Terms, Acronyms & Definitions
| Acronym | Organization | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |