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Healthcare & Technical Glossary

Healthcare Terms​

A​

  • Acute Care: Short-term medical care for severe injury or illness
  • Authorization: Approval from insurance for medical procedures

E​

  • EHR: Electronic Health Record - Digital version of a patient's medical history
  • EMR: Electronic Medical Record - Digital version of a patient's chart

H​

  • HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • HL7: Health Level Seven - Set of standards for transfer of clinical data

I​

  • ICD: International Classification of Diseases
  • Interoperability: Ability of different systems to exchange and use information

Technical Terms​

A​

  • API: Application Programming Interface
  • AWS: Amazon Web Services

F​

  • FHIR: Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

R​

  • REST: Representational State Transfer

S​

  • SDK: Software Development Kit
  • SFTP: Secure File Transfer Protocol

This glossary will be continuously updated as new terms are added to the platform.