To gather and use evidence in legal proceedings that complement traditional methods such as photocopies, printouts, and digital images of patient medical records.

Handling of a document in an electronic format by capturing, indexing, and storing it.

Federal regulation that limits the consumers’ liability if there has been an unauthorized use of an automatic teller machine (ATM) card, debit card, or other electronic banking device. Consumers are only covered by a $50 liability limit if they notify their financial institution within 2 business days of discovering a problem of unauthorized use of their debit card. If notification is delayed, the liability can jump to $500.

1. Paperless computerized system enabling funds to be debited, credited, or transferred to a provider’s financial institution, eliminating the need for personal handling of checks (e.g., from an insurance company’s account directly to the accounts receivable of the physician’s medical practice). Some insurance companies are using this system for Medicaid and Medicare payments. 2. Simple method of paying monthly insurance premiums in which the insured prearranges with his or her bank to automatically transfer payments to the insurance company’s account from his or her checking account. See also automatic bill payment and preauthorized payment . Also called automatic bill payment, bank check plan, check-o-matic, check deposit billing, preauthorized checking , or preauthorized payment . See also deposit-only bank accounts .

Collection of medical information about the past, present, and future of a patient that resides in a centralized electronic system and is interoperable. This system receives, stores, transmits, retrieves, and links data for giving health care services from many information systems such as laboratory, radiology, pathology, and financial services. See also electronic medical record (EMR) .

Organization that tests transactions for consistency with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements and that accredits health care clearinghouses.

Transmitting, receiving, storing, and forwarding of text, voice messages, attachments, or images by computer from one person to another or from one person to a defined group or all users on a system.

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), mode of electronic transmission that includes Internet (online mode—wide open), extranet or private network using Internet technology to link business parties, leased phone or dial-up phone lines including fax modems (speaking over phone is not considered an electronic transmission), and transmissions that are physically moved from one location to another using magnetic tape, disk, or compact disk media.

Phrase that refers to a flat file format used to transmit or transport insurance claims, eliminating mailroom processing and manual data entry such as the 192-byte UB-92 Institutional EMC format and the 320-byte Professional EMC National Standard Format (NSF). In federal programs, payment is released when time requirements are satisfied, resulting in a faster cash flow turnaround for providers.