Book:HIPAA Compliance: An Introduction/Abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms
Abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms
ASC X12N: Accredited Standards Committee X12, Insurance Subcommittee
BAA: business associate agreement
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CLIA: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
CPOE: computerized physician order entry
e-PHI: electronic protected health information
EDI: electronic data interchange
EHR: electronic health record
EIN: employer identification number
EMR: electronic medical record
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
HIPAA: Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HITECH: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
HHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HL7: Health Level 7
HMO: health maintenance organization
IRS: Internal Revenue Service
LIS: laboratory information system
MHSA: Mine Safety and Health Administration
MRN: medical record number
NCPDP: National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
NPI: National Provider Identifier
OCR: Office for Civil Rights
OHCS: organized healthcare arrangement
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PHI: protected health information
Citation for this section
Title: HIPAA Compliance: An Introduction - Abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms
Author for citation: Alan Vaughan, with editorial modifications by Shawn Douglas
License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Publication date: Originally published June 2016; compiled and lightly edited February 2022