Planning for the future: the Department of Defense Laboratory Joint Working Group and Global Laboratory Information Transfer

The Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratory Joint Working Group plans unified laboratory strategy under the auspices of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Board of Governors. One goal of the Laboratory Joint Working Group is to advocate clinical integration through automation of data transfer be...

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Published in:Military medicine 2000-07, Vol.165 (7 Suppl 2), p.46-47
Main Author: Huff, W B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
Armed forces
Clinical Laboratory Information Systems - organization & administration
Clinical Laboratory Information Systems - standards
Clinical Laboratory Information Systems - trends
Codes
Communication
Disease
Forecasting
Hepatitis A
Humans
Immunoglobulins
Information Management
Information systems
Laboratories - organization & administration
Medical laboratories
Medical referrals
Military Medicine - organization & administration
Names
Population Surveillance
Public health
Standardization
Working groups
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Summary:The Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratory Joint Working Group plans unified laboratory strategy under the auspices of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Board of Governors. One goal of the Laboratory Joint Working Group is to advocate clinical integration through automation of data transfer between medical treatment facilities using the DoD standard platform, Composite Health Care System (CHCS). A working group project team is implementing global laboratory information transfer, which enables CHCS-to-CHCS communication throughout the DoD. A prerequisite to global laboratory information transfer is the standardization of laboratory test nomenclature across all CHCS systems using LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers, Names and Codes). This makes possible easier access to information among caregivers and therapeutic and public health disease managers and enhances global surveillance of disease outbreaks and continuity of care. The end result is the first-ever electronic transfer of laboratory results between all DoD facilities.
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/165.suppl_2.46