Portability issues for a structured clinical vocabulary: mapping from Yale to the Columbia medical entities dictionary.
To examine the issues involved in mapping an existing structured controlled vocabulary, the Medical Entities Dictionary (MED) developed at Columbia University, to an institutional vocabulary, the laboratory and pharmacy vocabularies of the Yale New Haven Medical Center.
Author(s): Kannry, J L, Wright, L, Shifman, M, Silverstein, S, Miller, P L
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1996.96342650