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Boston Health IT Summit
Boston Health IT Summit
2017-06-15 - 2017-06-16    
All Day
The Revere Hotel
About Health IT Summits Fuel your Passion. Transform Healthcare. Renowned leaders in U.S. and North American healthcare gather throughout the year to present important information [...]
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Nashville Health IT Summit
Nashville Health IT Summit
2017-06-27 - 2017-06-28    
All Day
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
U.S. healthcare is at an inflection point right now, as policy mandates and internal healthcare system reform begin to take hold, system-wide. How can healthcare [...]
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Events on 2017-06-15
Boston Health IT Summit
Boston Health IT Summit
15 Jun 17
Boston
Events on 2017-06-27
Nashville Health IT Summit
Nashville Health IT Summit
27 Jun 17
Nashville
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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