1. A healthcare dictionary system providing a term repository accessible for use in supporting the operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising: an input processor for acquiring healthcare transaction message data including data for communication from a first healthcare facility to at least a second different healthcare facility in at least one of a plurality of different communication protocol data formats and being communicated between different facilities of a healthcare enterprise; a data processor for, parsing said acquired transaction message data to identify a communication protocol data format of said transaction message and extracting a term from said acquired transaction message data, comparing said extracted term to terms in a first term repository, said first term repository including at least one of, (a) definitions indicating meaning of a plurality of healthcare terms used by a particular healthcare facility and (b) synonyms of a plurality of healthcare terms used by a particular healthcare facility and updating said first term repository to include said extracted term in response to a determination, said extracted term is absent from said first term repository; and a communication processor for intermittently processing content of said first term repository to be suitable for communication to a second term repository including definitions of a plurality of healthcare terms used by a different healthcare facility.
1. A healthcare dictionary system providing a term repository accessible for use in supporting the operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising: an input processor for acquiring healthcare transaction message data including data for communication from a first healthcare facility to at least a second different healthcare facility in at least one of a plurality of different communication protocol data formats and being communicated between different facilities of a healthcare enterprise; a data processor for, parsing said acquired transaction message data to identify a communication protocol data format of said transaction message and extracting a term from said acquired transaction message data, comparing said extracted term to terms in a first term repository, said first term repository including at least one of, (a) definitions indicating meaning of a plurality of healthcare terms used by a particular healthcare facility and (b) synonyms of a plurality of healthcare terms used by a particular healthcare facility and updating said first term repository to include said extracted term in response to a determination, said extracted term is absent from said first term repository; and a communication processor for intermittently processing content of said first term repository to be suitable for communication to a second term repository including definitions of a plurality of healthcare terms used by a different healthcare facility. 8. A system according to claim 1 , wherein said transaction message data comprises at least one of, (a) a communication involving a healthcare enterprise laboratory, (b) a communication involving a healthcare enterprise pharmacy, (c) a communication involving a healthcare enterprise radiology department, (d) a communication involving a healthcare enterprise modality department, (e) a communication involving a healthcare enterprise administration operation and (f) a communication involving a healthcare enterprise orders or results management operation.