title: Terminological reaction.
abstract: When the terminology services at our institution encountered the installation of a new multi-site laboratory information system (LIS), we pursued obtaining a regular dictionary feed to keep the central terminology up-to-date. What we didn't predict was the value added to the LIS implementation effort by a cooperative vocabulary strategy. In this report, we describe how preexisting terminology services were leveraged to facilitate the integration of 2 previously independent laboratories into a new cross-campus LIS.
authors.affiliation: New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baorto
authors.forename: Tru V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oral
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Forman
authors.forename: Adam D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Cheriff
authors.forename: Curtis L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004018:Dictionaries, Medical as Topic; D006739:Hospital Administration; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009518:New York; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled