Cases
Acronym Soup
Definitions
IT
100

Patient handoff program at Boston Children’s Hospital.

                                                       


    

What is I-PASS?

100

ONCHIT

What is Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology?

100

Makes use of robotics and computer-assisted generated images such as computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

What is computer-assisted surgery?

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

PACS

What is Picture Archiving and Communications System?

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

strategic priorities (especially putting patients first and payers second) and performance metrics requires evidence-based data.      



What is Carolinas HealthCare System?



 

                                                       


    

300

CAD in medicine

What is Computer-Aided Detection?

300

This works with miniscule materials the size of atoms and molecules. It holds promise for regenerative medicine.

What is nanotechnology?

300

In 2005, this was approved for gynecological procedures.

What is da Vinci?

400

In growing their business, leaders were pursuing the “Lean Startup” customer development model, which recommended that they gather evidence of product-market fit before scaling. 

                                                       


    

                                                       


    

What is Radial Analytics?

400

MIS

What is Minimally Invasive Surgery?

400

This uses light to look inside the body and can give detailed pictures of organs, cells, and molecules.

What is Optical Imaging?

400

Is a computer-controlled, image-directed robot that performed its first hip replacement in 1992.



What is ROBODOC?

500

STAR


What is Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot?


500

This has the potential of making surgical expertise available on battlefields, space stations, and in remote rural areas.

What is Telepresence Surgery (Distance Surgery)?

500

On the borderline between radiology and surgery and is a noninvasive technique that is currently used to treat brain tumors in a 1-day session.

What is stereotactic radiosurgery (gamma knife surgery)?