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Transforming Medicine: Evidence-Driven mHealth
Transforming Medicine: Evidence-Driven mHealth
2015-09-30 - 2015-10-02    
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Scripps Seaside Forum
September 30-October 2, 2015Digital Medicine 2015 Save the Date (PDF, 1.23 MB) Download the Scripps CME app to your smart phone and/or tablet for the conference [...]
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Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference
Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference
2015-10-04 - 2015-10-07    
All Day
Santa Clara Convention Center
October 4th - 7th, 2015 Join us for our 9th Annual Fall Conference, October 4-7th. Set over 3 1/2 days, the 9th Annual Fall Conference will [...]
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2nd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology
2nd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology
2015-10-05    
All Day
San Francisco, USA
OMICS Group is one of leading scientific event organizer, conducting more than 100 Scientific Conferences around the world. It has about 30,000 editorial board members, [...]
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MGMA 2015 Annual Conference
MGMA 2015 Annual Conference
2015-10-11 - 2015-10-14    
All Day
Nashville
In the business of care delivery®, you have to be ready for everything. As a valued member of your organization, you’re the person that others [...]
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5th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
5th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
2015-10-14 - 2015-10-16    
All Day
london
5th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies" The fifth edition of MobiHealth proposes [...]
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International Health and Wealth Conference
International Health and Wealth Conference
2015-10-15 - 2015-10-17    
All Day
Algarve Congress Palace
The International Health and Wealth Conference (IHW) is one of the world's foremost events connecting Health and Wealth: the industries of healthcare, wellness, tourism, real [...]
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Events on 2015-09-30
Transforming Medicine: Evidence-Driven mHealth
Transforming Medicine: Evidence-Driven mHealth
30 Sep 15
La Jolla
Events on 2015-10-04
Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference
Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference
4 Oct 15
Santa Clara
Events on 2015-10-05
2nd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology
2nd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology
5 Oct 15
Westlake, Los Angeles
Events on 2015-10-11
MGMA 2015 Annual Conference
MGMA 2015 Annual Conference
11 Oct 15
Nashville
Events on 2015-10-14
5th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
5th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
14 Oct 15
london
Events on 2015-10-15
International Health and Wealth Conference
International Health and Wealth Conference
15 Oct 15
Portugal
Glossary

EHR Glossary:

April 5, 2014
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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.
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