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Health Informatics 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Extensible Markup Language (XML) | A simplified version of SGML especially designed for web documents, developed by the W3C. |
| Health Level Seven (HL7) | One of several American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) operating in the healthcare arena. HL7's domain is clinical and administrative data. |
| Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) | The common data standard for images in EHRs. |
| Logical Observations, Identifiers, Names, Codes (LOINC) | A clinical term important for laboratory test orders and results, produced by the Regenstrief Institute. |
| Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) | A standardized vocabulary system for medical databases. Current modules contain more than 144,000 terms and are available in at least 12 languages; could become the standard vocabulary for speech recognition systems and computer-based patient records. |
| International Classification of Diseases, 9th ed or 10th ed (ICD-9 or ICD-10) | A coding system for medical diagnoses, symptoms, and nonspecific complaints; frequently used on insurance claim forms to identify the reasons for providing medical services. |
| Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) | Used for billing the level and complexity of service rendered. Standard was developed, owned and operated by the American Medical Association (AMA) for a fee. |
| Telecommunications Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) | A collection of internet communication protocols between two computers. The TCP protocol is responsible for an error-free connection, while the IP protocol is responsible for the data packets sent over the network. |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | The standard set of rules for sending text files across the internet. It requires an HTTP client program at one end and an HTTP server program at the other end. |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | The language of the web. HTML is a set of tags that are used to define the content, layout and the formatting of a web document. Web browsers use the HTML tags to define how to display the text. |
| Uniform Resource Locator/Identifier (URL or URI) | A web address; the standard way to address web documents (pages) on the internet (e.g., http://www.atsu.edu/) |
| Representational State Transfer (RESTful) | An aggregate description of the functional model of how HTTP allows for the deployment of the WWW over the internet. It can be utilized to provide non-WWW content delivery over any application protocol. REST is an architecture, not a standard. |
| Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) | A standard protocol for letting applications communicate with each other using XML. |
| Local Area Network (LAN) | A network between computers in a local area (like inside a building), usually connected via local cables. |
| Wide Area Network (WAN) | Computers connected together in a wide network, larger than a LAN, usually connected via phone lines. |
| Virtual Private Network (VPN) | A private network between two remote sites, over a secure encrypted virtual internet connection (a tunnel). |
| Application Programming Interface (API) | An interface for letting a program communicate with another program. In web terms: an interface for letting web browsers or web servers communicate with other programs. |
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