Appendix D. List of Acronyms
270/271 – ASC X12N 270/271 Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and Response Standards
278 – ASC X12N 278 Health Care Services Review Standard
ADE – Adverse Drug Event
AHRQ – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
ASC X12 – Accredited Standards Committee X12
ASC X12N – Insurance Subcommittee of ASC X12
ASTM – ASTM International
CCR – Continuity of Care Record
CDS – Clinical Decision Support
CHI – Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative
DEA – Drug Enforcement Administration
DKB – Drug Knowledge Base
DOD – Department of Defense
DSMO – Designated Standards Maintenance Organization
DUR – Drug Utilization Review
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
EHR – Electronic Health Record)
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HL7 – Health Level Seven
ISMP – Institute for Safe Medication Practices
MMA – Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
NDC – National Drug Code
NLM – National Library of Medicine
NHII – National Health Information Infrastructure
NCPDP – National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
NDF-RT – National Drug File-Reference Terminology
NPI – National Provider Identifier
NPS – National Provider System
PBM – Pharmacy Benefits Manager
PMRI – Patient Medical Record Information
PHR – Personal Health Record
PMS – Practice Management System
POC – Point of Care
SDO – Standards Development Organization
SIG – Patient instructions (from L. signatura)
SPL – Structured Product Label
UMLS – Unified Medical Language System
USP – United States Pharmacopoeia
VA – Department of Veterans Affairs