The standards, code sets, terminologies, and exchange frameworks that let health information systems work together. This page lists all 91 Interoperability and Standards terms in the HIMSS Word of The Day series.
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- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
- Health Information Exchange (HIE)
- Interoperability
All Interoperability and Standards terms
- Acquisition Modality
- Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT)
- Application Integration
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Archetype
- Argonaut Project
- ASC X12 Standard
- CCD (Continuity of Care Document)
- CCMM (Continuity of Care Maturity Model)
- CCR (Continuity of Care Record)
- CDA (Clinical Document Architecture)
- Code Set
- Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA)
- CQL (Clinical Quality Language)
- Da Vinci Project
- Data Mapping
- DCM (Detailed Clinical Models)
- DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)
- Direct Messaging
- Direct Project (Direct Secure Messaging)
- DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- EMPI (Enterprise Master Patient Index)
- ePA (Electronic Prior Authorization)
- Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
- FHIR Resource
- Foundational Interoperability
- GELLO (Guideline Expression Language, Object Oriented)
- Health Information Exchange (HIE)
- Healthcare Clearinghouse
- Healthcare Terminology
- HIO (Health Information Organization)
- HISP (Health Information Service Provider)
- HL7 Version 2 (HL7 V2)
- HQMF (Health Quality Measure Format)
- IHE Profile
- IIS (Immunization Information Systems)
- Implementation Guide
- Infobutton
- Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)
- Integration
- Interface
- Interface Engine
- Interface Terminology
- International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
- Interoperability
- ISA (Interoperability Standards Advisory)
- ISO/IEEE 11073 Standards
- JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
- KAS (Clinical Decision Support Knowledge Artifact Specification)
- Key Management Services
- Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)
- Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC)
- Longitudinal Health Record
- LRI (Lab Results Interface)
- MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities)
- MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
- National Drug Code (NDC)
- National Patient Identifier
- NCPDP SCRIPT Standard
- NEDSS (National Electronic Disease Surveillance System)
- Normalization
- OAuth (Open Authorization)
- Ontology
- PHIN (Public Health Information Network)
- PIX (Patient Identifier Cross-referencing)
- QDM (Quality Data Model)
- QRDA (Quality Reporting Data Architecture)
- REST (Representational State Transfer)
- RIM (Reference Information Model)
- Semantic Interoperability
- Semantic Web
- Sensitivity Label
- SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms)
- SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
- Standards Development Organization (SDO)
- Structural Interoperability
- System Integration
- Terminology (Clinical Terminology)
- Transaction Standard
- Trigger Event
- Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)
- U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)
- UMDNS (Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System)
- Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
- Unique Device Identifier (UDI)
- Unique Patient Identifier (UPI)
- URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
- VMR (Virtual Medical Record)
- XDS (Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing)
- XML (Extensible Markup Language)
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