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S/MIME - Secure Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions, defined by RFC 5751. See MIME, RFC

S&I - The Standards and Interoperability Framework is a broad informatics initiative led by ONC to harness community collaboration to rapidly solve major health data informatics challenges. See Informatics, ONC

SaaS - Software as a Service.

SAML - Security Assertion Markup Language.

SASL - Simple Authentication and Security Layer, RFC 4422. Application protocols that support SASL typically also support TLS. See RFC, TLS

Schema - In computer science a schema can be a data model or diagram that represents the tables, fields, indexes, etc. and their relationships. Another type of schema is the definition of the structure, content and semantics of an XML document. See Database, Model, XML

SDE - State Designated Entity. See ARRA, Cal eConnect, HITECH

SDK - Software Development Kit.

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SDO - Standards Development Organization. See ANSI, ASTM, HL7, IEEE, ISO, OASIS, OMG, W3C

Sensitivity - Percent of data elements correctly matching a given attribute out of all possible correct data elements. See Disambiguate, False Positive, PPV, Specificity

Sentinel Network - A syndromic surveillance service begun by the CDC in 1994. No longer active. See Biosurveillance, CDC, DPEI

Server - Either a software application that performs a specific task (such as EHR, email, website hosting, etc.) or the physical hardware on which the server software application runs, or both. See ASP, Client-Server, PC

SFTP - Commonly called the "Secure File Transfer Protocol" but technically defined as the "SSH File Transfer Protocol" which indicates use of FTP over a cryptographically protected Secure Shell (SSH) connection. See FTP, SSH

SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language.

SHARP - Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects, four innovative research projects to address well-documented problems that impede the adoption of health IT. See ONC

Signal - In electronics, a signal is a time-varying or spatial-varying system that facilitates the transmission, storage and manipulation of information. See Analog, Channel, Message, Noise, Symbol, Syndrome

Simple Interop - A term which arose in a series of blog posts by David McCallie and Wes Rishel. Simple Interop refers to the opportunity for pervasive adoption of incrementally useful health data interoperability tools. See NHIN Direct

SME - Subject Matter Expert. See Expert System

SMS - A communication service component of the GSM mobile communication system. See GSM, TXT

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SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet standard for e-mail transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. For outgoing mail transport SMTP typically uses TCP port 25. SMTP is specified in RFC 2821. See Email, Internet, IETF, RFC, TCP/IP

SNF - ("sniff") Skilled Nursing Facility. See Long Term Care

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol, specified in RFC 3411. See RFC

SNOMED - The abbreviation, which stands for SYstemized NOmenclature of MEDicine, refers to both the code set used in structured clinical knowledge environments and the organization which owns the code set. SNOMED is a division of the College of American Pathologists. See CAP

SNTP - Simple Network Time Protocol, specified in RFC 2030. See RFC

SOA - In software engineering, a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) leverages distributed and modular program components which communicate via a simple and lightweight communication "service" (hence the name). SOA solutions can be rapidly assembled from ad-hoc components, provide systems engineers with agile options in variable or evolving environments (such as health care), and yet SOA solutions can be robust and scalable as well. SOA solutions are in contrast to monolithic or enterprise solutions which may lack flexibility or adaptability. See Grid, SOAP, WSDL, XML

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SOAP - [ 1 ] The structured clinical note format which organizes content in Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Planning (SOAP) categories, first proposed in 1968 by Lawrence Weed, MD, as a feature of the Problem-Oriented Medical Record (POMR). [ 2 ] Simple Object Access Protocol, a distributed message processing solution used extensively to transport data between different and incompatible computer systems. See REST, UDDI

Software - Informal term for a computer program. See Application

Sonogram - Sonography is an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used to visualize subcutaneous body structures. See Echocardiogram, Ultrasound

SOP - Standard Operating Procedure.

Source Code - In computer software, the source code is the collection of statements or instructions written in a computer programming language. The source code is the larger collection of programming files that form a specific program. For example, the source code for the MirthResults program (used as the portal for Redwood MedNet) is written in the Java programming language. See FOSS, Open Source

SOW - Scope of work. See WBS

Specificity - Percent of data elements correctly identified as not-matching a given attribute out of all possible incorrect data element matches. See Disambiguate, False Negative, Recall, Sensitivity

SQL - Structured Query Language.

SSH - Abbreviation for Secure SHell, a cryptographically secured network protocol, defined by RFC 4250. See RFC

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SSL - Secure Sockets Layer was an encryption protocol which provided secure communications on the Internet. SSL was invented by Netscape for conducting secure electronic commerce and other private asset management transactions. SSL was superceded in 2008 by Transport Layer Security. See HTTPS, TLS

State Designated Entity See SDE

Stateless Protocol - A stateless server observes a protocol that treats each request as an independent transaction that is unrelated to any previous request. See HTTP, Protocol

Swimlanes - A type of business process flow diagram in which activities are grouped into horizontal or vertical "swimlanes" by role or actor. For example, a swimlane diagram of a patient visit might separate individual tasks in the diagram into roles for Front Desk, Billing, Medical Assistant, Nurse, Provider, etc. See Business Process, Workflow

Symbol - An object, picture, sound, or mark that represents something else by association. For example, a personal name is a symbol representing an individual. In formal logic, "symbol" refers to an idea, and a "mark" is a token instance of the symbol. See Algorithm, Concept, Model, Signal

Synchronization - A noun describing the task of indexing two or more separate data tables so that they both contain the same records. For example, synchronizing an immunization registry with an HIE that covers the same geographic territory. See Disambiguate

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Syndrome - Generally, a combination of phenomena observed in association. In medicine a syndrome is the formal association of clinically recognizable characteristics, features, phenomena, signs or symptoms that often occur together, so that the presence of one or more features alerts the clinician to the possible presence of the others. See Biosurveillance, Signal

Syntax - In computer science, the syntax of a programming language is the set of rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured programs in that language.


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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 S/MIME - Secure Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions, defined by RFC 5751. See MIME, RFC S&I - The Standards and Interoperability Framework is a broad informatics initiative led by ONC to harness community collaboration to rapidly solve major health data informatics challenges. See Informatics, ONC SaaS - Software as a Service. SAML - Security Assertion Markup Language. SASL - Simple Authentication and Security Layer, RFC 4422. Application protocols that support SASL typically also support TLS. See RFC, TLS Schema - In computer science a schema can be a data model or diagram that represents the tables, fields, indexes, etc. and their relationships. Another type of schema is the definition of the structure, content and semantics of an XML document. See Database, Model, XML SDE - State Designated Entity. See ARRA, Cal eConnect, HITECH SDK - Software Development Kit. top SDO - Standards Development Organization. See ANSI, ASTM, HL7, IEEE, ISO, OASIS, OMG, W3C Sensitivity - Percent of data elements correctly matching a given attribute out of all possible correct data elements. See Disambiguate, False Positive, PPV, Specificity Sentinel Network - A syndromic surveillance service begun by the CDC in 1994. No longer active. See Biosurveillance, CDC, DPEI Server - Either a software application that performs a specific task (such as EHR, email, website hosting, etc.) or the physical hardware on which the server software application runs, or both. See ASP, Client-Server, PC SFTP - Commonly called the "Secure File Transfer Protocol" but technically defined as the "SSH File Transfer Protocol" which indicates use of FTP over a cryptographically protected Secure Shell (SSH) connection. See FTP, SSH SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language. SHARP - Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects, four innovative research projects to address well-documented problems that impede the adoption of health IT. See ONC Signal - In electronics, a signal is a time-varying or spatial-varying system that facilitates the transmission, storage and manipulation of information. See Analog, Channel, Message, Noise, Symbol, Syndrome Simple Interop - A term which arose in a series of blog posts by David McCallie and Wes Rishel. Simple Interop refers to the opportunity for pervasive adoption of incrementally useful health data interoperability tools. See NHIN Direct SME - Subject Matter Expert. See Expert System SMS - A communication service component of the GSM mobile communication system. See GSM, TXT top SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet standard for e-mail transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. For outgoing mail transport SMTP typically uses TCP port 25. SMTP is specified in RFC 2821. See Email, Internet, IETF, RFC, TCP/IP SNF - ("sniff") Skilled Nursing Facility. See Long Term Care SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol, specified in RFC 3411. See RFC SNOMED - The abbreviation, which stands for SYstemized NOmenclature of MEDicine, refers to both the code set used in structured clinical knowledge environments and the organization which owns the code set. SNOMED is a division of the College of American Pathologists. See CAP SNTP - Simple Network Time Protocol, specified in RFC 2030. See RFC SOA - In software engineering, a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) leverages distributed and modular program components which communicate via a simple and lightweight communication "service" (hence the name). SOA solutions can be rapidly assembled from ad-hoc components, provide systems engineers with agile options in variable or evolving environments (such as health care), and yet SOA solutions can be robust and scalable as well. SOA solutions are in contrast to monolithic or enterprise solutions which may lack flexibility or adaptability. See Grid, SOAP, WSDL, XML top SOAP - [ 1 ] The structured clinical note format which organizes content in Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Planning (SOAP) categories, first proposed in 1968 by Lawrence Weed, MD, as a feature of the Problem-Oriented Medical Record (POMR). [ 2 ] Simple Object Access Protocol, a distributed message processing solution used extensively to transport data between different and incompatible computer systems. See REST, UDDI Software - Informal term for a computer program. See Application Sonogram - Sonography is an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used to visualize subcutaneous body structures. See Echocardiogram, Ultrasound SOP - Standard Operating Procedure. Source Code - In computer software, the source code is the collection of statements or instructions written in a computer programming language. The source code is the larger collection of programming files that form a specific program. For example, the source code for the MirthResults program (used as the portal for Redwood MedNet) is written in the Java programming language. See FOSS, Open Source SOW - Scope of work. See WBS Specificity - Percent of data elements correctly identified as not-matching a given attribute out of all possible incorrect data element matches. See Disambiguate, False Negative, Recall, Sensitivity SQL - Structured Query Language. SSH - Abbreviation for Secure SHell, a cryptographically secured network protocol, defined by RFC 4250. See RFC top SSL - Secure Sockets Layer was an encryption protocol which provided secure communications on the Internet. SSL was invented by Netscape for conducting secure electronic commerce and other private asset management transactions. SSL was superceded in 2008 by Transport Layer Security. See HTTPS, TLS State Designated Entity See SDE Stateless Protocol - A stateless server observes a protocol that treats each request as an independent transaction that is unrelated to any previous request. See HTTP, Protocol Swimlanes - A type of business process flow diagram in which activities are grouped into horizontal or vertical "swimlanes" by role or actor. For example, a swimlane diagram of a patient visit might separate individual tasks in the diagram into roles for Front Desk, Billing, Medical Assistant, Nurse, Provider, etc. See Business Process, Workflow Symbol - An object, picture, sound, or mark that represents something else by association. For example, a personal name is a symbol representing an individual. In formal logic, "symbol" refers to an idea, and a "mark" is a token instance of the symbol. See Algorithm, Concept, Model, Signal Synchronization - A noun describing the task of indexing two or more separate data tables so that they both contain the same records. For example, synchronizing an immunization registry with an HIE that covers the same geographic territory. See Disambiguate top Syndrome - Generally, a combination of phenomena observed in association. In medicine a syndrome is the formal association of clinically recognizable characteristics, features, phenomena, signs or symptoms that often occur together, so that the presence of one or more features alerts the clinician to the possible presence of the others. See Biosurveillance, Signal Syntax - In computer science, the syntax of a programming language is the set of rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured programs in that language.

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