Redwood MedNet :: Glossary

RBAC - Role Based Access Control.

REC - Regional Extension Center. See ARRA, CalHIPSO, HITECH, ONC

Re-Identified Data - See Aggregated Data, De-identified Data

Redwood MedNet - A non-profit health information exchange (HIE) based in Ukiah, California, founded in 2005 to electronically interconnect all participants in the local health care sector and to interoperate with national health information technology initiatives. Redwood MedNet began delivery of HIE services in Healdsburg in 2008, and is now open to all health care providers in Northern California. From 2005 - 2007 Redwood MedNet was the fiscal agent for the Mendocino HRE project. See Clinical Messaging, HIE, Mendocino HRE, RHIC

Redwood Health Information Collaborative - See RHIC

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Remote Access - In computing, remote access refers to logging into a computer network from a remote location, such as logging onto your office computer from home.

REST - Representational State Transfer (REST) is a software architecture for a distributed hypermedia environment such as the Internet. REST was defined in 2000 by Roy Fielding. Services that conform to the REST constraints are said to be RESTful. See Ajax, HTTP, SOAP

RFC - Request For Comment. See IETF

RFID - Radio Frequency Identification.

RHIC - The Redwood Health Information Collaborative was formed in 2005 by the Mendocino County Department of Public Health. Funded by an "Information Links" grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, RHIC convened a Steering Committee to investigate the policy implications of data exchange among rural health care providers and Public Health in the Mendocino region. The Steering Committee completed its grant funded deliverables in 2007. Redwood MedNet continued the monthly meetings until December 2009 as a free public webinar, with presentations on health technology and policy. The RHIC Archive contains many documents and presentation files. See Information Links

RHIO - ("ree-oh") Regional Health Information Organization is a term introduced in 2004 for an HIE operating in a geographically contiguous region. The term has limited usefulness due to the many HIEs that are not strictly regional (e.g., the Veterans Administration, the Indian Health Service, Kaiser Permanente, etc.). See CCBH, e-Health Initiative, IHS, NHIN, VA

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RIM - Reference Information Model. See CDA, HL7

RLS - Record Locator Service, a specialized implementation of a Master Person Index (MPI) proposed by Connecting for Health, in which the MPI implementation is subordinated to appropriate privacy, security and other health policy imperatives as defined by the Common Framework. An RLS holds information about where health data can be found, but not the health data itself. Thus the RLS structurally separates knowing who the information is about from knowing what the information is, which inherently reduces the risk of privacy spills. See Connecting for Health, HIPAA, MPI, PHI

RLUS - Resource Location and Updating Service.

Router - A router is a computing device that connects two or more computer networks and selectively interchanges packets of data between them.

RPMS - Resource and Patient Management System, an integrated EHR developed by the Indian Health Service for the management of clinical, business and administrative information in healthcare facilities ranging in size from small clinics to hospitals. Architecturally, RPMS is a cousin (literally, a programming fork two decades ago) of the VistA EHR operated by the VA, and retains substantial shared code. See IHS, VistA

Rules Engine - See Business Rules Engine

RVU - Relative Value Unit in the Medicare PFS. See MPFS

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RWJF - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

RxNORM - A standardized nomenclature for clinical drugs developed and maintained by the National Library for Medicine. See NLM


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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 RBAC - Role Based Access Control. REC - Regional Extension Center. See ARRA, CalHIPSO, HITECH, ONC Re-Identified Data - See Aggregated Data, De-identified Data Redwood MedNet - A non-profit health information exchange (HIE) based in Ukiah, California, founded in 2005 to electronically interconnect all participants in the local health care sector and to interoperate with national health information technology initiatives. Redwood MedNet began delivery of HIE services in Healdsburg in 2008, and is now open to all health care providers in Northern California. From 2005 - 2007 Redwood MedNet was the fiscal agent for the Mendocino HRE project. See Clinical Messaging, HIE, Mendocino HRE, RHIC Redwood Health Information Collaborative - See RHIC top Remote Access - In computing, remote access refers to logging into a computer network from a remote location, such as logging onto your office computer from home. REST - Representational State Transfer (REST) is a software architecture for a distributed hypermedia environment such as the Internet. REST was defined in 2000 by Roy Fielding. Services that conform to the REST constraints are said to be RESTful. See Ajax, HTTP, SOAP RFC - Request For Comment. See IETF RFID - Radio Frequency Identification. RHIC - The Redwood Health Information Collaborative was formed in 2005 by the Mendocino County Department of Public Health. Funded by an "Information Links" grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, RHIC convened a Steering Committee to investigate the policy implications of data exchange among rural health care providers and Public Health in the Mendocino region. The Steering Committee completed its grant funded deliverables in 2007. Redwood MedNet continued the monthly meetings until December 2009 as a free public webinar, with presentations on health technology and policy. The RHIC Archive contains many documents and presentation files. See Information Links RHIO - ("ree-oh") Regional Health Information Organization is a term introduced in 2004 for an HIE operating in a geographically contiguous region. The term has limited usefulness due to the many HIEs that are not strictly regional (e.g., the Veterans Administration, the Indian Health Service, Kaiser Permanente, etc.). See CCBH, e-Health Initiative, IHS, NHIN, VA top RIM - Reference Information Model. See CDA, HL7 RLS - Record Locator Service, a specialized implementation of a Master Person Index (MPI) proposed by Connecting for Health, in which the MPI implementation is subordinated to appropriate privacy, security and other health policy imperatives as defined by the Common Framework. An RLS holds information about where health data can be found, but not the health data itself. Thus the RLS structurally separates knowing who the information is about from knowing what the information is, which inherently reduces the risk of privacy spills. See Connecting for Health, HIPAA, MPI, PHI RLUS - Resource Location and Updating Service. Router - A router is a computing device that connects two or more computer networks and selectively interchanges packets of data between them. RPMS - Resource and Patient Management System, an integrated EHR developed by the Indian Health Service for the management of clinical, business and administrative information in healthcare facilities ranging in size from small clinics to hospitals. Architecturally, RPMS is a cousin (literally, a programming fork two decades ago) of the VistA EHR operated by the VA, and retains substantial shared code. See IHS, VistA Rules Engine - See Business Rules Engine RVU - Relative Value Unit in the Medicare PFS. See MPFS top RWJF - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. RxNORM - A standardized nomenclature for clinical drugs developed and maintained by the National Library for Medicine. See NLM

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