Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS) In the field of electronic health records (EHR), Cross Enterprise Document Sharing is a system of standards for cataloging and sharing patient records across health institutions. It provides a registry for querying which patient records are in Continue reading Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS)
Vendor neutral archive (VNA) Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) is a medical imaging technology in which images and documents (and potentially any file of clinical relevance) are stored (archived) in a standard format with a standard interface, such that they can Continue reading Vendor neutral archive (VNA)
Telemedicine Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural Continue reading Telemedicine
Telehealth Telehealth involves the distribution of health-related services and information. Distribution is via electronic information and telecommunication technologies. It allows long distance patient/clinician contact and care, advice, reminders, education, intervention, monitoring and remote admissions. As well as provider distance-learning; meetings, supervision, and Continue reading Telehealth
Hospital Information System (HIS) Hospital Information System (HIS) is an element of health informatics that focuses mainly on the administrational needs of hospitals. In many implementations, a HIS is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage all the aspects of Continue reading Hospital Information System (HIS)
Radiology Information System (RIS) A radiology information system is a computerized database used by radiology departments to store, manipulate, and distribute patient radiological data and imagery. The system generally consists of patient tracking and scheduling, result reporting and image tracking capabilities. RIS Continue reading Radiology Information System (RIS)
Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) A picture archiving and communication system is a medical imaging technology which provides economical storage and convenient access to images from multiple modalities (source machine types). Electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally via PACS; Continue reading Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)
Master Patient Index (MPI) A master patient index MPI is an electronic medical database that is used across a healthcare organization to maintain consistent, accurate and current demographic and essential medical data on the patients seen and managed within its various departments. Continue reading Master Patient Index (MPI)
Medical Device Class (MDC) Medical device A medical device is any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software intended by its manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic and/or Continue reading Medical Device Class (MDC)
Medical 3D Printing 3D Printing 3D printing, a popular term for what is now known as additive manufacturing (AM), refers to various processes used to synthesize a three-dimensional object. In additive manufacturing processing, successive layers of material are formed under Continue reading Medical 3D Printing