Hi Everyone, This is just an informational item but wanted to share that LOINC led by Dan Vreeman has released a project to create groups for LOINC terms. This may be very useful for our communities (CTSA, PCORnet, i2b2, etc). https://loinc.org/groups/
They are now in the latest June release of LOINC. https://loinc.org/news/loinc-version-2-61-and-relma-version-6-20-available/ Jim Campbell: given your interest as well in clinical observables I didn't know if this crossed your radar. Most of the groups are for lab results as well as clinical observables and seem less bloated as an organizational construct than panel. But, it's not complete yet. I think Dan and LOINC have already reached out to the OHDSI community but wanted to cross pollinate with PCORnet, i2b2, and CTSA iDTF. He and Katie may follow up with more detail. Or, just get a LOINC account and help out by commenting on their forum as you consider how LOINC groups might help your informatics needs. Sincerely, Russ Waitman, PhD Director of Medical Informatics Associate Vice Chancellor for Enterprise Analytics Professor, Department of Internal Medicine University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 913-945-7087 (office) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.kumc.edu/ea-mi/ http://informatics.kumc.edu<http://informatics.kumc.edu/> http://www.gpcnetwork.org<http://www.gpcnetwork.org/> - a PCORnet collaborative www.pcornet.org<http://www.pcornet.org> >From the release notes: LOINC GroupFile release notes ----------------------- Version 2.61, Alpha 1 Released June 2017 ----------------------- This is the first release of the LOINC Group artifact. This release contains 6597 rows of data representing 12 Parent Groups and 2178 Groups. These Groups contain 6438 unique LOINC terms. Please see the associated Readme for details about the contents of the file, including definitions of the ParentGroups and Groups. IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. The LOINC Groups project is a work in progress. Expect the contents of this file, including the Parent Group and Group names and the types of Groups that are included, to change from release to release as we receive feedback from users and refine our processes. 2. The contents of the file and the groupings MUST be validated by the user prior to implementation in any aspect of clinical care. We have created Groups that may be useful in specific contexts, but these Groups have not been vetted for use in either patient care or research and should be used with caution.
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