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eCR Acronyms

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  • AIMS (APHL Informatics Messaging Services) 
  • APHL (Association for Public Health Laboratories) 
  • CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) 
  • CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 
  • CEHRT (Certified Electronic Health Record Technology) 
  • CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) 
  • CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) 
  • CSTE (Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists) 
  • EHR (Electronic Health Record) 
  • eCR (Electronic Case Reporting) 
  • ELR (Electronic Laboratory Reporting) 
  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) 
  • eRSD (Electronic Reporting & Surveillance Distribution) 
  • HIE (Health Information Exchange) 
  • HIN (Health Information Network) 
  • HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) 
  • HIT (Health Information Technology) 
  • HL7 (Health Level 7) 
  • ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) 
  • LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) 
  • LIS (Laboratory Information System) 
  • LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) 
  • NBS (NEDSS Base System) 
  • NEDSS (National Electronic Disease Surveillance System) 
  • NIST (National Institute for Standards and Technology) 
  • NPI (National Provider Identifier) 
  • ONC (Office of the National Coordinator) 
  • PHA (Public Health Agency) 
  • PHDC (Public Health Document Container) 
  • PHI (Patient Health Information or Protected Health Information) 
  • PHIN-MS (Public Health Information Network Messaging System) 
  • PHIN VADS (Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access and Distribution System) 
  • PIP (Promoting Interoperability Program) 
  • RCKMS (Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (works in collaboration with AIMS) 
  • RCMT (Reportable Condition Mapping Tables) 
  • RR (Reportability Response) 
  • SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) 
  • SNOMED-CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine- Clinical Terms) 
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