Since the beginning of the project, people have asked about the meaning of the terms below in meetings, through email, and in other conversations. Wondering about a word you’ve heard relating to the project? Let us know and we’ll post it here!
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AES
Academic and Event Scheduling system
BA
BC
Building Coordinator (Safety role)
BI
Business Intelligence. This can refer to a module in Cority that provides robust analytics and recording, a team in CIT, or the discipline of business intelligence.
CH
Cornell Health
CIM
Cority Implementation Methodology
CIT
Cornell Information Technologies
CLT
Core Leadership Team (For detailed information see the Implementation Team organizational chart)
COHSEC
The project to implement Cority is called COHSEC (Cornell Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Compliance). This is not a new university organization name, but the name of the project.
Cority
The vendor of the Environmental Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) software implemented by the COHSEC project. See https://www.cority.com/
CSC
(Cority) Client Services Consultant
CSR
College Safety Representative
DIE
Data Integration Engine; sometimes also known as “CDIE” (Cority DIE), Cority’s Import tool to load non-bio-demo data files, such as the Org Tree, into the system (formerly known as MGIP)
DSR
Department Safety Representative
EHS
Environmental Health and Safety
FCS
Facility and Campus Services
FIS
Facilities Inventory System
GDDLOFB
Geographical data fields potentially used in the Organizational Tree hierarchy. 7 potential levels: Geographic location, Department, Division, Location, Organization, Floor, Building
GX2
Cority’s major release of their occupational health and safety software.
HRIE
Human Resources Integration Engine; Cority’s Import tool to load a file of bio-demo data into the system (formerly known as MEIP)
IWMS
Integrated Workplace Management System
MAEN
Medgate Automated Email Notification; Cority’s infrastructure for automated email generation and sending
Medgate
Prior name of the product implemented by the COHSEC project. Was rebranded to Cority in June 2017.
MEIP
Medgate Employee Import Program; the prior acronym used for Cority’s bio-demo data import (aka HRIE)
MGIP
Medgate Generic Import Program; Cority’s Import tool to load non-bio-demo data files, such as the Org Tree, into the system
OM
Occupational Medicine (aka OccMed)
PD
PM
QAL
RAIS
Research Administration Information Services
SaaS
Software as a Service – a method of software delivery and licensing in which software is accessed online via a subscription, rather than bought and installed on individual computers.
SEG
Similar Exposure Group
SME
Subject Matter Expert
SSIT
Student Services Information Technologies
TL