Abbreviations and Acronyms
The following table defines abbreviations and acronyms used in the Oracle Healthcare Data Repository Implementation Guide:
Table F-1 Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Abbreviation / Acronym |
Description |
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ABG |
Arterial blood gasses |
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ADT |
Admit, discharge and transfer |
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AGS |
Administrative grouping of services |
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AMA |
American Medical Association |
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API |
Applications Programming Interface |
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B2B |
Business to Business |
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B2C |
Business to Customer |
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CA |
Certificate Authority |
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CAT |
Computer-Assisted Tomography; See also: CT |
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CBC |
Complete blood count |
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CDA |
Clinical Document Architecture |
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CDT |
Current Dental Terminology |
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CDT-2 |
Current Dental Terminology, 2nd Revision |
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CLIA |
Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act |
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CMS |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; formerly called HCFA |
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CPT |
Current Procedural Terminology |
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CPT4 |
Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Revision |
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CT |
Computerized Tomography; See also: CAT |
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CTB |
Oracle Clinical Transaction Base; now HDR |
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DES |
Data Encryption Standard (U.S.) |
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DHHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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DMIM |
Domain Message Information Model |
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DN |
Distinguished Name |
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DNS |
Domain Naming Service |
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DRG |
US Diagnosis Related Group |
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DRS |
Designated Record Set |
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E&M |
Evaluation and Management Guidelines |
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ECG |
Electrocardiogram; electrocardiography |
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EEG |
Electroencephalogram; Electroencephalography |
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EHR |
Electronic health record |
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EMPI |
Enterprise Master Person Index |
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EMS |
Emergency Medical Services |
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ER |
Emergency Room |
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ETS |
Oracle Enterprise Terminology Services |
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ETSID |
An internal identifier for an ETS entity or structure. |
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FDB |
First Data Bank |
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GTS |
General Timing Specification |
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GUI |
Graphic User Interface |
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HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration; now CMS |
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HCPCS |
Healthcare Financing Administration Common Procedural Coding System |
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HCPCS Level II |
Healthcare Financing Administration Common Procedural Coding System, Level II |
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HCSM |
Oracle Healthcare Staff Management |
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HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
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HL7 |
Health Level 7 |
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HMD |
Hierarchical Message Description |
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HPI |
History of present illness |
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HR |
Human Relations; relates to Oracle Human Resource Management. |
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HRMS |
Oracle Human Resource Management. |
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HSS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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HDR |
Oracle Healthcare Data Repository; was Oracle Clinical Transaction Base (CTB) |
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HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
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HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
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HTTPS |
HTTP combined with underlying SSL layer |
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ICD-9-CM |
International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision, Clinical Modification |
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ICD-10 |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health-related problems, 10th Revision |
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ICU |
Intensive Care Unit |
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IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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IETF RFC 1766 |
Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comments 1766: Tags for the Identification of Languages |
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II |
Instance Identifier |
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ISO |
International Standards Organization |
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ISO 3166-1 |
International Standards Organization 3166-1: Country Codes |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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ISV |
Independent Software Vendor; Independent Service Vendor |
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JAR |
Java archive file; contains compressed Java classes |
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JDBC |
Java Database Connectivity |
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JDK |
Java Development Kit |
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JRE |
Java Runtime Environment |
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JSP |
Java Server Pages |
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JVM |
Java Virtual Machine |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LDS |
Limited Data Set |
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LOINC |
Logical Observation Identifier of Names and Codes |
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LOV |
List of Values |
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MDC |
US Major Diagnostic Categories |
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MDF |
Message Development Framework (RIM) |
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MLS |
Multiple Language Support |
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MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Records Information |
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MRN |
Medical Record Number |
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MT |
Message Type |
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NDDF |
US National Drug Data File |
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NLS |
National Language Support |
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OHCA |
Organized Healthcare Arrangements |
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OID |
Object Identifier; Oracle Internet Directory |
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PCP |
Primary Care Provider; Primary Care Physician |
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PE |
Physical Exam |
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PHI |
Personal Health Information |
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PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
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PKE |
Public Key Encoding |
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PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
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RIM |
Reference Information Model (HL7) |
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RMIM |
Refined Message Information Model |
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SCHIP |
State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.) |
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SDO |
Standards Developing Organization |
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SNOMED |
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
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SNOMED CT |
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms |
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SQL |
Structured Query Language |
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SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
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SSO |
Single Sign-on |
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TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
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TPO |
Treatment, Payment, or Healthcare Operation |
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UB92 |
Universal Billing Document [1992] |
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UML |
Unified Modeling Language |
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USAM |
Unified Service Action Model |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language |