Abstraction May 2026

Hiding the implementation details of a function or process. 2. Healthcare & Clinical Data

Clinical data abstraction is the process of extracting specific, relevant data points from a patient's medical records to support quality improvement, research, and reimbursement. abstraction

In programming, particularly Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), abstraction is a design-level process used to hide underlying implementation details from the user. Hiding the implementation details of a function or process