> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.fdaweb.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Workshop Planned on Semantic Interoperability of Lab Data
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/workshop-planned-on-semantic-interoperability-of-lab-data/
- Published: 2016-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T21:36:16.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5136965

FDA and other government agencies are hosting an 11/8 public workshop on “Promoting Semantic Interoperability of Laboratory Data” that is intended to discuss proposed approaches to facilitate the adoption and implementation of interoperability standards in a manner that enables consistent, accurate, and harmonized descriptions of *in vitro* diagnostic tests and results. The workshop will discuss using “Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC; http://loinc.org/)” for identifying laboratory tests and “Uniform Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT; http://www.ihtsdo.org/snomed-ct)” coding sets for describing qualitative test results. It is also intended to build on what was discussed during a related 2015 workshop. “These conversations will be followed by a discussion on potential mechanisms for implementation of structured communication models containing device information, LOINC (http://loinc.org/), transmission codes, and other information that can be used to consolidate a semantically interoperable and transmittable message,” an agency [notice](https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-23894.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com) says.