Category: NABIDH Definitions

Immunization: The process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease. Typically, this is achieved by the administration of a vaccine. It is a proven tool …

Identifier: Piece of information used to claim an identity, before a potential corroboration by a corresponding authenticator.

Healthcare Professional : A healthcare professional who treats or deals with subjects of care in the Emirate of Dubai who is licensed and regulated by DHA.

Healthcare Operations : This includes, without limitation, administrative activities that support Health System Stakeholders, including conducting quality and improvement assessments; training employees; conducting medical, legal, and compliance reviews; performing audits; …

Healthcare Facility :A DHA licensed institution (including any hospital, clinic, surgery, pharmacy, diagnostic center, and other facility) where Healthcare services are provided by Healthcare Professionals in the Emirate of Dubai …

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS):Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II is a set of healthcare procedure codes based on the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). …

Health Record:Repository of information regarding the health of a subject of care. Under this policy, this refers to all personal Health Information accessible through the NABIDH Health Information Exchange

Health Level Seven (HL7) Version 3 (V3):HL7 V3 is the new generation differs that from V2 in that all standards developed under V3 arise from an underlying Reference Information Model …

Health Level Seven (HL7)’s Version 2.x (HL7 V2.x): HL7 V2.x messaging standard is the workhorse of electronic data exchange in the clinical domain and arguably the most widely implemented standard …

Health Level Seven CDA Release 2.0 (HL7 CDA R2): HL7 CDA R2 provides an exchange model for clinical documents (such as discharge summaries and progress notes) – and brings the …