Healthcare: Terminology and Acronyms
Description
Comprehensive mastery of the language, key terms, abbreviations, codes, and clinical data standards critical for effective communication, interoperability, and compliance throughout the healthcare ecosystem.
Learning Objectives
IT professionals will recognize, understand, and accurately use healthcare industry terminologies and acronyms, apply standards in data interchange, coding, and regulatory documentation, and support seamless interoperability, data quality, analytics, and process automation.
Topics (10)
Study of C-CDA, SOAP, SBAR, and note templates for accurate, compliant, and legally defensible digital documentation.
Survey of the most frequent abbreviations and acronyms, including EHR, EMR, PHI, HIPAA, HIE, CMS, DRG, CPT, etc.
Covers the use and context of international classification systems for diagnoses, procedures, hospital billing, and reporting.
Evaluation of SNOMED-CT, LOINC, and RxNorm: structure, domain coverage, mapping, and enabling standardized coding in EHR systems.
Technical context for HL7, FHIR, DICOM for imaging, and X12 for claims/transactions; how these standards support IT system integration.
Cross-divisional terms crucial to IT systems for workflows, supply chain, HR, insurance, patient experience, and billing.
Examines mapping tools, UMLS, custom maps, and the impact on semantic interoperability, analytics, and global data sharing.
How to use coding and acronym systems for medicines (NDC, DIN) and devices (UDI) for traceability, recalls, and analytics.
Mapping job titles, credentials, and department codes for collaboration and IT role-based access design.
Global standards, translation, and localization of terms and codes to support data exchange, interoperability, and research.