Healthcare Glossary
Browse 4 healthcare terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Healthcare Terms
- EHR
- Electronic Health Record — a digital version of a patient's medical history maintained by healthcare providers. EHR systems (Epic, Cerner) are notoriously...
- HIPAA
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — a US federal law that sets standards for protecting sensitive patient health information (PHI). In...
- HL7
- Health Level Seven — a set of international standards for the transfer of clinical and administrative health data between software applications. HL7 v2 uses...
- Protected Health Information
- Health-related information linked to an identifiable individual and protected under regulations such as HIPAA in the United States. Protected health...
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- Compliance (2 terms in common)
- Privacy (2 terms in common)
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- Standards (1 terms in common)
- Data (1 terms in common)