Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

Allows providers to create ACOs  and offers incentives for health care providers to work together to treat an individual patient across care settings – including doctor’s offices, hospitals, and long-term care facilities. 2010

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

An electronic record of patient health information generated and shared by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting

Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

The legal record created for a patient, client, or resident in a health care environments that is the source of data for the electronic health record

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

The electronic movement of health-related information between organizations according to nationally recognized standards

Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)

Provides HHS with the authority to establish programs to improve health care quality, safety, and efficiency through the promotion of health information technology (HIT), including electronic health records and private and secure electronic health information exchange

Healthcare Portal

Health provider networks that deliver consolidated access to patient information through a single entry point

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules

The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes

The Security Rule specifies a series of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information.

Meaningful Use

By January 1, 2015, the voluntary objectives that providers must meet to qualify for the bonus payments and the technical capabilities required for certified EHR technology

Minnesota Interoperable EHR Mandate

All healthcare providers and hospitals have interoperable EHRs by 2015
[Minnesota Statute 62J.495]

Minnesota e-Prescribing Mandate

All providers, group purchasers, prescribers, and dispensers establish and maintain an electronic prescription drug program that complies with applicable standards by January 2011.[Minnesota Statute 62J.497]

Standards & Certification Criteria Final Rule

This Final Rule represents the first step in an incremental approach to adopting standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria to enhance the interoperability, functionality, utility, and security of health IT and to support its meaningful use

TeleHealth

The use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration. Technologies include video-conferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications