Terminology
NACCHO's Informatics
Organizations
100
This is a digital collection of a persons health information
What is an Electronic Health Record?
100
This group of Internet-based applications, which includes Facebook and Twitter, builds on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content
What is social media?
100
This organization is the primary funder of the informatics teams work
What is the CDC?
200
This activity involves the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, which enables LHDs to identify the burden of disease in their community
What is disease surveillance?
200
This is the utility that NACCHO staff use to generate content for the NACCHO website
What is Commonspot?
200
This is the primary Federal agency that provides funding for Community Health Centers' (CHC) health information technology development
What is the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)?
300
This internal Intranet database is used by NACCHO staff to inform on organizational updates and events
What is NACCHOnet?
300
This federal body provides leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure.
What is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology?
400
This concept allows for health information systems to work together within and across organizational boundaries
What is interoperability?
400
This database holds information about NACCHOs members and has an annoyingly frequent password expiration period
What is NetForum?
400
The overall goal of this organization is to develop, promote, and implement data standards for population health practice and research.
What is the Public Health Data Standards Consortium?
500
This online service, used for creating, customizing, and sharing a social network currently powers the health equity coalition website
What is Ning?
500
This organization is the healthcare industry's membership organization focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems.
What is Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)?