The Big Three-O: LOINC Celebrates Three Decades of Standardizing Health Data Terminology

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The Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) turns 30! Dr. Clem McDonald, creator of LOINC and NLM Senior Investigator, reflects on its history and achievements and the ways it revolutionized how clinical and laboratory data are documented and shared across healthcare systems.