Document or system that characterizes the data content of a system.

Under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), this is the smallest named unit of information in a transaction.

1. Accuracy, consistency, comprehensiveness, and timeliness (currency) of medical information maintained by a computer system. 2. Principle of security to keep data from modification or corruption either intentionally or accidentally.

Body that provides administrative services to X12 and several other standards-related groups.

1. Method of matching one set of data elements or individual code values to the nearest equivalents in another set. Also known as crosswalk . 2. Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine (SNOMED International), Volumes I through IV are used to compare terminology context or classification description principles with the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) system. This process of linking content from one terminology or classification scheme to another is called mapping . Also see crosswalk and crosswalking .

Organized, well-planned, and searchable database system for a business department within an organization that draws information from a data warehouse (clinical data repository) to meet certain needs of users.

Conceptual model of the information needed to support a business function or process.

Administrative process that guarantees the accuracy and comprehensiveness of a facility’s information during data collection, application, warehousing, and analysis.

Individual who ensures the quality of health information by doing quality reliability and validity checks. He or she develops reports and advises clinicians on identifying critical indicators.

Individual who uses computer-based health record systems, databases, and clinical data repositories to make sure the facility’s information systems are suitable for those that provide and manage patient services and that the organization’s data resources are secure, accessible, accurate, and reliable.