Top-selling books for the search phrase “medical terminology” on Amazon:

• Medical Terminology: A Short Course
• Quick Medical Terminology
• Medical Terminology: The Basics
• Medical Terminology Simplified
• Medical Terminology for Dummies

Anyone else sensing a theme? Considering that the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) has more than 2,000,000 terms, I’m not surprised simplicity is in demand.

For publishers, taking measures to make medical terminology (and life) easier for health care professionals has a direct payback [re-read list, above]. Consider it mission critical!

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