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....