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Acronyms are abbreviations written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced based on this abbreviation. (Many acronyms below courtesy of netlingo.com) AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned ASAP - As Soon As Possible BFF - Best Friends Forever BHAG - Big...
A browser is a software program used to view and interact with Web pages. Commonly used browsers are: IE - Internet Explorer (Microsoft) FF - Firefox (Mozilla) - free and open-source Chrome (Google) - free and open-source Safari (Apple) Opera (Opera)
The quality-adjusted life year (QALY) is a measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in assessing the value for money of a medical intervention. The QALY model requires utility independent, risk neutral, and...
The term "user experience" refers to a concept that places the end-user at the focal point of design and development efforts, as opposed to the system, its applications or its aesthetic value alone. It's based on the general concept of user-centered design....
A healthcare safety net hospital or health system is one that provides a significant level of care to low-income, uninsured, and vulnerable populations.
CHIME is the professional organization for chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. CHIME has produced a CIO-oriented publication providing details on how organizations should focus their efforts to implement EHR systems that will qualify for...
All available appointments are full. All staff showed up for their shifts. No one burns toast in the toaster oven and sets off the fire alarm. None of the staff show up to work wearing flip-flops or pink underwear beneath their white scrubs. All patients have been...
The Center for Healthcare Transformation may not be my organization of choice, but they've put together an excellent timeline of the PPAC (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), also called the ACA or Affordable Care Act. The timeline shows what's happening in...
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Unified communications (UC) is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, telephony (including IP telephony), video conferencing, call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication...
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