List of abbreviations used in health informatics
List of abbreviations used in health informatics
Health informatics, also known as medical informatics, is a field that combines healthcare, information technology, and business administration to improve the quality and safety of patient care. The field uses a variety of abbreviations and acronyms to streamline communication and documentation. Below is a list of commonly used abbreviations in health informatics.
A
- ADT - Admission, Discharge, and Transfer
- AI - Artificial Intelligence
- AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- API - Application Programming Interface
B
- BI - Business Intelligence
- BPM - Business Process Management
C
- CDS - Clinical Decision Support
- CPOE - Computerized Physician Order Entry
- CRM - Customer Relationship Management
- CIS - Clinical Information System
D
E
- EHR - Electronic Health Record
- EMR - Electronic Medical Record
- ePHI - Electronic Protected Health Information
F
G
H
- HIE - Health Information Exchange
- HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HIT - Health Information Technology
- HL7 - Health Level Seven International
I
- ICD - International Classification of Diseases
- IHE - Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
- IT - Information Technology
L
M
- ML - Machine Learning
- MPI - Master Patient Index
N
P
- PHR - Personal Health Record
- PACS - Picture Archiving and Communication System
- PHI - Protected Health Information
R
S
T
- Telehealth - Telehealth
- Telemedicine - Telemedicine
V
- VNA - Vendor Neutral Archive
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- Health informatics
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- Clinical decision support system
- Health information exchange
- Health Level Seven International
- Telehealth
- Artificial intelligence in healthcare
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