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Patient - A patient is a recipient of health care. The term is derived from Latin and Green words for suffering. See Client, Home Health, Inpatient, Resident, Outpatient

PARC - The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, legendary for breakthrough inventions that advanced computer technology. See Computer Icon, Ethernet, GUI, Laser Printer, Mouse, WYSIWYG

Pay For Performance - "PFP" or "P4P." See Bridges to Excellence

PBGH - Pacific Business Group on Health.

PBM - Pharmacy Benefit Manager, the third party administrator of a prescription drug health insurance program.

PBRN - Practice-Based Research Network.

PC - Personal Computer.

PDQ - Patient document query service in an IHE environment. See IHE

PE - Practice Expense. See CMS

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PFS - See MPFS

PHI - HIPAA regulations define Protected Health Information as "any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium" that is "created or received by a health care provider, health plan, public health authority, employer, life insurer, school or university, or health care clearinghouse" and that describes "the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual." See Common Framework, Decedent, HIPAA, Privacy Spill

PHIN - Public Health Information Network. See CDC, COP, InfoLinks

PHR - Personal Health Record, an emerging type of electronic health record organized by a single patient across multiple sites of care. See HealthVault

PHS - Public Health Service.

PID - Patient identification segment of an HL7 message.

PIX - Patient identification cross reference service in an IHE environment. See IHE

PKI - Public Key Infrastructure. See CA, CP, Encryption, FPKI, Public Key, X.509

PLoS - Public Library of Science, a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource.

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PMS - Practice Management Software, typically coordinating the administrative services of patient registration, appointment scheduling and medical billing.

POMR - Problem Oriented Medical Record. See SOAP

POS - Part of speech. See NLP

POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) is the voice-grade analog telephone service that includes a full duplex voice signal with dial tone and call progress tones, including a ringing signal. POTS circuits remain backwards compatible with pulse dialing. Many modern services are overlaid on POTS circuits, such as touch tones, caller ID, voice mail, call waiting, etc. See Analog, DSL, Modem, WiMAX

PPACA - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the health care reform legislation passed by the US Congress in March 2010. Provisions in the law to take effect over the next four years include expanding Medicaid eligibility, subsidizing insurance premiums, providing incentives for businesses to provide health care benefits, prohibiting denial of coverage/claims based on pre-existing conditions, establishing health insurance exchanges, and support for medical research. See ACA, CMS, PPPS

PPO - Preferred Provider Organization. See HMO

PPPS - Personalized Prevention Plan Services, a new billable encounter for an annual wellness exam created by the Affordable Care Act. See CMS, IPPE, PPACA

PPV - Positive predictive value. See Sensitivity

PQRI - The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, establishes a financial incentive for eligible healthcare providers to participate in a voluntary quality reporting program operated by CMS for Medicare patients. See Bridges to Excellence, CMS

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Privacy Spill - The accidental disclosure of PHI. See Common Framework, HIPAA, PHI, RLS

Private Key - See Public Key

Process Flow Diagram See Swimlanes

Protected Health Information See PHI

Protocol - [1] In computing a protocol is a formal description of message formats and the rules for exchanging those messages. Protocols may include signaling, authentication and error detection and correction capabilities. In its simplest form, a protocol can be defined as the rules governing the syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication. At the lowest level, a protocol defines the behaviour of a hardware connection. [2] In the natural sciences a protocol is a written procedural method in the design and implementation of experiments. See Algorithm, Care Pathway, Guideline, Internet Protocol, NLM, Stateless Protocol

Prototype Architecture - The first stage in the development of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) was the Prototype Architecture. Four consortia participated in a formal process to design and evaluate standards-based architectures for the NwHIN. The project ran from 2005 to 2007. See NwHIN, ONC, Trial Implementation

Public Key - In cryptography, a public key is a value provided by a designated certificate authority (CA) as an encryption key that, combined with a private key derived from the public key, can be used to effectively encrypt messages and digital signatures. The use of combined public and private keys is known as asymmetric cryptography. A system for using public keys is called a public key infrastructure (PKI). See Decryption, Digital Certificate, Encryption, Private Key, PKI, X.509

PV1 - Patient visit segment of an HL7 message.


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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 Patient - A patient is a recipient of health care. The term is derived from Latin and Green words for suffering. See Client, Home Health, Inpatient, Resident, Outpatient PARC - The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, legendary for breakthrough inventions that advanced computer technology. See Computer Icon, Ethernet, GUI, Laser Printer, Mouse, WYSIWYG Pay For Performance - "PFP" or "P4P." See Bridges to Excellence PBGH - Pacific Business Group on Health. PBM - Pharmacy Benefit Manager, the third party administrator of a prescription drug health insurance program. PBRN - Practice-Based Research Network. PC - Personal Computer. PDQ - Patient document query service in an IHE environment. See IHE PE - Practice Expense. See CMS top PFS - See MPFS PHI - HIPAA regulations define Protected Health Information as "any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium" that is "created or received by a health care provider, health plan, public health authority, employer, life insurer, school or university, or health care clearinghouse" and that describes "the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual." See Common Framework, Decedent, HIPAA, Privacy Spill PHIN - Public Health Information Network. See CDC, COP, InfoLinks PHR - Personal Health Record, an emerging type of electronic health record organized by a single patient across multiple sites of care. See HealthVault PHS - Public Health Service. PID - Patient identification segment of an HL7 message. PIX - Patient identification cross reference service in an IHE environment. See IHE PKI - Public Key Infrastructure. See CA, CP, Encryption, FPKI, Public Key, X.509 PLoS - Public Library of Science, a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. top PMS - Practice Management Software, typically coordinating the administrative services of patient registration, appointment scheduling and medical billing. POMR - Problem Oriented Medical Record. See SOAP POS - Part of speech. See NLP POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) is the voice-grade analog telephone service that includes a full duplex voice signal with dial tone and call progress tones, including a ringing signal. POTS circuits remain backwards compatible with pulse dialing. Many modern services are overlaid on POTS circuits, such as touch tones, caller ID, voice mail, call waiting, etc. See Analog, DSL, Modem, WiMAX PPACA - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the health care reform legislation passed by the US Congress in March 2010. Provisions in the law to take effect over the next four years include expanding Medicaid eligibility, subsidizing insurance premiums, providing incentives for businesses to provide health care benefits, prohibiting denial of coverage/claims based on pre-existing conditions, establishing health insurance exchanges, and support for medical research. See ACA, CMS, PPPS PPO - Preferred Provider Organization. See HMO PPPS - Personalized Prevention Plan Services, a new billable encounter for an annual wellness exam created by the Affordable Care Act. See CMS, IPPE, PPACA PPV - Positive predictive value. See Sensitivity PQRI - The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, establishes a financial incentive for eligible healthcare providers to participate in a voluntary quality reporting program operated by CMS for Medicare patients. See Bridges to Excellence, CMS top Privacy Spill - The accidental disclosure of PHI. See Common Framework, HIPAA, PHI, RLS Private Key - See Public Key Process Flow Diagram See Swimlanes Protected Health Information See PHI Protocol - [1] In computing a protocol is a formal description of message formats and the rules for exchanging those messages. Protocols may include signaling, authentication and error detection and correction capabilities. In its simplest form, a protocol can be defined as the rules governing the syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication. At the lowest level, a protocol defines the behaviour of a hardware connection. [2] In the natural sciences a protocol is a written procedural method in the design and implementation of experiments. See Algorithm, Care Pathway, Guideline, Internet Protocol, NLM, Stateless Protocol Prototype Architecture - The first stage in the development of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) was the Prototype Architecture. Four consortia participated in a formal process to design and evaluate standards-based architectures for the NwHIN. The project ran from 2005 to 2007. See NwHIN, ONC, Trial Implementation Public Key - In cryptography, a public key is a value provided by a designated certificate authority (CA) as an encryption key that, combined with a private key derived from the public key, can be used to effectively encrypt messages and digital signatures. The use of combined public and private keys is known as asymmetric cryptography. A system for using public keys is called a public key infrastructure (PKI). See Decryption, Digital Certificate, Encryption, Private Key, PKI, X.509 PV1 - Patient visit segment of an HL7 message.

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