Acronyms, Abbreviations & Other Definitions

Acronyms

=Acronyms= with thier brief definitions are listed below. If there is more detailed information available or needed about a particular item, then there will be a link either from the acronym or form the real term to a page with that information.

• CG CareGuide , Allscripts term. A large set of templates created by Allscripts for Touchworks for common medical conditions including diseases, injuries and health maintenance.

• CIS Clinical Information System, industry word. Generic term used to describe the software programs designed to capture manage and analyze health care data.

• CPOE Computerized Physician Order Entry, industry term. The electronic entry by a physician of treatment instructions for patients under his or her care. These orders are communicated over a computer network to medical staff or departments responsible for fulfilling the order. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPOE

• CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

• EHR – Electronic Health Record, industry term. A patient’s medical record in a digital format. Owned and controlled by the provider.

• EMR – Electronic Medical Record, industry term. A patient’s medical record in a digital format.

• FTP – File Transfer Protocol, computer term. A network protocol for transferring files over the internet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftp

• CPT4 - Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition, medical term. A standardized set of codes established by the American Medical Association to identify medical procedures performed and for billing purposes.

• HIPPA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, legal and medical term. Relates to the legal act of 1996.

• HMP – Health Management Plan, Allscripts Term – this is a component of the Clinical Desktop within Touchworks. It is a workspace for reviewing current orders, meds, order reminders, alerts and results for active problems

• HTB – Horizontal Tool Bar the menu bar that appears horizontally across the screen.

• ICD9 -

• KB – Allscripts Knowledge Base, Allscripts term – the knowledge base is an online resource created by Allscripts as a resource tool to support Touchworks users.

• OCD – Orderable Concept Dictionary, Allscripts term –

• OID – Orderable Item Dictionary, Allscripts term –

• PACS – Picture Archiving and Communication System – used to exchange medical images over a network (X-rays, ultrasound etc.)

• PAT – Physician Administration tool
• PCP- Primary Care Provider
• PHR –Personal Health Record –owned and controlled by the patient
• RID – Resultable Item Dictionary
• RCD – Results Concept Dictionary
• RTI-
• ROI – Return on Investment
• SIG –
• SSMT – Starter Set Migration Tool – this is a tool used to move items from test to live
• TW – Touchworks
• TWPM – Touchworks Practice Management
• VPN –Virtual Private Network
• VTB – Vertical Tool Bar – The tool Bar that runs up and down the screen, usually on the left hand side
• XML