DICTIONARY SYNCHRONIZATION AND MAINTAINING YOUR SANITY It is truly possible to do both!

introduction Ryan Wuellner, Sr. Network Systems Engineer Marco Technologies 15 years of IT experience 4 years healthcare IT experience Unpaid advocate

Challenge Dictionary synchronization Keeping test & live environments in sync Manual labor hours required Human error

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Summit InSync Compare dictionaries between two rings Filters narrow scope of data Generate reports highlighting differences between them

Sample Primary Filter

Sample Secondary filter

Sample Analysis Report

Sample Differences Report

Extraction… NOW WHAT? Differences found… How do I input those changes?

Summit Scripting Toolkit GUI-based scripting tool Generate scripts that can be reused in multiple dictionaries Import data from external sources (e.g., text files, Excel spreadsheets) Reduce manual data entry labor hours Reduce human error

Real-World examples BHS lab employee implementing changes from TEST to LIVE Site name change in BAR dictionaries Drug dictionaries in PHA MEDITECH upgrade

Questions?