- 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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