Existing Wording: lab

Proposed Wording: laboratory

Comment:

Change lab to laboratory. Laboratory is already used in many places and should also be used in place of lab in these four places. Many other resources can be considered "specializations" of the Observation resource and should be used for those specific contexts and use cases. For example, the AllergyIntolerance resource represents a patient allergies, MedicationStatement resource: medications taken by a patient, FamilyMemberHistory resource: a patient's family history, Procedure resource: information about a procedure, and QuestionnaireResponse resource: a set of answers to a set of questions. In some cases, such as when source data is coming from an HL7 v2 feed, a system might not have information that allows it to distinguish diagnosis, allergy and other "specialized" types of observations from lab, vital sign and other observation types intended to be conveyed with this resource. In those circumstances, such specialized observations may also appear using this resource.

Summary:

Change lab to laboratory.