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ECG - Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) is a noninvasive transthoracic interpretation of the electrical activity of the heart over time captured and externally recorded by skin electrodes. Not to be confused with an Echocardiogram. See Echocardiogram

Echocardiogram - An echocardiogram, often referred to as a cardiac ECHO or simply an ECHO, is a sonogram of the heart. It is not abbreviated as ECG, which usually refers to an electrocardiogram. Also known as a cardiac ultrasound. See Cardiac ECHO, ECG, Sonogram

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange is computer to computer interchange of strictly formatted messages that represent documents. EDI implies a sequence of messages between two parties, either of whom may serve as originator or recipient. The formatted data representing the documents may be transmitted from originator to recipient via telecommunications or physically transported on electronic storage media.

EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation. See DRM

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e-Health Initiative See eHI

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 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. In general, Redwood MedNet uses EHR as the more includsive term. See EMR, 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 HIMSS

EIN - Employer Identification Number.

EIS - Entity Identification Service, part of the HSSP. See HSSP, MPI

ELINCS - EHR Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Standard.

EKG - See ECG

Email - Short for electronic mail, a method of exchanging digital messages, generally via the Internet. See SMTP

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EMAR - Electronic Medication Administration Record, sometimes written eMAR. Inpatient medication record keeping system designed to support the five rights of medication (right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route of administration).

EMPI - Enterprise Master Person Index. See MPI

EMR - Electronic Medical Record, a generic term for computerized records in health care. Conflicting definitions are associated with this term See EHR, CPOE

EMS - Emergency Medical Services.

EMT - Emergency Medical Technician.

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).

EPA - EnvironmentalProtection Agency.

e-Prescribing - Electronic prescribing is a health IT solution that allows a provider to review medication history and formulary coverage, and to originate a prescription electronically.

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ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) can be thought of as MRP-III, extending integrated and real-time business process coordination to non-manufacturing services within the enterprise. CRM as a component system is a typical example of the expansive ERP purview. See CRP, MRP

eRx - See e-Prescribing

Ethernet - Common name for the IEEE 802.3 network data standards that specify frame based wiring and signaling protocols combined with a common packet addressing format. Ethernet is the common LAN protocol of the Internet era. Ethernet was invented in 1973 at Xerox PARC as a "multipoint data communication system with collision detection." See IEEE, LAN, PARC

Evidence Based Medicine - The practice of medicine according to clinical guidelines developed to reflect best practices captured from analysis of the peer reviewed clinical literature See Best Practice, Guideline

Expert System - Software that seeks to answer a question. An expert system is built in a specific problem domain by creating a data base that seeks to capture and formally represent the knowledge drawn from subject matter experts (SME) in that problem domain. See Algorithm, Guideline, Inference Engine, Knowledge Base, Protocol


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	Health Informatics Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ECG - Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) is a noninvasive transthoracic interpretation of the electrical activity of the heart over time captured and externally recorded by skin electrodes. Not to be confused with an Echocardiogram. See Echocardiogram Echocardiogram - An echocardiogram, often referred to as a cardiac ECHO or simply an ECHO, is a sonogram of the heart. It is not abbreviated as ECG, which usually refers to an electrocardiogram. Also known as a cardiac ultrasound. See Cardiac ECHO, ECG, Sonogram EDI - Electronic Data Interchange is computer to computer interchange of strictly formatted messages that represent documents. EDI implies a sequence of messages between two parties, either of whom may serve as originator or recipient. The formatted data representing the documents may be transmitted from originator to recipient via telecommunications or physically transported on electronic storage media. EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation. See DRM top e-Health Initiative See eHI 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 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. In general, Redwood MedNet uses EHR as the more includsive term. See EMR, 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 HIMSS EIN - Employer Identification Number. EIS - Entity Identification Service, part of the HSSP. See HSSP, MPI ELINCS - EHR Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Standard. EKG - See ECG Email - Short for electronic mail, a method of exchanging digital messages, generally via the Internet. See SMTP top EMAR - Electronic Medication Administration Record, sometimes written eMAR. Inpatient medication record keeping system designed to support the five rights of medication (right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route of administration). EMPI - Enterprise Master Person Index. See MPI EMR - Electronic Medical Record, a generic term for computerized records in health care. Conflicting definitions are associated with this term See EHR, CPOE EMS - Emergency Medical Services. EMT - Emergency Medical Technician. 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). EPA - EnvironmentalProtection Agency. e-Prescribing - Electronic prescribing is a health IT solution that allows a provider to review medication history and formulary coverage, and to originate a prescription electronically. top ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) can be thought of as MRP-III, extending integrated and real-time business process coordination to non-manufacturing services within the enterprise. CRM as a component system is a typical example of the expansive ERP purview. See CRP, MRP eRx - See e-Prescribing Ethernet - Common name for the IEEE 802.3 network data standards that specify frame based wiring and signaling protocols combined with a common packet addressing format. Ethernet is the common LAN protocol of the Internet era. Ethernet was invented in 1973 at Xerox PARC as a "multipoint data communication system with collision detection." See IEEE, LAN, PARC Evidence Based Medicine - The practice of medicine according to clinical guidelines developed to reflect best practices captured from analysis of the peer reviewed clinical literature See Best Practice, Guideline Expert System - Software that seeks to answer a question. An expert system is built in a specific problem domain by creating a data base that seeks to capture and formally represent the knowledge drawn from subject matter experts (SME) in that problem domain. See Algorithm, Guideline, Inference Engine, Knowledge Base, Protocol

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