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Nursing LOINC Committee

March 3, 2025

Jessica Cronin, DNP, MS, RN-BC

Randy Woodward, RN, ACHIP

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Welcome to the Nursing Committee Meeting

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LOINC Nursing Committee Agenda

03/03/2025

Time

Topic

Action

Lead(s)

11:00

Welcome & Announcements

Informational

Randy Woodward

Jessica Cronin

11:05-11:10

2.79 Release Updates

Informational

Eza Hafeza

Cyndie Lundberg

11:10-11:20

Review of other clinical domain parts and attribute examples

Informational

Eza Hafeza

11:20-11:25

Specificity of system Update

Informational

Luke Jobman

11:25-11:55

Discuss nursing examples with defining parts

Discussion

Cyndie Lundberg

Eza Hafeza

Jessica Cronin

Randy Woodward

11:55-12:00

Adjourn

Informational

Randy Woodward

Jessica Cronin

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2.79 Release Update

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Specificity of a System Update

Luke Jobman

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FSN Example

3Mo

History of falling; immediate or within 3Mo

Method

Find

History of falling immediate or within 3Mo: Property:Find::Time:3Mo::System:^Pt::Scale:Ord::No Method

Ord

^Patient

LP417541-2

LP217195-9

LP6960-1

LP436142-6

LP7751-3

LOINC Code: 59453-1

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Document Ontology Scenario

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Document Ontology - Attributes & Examples

Type of Service

e.g. Consultation, History and Physical, Discharge Summary

Kind of Document

e.g. Note, Letter, Consent

Setting

e.g. Hospital, Outpatient, Emergency Department

Role

e.g. Physician, Nurse, Case Manager, Therapist, Patient

Subject Matter Domain

e.g. Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Physical Therapy

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Doc Ont - Current representation in LOINC

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Doc Ont - Look into proposal forward

Document Ontology LOINC Naming Rules

Component

Property

Time

System

Scale

Method

<Kind of Document> and/or <Type of Service>

Find

Pt

<Setting>

Doc

<SMD>.<Role>

Document Ontology LOINC Naming Rules(proposal)

Component New Att

Property

Time

System

Scale

Method New Att

<Kind of Document> <Type of Service>

Find

Pt

<Setting>

Doc

<SMD>. <Role>

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Radiology Domain Scenario

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Radiology Domain - Current Attributes

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Radiology - Current representation in LOINC

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Radiology Examples

Component

Property

Time

System

Scale

Method

Multisection^W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

Multisection^WO & W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

Multisection^W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen+Pelvis

Doc

CT

Multisection^WO & W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen+Pelvis

Doc

CT

Multisection^WO contrast

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

Multisection 3D post processing^WO contrast

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

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Rad - Look into Proposal going forward

Component

Addtn’l Att 1

Addtn’l Att 2

Property

Time

System

Scale

Method

Multisection^W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

Multisection^WO & W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

Multisection^W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen+Pelvis

Doc

CT

Multisection^WO & W contrast IV

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen+Pelvis

Doc

CT

Multisection^WO contrast

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

Multisection 3D post processing^WO contrast

Find

Pt

Chest+Abdomen

Doc

CT

Radiology is looking into adding more new attributes into their model.

Series Standardization Central Sandbox - CT.xlsx

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Rad LOINC <-> RSNA <-> ACR

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What Parts are necessary to represent nursing care?

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Future Topics:

Summarize action items

    • Members add examples for nursing specific defining attributes/parts to support nursing care messaging on the spreadsheet

located at

Nursing listserv: list-nursing@loinc.org

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Closing

Next meeting April 6, 2025 at 11am-12pm EST

Agendas and other documentation can be found at loinc.org/committee/nursing If you have any issues or questions,

please contact us at nursing@loinc.org

Nursing listserv: list-nursing@loinc.org