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 | 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...
by Daniel Vreeman | Apr 9, 2016 | musing
At the April 7 meeting of the SCO, the group decided to sunset the name “SCO”. Dawn of the Health Standards Collaboration This happened to be the first meeting of the SCO that I was unable to attend in person since its formation back in 2008. The...
by Daniel Vreeman | Mar 19, 2016 | musing
We’ve been successfully using the project management system Basecamp with the LOINC team for a few years now. What I admire about Basecamp the company is how insightful their leaders are about what it takes to run a lean, innovative, and successful organization....
