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Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes

Abbreviation: LOINC

General Information

LOINC is a common language (set of identifiers, names, and codes) for clinical and laboratory observations. LOINC is a catalog of measurements, including laboratory tests, clinical measures like vital signs and anthropomorphic measures, standardized survey instruments, and more. LOINC enables the exchange and aggregation of clinical results for care delivery, outcomes management, and research by providing a set of universal codes and structured names to unambiguously identify things you can measure or observe.

Homepage https://loinc.org/

Countries that developed this resource United States

Created in 1994

Taxonomic range

Homo sapiens

Knowledge Domains

Subjects

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: LOINC; Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.2mk2zb; Last edited: May 7, 2019, 11:30 a.m.; Last accessed: Jan 25 2022 11:01 a.m.

This record is maintained by LOINC from Regenstrief (LOINC)

Record updated: May 3, 2019, 8:03 a.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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			Combining laboratory data sets from multiple institutions using the logical observation identifier names and codes (LOINC).
			Enabling international adoption of LOINC through translation.
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			Combining laboratory data sets from multiple institutions using the logical observation identifier names and codes (LOINC).
			Enabling international adoption of LOINC through translation.
			Supporting interoperability of genetic data with LOINC.
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In Collections

H2020 Phenome and Metabolome aNalysis (PhenoMenal) Project

eTRIKS Standards Starter Pack

ISO/CD 20691 Collection - DRAFT

Systems Medicine

RDA Covid-19 WG Resources

Support

General

FAQ	https://loinc.org/faq
blog	LOINC Linkedin
support email	General Enquiries
forum	User forum
help	https://loinc.org/downloads/files/LOINCM ...
online documentation	Youtube Channel
online documentation	https://loinc.org/get-started
online documentation	Wikipedia
rss	LOINC feed
twitter	LOINC Twitter

Additional Information

Contact

Jamalynne Deckard

External Links

Bioportal

http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/LOINC

Tools

No tools defined

Schemas

No XSD schemas defined

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

UMLS Metathesaurus License

Applies to: Database software

LOINC and RELMA Terms of Use

Data Curation

submit new term

https://loinc.org/submissions/

Data Access

download page

https://loinc.org/downloads

Publications

Combining laboratory data sets from multiple institutions using the logical observation identifier names and codes (LOINC).

Baorto DM,Cimino JJ,Parvin CA,Kahn MG
Int J Med Inform 1998

View Paper (PubMed)

Enabling international adoption of LOINC through translation.

Vreeman DJ,Chiaravalloti MT,Hook J,McDonald CJ
J Biomed Inform 2012

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

Supporting interoperability of genetic data with LOINC.

Deckard J,McDonald CJ,Vreeman DJ
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2015

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

LOINC Ontology Display

View in BioPortal.

Disclaimer: This widget assumes the availability of the ontology resources in the NCBO BioPortal.

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Reporting Guidelines

No guidelines defined

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Identifier Schemas

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Credit

Record Maintainer

This record is maintained by LOINC from Regenstrief (LOINC)

Funds

U.S. National Library of Medicine (Government body)

Maintains

Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (Research institute)

Grant Number(s)

HSN2762008000006C (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
HHSN276201400138P (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
HHSN276201400239P (U.S. National Library of Medicine)

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