Glossary of acronyms

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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