Converting and validating units of measure

Converting and validating units of measure

by | Sep 8, 2017 | LOINC, musing

Making health data interoperable across different IT systems requires a few kinds of standards. Exchange standards like HL7’s Version 2, CDA, and FHIR are key to organizing information into a commonly understood structure as it moves between systems. Vocabulary...
Grouping data coded with LOINC

Grouping data coded with LOINC

by | Aug 13, 2017 | LOINC, musing

Grouping data coded with similar LOINC codes isn’t as easy as it first seems. Perhaps you are processing data from many sources for a research project in a network like PCORnet or ODHSI. Or, maybe you’re retrieving data to fulfill a quality measure report....
Tracking Edits to LOINC terms

Tracking Edits to LOINC terms

by | Jun 30, 2017 | LOINC, musing

Each new LOINC® release that Regenstrief publishes contains many edits to LOINC terms. About 7,000 terms were edited in version 2.61 and about 11,000 in version 2.58. That’s a lot of change every six months! How is it that all those edits don’t cause havoc...
Vocabulary Standards Recommendations to NCVHS

Vocabulary Standards Recommendations to NCVHS

by | Jun 23, 2017 | LOINC, musing

On June 21, 2017 I had the privilege of testifying to the U.S. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics about the role of vocabulary standards like LOINC in accelerating innovation, efficiency, and quality in healthcare. Together with colleagues from the...
LOINC Overview and Background

LOINC Overview and Background

by | Jun 18, 2017 | LOINC, musing

The universal standard for identifying health measurements, observations, and documents An Overview and Background Background and Motivations At the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., we imagine a world where health is optimized for all through a seamless network of...