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Legislation that addresses standards for transactions and code sets for electronic exchange of health-related information to perform billing or administrative functions; also includes standards for privacy and security of patient information

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Health Insurance portability and accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Patients standards for the electronic exchange for protected health information, for compliance with HIPAA

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AMA Transactions and code set standards

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A system created by the national library of medicine, for describing clinical drugs. It is the meaningful use specification for pharmaceutical names and codes in the United States

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RxNORM

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A system for exchanging information regarding the role of genes in biomedical research in the federal health sector

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Human Gene Nomenclature (HUGN)

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An example of consumer informatics. It is an electronic or paper health record maintained and updated by an individual for himself or herself, a tool tat individuals can use to collect, track and share past and current information about their health or the health of someone in their care

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Personal Health Record (PHR)

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A dictionary of laboratory codes and clinical test descriptors, originated by regenstrief institute and funded by federal support grants as a public resource for the common good. It is publicly usable without any fees or license

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Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)

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Taking the scientific knowledge gained from basic advances in research to bedside by developing new procedures and modes of treatment to improve healthcare

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Translational Medicine

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The process in which individual data elements are represented in the computer by a special code to be used in making comparisons, trending results, and supplying clinical reminders of alerts

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Clinical decision support (CDS)

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The incorporation of computer images with aspects of artificial intelligence to detect and identify potential disease factors

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Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD)

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A standard that promotes a digital image communications format and picture archive and communications systems for use with digital images

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Digital Imaging Communication in Medicine (DICOM)