Laboratory Information System (LIS)

Laboratory Information System (LIS)

Laboratory Information System (LIS) A laboratory information management system (LIMS) or laboratory information system (LIS) or laboratory management system (LMS), is a software-based laboratory and information management system with features that support a modern laboratory’s operations. Key features include workflow and data Continue reading Laboratory Information System (LIS)

International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is a medical classification list by the World Health Organization

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD-10 ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for Continue reading International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)

Health Level Seven International (HL7)

HL7 is a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers

Health Level Seven International (HL7) Health Level-7 or HL7 refers to a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers. These standards focus on the application layer, which is Continue reading Health Level Seven International (HL7)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was enacted by the United States Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It has been known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act or Continue reading Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Health Information Organization (HIO)

Health information organizations (HIO) are non-profit health organizations that provide information about the American Recovery Reinvestment Act

Health Information Organization (HIO) Health information organizations (HIO) are U.S. government-led non-profit health organizations that provide information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 as it pertains to electronic health records (EHRs) development for incentive payments. These organizations Continue reading Health Information Organization (HIO)

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

HIE is the transmission of healthcare data among facilities, health information organizations and government agencies according to national standards

Health Information Exchange (HIE) Health information exchange (HIE) is the transmission of healthcare-related data among facilities, health information organizations (HIO) and government agencies according to national standards. In practice the term HIE may also refer to the organization that facilitates the Continue reading Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Health Information Technology (HIT)

Health IT is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry

Health Information Technology Health information technology (HIT) is “the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making”. Technology Continue reading Health Information Technology (HIT)

Health Apps

Health apps are application programs that offer health-related services for smartphones and tablet PCs.

Health Apps Health apps are application programs that offer health-related services for smartphones and tablet PCs. As the name goes smart phones are becoming way to smart anybody could have ever imagined. From browsing to playing games everything is just a click Continue reading Health Apps

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The Food and Drug Administration FDA is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. It is responsible for protecting and Continue reading Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Expert System

An expert system, in artificial intelligence, is a computer system that emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert.

Expert System An expert system,  in artificial intelligence, is a computer system that emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert. Expert systems are designed to solve complex problems by reasoning about knowledge, represented primarily as if–then rules rather than through conventional procedural code. The Continue reading Expert System