Terms, Acronyms & Definitions
Acronym | Organization | Definition |
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BC | British Columbia | A province in Canada |
CHI | Canada Health Infoway | An independent, federally funded, not-for-profit organization tasked with accelerating the adoption of digital health solutions, such as electronic health records, across Canada |
CHIEF | Community Health Information Exchange Foundations | |
CIIP | VCH Community Interoperability & Informatics Project | |
IMITS | Information Management/Information Technology Services | |
MoH | Ministry of Health | BC Ministry of Health |
PHC | Providence Healthcare | |
PHSA | Provincial Health Services Authority | |
VCH | Vancouver Coastal Health | One of five BC health authorities |
VPP | VCH/PHC/PHSA |
Acronym | Clinical | Definition |
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BIA | Business Impact Assessment | |
EHR | Electronic Health Record | |
EMR | Electronic Medical Record | |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | |
MRN | Medical Record Number | |
MSP # | Medical Services Plan # | |
PIA | Privacy Impact Assessment | |
PII | Personally Identifiable Information | |
PHN | Personal Health Number |
Acronym | FHIR | Definition |
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DSTU | Draft Standard for Trial Use | |
FHIR | Fast HealthCare Interoperability Resources | |
FMM | FHIR Maturity Model | |
HL7 | Health Level Seven | |
IG | Implementation Guide | |
RIM | Reference Information Model | |
SMART | Substitutable Medical Apps, Reusable Technology | |
STU | Standard for Trial Use |
Acronym | Technical | Definition |
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API | Application Programming Interface | |
CDA | Clinical Document Architecture | |
CDR | Clinical Data Repository | |
HAPI | Http-API or HL7 API | |
IHE (XDS.b) | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing) | |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation | |
ODS | Operational Data Store | |
OID | Object Identifier | |
RDF | Resource Description Framework | |
REST | Representational State Transfer | |
RESTful API | Representational State Transfer API | Data on one server is “represented” on another server, a reflection |
Turtle | Terse RDF Triple Language | |
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier | |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator | |
URN | Uniform Resource Name | |
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier | |
XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
Acronym | Coding Systems | Definition |
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CDC | Centre for Disease Control | |
ICD | International Classification of Diseases | |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization | |
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes | |
NIH | National Institutes of Health | |
SNOMED CT | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms | |
WHO | World Health Organization |
Acronym | Ontario | Definition |
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DIS | Draft International Standard | |
EPID | Enterprise Provider Identifier | |
IAP | Identity, Access and Privacy | |
IF | Integration Facility | |
pCS | pan-Canadian Standard(s) | |
PI | Personal Information | |
PMS | Pharmacy Medication Management System | |
PoS | Point of Service | |
RHP | Regulated Healthcare Provider | |
UPI | Unique Provider Identifier number |