Elevitch F R, Boroviczeny K G
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1985 Jun;109(6):496-8.
Clinical laboratory information is composed of descriptive terms and corresponding codes that define patients, specimens, and tests. These basic units of information, or data elements, assume literal character content and sequences in clinical laboratory computer files and messages. The growing international use of computers for scientific data transfer highlights the need for standardized coding conventions that eliminate the ambiguities of language and scientific terminology. An international symposium of the Commission on World Standards of the World Association of Societies of Pathology recommends that international consensus standards be developed to insure the accurate transfer of scientific data between clinical laboratory computers while maintaining strict subject confidentiality. It is anticipated that such standards would be widely applicable to the storage and retrieval of medical information in computers throughout the world.
临床实验室信息由描述性术语和定义患者、标本及检测项目的相应代码组成。这些基本信息单元，即数据元素，在临床实验室计算机文件和消息中呈现文字字符内容及序列。计算机在国际上越来越多地用于科学数据传输，这凸显了对标准化编码惯例的需求，以消除语言和科学术语的模糊性。世界病理学会协会世界标准委员会的一次国际研讨会建议制定国际共识标准，以确保临床实验室计算机之间科学数据的准确传输，同时严格保密患者信息。预计此类标准将广泛适用于全球计算机中医疗信息的存储和检索。
