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San Jose Health IT Summit
San Jose Health IT Summit
2017-04-13 - 2017-04-14    
All Day
The Westin San Jose
About Health IT Summits U.S. healthcare is at an inflection point right now, as policy mandates and internal healthcare system reform begin to take hold, [...]
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Annual IHI Summit
Annual IHI Summit
2017-04-20 - 2017-04-22    
All Day
Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center
The Office Practice & Community Improvement Conference ​​​​​​The 18th Annual Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community taking place April 20–22, 2017, in Orlando, FL, brings together 1,000 health improvers from around the globe, in [...]
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Stanford Medicine X | ED
Stanford Medicine X | ED
2017-04-22 - 2017-04-23    
All Day
Stanford Medicine X | ED is a conference on the future of medical education at the intersections of people, technology and design. As an Everyone [...]
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2017 Health Datapalooza
2017 Health Datapalooza
2017-04-27 - 2017-04-28    
All Day
Washington Hilton
Health Datapalooza brings together a diverse audience of over 1,600 people from the public and private sectors to learn how health and health care can [...]
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The 14th Annual World Health Care Congress
The 14th Annual World Health Care Congress
2017-04-30 - 2017-05-03    
All Day
500 West Cummings Park
The 14th Annual World Health Care Congress April 30 - May 3, 2017 • Washington, DC • The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Connecting and Preparing [...]
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San Jose Health IT Summit
San Jose Health IT Summit
13 Apr 17
San Jose
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Annual IHI Summit
Annual IHI Summit
20 Apr 17
Orlando
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Stanford Medicine X | ED
Stanford Medicine X | ED
22 Apr 17
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2017 Health Datapalooza
2017 Health Datapalooza
27 Apr 17
Washington, D.C
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The 14th Annual World Health Care Congress
The 14th Annual World Health Care Congress
30 Apr 17
Woburn,
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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