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== Computer Terms ==
 
== Computer Terms ==
#AHP
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;AJAX
::Analytic Hierarchy Protocol
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:*Asynchronous Javascript and XML - Programming that allows applications to transfer data from a server to a user without having to reload the webpage (1)
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;ASP
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:*Application Service Provider - Method to provide a computer application over the internet as opposed to having on the hardware (1)
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;DHTML
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:*Dynamic HTML - see AJAX
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;DSL
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:*Digital Subscriber Line
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;EDI
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:*Electronic Data Interchange - standards that allows companies to use computers and the internet to conduct business such as billing (1)
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;HTML
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:*Hypertext Markup Language - Notation system which describes how a hypertext document should appear on a display screen(2)
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;HTTP
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:*Hypertext Transfer Protocol - Process which allows hypertext documents to be transferred between browsers and the web(2)
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;OCR
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:*Optical Character Recognition - Application which attempts to determine what character is intended on a scanned document(1)
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;OS
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:*Operating System
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;RIAs
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:*Rich Internet Applications - see AJAX
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;SSL
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:*Secure Socket Layer
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;URL
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:*Uniform Resource Locator: Unique address used to locate a document on the internet(2).
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;VPN
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:*Virtual Private Network
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;WLAN
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:*Wireless Local Area Network
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;XML
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:*Extensible Markup Language: Standardized system for representing data as text files which is human readable(1,2)
  
 
== Electronic Health Record ==
 
== Electronic Health Record ==
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;CDR
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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 the network of a healthcare enterprise and keeps track of relevant information about people who are of interest to the enterprise(2)
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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 Identifier
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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 ==
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;AHRQ
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:*Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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:*[[Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)]] [http://www.ahrq.gov]
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;CDC
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:*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Services
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:*[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]][http://www.cdc.gov]
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;CMS
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:*Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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:*M/M or M&M = Medicare & Medicaid
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:*[[CMS]][http://www.cms.gov]
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;HHS
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:*U.S.Department of Health and Human Services
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:*[http://www.hhs.gov]
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;NLM 
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:*National Library of Medicine
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:*[http://www.nlm.nih.gov]
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;OIG
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:*Office of the Inspector General
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:*[http://www.oig.hhs.gov]
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;ONC
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:*Office of National Coordinator
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:*[http://www.healthit.hhs.gov]
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;ONCHIT
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:*Office of National Coordinator Health Information Technology - See ONC
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:*[[Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)]]
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== Legislation ==
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;ARRA
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:*American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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:*[http://www.recovery.gov]
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;HIPAA
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:*Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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:*[http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa]
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;HITECH Act
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:*Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
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:*[http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa]
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;PPACA
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:*Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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:*[http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html]
  
 
== Organizations ==
 
== Organizations ==
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;AHIMA
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:*American Health Information Management Association
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:*[[AHIMA]][http://www.ahima.org]
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;AMIA
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:*American Medical Informatics Association (Former name)
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:*[[AMIA]][http://www.amia.org]
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;CCHIT
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:*Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
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:*[[CCHIT]][http://www.cchit.org]
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;HITSP
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:*Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel
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:*[[Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)]][http://www.hitsp.org]
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;HIMSS
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:*Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
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:*[[HIMSS]][http://www.himss.org]
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;IHI
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:*Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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:*[http://www.ihi.org]
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;IOM
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:*Institute of Medicine
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:*[http://www.iom.edu]
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;JC
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:*Joint Commission
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:*[http://www.jointcommission.org]
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;NQF
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:*National Quality Forum
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:*[http://www.qualityforum.org]
  
 
== Standards ==
 
== Standards ==
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;ASTM
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:*American Society for Testing and Material
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:*[http://www.astm.org]
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;CDA
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:*Clinical Document Architecture
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;CPT
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:*Current Procedural Terminology - See also UMLS
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:*[[CPT]]
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;CTS
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:*Common Terminology Services
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:*[[CTS]]
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;DICOM
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:*Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
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:*[[DICOM]][http://www.medical.nema.org]
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;HL7
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:*Health Level 7
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:*[[HL7]][http://www.hl7.org]
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;ICD-9
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:*International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision
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:*[[ICD]][http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9.htm]
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;ICD-10
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:*International Classification of Diseases, 10th  Revision
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:*[[ICD]][http://www.cdc.gov/icd10]
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;ISO
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:*International Organization for Standardization
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;LOINC
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:*Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
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:*[[LOINC]][http://www.loinc.org]
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;RXNorm
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:*[[Rxnorm]][http://www.www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/]
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;SNOMED CT
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:*Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms
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:*[[SNOMED]][http://www.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/Snomed/snomed_main.html]
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;SNOP
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:*Systematized Nomenclature of Pathology
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;UMLS
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:*Unified Medical Language System
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:*[[UMLS]][http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/]
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== References ==
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#Carter JH. Electronic medical records: a guide for clinicians and administrators. 2nd ed. Philadelphia. ACP Press. pp. 491-98.
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#Brookshear JG. Computer science: an overview. 10th ed. Boston. Addison Wesley.pp 81-188.
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Submitted by Jerry Stultz, MD
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Latest revision as of 04:13, 29 January 2015

Computer Terms

AJAX
  • Asynchronous Javascript and XML - Programming that allows applications to transfer data from a server to a user without having to reload the webpage (1)
ASP
  • Application Service Provider - Method to provide a computer application over the internet as opposed to having on the hardware (1)
DHTML
  • Dynamic HTML - see AJAX
DSL
  • Digital Subscriber Line
EDI
  • Electronic Data Interchange - standards that allows companies to use computers and the internet to conduct business such as billing (1)
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 - Application which attempts to determine what character is intended on a scanned document(1)
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 which is human readable(1,2)

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 the network of a healthcare enterprise and keeps track of relevant information about people who are of interest to the enterprise(2)
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 Identifier
PHR
  • Personal Health Record - see PHR
PIS
  • Pharmacy Information System
RIS
  • Radiology Information System

Government Organization

AHRQ
CDC
CMS
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • M/M or M&M = Medicare & Medicaid
  • CMS[3]
HHS
  • U.S.Department of Health and Human Services
  • [4]
NLM
  • National Library of Medicine
  • [5]
OIG
  • Office of the Inspector General
  • [6]
ONC
  • Office of National Coordinator
  • [7]
ONCHIT

Legislation

ARRA
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
  • [8]
HIPAA
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • [9]
HITECH Act
  • Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
  • [10]
PPACA
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • [11]

Organizations

AHIMA
  • American Health Information Management Association
  • AHIMA[12]
AMIA
  • American Medical Informatics Association (Former name)
  • AMIA[13]
CCHIT
  • Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
  • CCHIT[14]
HITSP
HIMSS
  • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
  • HIMSS[16]
IHI
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • [17]
IOM
  • Institute of Medicine
  • [18]
JC
  • Joint Commission
  • [19]
NQF
  • National Quality Forum
  • [20]

Standards

ASTM
  • American Society for Testing and Material
  • [21]
CDA
  • Clinical Document Architecture
CPT
  • Current Procedural Terminology - See also UMLS
  • CPT
CTS
  • Common Terminology Services
  • CTS
DICOM
  • Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
  • DICOM[22]
HL7
ICD-9
  • International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision
  • ICD[24]
ICD-10
  • International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision
  • ICD[25]
ISO
  • International Organization for Standardization
LOINC
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
  • LOINC[26]
RXNorm
SNOMED CT
  • Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms
  • SNOMED[28]
SNOP
  • Systematized Nomenclature of Pathology
UMLS
  • Unified Medical Language System
  • UMLS[29]

References

  1. Carter JH. Electronic medical records: a guide for clinicians and administrators. 2nd ed. Philadelphia. ACP Press. pp. 491-98.
  2. Brookshear JG. Computer science: an overview. 10th ed. Boston. Addison Wesley.pp 81-188.


Submitted by Jerry Stultz, MD