About Us

The Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT) of the National Research Council (CNR) is an official Italian partner of the Regenstrief Institute (http://loinc.org/international/italian), with which it has signed in 2014 a Memorandum of Understanding that recognizes author of the official Italian version of the international LOINC coding standard.


The IIT is responsible for

  • The implementation and six-monthly updating of the Italian version of LOINC;
  • The translation in Italian of the related information material through the LOINC Italy Working Group;
  • Provides an online helpdesk service to operators in the sector;
  • Conducts training seminars on the use of the standard and performs control and validation services for mapping to the LOINC standard.