Data standards, collection, and transmission tools provide technical material on standards for coding and data mapping and examples of technical material on file layout and transmission options.

Data Standards

• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)/Health Level 7 (HL7) Data Standards
• LOINC, a Universal Standard for Identifying Laboratory Observations: A 5-Year Update (McDonald et al, 2003 Clinical Chemistry)



• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)



• An Introduction to LOINC® (PDF file, 634 KB; HTML), presentation by W.E. Hammond



• LOINC® Example Extract and Report (PDF file, 28 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project



• Introduction to HL7 Standards: v 2.x, presentation by W.E. Hammond (HTML)



• HL7 Format for Transmitting Laboratory Results To MHA (HTML), MN Pilot project



• HL7 Message Template (HTML), W.E. Hammond


• LOINC® Mapping Tools (Mapping to Internal Coding Systems)
• Regenstrief LOINC Mapping Assistant (RELMA)



• LOINC® Mapping Tool Instructions for Completing Lab Data Worksheet (PDF file, 52 KB; HTML), MN Pilot project



• LOINC Codes for Laboratory Data in Enhanced Administrative Databases (PDF file, 80 KB; HTML), MN Pilot project



• LOINC® Code Worksheet (PDF file, 36 KB; HTML), MN Pilot project



• When to Reevaluate LOINC® Mapping (PDF file, 26 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project



• LOINC Summary Report by Hospital (PDF file, 104 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project



• Correlating Unrelated Test Catalogs using Vocabulary Standards (PDF file, 71 KB; HTML), presentation by P. Banning

Collection and Transmission Tools

• Data File Specifications & Record Layouts
• Laboratory Results to be Collected Electronically, MN Pilot project (PDF file, 14 KB; HTML)



• Data File Specifications (HTML), FL Pilot project



• Lab Data Variables and Relevant Ranges (PDF file, 80 KB; HTML), MN Pilot project



• Approved Data Elements (PDF file, 18 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project


• Data Transmission Issues
• Data Challenges in Joining Clinical Laboratory Data to Administrative Inpatient Data (PDF file, 487 KB; HTML), presentation by C. Sullivan



• Process Flow Chart (PDF file, 127 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project



• Plan Implementation and Data Transmission (HTML), page 10 and page 21, FL Pilot project