Current versions of LOINC and RELMA released December 22, 2014. Highlights from our best LOINC release yet New content LOINC version 2.50 contains 74,600 terms, an increase of 711 since the June 2014 version. Approximately 4640 terms have been edited, excluding edits to the LOINC.RELATEDNAMES2 field (see our note about this below). A total of 2216 terms have been deprecated….
The Regenstrief Institute and IHTSDO are very pleased to announce that a draft file containing LOINC-SNOMED CT Mappings and Expression Associations is now available. The draft file (called a Technology Preview in SNOMED CT lingo) is now available. You can download the file here. The Technology Preview file was generated as part of the cooperative agreement signed between the Regenstrief Institute…
Current versions of LOINC and RELMA released June 27, 2014. Highlights from our best LOINC release yet New content LOINC version 2.48 contains 73,889 terms, an increase of 774 since the December 2013 version. Approximately 1300 terms have been edited. A total of 2201 terms have been deprecated. This release includes over 600 laboratory, 137 survey, and 16 clinical-related new…
Elevate your LOINCing. Support a noble cause. Join the LOINC Premium Membership Program today. Regenstrief is delighted to announce the launch of our brand new LOINC Premium Membership Program. We’ve put together a collection of premium LOINC resources and opportunities to bolster the global terminology for tests and observations. Your LOINCing just got a shot of caffeine! The LOINC Premium Membership Program has both…
The use of non-standardized local codes or terminology to describe laboratory test orders varies widely among laboratories. Universal use of LOINC coding for laboratory order and result information in a structured and systematic fashion is an essential component of interoperability between providers, clinical laboratories and public health laboratories. Read the Project Charter. This project will focus on the enhancement and expansion…
Current versions of LOINC and RELMA released June 30, 2011. New Features New LOINC Content LOINC version 2.36 contains 65,004 terms, an increase of 3,749 since the December 2010 version. That’s our largest batch yet! Approximately 1,920 terms have been edited. A total of 1,655 terms have been deprecated. One of the highlights of this release is a large bolus…
Current versions of LOINC and RELMA released December 26, 2013. LOINC version 2.46 has some nice treats in it New content LOINC version 2.46 contains 73,115 terms, an increase of 490 since the June 2013 version. Approximately 300 terms have been edited. A total of 2191 terms have been deprecated. This release includes over 300 laboratory, 110 clinical or attachment,…
OAK BROOK, Ill. and INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 26, 2013) — Under a contract awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, the developers of two advanced medical terminologies have begun work to harmonize and unify terms for radiology procedures. Creating standardized radiology procedure names will improve the quality, consistency and interoperability of radiology test results in electronic medical record…
INDIANAPOLIS, USA, and COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Regenstrief Institute Inc. and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation have signed a long-term agreement to begin cooperative work linking their leading global health care terminologies: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes, or LOINC, and SNOMED Clinical Terms. This timely and significant agreement will help improve safety, functionality and interoperability for the…
Current versions of LOINC and RELMA released June 29, 2013. LOINC version 2.44 is our best release yet New content LOINC version 2.44 contains 72,625 terms, an increase of 1,161 since the December 2012 version. Approximately 2,408 terms have been edited. A total of 2,168 terms have been deprecated. Some of the new content highlights in this version: Over 600…
Current versions of LOINC and RELMA released December 28, 2012. LOINC version 2.42 is the 50th release! We’re very excited to deliver this special edition to you. Since the first release back in 1995 until now, it has been nothing short of extraordinary seeing LOINC adoption grow around the world. New content This version contains 71,464 terms, an increase of…
Here is a little sneak peak about some of the upcoming changes planned for future LOINC releases. Hi, we wanted to tell you about a few new things that are headed your way! Field Changes to LOINC Table (all formats) In the upcoming December 2012 LOINC release, we’re going to make 2 changes the fields in the LOINC Table (all…
The LOINC team at Regenstrief Institute is cooking up some exciting new features for RELMA that will tap into the “wisdom of the crowd” in the LOINC community. These new RELMA features will let users see how many other users have mapped to a particular LOINC code and the names of those local tests/variables. We think these things will be…
Indianapolis, USA and Copenhagen, Denmark: July 12, 2012 The Regenstrief Institute, whose Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes, or LOINC, is the most accepted international terminology for medical tests and measurements, and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation, provider of the leading comprehensive clinical terminology for health care, called SNOMED CT, are exploring a long-term collaborative relationship to develop…
Current versions of LOINC and RELMA released June 30, 2012. New Features New LOINC Content LOINC version 2.40 contains 70,689 terms, an increase of 2,339 since the December 2011 version. Approximately 1,055 terms have been edited. A total of 1,813 terms have been deprecated. This release includes terms requested by a number of laboratory instrument and kit manufacturers (Sysmex, Ortho,…
Regenstrief Institute and the LOINC Development Team are pleased to announce the availability of a new SI version of the user-favorite LOINC Top 2000+ Lab Observations list and mapper’s guide. Download both the SI and US versions of the LOINC Top 2000+ at loinc.org/usage The original Top 2000 was based on the reporting patterns of three large organizations in the United…
Current RELMA version released January 30, 2012 This is a RELMA ONLY release. No new LOINC content was added since the December 2011 release. RELMA Fixes in this Release This release of RELMA patches a couple of bugs we found in the version 5.5 release from December 2011. If you plan to submit requests for new LOINC codes to Regenstrief…
INDIANAPOLIS — A universal method of identifying medical test results and other clinical measurements is essential for health information exchange, which requires a common terminology to ensure that medical data can be recorded, transferred and ultimately used when and where the patient needs it. A reference compendium of standardized codes for the 2,000 most frequently reported laboratory test observations, released…
New Features New LOINC Content LOINC version 2.38 contains 68,350 terms, an increase of 3,346 since the June 2011 version. Approximately 490 terms have been edited and 1,765 terms have been deprecated. Some of the new content highlights in this release include terms for NeuroQOL, OPTIMAL (from the American Physical Therapy Association), NEMSIS, the CARE long term care hospital (LTCH) survey, core terms for…
INDIANAPOLIS — Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., an internationally respected healthcare and informatics research organization, today announced an agreement to create a complementary process to develop and extend comprehensive standards in the healthcare industry. “This agreement further solidifies and…