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Enhancing the Clinical Content of Administrative Data - Laboratory Data Toolkit: Data Standards, Collection, and Transmission Tools

 
Laboratory Data Toolkit: Data Standards, Collection, and Transmission Tools

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


    • 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 (PDF file, 21 KB; 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 (PDF file, 705 KB; HTML), page 10 and page 21, FL Pilot project


Laboratory Data Toolkit | Laboratory Data Toolkit - Background | Pilot & Planning Projects | Projects in Progress
Initiation Tools | Planning Tools | Communication Tools | Training Tools | Data Standards, Collection, and Transmission Tools | Feedback and Reporting Tools

Internet Citation: Enhancing the Clinical Content of Administrative Data - Laboratory Data Toolkit: Data Standards, Collection, and Transmission Tools Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). July 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/lv2.jsp.
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