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Clement McDonald

Clem McDonald, MD, was best known for developing, implementing, managing, and growing one of the world’s first comprehensive electronic medical record systems (the Regenstrief Medical Record System), the first and one of the largest health information exchanges (the Indiana Network for Patient Care), and LOINC, the global standard for identifying laboratory tests, clinical measurements, and other health observations. He was one of the national leaders who established health data standards and interoperability: Clem served as the founding chair of the HL7 orders & observations technical committee and chaired ASTM’s E-31.11 subcommittee for developing standards for electronic transmission of clinical data and ANSI’s message standards subcommittee and HIS planning panel. Clem was President of AMIA from 1992-93 and the founding editor of the first peer-reviewed journal focused on biomedical informatics, MD Computing, for almost two decades.

Remembering Clem McDonald

In this overview compilation, many of the people who knew and loved him and worked alongside him paint a picture of the man, the legend.

The Human Side of a Visionary

Regenstrief’s Vice President for Data and Analytics, Shaun Grannis, M.D., M.S., remembers the man who changed his life with one sentence.

The Live Wire that was Clem McDonald

Brian Dixon, PhD, MPH, director of the Clem McDonald Center for Biomedical Informatics, shares memories of his 27-year relationship with Clem.

In The News

AP News features LOINC

Influence

Regenstrief’s legacy with the National Library of Medicine continues

People

NewsRegenstrief Institute and Suki partner to evaluate ambient AI in healthcare

InfluenceRegenstrief’s legacy with the National Library of Medicine continues

NewsRegenstrief Institute awarded KidneyX prize to advance living kidney donation

NewsLOINC® version 2.83 enhances global health data exchange through new terminology and implementation improvements

NewsRegenstrief researcher appointed deputy chief of research and development service at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center

Regenstrief Institute and Suki partner to evaluate...

Generating Evidence Across the Full Arc of Disease

Evaluating AI-Enabled Trial Screening in Real-World Oncology Workflows

A Regenstrief Legend: Clem McDonald

Clement McDonald

Remembering Clem McDonald

The Human Side of a Visionary

The Live Wire that was Clem McDonald