Brian Carlsen

Brian Carlsen leads West Coast Informatics, where he builds tools for managing, mapping, and deploying healthcare terminologies, including TermHub. He has more than 20 years of experience developing terminology software and was instrumental in the National Library of Medicine’s development of RxNorm as a standard drug terminology for the United States.

Career

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Based in: Oakland

Persona

Oct 2016 — Present

Founder & CTO

Niche Games, LLC

Jan 2015 — Present

Creative Director

West Coast Informatics

Dec 2012 — Present

Founder & CTO

Ciitizen

Nov 2017 — Oct 2019

Cofounder & Director, Clinical Informatics

Apple

Mar 2017 — Nov 2017

Sr. Software Dev, Terminology, Health

Lockheed Martin

Feb 2007 — Nov 2012

Software Dev Analyst Sr Staff

University of California - Berkeley

Bachelor's studies in software

Products & media

terminologyhub.com

Why FHIR Alone Is Not Enough: Part 1

Explains why healthcare data exchange needs consistent terminology management in addition to FHIR, and how terminology servers support semantic interoperability.

Writing

westcoastinformatics.com

SNOMED CT Expo 2025 Q&A with West Coast Informatics

Discusses terminology syndication, TermHub, and how AutoMap standardizes healthcare data for downstream use.

Writing

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Brian Carlsen

Persona

Niche Games, LLC

West Coast Informatics

Ciitizen

Apple

Lockheed Martin

University of California - Berkeley

Products & media

Why FHIR Alone Is Not Enough: Part 1

SNOMED CT Expo 2025 Q&A with West Coast Informatics

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