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Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Acronym Definition
AMA American Medical Association
API Application Programming Interface
BMI Body Mass Index
CDS Clinical Decision Support
CDSS Clinical Decision Support System
CEHRT Certified Electronic Health Record Technology
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
CPT Current Procedural Terminology
EHR Electronic Health Record
FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
GINA Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
HCPCS Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIE Health Information Exchange
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIT Health Information Technology
HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
HL7 Health Level 7
ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (Tenth Revision)
IG Implementation Guide
IT Information Technology
JSON JavaScript Object Notation
LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
MACRA Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
MU Meaningful Use
NDC National Drug Code
NHIN National Health Information Network
NIH National Institutes of Health
NLM National Library of Medicine
ONC Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
PHI Protected Health Information
PII Personally Identifiable Information
PLA Proprietary Laboratory Analyses
SDoH Social Determinants of Health
SNOMED CT Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms
UCUM Unified Code for Units of Measure
UI User Interface
USCDI United States Core Data for Interoperability