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The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act and the Practice of Dentistry in the United States: Electronic Transactions
Real-Time Web-Based Assessment of Total Population Risk of Future Emergency Department Utilization: Statewide Prospective Active Case Finding Study
Recommended configuration for personal health records by standardized data item sets for diabetes mellitus and associated chronic diseases: A report from Collaborative Initiative by six Japanese Associations
On Integrity Constraints and Catalogues in Relational Database Supporting Clinical Research
Logical observation identifier names and codes (LOINC) database: a public use set of codes and names for electronic reporting of clinical laboratory test results
Many laboratories use electronic message standards to transmit results to their clients, If all laboratories used the Same ''universal'' set of test identifiers, electronic transmission of results would be greatly simplified, The Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) database aims to be such a code system, covering at least 98% of the average laboratory's tests. The LOINC database should be of interest to hospitals, clinical laboratories, doctors' offices, state health departments, governmental healthcare providers, third-party payers, organizations involved in clinical trials, and quality assurance and utilization reviewers, The fifth release of the LOINC database, containing codes, names, and synonyms for similar to 6300 test observations, is now available on the Internet for public use, Here we describe the LOINC database, the methods used to produce it, and how it may be obtained