title: Terminology modeling for an enterprise laboratory orders catalog.
abstract: Laboratory test orders are used in a variety of clinical information systems at Partners HealthCare. At present, each site at Partners manages its own set of laboratory orders with locally defined codes. Our current plan is to implement an enterprise catalog, where laboratory test orders are mapped to reference terminologies and codes from different sites are mapped to each other. This paper describes the terminology modeling effort that preceded the implementation of the enterprise laboratory orders catalog. In particular, we present our experience in adapting HL7's "Common Terminology Services 2 - Upper Level Class Model" as a terminology metamodel for guiding the development of fully specified laboratory orders and related services.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Informatics R&D, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Deepika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pabbathi
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Debora S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Putten
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barley
authors.forename: Roberto A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration; D018511:Systems Integration; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled