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Philadelphia Health IT Summit
Philadelphia Health IT Summit
2017-08-10 - 2017-08-11    
All Day
The Warwick
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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International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
2017-08-24 - 2017-08-26    
All Day
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
The Kuala Lumpur 2017 programme The theme for the programme is Aim. Act. Achieve. We look to aim high with our goals for quality improvement this year. [...]
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Events on 2017-08-10
Philadelphia Health IT Summit
Philadelphia Health IT Summit
10 Aug 17
Philadelphia
Events on 2017-08-24
International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
24 Aug 17
Jalan Pinang
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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