Coronavirus surveillance: Regenstrief team creating unique codes for disease tracking

(Regenstrief Institute) As public health leaders work to contain the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, a team at Regenstrief Institute, an international leader in health information technology, is providing help to track cases of the illness. The team also created codes during the Zika and SARS outbreaks, among others. The codes are part of LOINC, a terminology system, created and maintained at Regenstrief, that is used in 176 countries.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news