by Daniel Vreeman | Nov 24, 2016 | LOINC, musing
A translation of this post is available in Chinese thanks to Lin Zhang, a LOINC volunteer from China. Without a doubt, making LOINC freely available under an open license is a key factor in its adoption around the world. Although we often explain the basics of...
by Daniel Vreeman | Nov 11, 2016 | LOINC, musing
In my role on the 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory Task Force of the U.S. Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC), we are making recommendations about revisions and enhancements that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) could make for the...
by Daniel Vreeman | Feb 15, 2016 | LOINC, musing
On February 15, 2016 I’m testifying to the NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards on behalf of LOINC. This hearing is the latest in a long line of discussion about the attachment standards. In fact, LOINC’s role in the claims attachments standards was cooking...
by Daniel Vreeman | Jan 23, 2016 | LOINC, musing
A translation of this post is available in Chinese thanks to Lin Zhang, a LOINC volunteer from China. PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, invited me to give a webinar on some best practices for using LOINC. In that presentation, I shared...
by Daniel Vreeman | Dec 5, 2015 | LOINC, musing
A translation of this post is available in Chinese thanks to Lin Zhang, a LOINC volunteer from China. At the December 2015 Laboratory LOINC Committee meeting, we took up the important topic of best practices for staying up to date with new LOINC release versions. We...