Standardization of terminology in laboratory medicine II.
Standardization of medical terminology is essential in data transmission between health care institutes and in maximizing the benefits of information technology. The purpose of this study was to standardize medical terms for laboratory observations. During the second year of the study, a standard database of concept names for laboratory terms that covered those used in tertiary health care institutes and reference laboratories was developed. The laboratory terms in the Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) database were adopted and matched with the electronic data interchange (EDI) codes in Korea. A public hearing and a workshop for clinical pathologists were held to collect the opinions of experts. The Korean standard laboratory terminology database containing six axial concept names, components, property, time aspect, system (specimen), scale type, and method type, was established for 29,340 test observations. Short names and mapping tables for EDI codes and UMLS were added. Synonym tables were prepared to help match concept names to common terms used in the fields. We herein described the Korean standard laboratory terminology database for test names, result description terms, and result units encompassing most of the laboratory tests in Korea.
Lee
Kap No
KN
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Yoon
Jong-Hyun
JH
Min
Won Ki
WK
Lim
Hwan Sub
HS
Song
Junghan
J
Chae
Seok Lae
SL
Jang
Seongsoo
S
Ki
Chang-Seok
CS
Bae
Sook Young
SY
Kim
Jang Su
JS
Kwon
Jung-Ah
JA
Lee
Chang Kyu
CK
Yoon
Soo-Young
SY