AAP- American Academy of Pediatrics
ACP- American College of Physicians
AHIMA- American Health Information Management Association
AIX-Advanced Interactive Executive
AMI-Acute myocardial infarction
CCD- Continuity of Care Document
CCHIT- Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
CCR- Continuity of Care Record
CDR- Clinical Data Repository
CFO- Chief financial officer
CPOE- Computerized Physician Order Entry
CPT- Current Procedural Terminology
CPT-4- Current Procedural Terminology
DBA- database administrator
DEC PPD-11- Digital Equipment Corporation’s Programmed data Processor 11
FDA- Food and Drug Administration
Ghz- Gigahertz
HIMSS- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
HITSP- Health Information Technology Standards Panel
HP-UX- Hewlett Packard Unix
IBM DB2- International Business Machines Database 2
ICA- Independent computing architecture
JAMA- Journal of the American Medical Association
KLAS- Name of a health IT research firm (based on founders’ first initials)
LDS Hospital- Latter Day Saints Hospital (Intermountain Healthcare)
LOINC- Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
MAR- Medication administration record
MLMs- Medical Logic Modules
MUMPS- Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System
MYCIN- Original name is EMYCIN no abbreviations defined
NAHIT- National Alliance for Health Information Technology
NASDAQ- National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NDC- National Drug Code (directory)
Open VMS platforms- Open virtual memory systems platforms
OTPS-Other than personal costs
PACS- Picture archiving communication system
QMR- Quick Medical Reference
RAM- Random access memory
RFI- Request for information
RFP- Request for proposal
RFQ- Request for qualifications or Request for Quotation
SNOMED-CT- Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
SQL- Structured Query language
TCP/IP- Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TEPR- Toward the Electronic Patient Record (a type of conference)
UAI- Universal Application Integrator
V Lan- Virtual local area network
VIP- Very important person
XML- Extensible Markup Language
Y2K- ‘the year 2000’
