Glossary
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eHI - The e-Health Initiative and its sister organization the Foundation for eHealth Initiative, are independent, affiliated non-profit organizations whose missions are the same: to drive improvement in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information and information technology. See also CCBH.
EHR - Electronic Health Record, a generic term for computerized records in health care. There is some confusion of EHR with the similar term Electronic Medical Records. See also EMR and CPOE.
EHRVA - The Electronic Health Record Vendor Association is a trade association of Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors sponsored by HIMSS. EHRVA addresses national efforts to create interoperable EHRs in hospital and ambulatory care settings. See also HIMSS.
EMR - Electronic Medical Record, a generic term for computerized records in health care. Conflicting definitions are associated with this term, such as the assertion by the Medical Records Institute that defines five levels of an electronic patient record, with EMR occupying "Level 3." See also EHR, CPOE, and MEDICAL RECORDS INSTITUTE.
Encryption - The process of transforming information to make it unreadable, thereby protecting the data while it is in transport. After delivery the information is decrypted (i.e., returned to an unencrypted state).
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