Glossary
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DBMS - Data Base Management System
DEA - The Drug Enforcement Administration is the division of the United States Department of Justice responsible for enforcing federal controlled substances laws and regulations.
DHCS - The California Department of Health Care Services is the California agency that oversees Medi-Cal. The mission of DHCS is to protect and promote the health status of Californians through the financing and delivery of individual health care services. See also CDPH.
Disambiguate - To remove uncertainty from ambiguous data; specifically in health data to assert that two values are identical. For example, linking the health record of "Patient 1" at "Practice A" with the health record of "Patient 6" at "Practice B" because they are the same person "disambiguates" the patient identities. See also MPI.
DOD - The United States Department of Defense is the Cabinet level agency, headquartered at the Pentagon in Virginia, that commands the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.
DOQ-IT - The Doctors Office Quality Information Technology program is operated by CMS. See also CMS.
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