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This glossary contains definitions and acronyms related to healthcare technology and data management. Healthcare IT is the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry. Automated and interoperable healthcare information systems are expected to lower costs, improve efficiency and reduce error, while also providing better consumer care and service.
Healthcare IT Definitions
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> Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
> Allscripts
> Amalga
> ambulatory medical record
> American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
> ASTM International
> Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC)
> best practice
> Biosense
> California Primary Care Association
> CCHIT
> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
> Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS)
> change control
> clinical decision support system (CDSS)
> Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
> CMIO
> compliance
> compliance audit
> Compliance: Glossary
> computer-assisted coding system (CACS)
> computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
> Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI)
> Continuity of Care Record (CCR)
> Current Procedural Terminology
> cybersecurity
> data breach
> Dell State Health Services
> DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)
> document capture
> Dossia
> e-prescribing
> e-prescribing (eRx) incentive program
> eHealth Initiative
> electronic health record (EHR)
> electronic medical record (EMR)
> Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
> GE Healthcare
> Google Health
> health apps
> health informatics
> health information exchange (HIE)
> health IT (HIT)
> Health Level 7 International (HL7)
> HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)
> HIPAA
> HIPAA business associate
> HIPAA covered entity
> HIPAA disaster recovery plan
> HIT policy committee
> HIT standards committee
> HITSP
> Hospital Compare
> hybrid health record (HHR)
> IBM Watson supercomputer
> ICD-10-CM
> ICD-9-CM
> IT controls
> Joint Commission
> Kinect
> legal health record
> LOINC
> Maintenance Management Information System (MMIS)
> McKesson Corp.
> meaningful use
> medical transcription
> mHealth (mobile health)
> mHealth Alliance
> Microsoft HealthVault
> National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
> National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS)
> National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII)
> National Health Service (NHS)
> National Institutes of Health (NIH)
> National Library of Medicine
> national provider identifier (NPI)
> National Quality Forum (NQF)
> Nationwide-Health-Information-Network (NHIN)
> NHIN Direct
> Office for Civil-Rights (OCR)
> ONC
> personal health information
> personal health record (PHR)
> pharmaceutical detailing
> picture archiving and communication system (PACS)
> Practice Fusion EMR
> problem list
> Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC)
> Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
> public sector
> Quiz: Health IT
> Radiology Information System (RIS)
> Reference Information Model (RIM)
> Regional Extension Center (REC)
> Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO)
> registered health information administrator (RHIA)
> registered health information technician (RHIT)
> remote patient monitoring (RPM)
> RxNorm
> serious reportable event (SRE)
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