Acronyms
Legislative/Administrative
Legislative/Administrative
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
EMR
Electronic Medical Record (Medical Professionals)
CHIP
Children's Health Insurance Program (1997 as part of the Balanced Budget Act)
The practice of dermatology using telecommunications networks.
Teledermatology
The study of diseases in populations by collecting and analyzing statistical data.
Emidemiology
HIT
Health Information Technology
EHR
Electronic Health Records (Patient Portal)
HMO
Health Maintenance Organization (Fixed yearly fee. Must used approved network)
The transmission of microscopic images over telecommunication lines.
Telepathology
A global disease outbreak to which everyone is susceptible.
Pandemic
ONCHIT
Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (2004)
ICD
International Classification of Diseases (Diagnosis)
DRG
Diagnosis-Related Group
Program that connects small hospitals with stroke experts.
Telestroke (tPA)
Computers create a what-if scenario of what would happen if a disease spreads.
Simulation
HITECH
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (2009)
CPT
Current Procedural Terminology (labs, treatments, tests)
System where each insurance company must be billed and payment recieved before the patient is billed.
Bucket Billing
Technique in which the data to be sent are digitized, stored and transmitted over a telecommunications network.
Store and forward Technology
This uses computers to solve biological problems.
Bioinformatics.
EOB
Explanation of Benefits
HIS
Health Information Systems
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Technology that is used to link electronic devices (e.g., a pacemaker with a cell phone)
Bluetooth
Antibiotic-resistance bacteria.
Superbugs