by Daniel Vreeman | Sep 24, 2016 | musing
Over the last couple of years, the Regenstrief Institute and the Radiological Society of North America have been working together in an amazingly productive collaboration to unify the LOINC radiology content with the RSNA’s RadLex Playbook. The goal is...
by Daniel Vreeman | Aug 15, 2016 | musing
Over time, several research scientists have asked me whether there are any open access databases of de-identified laboratory data coded with LOINC. Clinical laboratory data are used in a majority of medical decisions. They are also valuable in measuring the quality of...
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...
