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Public Laboratory LOINC Workshop & Committee Meeting 12/06/12-12/07/12
| What | Lab LOINC Meeting |
|---|---|
| When |
2012-12-06 00:00
to 2012-12-07 23:55 |
| Where | Indianapolis, IN |
| Contact Email | loinc-meeting@regenstrief.org |
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Invitation to the Public Laboratory LOINC® Workshop and Meeting
LOINC (Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes) is a universal code system for identifying laboratory and clinical observations.
Workshop and Meeting Purpose:
- To educate users about the use and utility of LOINC codes, including how to map their local laboratory tests to LOINC using RELMA
- To obtain public and Committee input
Why LOINC?
Mapping local terms to LOINC makes it possible to exchange and pool data from many independent systems for clinical care, research, outcomes management, and lots of other purposes.
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Meeting Details
Registration
- There is no registration fee, but please register early to assist our planning
Date/Time
December 6-7, 2012
NOTE: this meeting is Thursday-Friday, a change from our historical Monday-Tuesday time
Meeting Location
Indiana University Health Information and Translational Sciences (HITS) Building
Regenstrief Institute
410 West 10th St.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Some Nearby Hotels
There is no specific meeting hotel, so feel free to choose one that fits your needs.
Who Should Attend?
- Individuals who are responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of laboratory information systems
- Laboratory discipline leaders who will be responsible for providing domain knowledge for the proper use of LOINC terms
- Laboratory professionals who wish to know more about standardizing their laboratory results, or are responsible for maintaining the laboratory test catalog
LOINC Workshop (Thursday, 12/06/2012)
Workshop Requirements
Because this will be a hands-on workshop, all participants should bring a laptop computer for the exercises. You should also bring a delimited-ASCII version of your local service catalog (test list). This file must contain the test code and test description. The OBR (battery) code and description, and units should also be included, if available. Details about format will be sent to you after registration for the workshop.
Prerequisite
You must have obtained and read the 
LOINC users' guide and RELMA users' guide before attending.
Materials Provided
Presentation materials, example information model, full LOINC standard database, RELMA (LOINC mapping tool) will be provided.
Teleconference/Web Meeting
- Not Available
Tentative Workshop Agenda
| 9:00 to 9:30 am | Registration |
| 9:30 to 10:30 am | Workshop - LOINC Overview |
| 10:30 to 12:00 | RELMA overview |
| 12:00 to 1:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00 to 3:00 pm | Workshop - Mapping your codes to LOINC, RELMA features, loading local files |
| 3:00 to 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:15 to 5:00 pm | RELMA functions continued, mapping local files |
LOINC Committee Meeting (Friday, 12/07/2012) - Public is Invited to Attend
Teleconference/Web Meeting
- Teleconference
- (800) 747-5150
- Access code: 6306221#
- Adobe Connect Web Meeting
Committee Meeting Agenda
NOTE: We'll be starting the meeting a bit earlier to better accommodate those that are catching evening flights.
| 7:30 to 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast (provided) / Registration |
| 8:00 to 8:15 am | Introduction |
| 8:15 to 10:15 am | Laboratory LOINC Committee meeting |
| 10:15 to 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 to 12:00 pm | Laboratory LOINC Committee meeting - continued |
| 12:00 to 1:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00 to 4:00 pm | Laboratory LOINC Committee meeting - continued |
