| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHRQ is the lead federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare for all Americans.
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| ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)
Commonly referred to, as the Stimulus or Recovery Act, is an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009. It provides major investment dollars for the implementation of electronic health records.
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| CCHIT |
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
A non-profit organization with the public mission of accelerating the adoption of heath IT. CCHIT offers authorized certification of electronic health record technology.
http://www.cchit.org/about
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| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMS is a department within HHS that administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and has the main responsibility for administering provider payments and incentives to promote the use of HIT and EHR technology.
http://www.cms.gov/
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| CPOE |
Computerized Physician Order Entry
CPOE is a process of electronic entry of medical practitioner instructions for the treatment of patients
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| EHR |
Electronic Health Record
A repository of electronically maintained information about an individual's health status and health care, stored so multiple qualified users can access the record.
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| EP |
Eligible Professionals
Qualified participants in the EHR incentive program are known as Eligible Professionals
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| HHS |
United States Department of Health and Human Services
The principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans.
http://www.hhs.gov/
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| HIE |
Health Information Exchange
The mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system
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| HIM AHIMA |
Health Information Management
The practice of maintenance and care of health records by traditional and electronic means in hospitals, medical practices, health departments, health insurance companies, and other facilities that provide health care or maintenance of health records.
American Health Information Management Association
HIM's standards history is dated back to the introduction of the American Health Information Management Association
http://www.ahima.org/
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| HIMSS |
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare
http://www.himss.org/ASP/index.asp
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| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)
The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/
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| HISPC |
Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration
HISPC aims to address the privacy and security challenges presented by electronic health information exchange through multi-state collaboration. Each HISPC participant continues to have the support of its state or territorial governor and maintains a steering committee and contact with a range of local stakeholders to ensure that developed solutions accurately reflect local preferences.
http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1240&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=2&mode=2
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| HIT |
Health Information Technology?
The umbrella term used to describe initiatives at the federal and state level and within the private sector to link electronically health information that is currently scattered and isolated among many different stakeholders.
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| HITECH |
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on February 17, 2009. It provides financial incentives to medical practices to help them adopt EHR systems.
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ICD–9–CM
ICD–10–CM |
International Classification of Diseases-Clinical Modification
A coding system for medical diagnoses, symptoms, and nonspecific complaints.
ICD-10 codes must be used on all HIPAA transactions, including outpatient claims with dates of service, and inpatient claims with dates of discharge on and after October 1, 2013
https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/
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| NHIN |
Nationwide Health Information Network
NHIN is being developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a phased manner to advance the nation toward the president's goal of providing access to secure electronic health records to most Americans by 2014.
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| NPI |
National Provider Identifier
A National Provider Identifier or NPI is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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| NPPES |
National Plan and Provider Enumeration System
Developed by CMS to assign unique identifiers for health care providers and health plans to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the electronic submission of health information
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do
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| ONCHIT |
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
ONCHIT has the main responsibility within HHS for defining meaningful use and setting other HIT-related policies.
http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/community/healthit_hhs_gov__home/1204
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| PECOS |
Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System
PECOS supports the Medicare provider and supplier enrollment process by capturing provider/supplier information from the CMS-855 family of forms. The system manages, tracks, and validates enrollment data collected in both paper form and electronically via the Internet.
https://pecos.cms.hhs.gov/pecos/login.do
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