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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.

PBRN - Practice-Based Research Network

PC - Personal Computer

PDQ - Patient document query service in an IHE environment.

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, 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.

PHS - Public Health Service.

PID - Patient identification segment of an HL7 message.

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

PKI - Public Key Infrastructure.

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

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 CMS, PPPS

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

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

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

Public Key - In cryptography, a public key is a value provided by a designated authority 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 PKI

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 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. PBRN - Practice-Based Research Network PC - Personal Computer PDQ - Patient document query service in an IHE environment. 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, 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. PHS - Public Health Service. PID - Patient identification segment of an HL7 message. PIX - Patient identification cross reference service in an IHE environment. PKI - Public Key Infrastructure. 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 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 CMS, PPPS PPPS - Personalized Prevention Plan Services, a new billable encounter for an annual wellness exam created by the Affordable Care Act. See CMS, IPPE, PPACA 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 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 Public Key - In cryptography, a public key is a value provided by a designated authority 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 PKI PV1 - Patient visit segment of an HL7 message.

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