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Terminology Unit 4
Terminology Unit 4 (Heather Lopez)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PHI | Protected Health Information(HIPAA) |
| EPHI | Protected Health Information in Eletronic form |
| Electronic Signature | A method of marking an electronic record as “signed” having the same legal authority as a written signature |
| Consent | Under the revised HIPAA Privacy Rule, a patient gives consent to the use of their PHI |
| Authorization | Authorization differ from consent in that it does require the patients permission to disclose PHI |
| Bussiness associate agreement | The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires covered entities that use the services of other persons or businesses to obtain a written agreement that the business associate will comply with the protection of PHI under the Privacy Rule |
| Security rule | HIPAA security standards requiring implementation of appropriate security safeguards to protect health information stored in electronic form |
| Administrative simplification subsection | The Administrative Simplification Subsection of HIPAA covers providers, health plans, and clearinghouses |
| Technical safeguard | Primarily automated processes used to protect EPHI data and control access to data |
| COB | Coordination of Benefits |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| FEIN | Federal Employer Identification Number |
| MOU | Memorandom of Understanding (between government entities) |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
| Speech Recognition(software) | Software that regognizes the patterns in human speech as words and turns them into computer text |
| E-visit | An E-visit is a patient encounter conducted over the internet, without an office visit |
| Chrom/o | color |
| Pallid/o | globus, pallidus |
| IQ | Institute of Quality |
| OCD | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder |
| APA | American Psychiatric Association |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| GAD | generalized anxiety disorder |
| Apathy | condition in which a person lacks feelings emotions and is indifferent |
| Delusion | Occurrence of bizarre thoughts that have no basis in reality |
| Phobia | Morbid and persistent fear of specific object, activity, or situation that results in compelling desire to avoid the feared stimulus |
| Tic Disorder | charactized by spasmodic muscular contraction most commonly involving |
| Psychoanalysis | method of investigating the metal processes of an individual using the techniques of free association, interpretation, and dream analysis |
| Rorschach inkblot test | in which pictures are used stimuli for the patient to create stories |
| Schizophrenia | mental disorder charactized by positive and negative symptoms; include social withdrawal, extreme apathy, diminished motivation, and blunted emotional expression |
| Agor/a | market place |
| -orexia | appetite |
| Ego | I, self |
| Para | to bear, bring forth |
| Pyro- | fire |
| Schiz/o | to divide |
| Agoraphobia | abnormal fear of being in public places; fear of leaving the safety of home; an anxiety syndrome and panic disorder |
| Autism | mental disorder in which the individual may be self-absorbed, inaccessible, unable to relate to others, and has language disturbances |
| Depression | metal disorder marked by altered mood and loss of interest in things that are usually pleasurable such as food, sex, work, friends, hobbies, or entertainment |
| Hallucination | process of experiencing sensations that no source; some examples include hearing nonexistent voices, see nonexistent things, and experiencing burning or pain sensations with no physical cause |