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HIMSS

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Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a better understanding of healthcare information and management systems.

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HIE

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Healthcare Information Exchange

Software products that facilitate exchanging of health information between either acute care hospital or ambulatory

Acute to acute (non-owned) entities using commercial available solutions.

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CDR

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Clinical Data Repository

Repository from various hospital departmental systems or a data warehouse, which allows access to a patients’s record through one login.

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EHR

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Electronic Health Record

A systematic collection of health information about individual patients or population.

See EMR

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EMR

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Electronic Medical Record

Replaces physical folders

See:
EHR - Electronic Health Record
CDR - Clinical Data Repository

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AHA

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American Hospital Association. Organization that promotes the quality provision of healthcare by hospitals and healthcare networks through such effort promoting effective public policy and providing information related to healthcare and health administration.

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AHIMA

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American Health Information Management Association: Professional organization for the field of medical record management.

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AMA

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American Medical Association: The largest association of physicians and medical students in the United States.

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AP

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Accounts Payable; Anatomic Pathology

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AR

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Accounts Receivable

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ARRA

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009. A large appropriation was made for healthcare providers who achieve meaningful use.

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BHAG

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Big Hair Audacious Goal (from Good To Great)

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CCHIT

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Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology; a private non-profit organization that serves as a recognized US certification authority for electronic health records and their networks.

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CHIME

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College of Healthcare Information Management Executives; aids professional development of healthcare CIOs, organization holds conferences.

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CMS

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S. federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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CPOE

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Computerized Physician Order Entry; replaces paper prescriptions because the doctor enters prescription order directly into the computer.

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DMI

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Document Management and Imaging

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ED

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Emergency Department

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EDI

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Electronic Data Interchange; structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means.

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eMAR

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Electronic Medical Administration Record; an electronic record of all of the medications that have been administered to the patient while at the hospital which includes the time and date of administration as well as who administered the drug.

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EMPI

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Enterprise MasterPatient Index: database that contains a unique identifier for every patient in the enterprise.

MPI and EMPI are often used synonymously.

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ERP

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Enterprise Resource Planning: Integrated computer-based system used to manage internal and external resources including tangible assets, financial resources, materials, and human resources.

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GL

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General Ledger

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H&P

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History and Physical Examination

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HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. A U.S. regulation that gives patients greater access to their own medical records and more control over how their personal identifiable health information is used. The regulation also addresses the obligations of healthcare providers and health plans to protect health information. In general, covered entities such as health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and health care providers which condition certain financial and administrative transaction electronically had until April 14, 2003 to comply]

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HIS

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Health Information System

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HIT

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Health Information Technology

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HR

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Human Resources

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IDN

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Integrated Delivery Network. A group of healthcare provider facilities (hospitals and clinics) that make up an integrated network.

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IP

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Inpatient

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JCAHO

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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. An indecent, non-profit organization run by physicians, nurses, and consumers that set the standards by which healthcare quality is measured. Healthcare organizations can become accredited by JCAHO.

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KLAS

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Kent, Leonard, Andrew and Scott

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LIS

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Laboratory Information System; many components including blood bank, testing, anatomical pathology.

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MGMA

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Medical Group Management Association: is the principal voice for medical group practice management professionals in the U.S. MGMA serves 22,500 members who lead and manage more than 13,700 organization in which almost 275,000 physicians practice.

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MM

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Materials Management

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MPI

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Master Patient Index

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ONCHIT/ONC

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Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is at the forefront of the Administration’s Heath IT efforts, and a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve healthcare.

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PA

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Patient Accounting

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PACS

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Picture Archiving and Communication system; repository for images and replaces film

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PM

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Practice Management (systems used in a physician office to perform the functions of billing and scheduling). a PM system deals more with the financial.

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PSF

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Professional Services Firm

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RFP

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Request For Proposal

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RIS

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Radiology Information System

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RSNA

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Radiology Society of North America

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SIIM

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Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine; conference we attend.

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