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

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</ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20140717162815/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/pilot.jsp">Pilot and Planning Projects</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3"><a name="skip"></a></td></tr> </table> </div> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4"> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="texttitle">Laboratory Data Toolkit: Data Standards, Collection, and Transmission Tools</div> <br> <div class="pagetext"> 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. <br><br> Documents are presented in Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF) format. 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Hammond</li> <br><br> <li>LOINC® Example Extract and Report (<a href="FL19dataelemandExtractandReport.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 28 KB; <a href="FL19dataelemandExtractandReport.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), FL Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>Introduction to HL7 Standards: v 2.x</a>, presentation by W.E. Hammond (<a href="HL7-v2-Standards-v2.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 711 KB; <a href="HL7_v2_Standards_v2.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>)</li> <br><br> <li>HL7 Format for Transmitting Laboratory Results To MHA (<a href="AppendixL_HL7DataTransmissionReqs.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 89 KB; <a href="AppendixL_HL7DataTransmissionReqs.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), MN Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>HL7 Message Template (<a href="TemplatesforusingHL7v2.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 99 KB; <a href="TemplatesforusingHL7v2.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), W.E. Hammond </li> </ul> <br> <li>LOINC® Mapping Tools (Mapping to Internal Coding Systems) </li> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140717162815/http://loinc.org/relma" target="_blank">Regenstrief LOINC Mapping Assistant (RELMA)</a></li> <br><br> <li>LOINC® Mapping Tool Instructions for Completing Lab Data Worksheet (<a href="AppendixK_1LabCodingToolInstructions.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 52 KB; <a href="AppendixK_1LabCodingToolInstructions.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), MN Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>LOINC Codes for Laboratory Data in Enhanced Administrative Databases (<a href="AppendixO_LabDataVariablesandRelevantRanges.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 80 KB; <a href="AppendixO_LabDataVariablesandRelevantRanges.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), MN Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>LOINC® Code Worksheet (<a href="AppendixK_2LOINCCodesMap.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 36 KB; <a href="AppendixK_2LOINCCodesMap.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), MN Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>When to Reevaluate LOINC® Mapping (<a href="FL25LOINCMaintenance.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 26 KB; <a href="FL25LOINCMaintenance.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), FL Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>LOINC Summary Report by Hospital (<a href="Appendix15BDformatCopyofSummarySheet.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 104 KB; <a href="Appendix15BDformatCopyofSummarySheet.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), FL Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>Correlating Unrelated Test Catalogs using Vocabulary Standards (<a href="Appendix19bCLMAPBanningv1.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 71 KB; <a href="Appendix19bCLMAPBanningv1.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), presentation by P. Banning</li> </ul> </ul> <strong>Collection and Transmission Tools </strong> <br><br> <ul> <li>Data File Specifications & Record Layouts </li> <ul>  <li>Laboratory Results to be Collected Electronically</a>, MN Pilot project (<a href="Labs-to-be-Collected-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 14 KB; <a href="Labs-to-be-Collected-FINAL.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>)</li> <br><br> <li>Data File Specifications (<a href="FL23DataFilesSpecs.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 21 KB; <a href="FL23DataFilesSpecs.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), FL Pilot project</li> <br><br> <li>Lab Data Variables and Relevant Ranges (<a href="AppendixO_LabDataVariablesandRelevantRanges.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 80 KB; <a href="AppendixO_LabDataVariablesandRelevantRanges.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), MN Pilot project </li> <br><br> <li>Approved Data Elements (<a href="FL21dataelemandExtractandReport.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 18 KB; <a href="FL21dataelemandExtractandReport.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), FL Pilot project</li> </ul> <br> <li>Data Transmission Issues</li> <ul> <li>Data Challenges in Joining Clinical Laboratory Data to Administrative Inpatient Data (<a href="AHRQHCUP11182009CSullivanFinal.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 487 KB; <a href="AHRQHCUP11182009CSullivanFinal.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), presentation by C. Sullivan</li> <br/><br/> <li>Process Flow Chart (<a href="FL24ProcessFlowchart.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 127 KB; <a href="FL24ProcessFlowchart.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), FL Pilot project</li>  <br/><br/> <li>Plan Implementation and Data Transmission (<a href="FL4AHRQProjectFinalReportMar2010_v2.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 705 KB; <a href="FL4AHRQProjectFinalReportMar2010_v2.jsp" target="_blank">HTML</a>), page 10 and page 21, FL Pilot project</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <br><br> </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" class="clinicaltext"> <tr><td align="center"> <a href="lvtoolkit.jsp">Laboratory Data Toolkit</a> | <a href="lvback.jsp">Laboratory Data Toolkit - Background</a> | <a href="pilot.jsp">Pilot & Planning Projects</a> | <a href="piprog.jsp">Projects in Progress</a><br/> <a href="lvpres.jsp">Initiation Tools</a> | <a href="lvplanning.jsp">Planning Tools</a> | <a href="lvcomm.jsp">Communication Tools</a> | <a href="lvtt.jsp">Training Tools</a> | Data Standards, Collection, and Transmission Tools | <a href="lvfeedback.jsp">Feedback and Reporting Tools</a> </td></tr> </table> <hr width="75%" align="center" class="hrruleblue"> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" class="citationtext"> Internet Citation: Enhancing the Clinical Content of Administrative Data - Laboratory Data Toolkit: Data Standards, Collection, and Transmission Tools Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). 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