title: The map to LOINC project.
abstract: We describe a pilot project to standardize local laboratory test names to Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) at five Indian Health Service (IHS) medical facilities. An automated mapping tool was developed to assign LOINC codes. The laboratory test names not mapped to LOINC by the mapping tool were assigned LOINC codes manually. The results achieved matched current benchmarks.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Agha N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Arnulfo C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rosario
authors.forename: Stanley P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bertolli
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000145:classification*; D039703:Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes; D010865:Pilot Projects; D040442:Public Health Informatics