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1st Annual Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
1st Annual Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
2018-02-19 - 2018-02-21    
All Day
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Overview For decades, IHI has been a world-renowned leader in health care improvement, teaching proven methodologies for making and sustaining change. In February 2018, IHI [...]
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3rd World Congress on Public Health & Nutrition
26 Feb
2018-02-26 - 2018-02-28    
All Day
Hear, explore and learn the latest research. Present before distinguished global audience. Collaborate, build partnerships and experience London. Join the global academic community. Conferenceseries Ltd, [...]
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Events on 2018-02-19
1st Annual Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
1st Annual Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
19 Feb 18
Cambridge
Events on 2018-02-26
26 Feb
3rd World Congress on Public Health & Nutrition
26 Feb 18
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.
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