Health Informatics Glossary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
LAN - Local Area Network
for computers, typically within one building. See
WAN
Laser Printer -
A common type of computer printer that rapidly produces high quality
text and graphics on plain paper. Laser printers employ a xerographic
printing process but differ from analog photocopiers in that the image
is produced by the direct scanning of a laser beam across the
printer's photoreceptor. See
PARC
LDAP -
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
LHII - Local Health
Information Infrastructure. An older term no longer in
use. See
HIE,
HIO,
HRE,
RHIO
Limited Data Set - A
Limited Data Set
has been stripped of data elements that might permit re-identification
of the patients.
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LIMS -
Laboratory Information Management System.
See
LIS
Linux - A computer
operating system,
Linux is
a prominent example of free software developed under the open source
model. Unlike proprietary operating systems such as
Windows
and Macintosh OS, all of
the underlying source code for Linux is available to the public and
anyone can freely use, modify, improve, and redistribute it.
See
Free Software,
Open Source
Linux Medical News -
LinuxMedNews (LMN) is an
internet news and discussion site for free and open source
software in healthcare.
LIS -
Laboratory Information System
LLP -
Lower Level Protocol.
LOINC -
Logical Observation
Identifiers Names and Codes, provides structured universal code
names and identifiers for medical terminology.
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