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NextEdge Health Experience Summit
NextEdge Health Experience Summit
2015-11-03 - 2015-11-04    
All Day
Hilton Philadelphia
With a remarkable array of speakers and panelists, the Next Edge: Health Experience Summit is shaping-up to be an event that attracts healthcare professionals who [...]
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mHealthSummit 2015
mHealthSummit 2015
2015-11-08 - 2015-11-11    
All Day
GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT
Anytime, Anywhere: Engaging Patients and ProvidersThe 7th annual mHealth Summit, which is now part of the HIMSS Connected Health Conference, puts new emphasis on innovation [...]
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24th Annual Healthcare Conference
24th Annual Healthcare Conference
2015-11-09 - 2015-11-11    
All Day
The Credit Suisse Healthcare team is delighted to invite you to the 2015 Healthcare Conference that takes place November 9th-11th in Arizona. We have over [...]
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PFF Summit 2015
PFF Summit 2015
2015-11-12 - 2015-11-14    
All Day
JW Marriott Washington DC
PFF Summit 2015 will be held at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC. Presented by Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Visit the www.pffsummit.org website often for all [...]
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2nd International Conference on Gynecology & Obstetrics
2nd International Conference on Gynecology & Obstetrics
2015-11-16 - 2015-11-18    
All Day
San Antonio
Welcome Message OMICS Group is esteemed to invite you to join the 2nd International conference on Gynecology and Obstetrics which will be held from November [...]
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Events on 2015-11-03
NextEdge Health Experience Summit
NextEdge Health Experience Summit
3 Nov 15
Philadelphia
Events on 2015-11-08
mHealthSummit 2015
mHealthSummit 2015
8 Nov 15
National Harbor
Events on 2015-11-09
24th Annual Healthcare Conference
24th Annual Healthcare Conference
9 Nov 15
Events on 2015-11-12
PFF Summit 2015
PFF Summit 2015
12 Nov 15
Washington, DC
Events on 2015-11-16
2nd International Conference on Gynecology & Obstetrics
2nd International Conference on Gynecology & Obstetrics
16 Nov 15
San Antonio
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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