Government Data Sources

Every data point in Cognizant Cloud comes from authoritative U.S. federal APIs. Here is where the data comes from, what it covers, and how we use it.

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NPPES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS

The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System is the authoritative registry of all healthcare providers in the United States. It contains over 8 million NPI records with provider names, addresses, taxonomies, practice types, and organizational affiliations. NPI data is self-reported by providers and updated weekly.

8M+ Providers Updated Weekly REST API Public Domain
Visit NPPES Registry

Used In Our Tools

  • NPI ProLookup
  • Magic NPI Search
  • Batch NPI Lookup
  • Data Enrichment
  • API /npi/* endpoints
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openFDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), HHS

openFDA provides access to FDA public data, including drug product labeling, adverse event reports from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), drug recalls, and enforcement actions. Adverse event data represents voluntary reports submitted to the FDA and does not establish a causal relationship between a drug and a reported event.

Drug Labels Adverse Events (FAERS) Recalls REST API Public Domain
Visit openFDA

Used In Our Tools

  • Drug Safety Checker
  • Recall Monitor
  • API /drugs/* endpoints
  • API /recalls/* endpoints
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RxNorm

National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

RxNorm provides standardized drug nomenclature, mapping between different drug vocabularies, and drug interaction data. It normalizes drug names across disparate systems and provides RxCUI identifiers used for interoperability. RxNorm data is updated monthly by the NLM.

Drug Names Interactions Active Ingredients REST API UMLS License (API: Open)
Visit RxNav / RxNorm

Used In Our Tools

  • Drug Interaction Checker
  • Drug Search
  • API /drugs/interactions endpoint
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DailyMed

National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

DailyMed provides the official FDA-approved labeling (package inserts) for prescription and over-the-counter drugs marketed in the United States. This includes dosage information, warnings, contraindications, adverse reactions, and medication guides. Labels are submitted by drug manufacturers in a standardized format.

Drug Labels Package Inserts Medication Guides REST API Public Domain
Visit DailyMed

Used In Our Tools

  • Drug Label Display
  • Drug Safety Checker
  • API /drugs/label endpoint
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ClinicalTrials.gov

National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

ClinicalTrials.gov is the world's largest clinical trial registry, containing over 500,000 research studies from 228 countries. It provides study protocols, eligibility criteria, recruitment status, locations, sponsor information, and results. Data is submitted by study sponsors and principal investigators as required by federal regulation.

500K+ Studies 228 Countries Recruitment Status REST API (v2) Public Domain
Visit ClinicalTrials.gov

Used In Our Tools

  • Trial Finder
  • API /trials/* endpoints
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NLM Clinical Tables

National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The NLM Clinical Tables Service provides programmatic access to medical coding systems, including ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. It enables fast autocomplete-style searches across standardized clinical vocabularies used in healthcare billing, documentation, and research.

ICD-10-CM Codes Diagnosis Lookup REST API Public Domain
Visit NLM Clinical Tables

Used In Our Tools

  • ICD-10 Code Explorer
  • API /icd10/* endpoints

CMS Hospital Compare

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS

The CMS Hospital Compare program publicly reports quality measures for over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals. Data includes overall star ratings, patient experience (HCAHPS) scores, readmission rates, mortality rates, safety indicators, and timely care measures. Quality data is collected from hospital reporting programs and updated quarterly.

4,000+ Hospitals Quality Ratings Patient Experience REST API Public Domain
Visit CMS Data Portal

Used In Our Tools

  • Hospital Quality Explorer
  • API /hospitals/* endpoints

Important Disclaimers

All data displayed through Cognizant Cloud tools is sourced from the U.S. government databases listed above. This data is in the public domain under 17 U.S.C. Section 105.

Cognizant Cloud LLC is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a representative of any U.S. government agency. We aggregate, organize, and enhance public data through our tools and AI features. The underlying data remains the property and responsibility of the originating agencies.

Government data may contain errors, omissions, or delays in updates. We do not independently verify the accuracy of source data. For the most current and authoritative information, visit the agency websites linked above.

Data displayed through our tools does not constitute medical advice. See our Medical & Health Disclaimer for important information about the limitations of healthcare data.