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== Computer Terms == | == 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 == | == 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 == | == Government Organization == | ||
+ | ;AHRQ | ||
+ | :*Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | ||
+ | :*[[Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)]] [http://www.ahrq.gov] | ||
+ | ;CDC | ||
+ | :*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Services | ||
+ | :*[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]][http://www.cdc.gov] | ||
+ | ;CMS | ||
+ | :*Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | ||
+ | :*M/M or M&M = Medicare & Medicaid | ||
+ | :*[[CMS]][http://www.cms.gov] | ||
+ | ;HHS | ||
+ | :*U.S.Department of Health and Human Services | ||
+ | :*[http://www.hhs.gov] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ;NLM | ||
+ | :*National Library of Medicine | ||
+ | :*[http://www.nlm.nih.gov] | ||
+ | ;OIG | ||
+ | :*Office of the Inspector General | ||
+ | :*[http://www.oig.hhs.gov] | ||
+ | ;ONC | ||
+ | :*Office of National Coordinator | ||
+ | :*[http://www.healthit.hhs.gov] | ||
+ | ;ONCHIT | ||
+ | :*Office of National Coordinator Health Information Technology - See ONC | ||
+ | :*[[Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Legislation == | ||
+ | ;ARRA | ||
+ | :*American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | ||
+ | :*[http://www.recovery.gov] | ||
+ | ;HIPAA | ||
+ | :*Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | ||
+ | :*[http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa] | ||
+ | ;HITECH Act | ||
+ | :*Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. | ||
+ | :*[http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa] | ||
+ | ;PPACA | ||
+ | :*Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | ||
+ | :*[http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html] | ||
== 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 == | ||
+ | ;ASTM | ||
+ | :*American Society for Testing and Material | ||
+ | :*[http://www.astm.org] | ||
+ | ;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]][http://www.medical.nema.org] | ||
+ | ;HL7 | ||
+ | :*Health Level 7 | ||
+ | :*[[HL7]][http://www.hl7.org] | ||
+ | ;ICD-9 | ||
+ | :*International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision | ||
+ | :*[[ICD]][http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9.htm] | ||
+ | ;ICD-10 | ||
+ | :*International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision | ||
+ | :*[[ICD]][http://www.cdc.gov/icd10] | ||
+ | ;ISO | ||
+ | :*International Organization for Standardization | ||
+ | ;LOINC | ||
+ | :*Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes | ||
+ | :*[[LOINC]][http://www.loinc.org] | ||
+ | ;RXNorm | ||
+ | :*[[Rxnorm]][http://www.www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/] | ||
+ | ;SNOMED CT | ||
+ | :*Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms | ||
+ | :*[[SNOMED]][http://www.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/Snomed/snomed_main.html] | ||
+ | ;SNOP | ||
+ | :*Systematized Nomenclature of Pathology | ||
+ | ;UMLS | ||
+ | :*Unified Medical Language System | ||
+ | :*[[UMLS]][http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 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 | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:BMI512-SPRING-12]] |
Latest revision as of 04:13, 29 January 2015
Contents
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
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) [1]
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Services
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[2]
- 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
- Office of National Coordinator Health Information Technology - See ONC
- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
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
- HITSP
- Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel
- Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)[15]
- 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
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- SNOP
- Systematized Nomenclature of Pathology
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