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
T1 -
The common name for a digital signal circuit with 1.44 Megabits/second
in full duplex bandwidth. A T1 is made up of twenty-four 8-bit
channels.
T3 -
The common name for a digital signal circuit with 44.736
Megabits/second in full duplex bandwidth. A T3 is made up
of up to twenty-eight T1 signals.
Taxonomy - The practice and science of
classification. Also used as a noun to describe a taxonomic scheme (e.g.,
"A Functional Taxonomy of
Rule-based Decision Support Content" by Wright, Goldberg, et. al.).
See
Concept,
Ontology,
Semantics,
Terminology
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol,
defined in 1981 by RFC 793.
See
RFC
TCP/IP -
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. See
Internet Protocol,
TCP
Telco -
Old abbreviation for TELecommunication COmpany.
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Telehealth - The delivery of health
care services and information via telecommunication technologies.
Telehealth can be as simple as a professional consult by telephone,
or as complex as remote control of surgery robots. Telehealth
solutions enable the delivery of clinical care at a distance into
locations where patient access to care is compromised by
transportation challenges (e.g., islands, rural communities, etc.).
See
Remote Presence
Telemedicine - See
Telehealth
Terminology - The study of terms
and their use, where "terms" are words or word compounds.
See
Concept,
Ontology,
Semantics,
Taxonomy
TJC See
Joint Commission
TLS -
Transport Layer Security, the successor crytographic protocol to SSL,
providing endpoint authentication and communications confidentiality
with standard security certificates at 1024 or 2048 bit strengths,
per RFC 5246.
See
IETF,
RFC,
SASL,
SSL
Touchscreen - An electronic visual
display that can detect the presence of a touch within the display
area. See
GUI
Trial Implementation - The second stage
in the development of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN)
was the Trial
Implementation project. The set of information exchanges and
Federal agencies in this project worked together as the "NHIN
Cooperative" to securely exchange data including summary patient records
for providers and patients. The project ran from 2007 to 2009.
See
NwHIN,
ONC,
Prototype Architecture
TXT -
[1] "txt" is the universal file name extension
for flat files structured as a series of lines of text. Taken strictly,
"text file" refers to a flat file container, while "plain text"
is a type of content. [2] TXT is a
self-referential name for abbreviations and slang commonly used in
mobile phone text messaging, which employs creative alphanumeric
combinations to shorten words (e.g., compressing "see you later"
into c u l8tr). See
OMG,
SMS
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