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== Organizations == | == Organizations == | ||
+ | ;AHIMA | ||
+ | *:American Health Information Management Association | ||
+ | *:[[AHIMA]] | ||
+ | *:[http://www.ahima.org] | ||
+ | ;AMIA | ||
+ | *:American Medical Informatics Association (Former name) | ||
+ | *:[[AMIA]] | ||
+ | *:[http://www.amia.org] | ||
+ | ;CCHIT | ||
+ | *:Certification Commission for Health Information Technology | ||
+ | *:[[CCHIT]] | ||
+ | *:[http://www.cchit.org] | ||
+ | ;HITSP | ||
+ | *:Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel | ||
+ | *:[[Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)]] | ||
+ | *:[http://www.hitsp.org] | ||
+ | ;HIMSS | ||
+ | *:Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society | ||
+ | *:[[HIMSS]] | ||
+ | *:[http://www.himss.org] | ||
+ | ;IHI | ||
+ | *:Institute for Healthcare Improvement | ||
+ | *:[http://www.ihi.org] | ||
+ | ;IOM | ||
+ | *:Institute of Medicine | ||
+ | *:[http://www.iom.edu] | ||
+ | ;JC | ||
+ | *:Joint Commission | ||
+ | *:[http://www.jointcommission.org] | ||
+ | ;NQF | ||
+ | *:National Quality Forum | ||
+ | *:[http://www.qualityforum.org] | ||
== Standards == | == Standards == |
Revision as of 17:18, 3 June 2012
Contents
Computer Terms
- AHP
- Analytic Hierarchy Protocol
- 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 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 Identifier
- PHR
- Personal Health Record - see PHR
- PIS
- Pharmacy Information System
- RIS
- Radiology Information System
Government Organization
- AHRQ
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -US government agency in charge of improving "the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans."(3)
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Services
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[2]
- CMS
- 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 -"Federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information."
- [7]
- ONCHIT
- Office of National Coordinator Health Information Technology - See ONC
- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
Organizations
- AHIMA
- AMIA
- CCHIT
- HITSP
- Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel
- Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
- [11]
- HIMSS
- IHI
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- [13]
- IOM
- Institute of Medicine
- [14]
- JC
- Joint Commission
- [15]
- NQF
- National Quality Forum
- [16]
Standards
- SNOMED CT
- ACRONYM
References
- Carter JH. Electronic medical records: a guide for clinicians and administrators. 2nd ed. Philadelphia. ACP Press. pp. 491-98.
- Brookshear JG. Computer science: an overview. 10th ed. Boston. Addison Wesley.pp 81-188.
Submitted by Jerry Stultz, MD