OCR
Optical character recognition
PAC or PACS
Picture archival and communication system
PCDS
Patient care data set
MPI
Master person index
NIC
Nursing interventions classification
NOC
Nursing outcomes classification
PNDS
Preoperative nursing data set
RIS
Radiology information system
VPN
Virtual private network
WAN
Wide area network
PMS
Practice management system
CDS
Clinical decision support
DICOM
Digital imaging and communications in medicine
RTF
Rich text format
CQM
Clinical quality measures
CCC
Clinical care classification system
CDR
Clinical data repository
CPOE
Computerized physician order entry
MDM
Medical decision-making