc.), and no license is conveyed regarding those third party rights.
CIEL endeavors to exclude any terminology considered prejudicial or discriminatory, while including terminology in common medical use or required by governmental authorities for historical purposes.
Human (NCBITaxon:9606)
Created: November 05, 2025 | Last modified: April 10, 2026