Talk MEDITECH: Acronyms, Abbreviations
Acronyms
Brief definitions are listed below. If there is more detailed information available or needed about a particular item, then there will be a link either from the acronym or from the real term to a page with that information.
A
- ADT - Admission, Discharge, Transfer
- AOM - Ambulatory Order Management (also referred to as RXM)
- AP - Consolidated Plan according to type (Appearance in the Assessment and Plan component)
- APAP - Plan by Assessment (Appearance in the Assessment and Plan component)
- APR - Ambulatory Patient Record
B
- B/AR - Billing and Accounts Receivable
- BBK - Blood Bank
- BF - Budget and Forcasting
- BH - Behavioral Health
- BMV - Bedside Medication Verification (Barcode technology)
- BPCk - Branded Pack (Branded Drug Delivery Device)
C
- CCD - Continuity of Care Document
- CCM - Chronic Care Management
- CDS - Customer-Defined Screen
- CLI - Clinic Account
- CPOE - Computerized Provider Order Entry (also referred to as POM)
- C/S - Client Server (one of two major software platforms used by MEDITECH)
- CWS - Community Wide Scheduling
D
- DTS - Development Tracking System (MEDITECH's system for tracking code changes or bug fixes)
E
- eCIN - Extended Care Information Network (used by Case Management)
- EDM - Emergency Department Management
- eMAR - Electronic Medication Administration Record
- eTAR - Electronic Transfusion Administration Reaction (Barcode technology)
- EMR - Enterprise Medical Record
F
- FSV - Formulary Service Vendor
G
- GPCK - Generic Pack (Generic Drug Delivery)
H
- HCIS - Healthcare Information System
- HPI - History of Present Illness
I
- ITS - Imaging and Therapeutic Services
L
- LAB - Laboratory
- LIS - Laboratory Information System
M
- MIC - Microbiology
- MIIS - MEDITECH Interpretive Information System
- MIS - Management Information System (Central database within MEDITECH)
- MPM - Medical and Practice Management
- MUSE - MEDITECH Users Software Exchange
N
- NPR- Non-Procedural Representation
- NUR - Nursing
O
- OE - Order Entry
- OM - Order Management
P
- PCI - Patient Care Inquiry
- PCM - Physician Care Manager
- PCS - Patient Care System
- P-Doc - Physician Documentation
- PDI - Patient Discharge Instructions
- PDOC - Physician Documentation template
- PE - Patient Education
- PFSH - Past, Family, Social and Surgical History
- PHA - Pharmacy
- POV - Provider Office Visit
- POC - Point of Care
- POM - Provider Order Management
- PTH - Pathology
- PWM - Provider Workflow Management
R
- RAD - Imaging and Therapeutic Services
- RCR - Recurring Account
- REF - Referred Account
- ROS - Review of Systems
- RXM - Prescription Order Management
S
- SBD - Semantic Brand Drug (Ingredient, strength and dose form plus brand name)
- SCD - Semantic Clinical Drug (Ingredient plus strength and dose form)
- SCH - Scheduling (Included CWS -Community Wide Scheduling)