by Daniel Vreeman | Aug 1, 2016 | musing
With a Committee meeting and new release, June is always a big month in LOINC-land. As we wrap up our second quarter and are enjoying summer, I wanted to share some of the key highlights from the last few months. We’ve got new users, new team members, a new release,...
by Daniel Vreeman | Jun 21, 2016 | musing
LOINC terms have a primary name called the “fully specified name” (FSN) with an unusual six-part structure. The separate attributes of the name are beautifully designed for distinguishing the key features of measurements and observations. As I describe in LOINC...
by Daniel Vreeman | May 28, 2016 | musing
In April I accepted a nomination to become a member of the 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory Task Force of the U.S. Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC). The Task Force is charged with making recommendations to the HITSC about revisions and enhancements that...
by Daniel Vreeman | May 1, 2016 | musing
This post is a sample section from my book LOINC Essentials, your step-by-step guide for getting your local codes mapped to LOINC. Read more about LOINC Essentials Creating your lab source file for mapping to LOINC Your ability to accurately map to LOINC depends on...
by Daniel Vreeman | Apr 22, 2016 | digital life, Featured, musing
After years of struggling to keep my digital photo collection in order, I’ve finally reached a magical place. All my photos get automatically named, tagged, organized into subfolders on my computer, ready for Lightroom, and backed up in the cloud. And when I say...
