Healthcare Management Information System (HMIS)
A data collection system specifically designed to support planning, management, and decision making in
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Protected Health Information (PHI)
The privacy rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other purposes but gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
It was enacted to improve the privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and security aspects of personal health information, and to simplify the movement of individual patients protected health information between healthcare organizations and professionals.
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Its a nonprofit volunteer, vendor, and provider-supported organization to encourage information scientists and various experts in the healthcare field to endeavor toward the development of standards for the management, processing, integration, and exchange of electronic healthcare information.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
An institute oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector.
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other healthcare providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient's vital medical information electronically- improving the speed, quality, safety, and cost of patient care.
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
The standard for the communication and management of medical imaging information and related data.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
An international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
It was created to motivate the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting technology in the U.S.
Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)
Computer tools or applications to assist physicians in clinical decisions by providing evidence-based knowledge in the context of patient specific data.
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
A computer application that allows a physician's orders for diagnostic and treatment services to be entered electronically instead of being recorded on order sheets or prescription pads.
Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)
A software system that records, manages, and stores data for clinical laboratories.
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)
A classification system used for identifying laboratory results and clinical observations.
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED)
A coding scheme meant to integrate the data accumulated from multi-provider care processes by mapping with ICD, LOINC, and various other data classification standards.
Medical Information Bus (MIB)
An application of networking and information technology for healthcare. Its purpose is to define a standard means of connectivity between critical care beside medical devices and hospital host computers.
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
A set of healthcare procedure codes based on the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
Its at the forefront of the administration's health IT efforts and is 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 health care.
Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS)
A medical imaging technology which provides economical storage and convenient access to images from multiple modalities.
Physician Champion
An individual who assists in communicating and educating medical staff in areas such as documentation procedures for accurate billing and appropriate EHR processes
Legacy Data
Information stored in an old or obsolete format or computer system that is therefore difficult to access or process.
In-House Server
No third party has access to your information. No need to rely on an Internet connection for access to data.
Longitudinal patient records
Incorporate information from over time and across systems to provide a holistic view of a patient's medical history.
Clinical Workflow Analysis
A comprehensive assessment of an organization's process or system for delivering care.
Interoperability
A system's ability to communicate with other digital library systems using standard protocols in order to exchange data.
ICD 9 Diagnosis and Procedure Code
The official system of assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures associated with hospital utilization in the U.S.
Vision
Forming a vision will allow a healthcare organization to better achieve its missions, goals, and objectives. [Show Less]