Acronyms & Abbreviations
Acronym | Description |
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API | Application Programming Interface. A set of standard software interrupts, calls, functions, and data formats that can be used by an application program to access network services, devices, applications, or operating system |
CMS | Context Management System |
DOB | Date of Birth |
DSTU | Draft Standard for Trial Use |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
FHIR | HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Standard |
HCN | Provincial Health Card Number |
HL7 | Health Level Seven |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | HTTP connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security |
IDP | An organization that creates and provisions accounts through secure processes to health professionals and other users that can be used to access Delivery Channels through the ONE ID Federation |
JHN | Jurisdictional Health Number |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation. A lightweight data-interchange format |
LHIN | Local Health Integration Network |
MOHLTC | Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
MRN | Medical Record Number |
OBO | On Behalf Of |
OID | Object Identifier |
ONE ID | eHealth Ontario’s identity and access management service for digital healthcare applications. ONE ID acts as both an Identity Provider for those users that do not have an applicable account as well as the operator of the Federation and the Federation Broker |
PHI | Personal Health Information. A subset of Personal Information and has the same meaning set out in PHIPA |
PI | Personal Information |
PHIPA | Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, S.O. 2004, Chapter 3, Schedule A, and all regulations adopted thereunder, in each case as amended from time to time |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
UAO | Under the Authority Of |
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier. URI is a string of characters designed for the unambiguous identification of resources |