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Medical Records Institute - The Medical Records Institute sponsors the annual TEPR (Towards Electronic Patient Records) conferences and the travelling, regional "EMR Roadshow" presentations.

Mendocino HRE - Mendocino Health Records Exchange was the transitional name of a pair of electronic health data demonstration projects in Mendocino County, California: [1] the Connecting for Health Record Locator Service, active from June 2005 to April 2006; and [2] the Connecting for Health NHIN Architecture Prototype, active from November 2005 to January 2007. In both projects health data interoperability solutions developed by the Mendocino SHARE project were featured in nationwide demonstrations. The community successor to the Mendocino HRE effort is Redwood MedNet. See also CONNECTING FOR HEALTH, NHIN, RHIC, REDWOOD MEDNET.

Mendocino SHARE - The Mendocino SHARE Project was active during 2003 - 2006 in Mendocino County, California. Initially conceived as a community wide health data exchange service, the original partnership broke up in 2005 when the federal grant funds were repurposed by a controlling faction of project partners. The remaining funds were spent on internal technology projects at a handful of sites. No further funding was sought, and the project was closed when the initial funds were gone. See also MENDOCINO HRE, RHIC, REDWOOD MEDNET.

MMA - Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

MPI - A Master Person Index is a longitudinal index linking individual indentities across multiple separate sites, such as linking health care data for the same patient at separate health care facilities. See also DISAMBIGUATE, RLS.


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	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 Master Person Index - See MPI. Medical Records Institute - The Medical Records Institute sponsors the annual TEPR (Towards Electronic Patient Records) conferences and the travelling, regional "EMR Roadshow" presentations. Mendocino HRE - Mendocino Health Records Exchange was the transitional name of a pair of electronic health data demonstration projects in Mendocino County, California: [1] the Connecting for Health Record Locator Service, active from June 2005 to April 2006; and [2] the Connecting for Health NHIN Architecture Prototype, active from November 2005 to January 2007. In both projects health data interoperability solutions developed by the Mendocino SHARE project were featured in nationwide demonstrations. The community successor to the Mendocino HRE effort is Redwood MedNet. See also CONNECTING FOR HEALTH, NHIN, RHIC, REDWOOD MEDNET. top Mendocino SHARE - The Mendocino SHARE Project was active during 2003 - 2006 in Mendocino County, California. Initially conceived as a community wide health data exchange service, the original partnership broke up in 2005 when the federal grant funds were repurposed by a controlling faction of project partners. The remaining funds were spent on internal technology projects at a handful of sites. No further funding was sought, and the project was closed when the initial funds were gone. See also MENDOCINO HRE, RHIC, REDWOOD MEDNET. MMA - Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 MPI - A Master Person Index is a longitudinal index linking individual indentities across multiple separate sites, such as linking health care data for the same patient at separate health care facilities. See also DISAMBIGUATE, RLS. MUA - A Medically Underserved Area is a designation created and maintained by the Health Resources and Services Administration. See also HHS, HRSA.

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