E9-31216 Acronyms

Acronyms

AHIC

American Health Information Community

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ASP

Application Service Provider

CAH

Critical Access Hospital

CCD

Continuity of Care Document

CCHIT

Certification Commission for Health Information Technology

CCR

Continuity of Care Record

CDA

Clinical Document Architecture

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CGD

Certification Guidance Document

CMS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CPOE

Computerized Provider Order Entry

EHR

Electronic Health Record

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standards

GIPSE

Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

HIT

Health Information Technology

HITECH

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health

HITSP

Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel

HL7

Health Level Seven

ICD

International Classification of Diseases

ICD–9–CM

ICD, 9th Revision, Clinical Modifications

ICD–10–PCS

ICD, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System

ICD–10–CM

ICD, 10th Revision, Related Health Problems

IHS

Indian Health Service

LOINC

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

MA

Medicare Advantage

NCPDP

National Council for Prescription Drug Programs

NCVHS

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

NLM

National Library of Medicine

NQF

National Quality Forum

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OCR

Office for Civil Rights

OIG

Office of Inspector General

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

ONC

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

PHSA

Public Health Service Act

PQRI

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

REST

Representational state transfer

RFA

Regulatory Flexibility Act

SDOs

Standards Development Organizations

SNOMED CT

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

UCUM

Unified Code for Units of Measure

UMLS

Unified Medical Language System

UNII

Unique Ingredient Identifier

XML

eXtensible Markup Language