New Vocabulary: Laboratory
- Original lab: 2533 terms
- New lab: 5291 terms
- Vocabulary delivered: June 15, 1994
- "Go live" date: July 24, 1994
As an example of a new vocabulary, I will discuss the laboratory terminology. Seven years ago, CPMC used a home-grown lab system with 2533 terms. Last year, the hospital purchased a new system. The new vocabulary not only had to go into the MED< but it had to be integrated with the old vocabulary so that applications would continue to work. Six weeks before the go-live date, I was given the new vocabulary of 5291 terms.