LOINC®: A universal catalogue of individual clinical observations and uniform representation of enumerated collections

International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-291

  Vreeman, Daniel J ^a,b   McDonald, Clement J ^c   Huff, Stanley M ^d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical observations; Data sets; Framework; Health information technology; Patient assessments; Patient data; Public health; Research; Standards; Terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865157207     PISSN: 17562104     EISSN: 17562112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIPM.2010.040211     Document Type: Article

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