APPLICATION MNEMONICS Flashcards
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ABS
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Case Mix\Abstracting
Collects and Reports patient information
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ADM
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Admissions
Patient Registration
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AMB
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Ambulatory
Ambulatory - WEB
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AOM
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Ambulatory Order Mgmt
Prescription writing and management tool plus other features. Also referred to as to RXM. Part of PCM, EDM and MPM suites.
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AP
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Accounts Payable
Tracking of Payables from Invoice through Payment
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APR
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Ambulatory Patient Record
Part of MPM suite; On-line patient clinical record.
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ARM
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Authorization & Referral Mgmt
Included in MPM Suite, SRM Suite or sold separately; A streamlined approach for managing authorizations and referrals.
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BAR
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Billing/Accounts
Receivable
Accommodates multi-entity accounting and assists with every aspect of a health care organization’s billing and collections.
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BBK
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Blood Bank
Part of LIS
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BF
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Budgeting and Forecasting
Purchasable option with ESS; Allows sites to create and manage their budgets.
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BHxxx
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Behavioral Health
For Example BHNMI is Behavioral Health NMI; Applications (prefaced with BH). Please go to the Behavioral Health Application Mnemonics Page for a complete listing
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BMV
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Bedside Med. Verification
Allows caregivers to utilize bar code technology to confirm patient identity and medication information.
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CA
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Cost Accounting
Helps organizations monitor and control their costs.
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CC
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Continuing Care
Provides features necessary to facilitate a full continuum of service for extended care patients and residents.
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CL
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Claims (Electronic)
Subset of BAR
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CM
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Care Manager
Provides a continuum of mental health care.
See link for details.
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CMS
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Corporate Management Software
Propagates Dictionaries from a central HCIS
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CPOE
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Computerized Physician Order Entry
Also referred to as POM; Physicians enter and manage orders from the hospital, home, or while traveling. Code resides in OE; Part of PCM and EDM suites.
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CSD
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Central Software Deployment
Custom application for HCA used to deliver all of their MAGIC software.
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CWS
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Community Wide Scheduling
Simplifies the process by which staff members schedule patient appointments.
Included in SCH.
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DA
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Data Archive
Allows for permanent storage of computer -generated reports and scanned documents.
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DPT
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Departmental
(M) part of OE;
(CS) part of ITS
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DR
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Data Repository
Reporting and Decision Support Tools.
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EAR
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Electronic Ambulatory Record
Part of MPM suite; On-line patient clinical record.
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EDM
Emergency Department Management
Allows Emergency Department staff to manage patients. Product Suite contains EDM, POM
and AOM/RXM applications
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EMR/EMRT
Electronic Health Record
Provides a single source for viewing all relevant clinical information for patients. *"EMRT" is the mnemonic used in AMS for 5.x, but "EMR" should be used in customer documentation. 6.x uses "EMR" in both AMS and documentation.
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EPI
Enterprise Patient Index
Shared database of demographic, insurance, and visit history information for every patient in the integrated care delivery system.
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EPS
Extra PCI Datasource
a.k.a Clinical Review in 5.4 PCM package. (Will become standard in 5.6 and higher) Provides physicians with real-time dynamic views of clinical information for patients.
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eRx
E-Prescribing
| Electronic Prescribing. Works with Medication Reconciliation in conjunction with interfaces to Dr. First.
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ESS
Executive Support System
| Management tool for gathering and analyzing information from throughout their network.
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FA
Fixed Assets
| Helps health care organizations to control and depreciate their assets.
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FOC
Home Care
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FSC
FS Common Files
FS Shared code for all FS applications including PCM, EMRT, PCS, HWS, etc. Allows for redux in number of DTSs at application level
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GL
General Ledger
| Financial bookkeeping and reporting.
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HC
Home Care
| Home Care suite of applications.
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HIM
Health Information Management
| Suite of products. ADM, MRI, ABS, QM/RM
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HIM
Health Information Management
| 6.x platform version of the CS/MG platform's Medical Records application
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HIS
HIS
| $T Counterpart to MIS
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HR
Human Resources
| HR functionality; Used in conjunction with PP
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HRP
Human Resources Planning Suite
| Suite or Products: HR, PP, IAS, STS* (*CS Suite only)
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HUB
HUB
| PART OF EMR;
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HUBS
HUB Server
| Server Code for EMR
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HWS
HUB Web Server
| FS Application used for interfacing with Mobile, Patient Portal and Internet Gateway.
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IAD
Internet Gateway for Physicians
| Part of PCM Suite; Subset of IG;
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IAP
Internet Gateway for Patients
Subset of IG;
Helps HC organizations maintain effective electronic relationships with patients.
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IAS
Internet Gateway for Staff
Part of HR Suite; Subset of IG; Enables staff to easily access work-related data. However customers with just PP (Payroll/Personnel) can also have IAS.
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ICS
Integrated Communications Systems
| Customer Version of RAT applications.
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IG
Internet Gateway
| Suite of Applications including IAP, IAS and IAD
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inSync
Home Care Manager/Business Manager
| Home Health Care suite of applications. (Legacy)
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Interoperability (NMI)
Interoperability Group
| Interfacing Application
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ITS
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Imaging and Therapeutic Services
Radiology product (Includes a version of Departmental)
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LAB
Laboratory
| Part of LIS
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LIS
Laboratory Information System
| Suite of applications: LAB/BBK/MIC/PTH
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LSI
Shared Information
| Part of MPM Suite (historical)
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LTC
Long Term Care
Financial, Administrative, and Clinical system for extended care patients and residents. Please go to the Long Term Care Application Mnemonics Page for a complete listing
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LTAC
Long Term Acute Care
| Same as above except patient eventually is discharged; finite stay
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MAM
Medical Archiving Management
| MEDITECH's Report Archiving Solution (Sold as part of SCA suite)
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MC
Managed Care
2 Applications: MCEM, MCFM;
Retired Application.
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MIC
Microbiology
| Part of LIS
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MIS
Management Information System
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MM
Materials Management
| Tracking of purchase and distribution of items for a healthcare facility
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MMPHA
Materials Management - Pharmacy
| MM linked to PHA
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MOX
Magic Office
| Mailing System, Staff Locator
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MPM
Medical Practice Management
Suite of products containing applications designed to manage outpatient offices. Products include: SCH,PB/R,PWM,EAR,AOM,ARM,LSI
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MRI
Medical Records
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MRM
Medical Records Management
| Batch Scanning with Remote Coding (Sold as part of SCA suite)
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NPPOM
Non- Provider POM
| Refer to OM
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NPR
Non Procedural Representation
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NR
Nurse Rostering
| UK specific product since replaced by NUR STS
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NTP
Patient Care & Patient Safety
| Suite of products that includes: NUR and BMV
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NUR
Nursing
| Equivalent of PCS in Magic.
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OA
Office Automation
| Part of MOX, offers file storage
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OD
Optical Disk
| see Data Archiving
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OE
Order Entry
| Application for entering orders on patients.
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OM
Order Management
Part of PCM Suite, same code as POM
Note. The term OM is used for MAGIC and Client/Server to denote non-provider POM. Not an application for those lines
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ONC
Oncology Management
| Separate application that enhances POM allowing for placement/tracking of chemotherapy type orders.
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OR
Operating Room Management
Provides functionality for all aspects of running a hospital operating room. Part of SCH
(for 6.1 see SUR)
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OS
Operating System
| Operating System
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OUT
Outreach Laboratory
| Part of LIS
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PB/R
Physician/Billing Receivable
| Part of MPM suite.
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PCPS
Patient Care & Patient Safety
| See NTP
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PCI
Patient Care Inquiry
| Source for viewing the Electronic Medical Record.
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PCM
Physician Care Manager Suite
Suite of applications which allow physicians to manage their workloads, review patients' results, manage orders, document care, and electronically sign documents on-line.
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PCM
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PCM Applica (aka PD - Physician Documentation Application)
Allows physicians to document care and is part of the PCM and EDM suites
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PCS
Patient Care System
| Nursing Application for C/S
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PD
Physician Documentation
| Component of the PCM, EDM and ONC application suites dealing with online Physician Documentation
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PDI
Patient Discharge Instructions
Library of physician-approved recovery care instructions to distribute to patients upon discharge. (Accessed via EDM, NUR, ONC)
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PE
Patient Education
Teaches patients and the community about common medical diagnoses, treatments, medications, and care. Comprised of:
* Patient-Centered Education
* General Diagnosis Education
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PHA
Pharmacy
| Helps pharmacists perform their daily activities efficiently and effectively.
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PHM
Patient and Consumer Health Portal
Provides patients and their families with secure, web-based access to their health information. Patients can review their visit history, request appointments and prescription refills, view and pay bills on-line, submit updates to their demographic information, and communicate in confidence with their care
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POC
Point of Care
| Enhancement in NUR and PCS to allow nurses and other caregivers to perform bedside documentation on handheld device.
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POM
Provider Order Management
Physicians enter and manage medication and non-medication orders for inpatients and ED patients. Also referred to as EPOM and CPOE. Part of PCM and EDM suites.
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PP
Payroll Personnel
| Supports payroll, benefit plans, job classifications, withholdings/deductions, and staff types.
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PPC
Pocket PC
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PPH
Payroll for Human Resources
| An application that goes hand-in-hand with Magic HR
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PPM
Physician Practice Management
| Suite including SCH and PRV; no longer sold; replaced by MPM.
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PRV
Provider Application
| Features for managing provider practice encounters; part of PPM suite.
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PTH
Pathology
| Part of LIS
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PWM
Provider Workload Management
| Accessed via MPM or PCM; Enables physicians to access their schedules, manage tasks, review results, etc.
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QM
Quality Management
| Tools for documenting and monitoring quality and environmental issues.
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RAD
Radiology
| Clinical
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RADRW
Radiology Report Writer
| Report writing tool used in conjunction with $T RAD
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RD
Report Designer
| Custom report building tool for 6.x customers
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REG
Registration
| Patient Registration
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RM
Risk Management
| Subset of QM; reporting/tracking tool of risks to patients, staff and visitors and risk of loss to organization itself
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RW
Report Writer
| Report writing tool. Used to create custom reports for output that standard reports do not provide
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RXM
Prescription Order Mgmt
Prescription management tool plus other features. Also referred to as AOM. Part of PCM (not for 6.0), EDM and MPM suites.
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RTA
Resident Trust Accounting
New 6.1 product to be used by our Long Term Care and Behaviour Health facilities to track a patient's money and belongings while they are staying at the facility. Money is deposited and withdrawn from the account. The money in their account can be used to pay for personal items and pay off the patient portion of hospital bills.
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SCA SCN (6.1)
Scanning and Archiving
| Provides Electronic Legal Record via MAM and MRM suite with POC scanning in ADM/BAR and Electronic Chart in MRI
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SCH
Scheduling
| Included with CWS and OR, or as part of MPM suite.
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SCH
Outpatient Scheduling Application
| UK Only
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SPC
Special Maternity
| UK Only
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SS
Theatre Management
| UK Only
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STS
Staffing & Scheduling
| Separate Application in CS. Feature of NUR in MAGIC. Highly integrated with PP
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SUR
Surgical Services
| Provides functionality for running the Department of Surgical Services
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TAR
Transfusion Administration Reaction
| Allows Caregivers to utilize bar code technology to confirm patient identity and blood product information
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TECH
Technical Operations
| AMS Application, Subgroup of Systems
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UNV
Universe
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UPT
UPgrade Tools
Provides MEDITECH and customers an easy and straightforward process to migrate from one particular release, software version or platform to another
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WL
Waitlist Application
| UK Only
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WW
Windows Workstation
| Allows authorized PC users at home or in their offices to connect to the MEDITECH system Internet.
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Zxxx
Restricted (Submerged) Application
| For Example zADM is Restricted Admissions; Commonly used when interfacing to another vendor's application
