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:Clinical Data Repository
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;CDS
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:Clinical Decision Support - see [[CDS]]
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;CDSS
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:Clinical Decision Support System
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;CIS
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:Clinical Information System - EHR is the preferred term
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;CPOE
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:Computerized Physician Order Entry - see [[CPOE]]
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;CPR
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:Computer-based Patient Record
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;EBM
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:Evidence Based Medicine - see [[EBM]]
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;EHR
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:Electronic Health Record - Preferred name
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;eMAR
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:electronic Medication Administration Record
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;EMPI 
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:Enterprise Master Person (or Patient) Index - A database that lives on a the network of a healthcare enterprise and keeps track of relevant information about people who are of interest to the enterprise
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;EMR
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:Electronic Health Record - EHR is the preferred term see [[EMR]]
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;HIE
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:Health Information Exchanges
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;HIT
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:Health Information Technology 
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;LAB
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:Laboratory Accreditation Bureau
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;LIS
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:Laboratory Information System
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;MPI
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:Master Patient Index
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;NPI
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:National Provider Indentifier
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;PHR
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:Personal Health Record - see [[PHR]]
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;PIS
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:Pharmacy Information System
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;RIS
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:Radiology Information System
  
 
== Government Organization ==
 
== Government Organization ==

Revision as of 14:07, 3 June 2012

Computer Terms

AHP
Analytic Hierarchy Protocol
AJAX
Asynchronous Javascript and XML
ASP
Application Service Provider
DHTML
Dynamic HTML
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language: Notation system which describes how a hypertext document should appear on a display screen (2)
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol: Process which allows hypertext documents to be transferred between browsers and the web(2).
OCR
Optical Character recognition
OS
Operating System
RIAs
Rich Internet Applications
See AJAX
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
URL
Uniform Resource Locator: Unique address used to locate a document on the internet(2).
VPN
Virtual Private Network
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
XML
Extensible Markup Language: Standardized system for representing data as text files(2)

Electronic Health Record

CDR
Clinical Data Repository
CDS
Clinical Decision Support - see CDS
CDSS
Clinical Decision Support System
CIS
Clinical Information System - EHR is the preferred term
CPOE
Computerized Physician Order Entry - see CPOE
CPR
Computer-based Patient Record
EBM
Evidence Based Medicine - see EBM
EHR
Electronic Health Record - Preferred name
eMAR
electronic Medication Administration Record
EMPI
Enterprise Master Person (or Patient) Index - A database that lives on a the network of a healthcare enterprise and keeps track of relevant information about people who are of interest to the enterprise
EMR
Electronic Health Record - EHR is the preferred term see EMR
HIE
Health Information Exchanges
HIT
Health Information Technology
LAB
Laboratory Accreditation Bureau
LIS
Laboratory Information System
MPI
Master Patient Index
NPI
National Provider Indentifier
PHR
Personal Health Record - see PHR
PIS
Pharmacy Information System
RIS
Radiology Information System

Government Organization

Organizations

Standards

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ACRONYM

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References

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  2. Brookshear JG. Computer science: an overview. 10th ed. Boston. Addison Wesley.pp 81-188.


Submitted by Jerry Stultz, MD