CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician ACRONYMS

ACL ACLAGP AMD ARRA ASC ATA BA BAA BIOS BP CCD CCR CCU CD CDC CD-ROM CD-RW CDS CFR CMOS CMS CNA CPOE CPT CPU CRN CSW CT DA DB-25 DB-9 DDOS DDR DDR RAM DDR SDRAM DHCP DIMM DLP DMZ DNS

Access control List accelerated graphics port advanced micro devices American Reinvestment Recovery Act Ambulatory Surgery Center advanced technology attachment Business Associate Business Associate Agreement basic input/output system Blood Pressure Continuity of Care Document Continuity of Care Record Critical Care Unit compact disc Center for Disease Control compact disc-read-only memory compact disc-rewritable Cardiac Diagnostic Services Code of Federal Regulation complementary metal-oxide semiconductor Center for Medicare Services Certified Nursing Assistant Computerized Physician Order Entry Current Procedural Terminology central processing unit Clinical Resource Nurse Clinical Social Worker Computerized Tomography Dental Assistant serial communications D-shell connector, 25 pins 9 pin D shell connector distributed denial of service double data-rate double data-rate random access memory double data-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory dynamic host configuration protocol dual inline memory module digital light processing demilitarized zone domain name service or domain name server

DO DRP DSL DVD DVD-R DVD-RAM DVD-ROM DVD-RW E/M EEG EHR EKG/ECG EMI EMR ENT EP ePHI ER ESD FAT FAT32 FBC FDA FQDN FTP Gb GB GHz GUI H&P HCL HDD HDMI HHS HIPAA HITECH HL7 HTML HTTP HTTPS HVAC I/O ICD ICR ICU IDE

Doctor of Osteopathy Disaster Recovery Plan digital subscriber line digital video disc or digital versatile disc digital video disc-recordable digital video disc-random access memory digital video disc-read only memory digital video disc-rewritable Evaluation and Management Code Electro Encephalogram Electronic Health Record Electro-Cardiogram electromagnetic interference Electronic Medical Record Ears, Nose and Throat Eligible Provider Electronic Personal Health Information Emergency Room electrostatic discharge file allocation table 32-bit file allocation table Family Birthing Center Food and Drug Administration fully qualified domain name file transfer protocol gigabit gigabyte gigahertz graphical user interface History and Physical hardware compatibility list hard disk drive high definition media interface Health and Human Services Health Information Portability Accountability Act Health Information Technology Health Level 7 hypertext markup language hypertext transfer protocol hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning input/output International Code of Diseases intelligent character recognition Intensive Care Unit integrated drive electronics

IDS IEEE IP IPCONFIG IPSEC ISP Kb KB L&D LAN LCD LOINC LPN LVN MA MAC MB Mb MD MFD MFP MHz MOU MP3 MP4 MPEG MRI MSCONFIG NAS NAT NDCID NIC NICU NIST NP NTFS NUC OBGYN OBR OCR OCR OCR ODBC

Intrusion Detection System Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers internet protocol internet protocol configuration internet protocol security internet service provider kilobit Kilobyte or knowledge base Labor and Delivery local area network liquid crystal display Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes Licensed Practitioner Nurse Licensed Vocational Nurse Medical Assistant media access control / mandatory access control megabyte megabit Medical Doctor multi-function device multi-function product megahertz Memorandum of Understanding Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 4 Moving Picture Experts Group Magnetic Resonance Imaging Microsoft configuration network-attached storage network address translation National Drug Code Identifier network interface card Neonatal Intensive Care Unit National Institute of Standards and Technology Nurse Practitioner new technology file system Nursing Unit Clerk Obstetrics and Gynecology Observation Request Office of Civil Rights Optical Character Recognition optical character recognition Open Database Connectivity

OEM ONC ONC ONC-ATCB

OR OS OT PA PACS PACU PC PCI PCIe PCIX PCP PCT PCU PDA PEDS PET PGP PHI PHR PKI PM PM POP3 POST PPACA PS/2 PT QA QC RAID RAM RDP RF RFI RGB RISC RJ RJ-11 RJ-45

original equipment manufacturer Office the of National Coordinator Oncology Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Temporary and Certification Body Operating Room operating system Occupational Therapist Physician Assistant Picture Archiving Communication System Post Anesthesia Care Unit personal computer peripheral component interconnect peripheral component interconnect express peripheral component interconnect extended Primary Care Physician Patient Care Technician Progressive Care Unit personal digital assistant Pediatrics Position Emission Tomography Pretty Good Privacy Protected Health Information Personal Health Record public key infrastructure Practice Manager Project Manager post office protocol 3 power-on self test Patient Privacy and Affordable Care Act personal system/2 connector Physical Therapist Quality Assurance Quality Control redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) discs random access memory Remote Desktop Protocol radio frequency radio frequency interference red green blue reduced instruction set computer registered jack registered jack function 11 registered jack function 45

RN ROM RS-232 RS-232C RT S.M.A.R.T. SAN SATA SCSI SCSI ID SD card SDRAM SIMM SLA SMTP SNMP SoDIMM SOHO SRAM SSH SSID SSL STP SVGA TB TCP TCP/IP TCU UA UPS URL URO USB VGA VoIP VPN WAN WAP WEP WIFI WLAN WPA

Registered Nurse read only memory recommended standard 232 recommended standard 232 Respiratory Therapist self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology storage area network serial advanced technology attachment small computer system interface small computer system interface identifier secure digital card synchronous dynamic random access memory single inline memory module Service Level Agreement simple mail transfer protocol simple network management protocol small outline dual inline memory module small office/home office static random access memory Secure shell service set identifier secure sockets layer shielded twisted pair super video graphics array terabyte transmission control protocol transmission control protocol/internet protocol Transitional Care Unit Unit Assistant uninterruptible power supply uniform resource locator Urology universal serial bus video graphics array voice over internet protocol virtual private network wide area network wireless application protocol wired equivalent privacy wireless fidelity wireless local area network wireless protected access