Acronyms (Why Is All Of This So Complicated?!)
A "tunnel" used to securely link remote sites together via the Internet
VPN
This Redox data model is commonly used to transmit things like the findings of a CBC between organizations
Results
This "purpose of use" for healthcare data exchange is widely seen as a requirement for effectively using Carequality
Treatment
Epic (not EPIC)
A federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
A standard way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. Some EHRs have their own types, and pronounced incorrectly, it sounds like something you might enjoy before a hearty meal at Olive Garden.
API
This emerging Redox offering will help our customers manage patient identifiers and other data across various systems that they're connected to via Redox
Cloud EMPI
This unique number that is issued to health care providers by the federal government is required to use Carequality via Redox.
National Provider Identifier (NPI)
It's an EHR that also happens to be a Redox customer, and which integrates using HL7.
WebPT
Ambulatory
A markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data, it's commonly used in continuity of care documents.
XML
A standard describing data formats and elements (known as "resources") and an application programming interface (API) for exchanging healthcare data
FHIR
This is the product name that we've given to our Carequality connectivity and related features; it can also be purchased using a credit card without a "regular" Redox platform license.
Digital record retrieval (DRR)
Cerner
The federally-funded healthcare program for older folks, as well as people with certain health conditions.
Medicare
This refers to the ID that a patient has within a specific healthcare organization
This integration feature allows a user to launch and log in to an ISV's application from the click of a button or link in the EHR, and requires our standard platform or higher
Single Sign-On (SSO)
This Redox data model is used to create the record that allows our customers to identify themselves and others to find them and their patients via Carequality
Organization
Commonly used for outpatient practices, it has one of the most robust proprietary APIs.
Athenahealth
This recent law was the basis for subsequent government regulations that are meant to prevent "info blocking"
21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act)
A communication protocol widely used in transmitting Health Level Seven (HL7) messages between organizations over a VPN.
Minimal Lower Layer Protocol (MLLP)
It allows the transmission of continuity of care documents and other types of data between network participants, and is commonly referred to by Redoxers as "kinda like secure email"
DirectTrust
This Redox data model is used when ISVs push clinical data to Redox Data on Demand to respond to Carequality network queries/requests on their behalf.
ClinicalSummary (could also be PatientAdmin)
A smaller but still widely-used EHR, it comes in various "flavors" of products, some of which offer APIs and some of use HL7 for integration.
Allscripts
Commonly used in the health insurance industry, this financial institution is meant to facilitate the exchange of claims, payments, and other data across payers and related parties
Clearinghouse