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When creating a new concept, use the "similar concepts" resources and/or search your dictionary carefully to be certain that there is not already a concept that meets your needs.
- Create synonyms (alternative, valid names) for your concepts. This helps people find the concept and will help you avoid creating duplicates.
Concept Naming
- Only use alphanumeric characters (letters and numbers) and simple punctuation sparingly (e.g., comma or parentheses).
- Descriptions may contain non-alphanumeric characters
- Sentence-casing is recommended – i.e., either all lowercase or uppercase first letter.
- Avoid using all uppercase
- For drug names, some people use Tall Man Lettering to uppercase certain parts of drug names that are confused by providers, since this has been proven to reduce medication errors.
- Be consistent!
- Consistency in naming helps users predict concept names and makes the dictionary much easier to manage.
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