Redwood MedNet :: Glossary

Redwood MedNet - A non-profit organization based in Ukiah, California, Redwood MedNet was founded in 2005 to interconnect all participants in the local health care sector and to interoperate with national health information technology initiatives. Redwood MedNet operates a clinical messaging service in Lake, Mendocino and northern Sonoma counties, which is open to all health care providers. Historically, from 2005 - 2007, Redwood MedNet was fiscal agent for Mendocino HRE. See also MENDOCINO HRE, RHIC.

RHIC - The Redwood Health Information Collaborative was formed in 2005 by the Mendocino County Department of Public Health. Funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, RHIC convenes a monthly Steering Committee to investigate the policy implications of data exchange among rural health care providers in the Mendocino region. The Steering Committee meetings, open to the public, are held on the third Wednesday of each month from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. The Project Archive contains many valuable documents and presentation files provided by the speakers at each meeting. RHIC is co-sponsored by Redwood MedNet and Mendocino Public Health. See also CONNECTING FOR HEALTH, e-HEALTH INITIATIVE, and REDWOOD MEDNET.

RHIO - Regional Health Information Organization, a commonly used term for an HIE operating in a geographically contiguous region, such as Redwood MedNet. The term has limited usefulness due to the many HIE participants that are not regional (e.g., the Veterans Administration, the Indian Health Service, Kaiser Permanente, etc.). See also CCBH, e-HEALTH INITIATIVE, IHS, NHIN, VA.

RIM - Reference Information Model. See also 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 helps prevent privacy spills. See also CONNECTING FOR HEALTH, HIPAA, MPI, PHI.


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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 Redwood MedNet - A non-profit organization based in Ukiah, California, Redwood MedNet was founded in 2005 to interconnect all participants in the local health care sector and to interoperate with national health information technology initiatives. Redwood MedNet operates a clinical messaging service in Lake, Mendocino and northern Sonoma counties, which is open to all health care providers. Historically, from 2005 - 2007, Redwood MedNet was fiscal agent for Mendocino HRE. See also MENDOCINO HRE, RHIC. RHIC - The Redwood Health Information Collaborative was formed in 2005 by the Mendocino County Department of Public Health. Funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, RHIC convenes a monthly Steering Committee to investigate the policy implications of data exchange among rural health care providers in the Mendocino region. The Steering Committee meetings, open to the public, are held on the third Wednesday of each month from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. The Project Archive contains many valuable documents and presentation files provided by the speakers at each meeting. RHIC is co-sponsored by Redwood MedNet and Mendocino Public Health. See also CONNECTING FOR HEALTH, e-HEALTH INITIATIVE, and REDWOOD MEDNET. top RHIO - Regional Health Information Organization, a commonly used term for an HIE operating in a geographically contiguous region, such as Redwood MedNet. The term has limited usefulness due to the many HIE participants that are not regional (e.g., the Veterans Administration, the Indian Health Service, Kaiser Permanente, etc.). See also CCBH, e-HEALTH INITIATIVE, IHS, NHIN, VA. RIM - Reference Information Model. See also 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 helps prevent privacy spills. See also CONNECTING FOR HEALTH, HIPAA, MPI, PHI. RWJF - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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