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[1] [2] [3] All certified Electronic health records in the United States are required to export medical data using the C-CDA standard. [4] While the standard was developed primarily for the United States as the C-CDA incorporates references to terminologies and value set required by US regulation, it has also been used internationally.
Abbreviation Organization or personnel SCOAP: Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program SEN: State Enrolled Nurse (UK) – See Licensed Practical Nurse: SHO: Senior house officer (UK) SIGN: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN and NICE are major centers of CPG development) SIOP: International Society of Paediatric Oncology SN ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
These abbreviations can be verified in reference works, both recent [1] and older. [2] [3] [4] Some of those works (such as Wyeth 1901 [4]) are so comprehensive that their entire content cannot be reproduced here. This list includes all that are frequently encountered in today's health care in English-speaking regions.
In the U.S. the CDA standard is probably best known as the basis for the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) specification, based on the data model as specified by ASTM's Continuity of Care Record. The U.S. Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel has selected the CCD as one of its standards. [citation needed]
Community Health Accreditation Program(CHAP) DNV GL Healthcare; Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) [4] Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) [5] Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) Joint Commission (TJC)
e-health (also written e-health) is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, dating back to at least 1999. Usage of the term varies: some would argue it is interchangeable with health informatics with a broad definition covering electronic/digital processes in health, while others use ...
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), founded in 1979, is an American organization which accredits ambulatory health care organizations, including ambulatory surgery centers, office-based surgery centers, endoscopy centers, and college student health centers, as well as health plans, such as health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations.