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A Behavioral Health Collision At The EHR Intersection
2014-09-30    
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Date/Time Date(s) - 09/30/2014 2:00 pm Hear Why Many Organizations Are Changing EHRs In Order To Remain Competitive In The New Value-Based Health Care Environment [...]
Meaningful Use and The Rise of the Portals
2014-10-02    
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Meaningful Use and The Rise of the Portals: Best Practices in Patient Engagement Thu, Oct 2, 2014 10:30 PM - 11:15 PM IST Join Meaningful [...]
Adva Med 2014 The MedTech Conference
2014-10-06    
All Day
Adva Med 2014 The MedTech Conference October 6-8, 2014 McCormick Place Chicago, IL For more information, visit, advamed2014.com For Registration details, click here  
Public Health Measures Meaningful Use
2014-10-09    
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Public Health Measures Meaningful Use: Reporting on Public Health Measures Join Meaningful Use expert Jim Tate for a three part series of webinars addressing MU [...]
2014 Hospital & Healthcare I.T. Conference
2014-10-13    
All Day
Join us at our 2014 Hospital & Healthcare I.T. Conference and experience the following: Up to 125 Hospital & Healthcare I.T. executives from America’s most prestigious [...]
Connected Health Care 2014
Key Trends That will be Discussed at the Conference! Connected Healthcare 2014 is set to explore the crucial topics that are revolutionizing the connected health industry: [...]
HealthTech Conference
2014-10-14    
All Day
HealthTech Capital is a group of private investors dedicated to funding and mentoring new "HealthTech" start ups at the intersection of healthcare with the computer [...]
Health Informatics & Technology Conference (HITC-2014)
2014-10-20    
All Day
Information technology has ability to improve the quality, productivity and safety of health care mangement. However, relatively very few health care providers have adopted IT. [...]
HIMSS Amsterdam 2014
2014-10-20    
12:00 am
About HIMSS Amsterdam 2014 This year, the second annual HIMSS Amsterdam event will be taking place on 6-7 November 2014 at the Hotel Okura. The [...]
Patient Portal Functionality and EMR Integration Demonstration
2014-10-22    
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
This purpose of this webcast is to present a demonstration to show how the Patient Portal integrates with EMR, as well as discuss how this [...]
Connected Health Symposium 2014
Symposium 2014 - Connected Health in Practice: Engaging Patients and Providers Outside of Traditional Care Settings Collaborating with industry visionaries, clinical experts, patient advocates and [...]
CHIME College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
2014-10-28 - 2014-10-31    
All Day
The Premier Event for Healthcare CIOs Hotel Accomodations JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country 23808 Resort Parkway San Antonio, Texas 78761 Telephone: 210-276-2500 Guest Fax: [...]
The Myth of the Paperless EMR
2014-10-29    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Is Paper Eluding Your Current Technologies; The Myth of the Paperless EMR Please join Intellect Resources as we present Is Paper Eluding Your Current Technologies; The Myth [...]
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Connected Health Care 2014
14 Oct 14
San Diego
HealthTech Conference
14 Oct 14
San Mateo
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20 Oct 14
Amsterdam
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Glossary

EHR Glossary:

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  • Ambulatory care: is any medical care delivered on an outpatient basis.
  • CCHIT: Acronym for Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
  • Computerized Patient Record (CPR): Also known as an EMR or EHR. A patient’s past, present, and future clinical data stored in a server.
  • Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE): A system for physicians to electronically order labs, imaging and prescriptions.
  • Fee Schedule: A set maximum fee that an insurance company will pay a healthcare provider.
  • HIPAA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is a set of federal regulations which establishes national standards for health care information.
  • ICD-9: Internationally recognizable 3 to 5-digit code representing a medical diagnosis. Currently being replaced by the ICD-10 code.
  • National Provider Identifier (NPI): A unique number to define healthcare providers.
  • EHR- Electronic Health Records focus on the total health of the patient-going beyond standard clinical data collected in the provider’s office and inclusive of a broader view on a patient’s care. EHRs are designed to reach out beyond the health organization that originally collects and compiles the information.
  • HIT- Health Information Technology is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry.
  • PACS- Picture Archive Communication System is used by radiology and diagnostic imaging organizations to electronically manage information and images.