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HIM Abbreviations
Health Information Management Abbreviations
Term | Definition |
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ALC | Alternate Level of Care |
SLC | Standards of Life Cycle |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CMG | Case Mix Groups |
CACS | Comprehensive Ambulatory Classification System |
RUG | Resource Utilization Groups |
CCRS | Continuing Care Reporting System |
DI | Diagnostic Imaging |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
EPR | Electronic Patient Record |
HIAL | Health Information Access Layer |
ICD-O | International Classification of Disease for Oncology |
PACS | Picture Archive and Communication Systems |
QA | Quality Assurance |
TQM | Total Quality Management |
PI | Performance Improvement |
PIS | Pathology Information Systems |
EDIS | Emergency Department Information Systems |
ROI | Release of Information |
BI | Business Intelligence |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
COO | Chief Operating Officer |
Chief Operating Officer | Chief Information Officer |
CMO | Chief Medical Officer |
CORR | Canadian Organ Replacement Registry |
DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association |
EHRi | Electronic Health Record Infostructure |
HIE | Health Information Exchange |
ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
LOHIM | Learning Outcomes for Health Information Management |
EMPI | Enterprise-wide Master Person Index |
MPI | Master Patient Index |
PHI | Personal Health Information |
QI | Quality Improvement |
SCWG | Standard Collaborative Working Groups |
CCHIM | Canadian College of Health Information Management |
CHIM | Certified Health Information Management |
CPO | Chief Privacy Officer |
ICPC | International Classification of Primary Care |
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes |
MRDX | Most Responsible Diagnosis |
PHR | Personal Health Record |
RAI | Resident Assessment Instrument |
SDLC | System Development Life Cycle |
DBLC | Database Life Cycle |
CCI | Canadian Classification of Health Interventions |
PPB | Professional Practice Brief |
CPOE | Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems |
DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
iEHR | interoperable Electronic Health Record |
MAC | Major Ambulatory Clusters |
NACRS | National Ambulatory Care Reporting System |
DAD | Discharge Abstract Database |
PIA | Privacy Impact Assessment |
TRA | Threat and Risk Assessments |
RFI | Request for Information |
SDO | Standards Development Organizations |
MITA | Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance |
IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise |
CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement |
EBM | Evidence-Based Medicine |
EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
CCD | Continuity of Care Documents |
HMDB | Hospital Morbidity Database |
HCRS | Home Care Reporting System |
HMHD | Hospital Mental Health Database |
NRRS | National Rehabilitation Reporting System |
OTR | Ontario Trauma Registry |
NTR | National Trauma Registry |
MCC | Major Clinical Categories |
CIMI | Clinical Information Modeling Initiative |
PIPEDA | Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act |
SNOMED | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
CDA | Clinical Document Architecture |
ADT | Admission, Discharge and Transfer |
CJRR | Canadian Joint Replacement Registry |
MIT | Medical Imagining in Canada |
NPDUIS | National Prescription Drug Utilization Information System |
NSIR | National System for Incident Reporting |
OMHRS | Ontario Mental Health Reporting System |
CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
EDMS | Electronic Document Management Systems |
ER | Entity Relationship |
HSMR | Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
MDS | Minimum Data Sets |
SOAP | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan |
RFP | Request for Proposal |
CMDB | Canadian MIS Database |
NHEX | National Health Expenditure Database - |
DBMS | Database Management System |
NLP | Natural Language Processing |
CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
ERD | Entity Relationship Diagram |
ICD | International Classification of Disease |
MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
POMR | Problem-Oriented Medical Record |
RIS | Radiology Information Systems |
UM | Utilization Management |
UMLS | Unified Medical Language System |
RIW | Resource Intensity Weight |
EPF | Established Programs Financing |
CHST | Canada Health and Social Transfer Act |
RHA | Regional Health Authority |
RIHA | Regional Integrated Health Authority |
LHIN | Local Health Integration Network |
DIKW | Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom |
ELOS | Expected Length of Stay |
ALOS | Average Length of Stay |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
PK | Primary Key |
ETL | Extract/Transform/Load |
DA | Data Administrator |
DBA | Database Administrator |
ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
CDI | Clinical Documentation Improvement |
CDSs | Clinical Documentation Specialists |
DQA | Data Quality Audit |
TJC | The Joint Commission |
QM | Quality Management |
DQM | Data Quality Management |
TJC | The Joint Commission |
QM | Quality Management |
DQM | Data Quality Management |
CSS | Canadian Strategy Selection |
CDFU | Canadian Draft for Use |
CAS | Canadian Approved Standard |
OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
RIM | Reference Information Model |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
PHIPA | Personal Health Information Protection Act |
FIPPA | Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy |
ATIPP | Access to Information and Protection of Privacy |
REB | Research Ethics Board |
PEC | Professional Ethics Committee |
ICP | Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario |
SWOT | Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats |
PMBOK | Project Management Book or Knowledge |
SOW | Statement of Work |
PDCA | Plan, Do, Check, Act |
DMAIC | Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control |
RCI | Rapid Cycle Improvement |
KPIs | Key Performance Indicators |
BSC | Balance Scorecard |
AIM | Achieving Improved Measurement |
ROPs | Required Organizational Practices |
AEP | Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol |
CPGs | Clinical Practice Guidelines |
OR | Odds Ratio |
RR | Relative Risk |
RCT | Randomized Clinical Trial |
GRADE | Grades of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
CTFPHC | Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care |
CCR | Canadian Cancer Registry |
CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
CPSI | Canadian Patient Safety Institute |
CIHI | Canadian Institute for Health Information |
COACH | Canada's Health Informatics Association |
HL7 | Health Level 7 International |
IFHIMA | International Federation of Health Information Management Associations |
IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization |
ITAC | Information Technology Association of Canada |
WHO | World Health Organization |
CHIMA | Canadian Health Information Management Association |
HIMISS | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
IMIA | International Medical Informatics Association |
CAHIIM | Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education |
AHIMA | American Health Information Management Association |
NHIMA | Nebraska Health Information Management Association |