The laboratory team of the 3M clinical terminology group is in its 18th year of providing laboratory terminology consulting to the public.

Our clinical terminology team’s background in nursing, pharmacy, radiology, laboratory and other clinical areas gives us insight into how health care systems are burdened with the sheer volume of data being collected on COVID-19 patients.

Ever been caught off guard hearing about UFO sightings because the physics makes no sense?

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

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).

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

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.

I recently listened to a laboratory medicine podcast on the need for clinician friendly terms in laboratory testing.

The Regenstrief Institute released version 2.66 of the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) on June 21st this year.

Staying ahead of the curve: latest LOINC release changes