ARRA

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

CAH

Critical Access Hospital

CCHIT

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology

CDS

Clinical Decision Support

CHIPRA

Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act

CMS

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CPOE

Computerized Physician Order Entry

CQM

Clinical Quality Measure

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DO

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

DUR

Drug Utilization Review

EHR

Electronic Health Record

EP

Eligible Professional

eRx

Electronic prescribing (ePrescribing)

EULA

End User License Agreement

FFS

Fee-for-service

FQHC

Federally Qualified Health Center

GPO

Group Purchasing Organization

HIE

Health Information Exchange

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

HIT

Health Information Technology

HITECH Act

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act 

HITRC

Health Information Technology Research Center

HPSA

Health Professional Shortage ARea

IOM

Institute of Medicine

LIPIX

Long Island Patient Information eXchange

MCMP

Medicare Care Management Performance Demonstration

MD

Doctor of Medicine

MU

Meaningful Use

MUA

Medically Underserved Area

MUP

Medically Underserved Population

NP

Nurse Practitioner

NQF

National Quality Forum

NYeC

New York eHealth Collaborative

OB-GYN

Obstetrics and Gynecology

ONC

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

ONC-ATCB

ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body

PA

Physician Assistant

PHSA

Public Health Service Act

PMS

Practice Management System

PPA

Provider Participation Agreement

PPCP

Priority Primary Care Physician

PQRI

Physicians Clinical Quality reporting

REC

Regional Extension Center

RHC

Rural Health Clinic

RHIO

Regional Health Information Organization

ROI

Return of Investment