Cases
Acronym Soup
Definitions
IT
100

Patient handoff program at Boston Children’s Hospital    

What is I-PASS?

100

DTE

What is direct to employers?

100

Improves health care in rural areas, which uses secure video and audio technology to connect care providers in smaller health care facilities with specialists in large hospitals

                                                       


    

                                                       


    

What is Telehealth?

100

This framework contains levels for the world, organization, perspective/role, goals/functions, workflow, information system, module, and technology

What is Informatics Stack?

200

Examines whether a Telehealth platform can be expanded beyond providers and health plans to go directly to consumers

               
                            

                                                       


    

What is American Well?



                                                       


    

200

DTC

What is direct to consumer?

200

This is a machine that uses computer technology to produce images of soft tissue within the body that cannot be pictured by traditional X-ray

What is MRI?

200

Involves the use of virtual environment technology to provide surgeons with realistic accurate models on which to teach surgery and to plan and practice operations.

What is Computer-Assisted Surgical Planning?

300

Online Care Group - “Focus on patients, we take care of the rest"



What is American Well?



 

                                                       


    

300

B2B

What is business to business?

300

Expands Medicaid, reforms some insurance practices, and establishes health insurance exchanges

What the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

300

This watch may detect atrial fibrillation in patients not known to have the disease, which could lead to earlier treatment and reduction of stroke risk

                                                       


    

What is ECG app?

                                                       


    

400

Decided it could leverage data analytics more effectively and more quickly by investing in an in-house group rather than outsourcing to consultants                                                       


    

                                                       


    

What is Carolinas HealthCare?

400

I-PASS

What is Illness Severity, Patient Summary, Action List, Situation Awareness, Synthesis by Receiver?

or 

What is Patient Handoff?

400

Our EHR limits the number of days worth of medication allowed for any new opioid prescription resulting in a reduced number of opioids dispensed per prescription

                                                       


    

What is Geisinger Health System?

400

Proxy indicators for homelessness that is documented in information systems

                                                       


    



What is registration documents (basic information on the patient such as name, address, and insurance) OR electronic medical records OR insurance claims?

                                                       


    

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