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Healthcare AI Glossary
Clear, vendor-neutral definitions of the terms behind AI in healthcare, from clinical decision support to interoperability standards.
Clinical AI
Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
Clinical decision support (CDS) provides clinicians with knowledge and patient-specific information, intelligently filtered and presented at the point of care.
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Clinical Intelligence
Clinical intelligence is the practice of turning clinical data into actionable insight delivered to the right clinician at the right moment in the workflow.
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Hospital Management System (HMS)
A hospital management system (HMS) is software that unifies a hospital's clinical, administrative, and financial operations in one connected platform.
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Interoperability
Healthcare interoperability is the ability of different health IT systems to exchange, interpret, and use data, commonly via standards like HL7 and FHIR.
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FHIR
FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is an HL7 standard for exchanging healthcare data electronically using modern web APIs.
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EHR
An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital, longitudinal record of a patient's health information, designed to be shared across care settings.
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