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Dec. 7, 2020 / By Rachael Howe, RN, MS
2020 has thrown plenty of curve balls at everyone. One thing that has affected many of our lives is transitioning from in person to virtual work settings. In addition, many […]
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Jan. 14, 2019 / By Jacee Robison, RN, MS
The Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes—widely known as LOINC—is a standard terminology created to enable a common understanding of laboratory and clinical observations, such as lab tests and results, […]
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Feb. 15, 2016 / By Susan Matney, PhD, RN
In July of 2014, I wrote a blog asking if nursing interoperability was within our reach. I wrote that there were gaps in the standard terminologies and the data elements […]
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Dec. 11, 2015 / By Amy Sheide
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) recently published the draft version of the 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory (2016 Advisory). The 2016 Advisory is the ONC’s “identification, assessment and determination […]
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Sept. 9, 2015 / By Senthil Nachimuthu, MD, PhD
The July release of HDD Access, the open public version of the 3M Healthcare Data Dictionary, included LOINC® (version 2.50), the standard terminology for lab and clinical observations. We thank […]