PinnedJay KolainTermlexImplementing Laboratory Medicine Standards in the UKThoughts about standardising Lab/Pathology data using #SNOMEDCT, highlighting why #data-governance plays an important role too.Apr 25, 2022Apr 25, 2022
Jay KolainTermlexStandardising dietary supplements in Electronic Health Records — Using SNOMED CTDietary supplements are used by millions of people across the world to both enhance and maintain health. The size of the dietary…May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Jay KolainTermlexUK Pathology Units List — the What, Why and How…The UK Pathology Units List (UKPUL) is a table of standard UCUM unit codes and supporting information designed to facilitate the exchange…Apr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
Jay KolaFixing Time Sychronisation issues across microservices — using Chrony and NTPFor those of us who have lived in the world of server admininstration, we know that sometimes clocks on server go out of sync. This is…Apr 14, 2023Apr 14, 2023
Jay KolainTermlexSNOMED CT LOINC extension — updates and alpha previewFor those of you who have been following the LOINC and SNOMED CT developments, there is an update on this vital piece of work. Termlex…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Jay KolainTermlexWhy the SNOMED CT and LOINC `concept model` matters to patients and healthcareEarlier this year we revisited work our team did looking at the gaps in the Unified Test List (broadly the lab medicine subset of SNOMED CT…Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
Jay KolainTermlexFixing the NHS PBCL Legacy issue affecting lab results — common misconceptionsThe NHS currently has a legacy problem affecting sharing of lab results. This comes from the quite successful (for its time) but now…Feb 17, 2023Feb 17, 2023
Jay KolainTermlexWhy does SNOMED CT have separate codes for Lab Test Requests, Results and Reports? — Part 2This article covers a key aspect of confusion — about why SNOMED CT has findings that look similar to a lab result. Part 2 of this seriesFeb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023
Jay KolainTermlexWhy does SNOMED CT have separate codes for Lab requests, results and reports?Why does SNOMED CT have separate codes for Lab requests, results and reports? How to use LOINC alongside SNOMED CT? Here are answers..Feb 1, 2023Feb 1, 2023
Jay KolainTermlexPathology Harmonisation Roadmap — An outline for achieving clinical excellence and data…In our previous article, we discussed what `harmonisation` of Pathology (Laboratory Medicine) is and how it enables cross-site working…Jan 25, 2023Jan 25, 2023