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