Master Patient Index (MPI)

A master patient index (MPI) is an electronic medical database that holds information on every patient registered at a healthcare organization.

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 Class (MDC)

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

Medical 3-D Printing

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

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)

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

HIMSS is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote the best use of information technology and management systems in the health care industry

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality, safety, cost-effectiveness, and access, through the best use of information technology and management systems. Originally founded in Continue reading Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

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 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)