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Acronyms and abbreviations are commonly used within this specification.

Table: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Term/Acronym/Abbreviation	Description
CDM	Conceptual Data Model
CDR	Ontario Clinical Data Repository
DI	Diagnostic Imaging
DICOM	Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DICOM SR	DICOM Structured Report
Di CS	Diagnostic Imaging Common Service
DI-r	Diagnostic Imaging Repository
DOB	Date of Birth
EHR	Electronic Health Record
ERD	Entity Relationship Diagram
FHIR®	HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Standard
HCN	Provincial Health Card Number
HIC	Health Information Custodian
HL7	Health Level Seven
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPs	HTTP connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security
Json/JSON	Java Simple Object Notation
JWT	JSON Web Token
MiCDR	Medical Imaging Clinical Data Repository
MOH	Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
MRN	Medical Record Number
OHIP	Ontario Health Insurance Plan
OID	Object Identifier
OLIS	Ontario Laboratories Information System
ONE ID	An identity and access management system and processes
PACS	Picture Archiving and Communication System
PCR	Provincial Client Registry
PHI	Personal Health Information
PI	Personal Information
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PoS	Point of Service Application or System
PPR	Provincial Provider Registry
REST	Representational State Transfer
SAML	Security Assertion Markup Language
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
STU	Standard for Trial Use
TLS	Transport Layer Security
UAO	Under Authority Of
URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
UTC	Coordinated Universal Time