LOINC Essentials Workshop Slidedeck

LOINC Essentials Workshop This is the complete slide deck from the LOINC Essentials launch workshop hosted in Indianapolis, IN USA on June 8, 2016. With 400+ slides, Dr. Vreeman walks you through the LOINC Essentials Framework and how to map your local codes to LOINC.

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References and Resources for LOINC Essentials

Chapter 1 – An Overview of LOINC

Using LOINC with FHIR
Read more about Clem McDonald, MD – Father of LOINC
LOINC Atlas – home countries of all registered LOINC users
LOINC International Page – contains listing of LOINC language translations

Chapter 2 – Get your plan together

Blog post by Michael Hyatt: The Missing Ingredient in Most Goals
LOINC Mapping Key Activities and Time Duration Estimates
LOINC Adopter Directory – includes contact points for many reference labs
LOINC and RELMA Complete Package

Chapter 3 – Human resources and expertise

Some Star Wars jokes
Search the LOINC Adopter Directory for the word “consult*”

Chapter 4 – Setup your tools

Resources for Mac or Linux Users
- Apple’s Boot Camp
- Parallels
- VM Fusion
- VirtualBox (no cost, open source)
LOINC Search App
Sample Local Source File for Mapping

Chapter 5 – How to locate the right LOINC code

The LOINC Essentials Framework:
- First things first (Component)
- Look beyond the test name
- What’s different?

Chapter 6 – Optimizing the mapping process with RELMA

Background on development of the LOINC Top 2000
The way deep details of Lucene query syntax
List of UCUM expression for common units used in electronic lab reporting
LOINC International Page – contains listing of LOINC language translations

Chapter 7 – Mapping local panels to LOINC panels

LOINC tutorial on Panels, with a focus on patient assessment instruments

Chapter 8 – Sweet. You’re LOINCed. Now what?

LOINC Premium Membership program, which offers the option for a Mapping Validity Check
Meaningful Use and Laboratory Data Management: Getting to the Next Level – blog by Pam Banning with some tips on what to expect in your change management process.
Join the LOINC mailing list

Chapter 9 – Help LOINC grow

References

Forrey AW, McDonald CJ, DeMoor G, Huff SM, Leavelle D, Leland D, et al. Logical observation identifier names and codes (LOINC) database: a public use set of codes and names for electronic reporting of clinical laboratory test results. Clin Chem [Internet]. 1996 Jan [cited 2010 Jul 28];42(1):81–90. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8565239 Download

Vreeman DJ, McDonald CJ. Automated mapping of local radiology terms to LOINC. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2010 Jul 28];769–73. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16779144 Download

Overhage JM. Presentation of the Morris F. Collen Award to Clement J. McDonald, MD. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005 Apr;12(2):241–4.

McDonald CJ, Overhage JM, Barnes M, Schadow G, Blevins L, Dexter PR, et al. The Indiana network for patient care: a working local health information infrastructure. An example of a working infrastructure collaboration that links data from five health systems and hundreds of millions of entries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Oct;24(5):1214–20.

Vreeman DJ, McDonald CJ. A comparison of Intelligent Mapper and document similarity scores for mapping local radiology terms to LOINC. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2010 Jul 28];809–13. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17238453 Download

Vreeman DJ, Finnell JT, Overhage JM. A rationale for parsimonious laboratory term mapping by frequency. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2010 Jul 28];771–5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18693941

Vreeman DJ, Stark M, Tomashefski GL, Phillips DR, Dexter PR. Embracing change in a health information exchange. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008;768–72. Download

Cormont S, Vandenbussche PY, Buemi A, Delahousse J, Lepage E, Charlet J. Implementation of a platform dedicated to the biomedical analysis terminologies management. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2011 [cited 2012 Aug 19];2011:1418–27. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22195205

Vreeman DJ, Chiaravalloti MT, Hook J, McDonald CJ. Enabling international adoption of LOINC through translation. J Biomed Inform [Internet]. 2012 Aug [cited 2012 Aug 19];45(4):667–73. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22285984

Wu J, Finnell JT, Vreeman DJ. Evaluating Congruence Between Laboratory LOINC Value Sets for Quality Measures, Public Health Reporting, and Mapping Common Tests. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2013;2013:1525–32.

Fidahussein M, Vreeman DJ. A corpus-based approach for automated LOINC mapping. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 May 15; Download

Dixon BE, Vreeman DJ, Grannis SJ. The Long Road to Semantic Interoperability in Support of Public Health: Experiences from Two States. J Biomed Inform. 2014 Mar 25; Download

Vreeman DJ, Hook J, Dixon BE. Learning from the crowd while mapping to LOINC. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2015 Nov;22(6):1205–11. Download

Regenstrief Institute, Inc. RELMA Users’ Manual [Internet]. Regenstrief Institute, Inc.; 2015. Available from: http://loinc.org/downloads/files/RELMAManual.pdf

McDonald CJ, Huff SM, Deckard J, Holck K, Abhyankar S, Vreeman DJ. Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) Users’ Guide [Internet]. Regenstrief Institute, Inc.; 2015. Available from: http://loinc.org/downloads/files/LOINCManual.pdf Download