Standardisation of terminologies and the adoption of defined ontologies also enhance the ability to share and combine data, and to use computation to relate phenotypes derived from histopathological analysis to human disease.
Attempts to standardise clinical terminology predate the widespread adoption of electronic patient records (EPRs) in general practice.
While the CHTN was ready for a change in the system that it used, and this has helped to make the transition successful, the tissue collection personnel were not affected by the issues that were motivating the adoption of terminology standards.
As evident from his liberal adoption of terminologies of probability and statistics, he was apparently well aware of the stochastic nature of the process that gives rise to a residence-time distribution.
A celebration of the "Scène Young Adult" at the Salon du Livre in Paris next month has drawn the condemnation of dozens of French authors and intellectuals, who have described the adoption of English terminology as an "unbearable act of cultural delinquency".
One of the limitations of our framework is that it is difficult to encourage adoption of the terminology such as the name of an algorithm.
When responding to these, he presupposes considerable knowledge on the part of the reader; typically his responses to the work of others involves adoption of their terminology and style, blending into mimicry and parody as a rhetorical and argumentative device.
We list 7 challenges that should be addressed before new terminology should be considered for adoption.
First, there is a danger that the adoption of standardized terminology and simplistic comparisons of fixed migrant/minority categories risks the reification of concepts and essentialisation (whether in genetic or culturalist terms) of migrant/minority populations.
Research into the effects of overuse in medicine is uncoordinated More research is needed to define the extent of overuse and its harms Adoption of standard terminology is essential to better understanding Public agencies are needed to monitor overuse Evaluation of current efforts to curb overuse is also a priority Cite this as: BMJ 2015 351:h4534.
The proportion of tweets using the term "H1N1" increased compared to the relative usage of "swine flu", demonstrating gradual adoption of WHO-recommended terminology by the public and media on Twitter.
