Coupling vocabularies and data structures: lessons from LOINC.
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- p. 90-4
Abstract
Using LOINC's data model for laboratory test result names as a starting point, an extended model is presented, coupled to a more complete vocabulary model. Justifications for this approach are obtained from a matching experiment that attempts to identify SNOMED terms that correspond to the various components of the LOINC names. Some limitations of LOINC's current vocabulary model, exposed during the matching process, are discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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