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2017
Wicked problems
No definite formulation
No stopping rules
Good/bad, not true/false solutions
No immediate or ultimate test
Rittle HWJ and Webber M. Dilemmas in a general theory of planning. Policy Sciences. 1973;4:155-169.
Interoperability
The ability of health IT to communicate, exchange data,
and use the information that has been exchanged.
Tom Price, MD
HHS Secretary
Speaking at Health Datapalooza April 27, 2017
Presidents Cancer Panel. Improving Cancer-related Outcomes with Connected Health. November 2016. Available online.
Patients move faster
and further than their
health information
Taming this
wicked problem
McDonald et al. Canopy Computing: using the Web in Clinical Practice. JAMA. 1998;280(15):1325-1329.
Local systems have
different ways of
identifying the
same concept.
Only way to
overcome is with
standards.
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
Community-driven development
photo via Sadie Hernandez
LOINC is free,
but invaluable
LOINC makes health
data more portable
and understandable
to different
computer systems.
Our vision is for
LOINC to be
integrated into every
clinical information
system that shares or
aggregates data.
A rich trove of 83,000+ standardized variables
Genetics Lifestyle
75547-0 Noninvasive prenatal fetal aneuploidy 75296-4 Carbohydrate intake 24 hour Estimated
and microdeletion panel based on Plasma cell- 82289-0 Rating of perceived exertion [Score]
free+WBC DNA by Dosage of chromosome-specific
circulating cell free (ccf) DNA 72166-2 Tobacco smoking status NHIS
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
laboratory terms only
10,000
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Last Year:
New term requests from 50+ organizations in 14 countries
Grown in Indiana
Serving a global community
Translations
into 18 variants
of 12 languages
46,430 registered users from 165 countries
Seerainer C, Sabutsch SW. eHealth Terminology Management in Austria. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016;228:426-30. PubMed PMID: 27577418.
Nictiz
http://www.cchi.gov.sa/en/Projects/SHIP/Pages/Dictionary.aspx
International Patient
Summary (IPS)
A non-exhaustive patient summary, specialty-
agnostic, condition-independent, but readily
usable by clinicians for the cross-border
unscheduled care of a patient.
http://international-patient-summary.net
Turkish Ministry of
Health
http://www.cchi.gov.sa/en/Projects/SHIP/Pages/Dictionary.aspx
And so many more
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, France,
Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, South
Korea, etc
A few highlights from the USA
87 mentions of LOINC
Lots o LOINC
Representing Patient Allergic Reactions Representing Patient-Identified Sexual
Representing Patient Family Health History Orientation
Representing Patient Functional Status and/ Social Determinants
or Disability Representing Financial Resource
Representing Imaging Diagnostics, Strain
Interventions and Procedures Representing Level of Education
Representing Laboratory Tests Representing Stress
Nursing Representing Depression
Representing Nursing Assessments Representing Physical Activity
Representing Nursing Interventions Representing Alcohol Use
Representing Outcomes for Nursing Representing Social Connection and
Representing Patient Clinical Isolation
Problems (i.e., Conditions) Representing Exposure to Violence
Sex at Birth, Sexual Orientation and (Intimate Partner Violence)
Gender Identity Representing Patient Tobacco Use (Smoking
Representing Patient Gender Identity Status)
Representing Patient Sex (At Birth) Representing Patient Vital Signs
LOINC codes will be required for
laboratory test data in studies
starting after March 2018
Contract HHSM-500-2016-00040C
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
https://phinvads.cdc.gov/
Do you have an iPhone?
Louis LAmour
novelist
from Lonely on the Mountain
bioMrieux
NIDDK
Enhancing APSE/CTSI
Sustainability NCCIH
NIBIB
CMS
Regenstrief-McDonald Chair
LOINC Premium Membership
LOINC Community Donations
National Library of Medicine
Certification
Expedited Shipping
Custom Implementation Support
bioMrieux
NIDDK
Enhancing APSE/CTSI
Sustainability NCCIH
NIBIB
CMS
Regenstrief-McDonald Chair
LOINC Premium Membership
LOINC Community Donations
2/3 of current funding National Library of Medicine