LUMA: A Mapping Assistant for Standardizing the Units of LOINC-Coded Laboratory Tests
The coding system Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) serves the unambiguous electronic communication of physical quantities and their measurements and has faced a slow uptake.
Josef Ingenerf, Cora Drenkhahn
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Learning from the crowd while mapping to LOINC [PDF]
Abstract Objective To describe the perspectives of Regenstrief LOINC Mapping Assistant (RELMA) users before and after the deployment of Community Mapping features, characterize the usage of these new features, and analyze the quality of mappings submitted to the community mapping repository.
Daniel Vreeman, Brian E Dixon
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Clinical Laboratory Terminology Standardization for Semantic Interoperability Using a Large Language Model–Based Agent: Methodological Study [PDF]
BackgroundSemantic interoperability, the ability of disparate health information systems to exchange and consistently interpret clinical data, is a cornerstone of modern digital health, underpinning cross-institutional research, real-world evidence ...
Lijuan Wu +9 more
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Harmonizing Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) Codes and Units in Real-World Oncology Data: Method Development and Evaluation [PDF]
BackgroundThe expanding use of multisource real-world electronic health record (EHR) and claims data offers major opportunities for research, drug discovery, and clinical decision support.
Parvati Naliyatthaliyazchayil +1 more
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LOINC implementation approaches in academic medical research centers – results from a survey of CTSA sites [PDF]
Reference standards are vital for harmonizing heterogeneous clinical data for research, but little is known about their implementations or costs. We surveyed NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) hubs to assess operational dimensions of ...
Rachel L. Richesson +3 more
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Educational Needs and Level of Knowledge in Standard Healthcare Terminology Use in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Survey [PDF]
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the experience, knowledge, and educational needs regarding standard healthcare terminologies—specifically Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), Logical Observation Identifiers Names ...
Ahjung Byun +3 more
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Development of phenotype algorithms for the detection of adverse events in electronic health record data: a multicentre study [PDF]
Objectives To develop phenotype algorithms for the detection of adverse events (AEs) or AE-proxies in electronic health records (EHRs), accounting for varying data availability.Design Multicentre study conducted as part of the Use Case POLAR_MI ...
Tobias Dreischulte +16 more
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Accurate Clinical Entity Recognition and Code Mapping of Anatomopathological Reports Using BioClinicalBERT Enhanced by Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach [PDF]
Background: Anatomopathological reports are largely unstructured, which limits automated data extraction, interoperability, and large-scale research. Manual extraction and standardization are costly and difficult to scale.
Hamida Abdaoui +8 more
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Quantitative analysis of the comprehensiveness and granularity of biomedical terminology systems [PDF]
Modern healthcare interoperability demands objective methods for quantitatively evaluating the coverage and granularity of biomedical terminology systems to support evidence-based selection and integration decisions. We introduce novel metrics—structural
Eunsuk Chang, Sumi Sung
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LOINC im medizinischen Laboratorium. LOINC in the medical laboratory
Abstract Abstract The increasing level of electronic data exchange in the health system and the correlated transmission of laboratory data between different institutions require a harmonization of the data languages.
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