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Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

Term/Acronym/Abbreviation Description
CPSO College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
DHDR Digital Health Drug Repository
DIN Drug Identification Number
EHR Electronic Health Record
EMPI Enterprise Master Patient Index
FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
HCN Provincial Health Card Number
HIC Health Information Custodian
HL7 Health Level Seven
JSON JavaScript Object Notation
MOH Ministry of Health
ODB Ontario Drug Benefit
OID Object Identifier
PIN Product Identification Numbers
Regex Regular Expression
UPI Unique Provider Identifier number
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Uniform Resource Locator
UUID Universal Unique Identifier
XML Extensible Markup Language