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2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition
2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition
2015-04-12 - 2015-04-16    
All Day
McCormick Place
General Conference Information The 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, April 12-16 in Chicago, brings together 38,000+ healthcare IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from [...]
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2015 CONVENTION - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION: TIME FOR A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT
2015 CONVENTION - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION: TIME FOR A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT
2015-04-16 - 2015-04-18    
All Day
2015 CONVENTION - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION: TIME FOR A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT
The 17th QMA's convention will be held April 16-18, 2015. The Québec Medical Association (QMA) invites you to share your opinion on the theme La profession médicale : vers un nouveau [...]
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HCCA's 19th Annual Compliance Institute
HCCA's 19th Annual Compliance Institute
2015-04-19 - 2015-04-22    
All Day
The World Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
April 19-22, 2015 Lake Buena Vista, FL Early Bird Rates end January 7th The Annual Compliance Institute is HCCA’s largest event. Over the course of [...]
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AAOE Annual Conference 2015
AAOE Annual Conference 2015
2015-04-25 - 2015-04-28    
All Day
Hilton Chicago
AAOE Annual Conference 2015 The AAOE is the only professional association strictly dedicated to orthopaedic practice management. Currently, our membership has over 1,300 members in [...]
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63rd ACOG ANNUAL MEETING - Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
63rd ACOG ANNUAL MEETING - Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
2015-05-02 - 2015-05-06    
All Day
270 Saint-Antoine Ouest Montreal, Quebec
The 2015 Annual Meeting: Something for Every Ob-Gyn The New Year is a time for change! ACOG’s 2015 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, May 2–6, [...]
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Events on 2015-04-12
2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition
2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition
12 Apr 15
Chicago
Events on 2015-04-16
2015 CONVENTION - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION: TIME FOR A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT
2015 CONVENTION - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION: TIME FOR A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT
16 Apr 15
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Events on 2015-04-19
HCCA's 19th Annual Compliance Institute
HCCA's 19th Annual Compliance Institute
19 Apr 15
FL
Events on 2015-04-25
AAOE Annual Conference 2015
AAOE Annual Conference 2015
25 Apr 15
Chicago, IL 60605
Events on 2015-05-02
63rd ACOG ANNUAL MEETING - Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
63rd ACOG ANNUAL MEETING - Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
2 May 15
Quebec
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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