Regenstrief Institute is changing the production release calendar for LOINC and its transition time!

From my previous blogs, you know that I am a huge proponent of computer-assisted coding (CAC).

We all write: journals, diaries, poems, blogs, postcards, Facebook posts, and I’m sure many more.

On March 11 of last year, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic.

By now we’ve all heard about COVID-19 variants.

LOINC releases new versions twice a year, usually June and December, although there was talk of changing the release months in the latest spring conference (March 9-12, 2021).

Given the need for new laboratory and clinical terminology codes, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Spring LOINC conference of 2021 grew by one more day to address a variety of projects and LOINC advancements.

Have you ever had a project go off track and in trouble? Did any of them happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium and phosphate.

Using the dose form of drops can complicate drug terminology mapping and introduce the possibility of mapping errors.