LOGICAL OBSERVATION IDENTIFIERS NAMES & CODES (LOINC)

A "common language"

What is LOINC primarily described as? A) A medical diagnostic tool

1994

In what year was LOINC first developed?

Regenstrief Institute

Which institute created and maintains LOINC?

An electronic database for clinical care management

LOINC was created in response to the demand for what?

It applies universal code names and identifiers to medical terminology related to electronic health records.

What is a key function of LOINC regarding medical terminology?

To assist in the electronic exchange and gathering of outcomes management and research.

What is a primary purpose of LOINC regarding electronic exchange?

Heterogeneous

LOINC codes provide "universal" identifiers that allow the exchange of clinical data between what kind of computing environments?

Clinical Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Electronic Health Record

LOINC codes can be used in messages sent between which two systems?

Laboratory portion

What is one of the explicitly mentioned scopes of LOINC?

Devices

Within the laboratory portion, LOINC deals with codes for laboratory tests and what else?

Document Ontology

LOINC is described as a subdomain of what?

Public health authorities

LOINC is used as a code set for laboratory test names in transactions between health-care facilities, laboratories, laboratory testing devices, and which other entity?

Patient assessment instruments with functioning and disability content

LOINC standardises the electronic exchange of clinical laboratory results and what other type of federally required instruments?

Electronic Health Care Claims

LOINC serves as a standard for which specific type of claims?

Additional documentation to improve claims in making formal judgment over disputed matters

Health care claim attachments are also known as what?