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Appendix B: Glossary and Acronym List
Pages 327-340

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... Adverse event triggers. Clinical data related to patient care indicating a reasonable probability that an adverse event has occurred or is occur ring.
From page 328...
... Boolean combinations of medical events, for ex ample, new medication orders and laboratory results outside certain lim its that suggest an adverse drug event might be present. Computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
From page 329...
... Elements of the terminology are coded concepts, with possibly multiple synonymous text representations and hierarchical or definitional relationships to other coded concepts. No redundant, am biguous, or vague concepts exist (Sujansky, 2003)
From page 330...
... Consensus approaches for handling recurring health management problems aimed at reducing practice variability and improving health outcomes. Guideline development emphasizes using clear evidence from the existing literature, rather than expert opinion alone, as the basis for advisory materials (Shortliffe et al., 2001)
From page 331...
... The ability of one computer system to exchange data with another computer system such that, at a minimum, the message from the sending system can be placed in the appropriate place in the receiv ing system (National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, 2000)
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... Those patient safety reporting systems that by legis lation and/or regulation require the reporting of specified adverse events, generally events of serious harm and death. Mapping.
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... . Notational aspect of knowledge representation language.
From page 334...
... Routine collection and review of data to examine the extent of a disease, to follow trends, and to detect changes in disease occurrence, such as infectious disease surveillance, postmarketing surveillance, etc. (van Bemmel, 1997)
From page 335...
... ACRONYM LIST ADE adverse drug event AE adverse event AERS Adverse Event Reporting System AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AIMS Australian Incident Monitoring System AMI acute myocardial infarction ANSI American National Standards Institute ASC Accredited Standards Committee ASR Alternative Summary Reporting -- Medical Devices ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials BPD Blood Product Deviation Reporting System CDA Clinical Document Architecture CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CEN Comité Européean Normalisation CHF congestive heart failure CHI Consolidated Health Informatics CHIP Children's Health Insurance Program CIS clinical information systems CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease CORAS Risk Assessment of Security Critical Systems CPOE computerized physician order entry CPT Current Procedural Terminology CQI continuous quality improvement CQuIPS Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine DoD Department of Defense
From page 336...
... 336 PATIENT SAFETY DQIP Diabetes Quality Improvement Project DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSN Dialysis Surveillance Network E-Codes External Causes and Injury Codes EPC Evidence-based Practice Center ESRD end-stage renal disease FACCT Foundation for Accountability FCG First Consulting Group FDA Food and Drug Administration FMEA failure mode and effect analysis GELLO Guideline Expression Language, Object Oriented GLIF Guideline Interchange Format GP general practitioner GRM Generic Reference Model HACCP hazard analysis and critical control points HAZOP hazard and operability studies HCFA Health Care Financing Administration HCPCS Health Care Financing Administration Common Proce dure Coding System HFMEA Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis HHCC Home Health Care Classification HIMSS Healthcare Information Management Systems Society HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HL7 Health Level Seven ICD–9 CM International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition, Clinical Modification ICD–10 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition ICD–O International Classification of Diseases, Oncology ICF International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ICNP International Classification of Nursing Practice ICPC International Classification of Primary Care IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
From page 337...
... APPENDIX B 337 IOM Institute of Medicine ISMP Institute for Safe Medication Practice ISO International Organization for Standardization IT information technology JAMIA Journal of American Informatics Association JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organi zations LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers, Names and Codes MAUDE Manufacture and User Data Experience-Medical Devices MDS Minimum Data Set for Nursing Home Care MedDRA Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Affairs MedSun Medical Product Surveillance Network MER Medication Errors Reporting MERS TM Medical Event Reporting System for Transfusion Medi cine MeSH Medical Subject Headings MHS PSP Military Health System Patient Safety Program MPSMS Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System MRI magnetic resonance imaging NANDA North American Nursing Diagnosis Association NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NaSH National Surveillance System for Health Care Workers NASHP National Academy for State Health Policy NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NCPDP National Council for Prescription Drug Programs NCPS National Center for Patient Safety NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics NDC National Drug Code NDF RT National Drug File Clinical Drug Reference Terminology NEDSS National Electronic Disease Surveillance System NEMA National Equipment Manufacturers Association NHII national health information infrastructure NHSN National Healthcare Safety Network NIC Nursing Intervention Classification NLM National Library of Medicine NLP natural language processing
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... 338 PATIENT SAFETY NM near miss NNIS National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance NOC Nursing Outcomes Classifications NPSF National Patient Safety Foundation NPV negative predictive value NQF National Quality Forum NRC National Research Council NYPORTS New York Patient Occurrence Reporting and Tracking System OASIS Outcome and Assessment Information Set for Home Care PATH Program for Appropriate Technology in Health PCDS Patient Care Data Set PCP primary care physician PHA proactive hazard analysis PMRI patient medical record information PNDS Perioperative Nursing Data Set PPV positive predictive value PQI prevention quality indicator PRA probabilistic risk assessment PS patient safety PSDS patient safety data standards PSRS patient safety reporting system QIPS quality indicators for patient safety QuIC Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force RCA root-cause analysis R-Demo reporting demonstration RIM Reference Information Model RSNA Radiological Society of North America RxNORM normalized notations for clinical drugs SAC Safety Assessment Code SNAEMS Special Nutritionals Adverse Event Monitoring System SNOMED CT Systemized Nomenclature for Human and Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Terms SPARCS Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System
From page 339...
... Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: Joint Commission Resources. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.
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... National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Meeting 5. van Bemmel, J


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