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Informatics Acronyms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| NLN | National League for Nursing |
| AACN | American Association of Colleges of Nursing |
| CIS | Clinical Information System |
| IS | Information System |
| EHR | Electronic Health record |
| HL7 | Health Level Seven |
| TIGER | Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform |
| CHI | Consolidated Health Informatics |
| NHII | National Health Information Infrastructure |
| NHIN | National Health Information Network |
| NGI | Next Generation Internet |
| HIE | Health Information Exchange |
| FHIE | Federal Health Information Exchange |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| CTO | Chief Technical Officer |
| CBIS | Computer Based Information Systems |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| DSS | Decision Support System |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| MIS | Management Information System |
| TPS | Transaction Processing System |
| HIS | Hospital Information System |
| CBIS | Computer Based Information System |
| IT | Information Technology |
| OS | Operating System |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| DVD | Digital Video Disc |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc - Read Only Memory |
| CD-R | Compact Disc - Recordable |
| CD-RW | Compact Disc - Recordable and Rewritable |
| DVD-R | Digital Video Disc - Recordable |
| DVD-RW | Digital Video Disc - Recordable and Rewritable |
| MB | Megabyte |
| GB | Gigabyte |
| TB | Terabyte |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| CI | Cognitive Informatics |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| NI | Nursing Informatics |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HITECH | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act |
| ANA | American Nurses Association |
| HCI | Human Computer Interaction |
| INS | Informatics Nurse Specialist |
| IN | Informatics Nurse |
| CNPII | Committee on Nursing Practice Information Infrastructure |
| SNOMED | Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine |
| NANDA | North American Nursing Diagnosis Association |
| NIC | Nursing Intervention Classification |
| NOC | Nursing Outcome Classification |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| CCC | Clinical Care Classification |
| ICNP | International Classification xfor Nursing Practice |
| PNDS | Perioperative Nursing Data Set |
| ABC | Alternative Billing Codes |
| LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
| NMDS | Nursing Minimum Data Set |
| NMMDS | Nursing Management Minimum Data Set |
| HIMSS | Health Information and Management Systems Society |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| CDS | Clinical Decision Support |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
| HIT | Health Information Technology |
| ONCHIT | Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
| HHS | Health and Human Services |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| PHI | Protected Health Information |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights |
| CMP | Civil Monetary Penalties |
| SDLC | System Development Life Cycle |
| RAD | Rapid Application Development |
| OOSD | Object Oriented System Development |
| DSDM | Dynamic System Development Method |
| TELOS | Technological and Systems, Economic, Legal, Operational and Schedule feasibility |
| MoSCoW | Must have,Should have, Could have, Would have |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| OSS | Open Source Software |
| ADT | Admission Discharge Transfer |
| CPOE | Computerized Physician Order Entry |
| PACS | Picture Archiving Communication System |
| MPI | Master Patient Index |
| DW | Data Warehouse |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| RDMS | Relational Database Management System |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| CWA | Cognitive Work Analysis |
| PDA | Personal Data Assitants |
| EPHI | Electronically Protected Health Information |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| EBP | Evidence Based Practice |
| HCO | Health Care Organizations |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| PH | Public Health |
| QRPH | Quality Research and Public Health |
| CRA | Community Risk Assessment |
| HIE | Health Information Exchange |
| CPHI | Center for Public Health Informatics |
| NCPHI | National Center for Public Health Informatics |
| NHIN | National Health Information Network |
| PHIN | Public Health Information Network |
| QRPH | Quality Research Public Health |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFQ | Request for Quaote |
| IHI | Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| BCMA | Bar Code Medication Administration |
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identifier |
| eMAR | Electronic Medication Administration System |
| AACN | American Association of Colleges of Nursing |
| APN | Advanced Practice Nurse |
| ALA | American Library Association |
| CINAHL | Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Literature |
| ERIC | Educational Resources Information Center |
| NGC | National Guideline Clearinghouse |
| NHGRI | National Human Genome Research Institute |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
| CTO | Chief Technical Officer |
| DHR | Digital Health Record |
| EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
| HCT | Human Computer Technology |
| HIS | Hospital Information System |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| NPI | National Provider Identifier |
| OS | Operating System |
| INS | Informatics Nurse Specialist |
| IHI | Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| DSS | Decision Support Software |
| ACO | Accountable Care Organization |
| IN | Informatics Nurse |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| bps | Bits per second |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| WAN | Wide Angle Network |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| RLO | Reusable Learning Object |
| LIS | Laboratory Information System |
| RIS | Radiology Information System |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFQ | Request for Quote |
| RFI | Request for Information |
| CBT | Computer Based Training |
| EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
| EPR | Electronic Patient Record |
| ONC | Office of the National Coordinator |
| ICD | International Classification of Disease |
| CPT | Common Procedural Terminology Codes |
| UMLS | Unified Medical Language System |
| NHIN | National Health Information Network |
| NDNQI | National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators |
| NCQA | National Committee for Quality Assurance |
| HIMSS | Health Information Management Systems Society |
| ANI | Alliance for Nursing Informatics |
| NICDS | Nurse Intervention Classification Data Set |
| OHHDS | Omaha Home Health Care Data Set |
| CCCDS | Clinical Care Classification Data Set |
| NOCDS | Nursing Outcomes Classification Data Set |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |