Top 10 Tips for Mapping to LOINC
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...
Staying up to date with new LOINC releases
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...
Proper use of LOINC question codes with assessment instrument methods
LOINC is widely used as a vocabulary standard for laboratory observations. It's less well known that LOINC has large body of content covering standardized patient assessments, like patient reported outcomes measures, survey instruments, and other kinds of questions on...
Comments on the ONC Draft 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory
In a November 6th letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Regenstrief provided comments on the Draft 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory (2016 Advisory). I believe that the goals of the Advisory are laudable:...
Using LOINC and SNOMED CT Together without Overlap
In July 2013, the Regenstrief Institute and IHTSDO signed a landmark long-term collaboration agreement to align how LOINC and SNOMED CT represent laboratory tests and some types of clinical measurements. The goals of the agreement are to build closer links between...
Using Scrivener for Writing Scientific Papers
As an academic, I spend a lot of time writing. Switching to a Mac was one of the best productivity hacks of my life. But there has always been this one nagging problem: Microsoft Word. I loathe Microsoft Word. Especially the Mac version. Word has many flaws, but the...
Serious Home Office Cable Management
I’ve written a new, complete guide for creating a high tech, low clutter home office setup. Check it out here.I've loved my Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 computer speakers ever since I bought them 12 years ago. So when the amp died earlier this month I thought I'd find a...