COVID-19 TestNorm: A tool to normalize COVID-19 testing names to LOINC codes
Dong X, Li J, Soysal E, Bian J, DuVall S, Hanchrow E, Liu H, Lynch K, Matheny M, Natarajan K, Ohno-Machado L, Pakhomov S, Reeves R, Sitapati A, Abhyankar S, Cullen T, Deckard J, Jiang X, Murphy R, Xu H. COVID-19 TestNorm: A tool to normalize COVID-19 testing names to LOINC codes. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2020, 27: 1437-1442. PMID: 32569358, PMCID: PMC7337837, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsLOINC codesSecondary useRule-based toolOnline web applicationOpen-source packageCritical data elementsWeb applicationData networksEnd usersData elementsIndependent test setHealth recordsTest setKey challengesData normalizationCritical resourcesTest namesRoutine clinical practice dataCodeClinical practice dataCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19 diagnostic testsToolDevelopers