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  1. About the DHITS

    In order to stay abreast of the ever-changing healthcare IT and online security lexicon, it is not unusual to learn new – and review – old terminology and apply it to daily practice.

    By bringing together more than 10,000 computer definitions, network terms and internet healthcare acronyms, including HIPAA, HL7 connectivity and MSFT-Windows Vista for Healthcare; the “Dictionary of Health Information Technology and Security” offers a wealth of information that will help you understand something about EMRs, EHRs, CPOESs and the health related IT lingo and online security terms in use today.

    The references, bibliography list and resources section was extensive and impressive. The editors really did their homework in aggregating this compendium which is the largest I have ever seen. I particularly enjoyed the “slang terms”, as well as reading about the “movers and shaker’s” of the industry.

    For example, I was astounded to note that the early computer and software pioneer Edward Roberts of MITS and Microsoft fame (well, almost) is now a practicing physician.

    I highly recommend this work which goes a long way in helping to establish a standard lexicon for this “red-hot” industry, and have the prior two related texts in the series: the “Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care” and the “Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance”.

    According to the editor’s website, there may be a fourth work on health policy and administration in-the-making. I will be sure to add it to my library and reference it often. I may even make a contribution, as I understand it is a wiki-like and peer-reviewed collaborative effort, for all to enjoy and participate.

    Thank you.
    Cecelia Teresa Perez, RN
    Baltimore, Maryland

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