Category: NABIDH Definitions

Health Information Exchange Nodes (HIE): HIE nodes are those systems (Electronic Medical Records, Public Health Information Systems) that are connected to NABIDH.

Government Oversight and Policy Task Force: Responsible for the implementation and enforcement of Policies and standards regarding the NABIDH’s operations, infrastructure and data management to ensure accountability and a protection …

Government Agency:Any agency, authority, board, commission, department, instrumentality, ministry, official, public person or statutory person of the United Arab Emirates or the Emirate of Dubai which, pursuant to Applicable Laws …

Good clinical practice (GCP): Good clinical practice is an international quality standard for conducting clinical trials that in some countries is provided by International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), an international …

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) :HL7 FHIR R4 is a next generation standards framework created by HL7. FHIR combines the best features of HL7’s v2 , HL7 v3 and CDA …

Encryption :The use of an algorithmic process to transform Data into a form in which there is a low probability of assigning meaning without use of a confidential process or …

Encounter:In relation to a subject of care, the period from when that Subject of care is first brought under the care of a Healthcare Professional at a Healthcare Facility until …

Emergency Access:Access to data for the provision of care where threat of injury or death requires special permissions or override of other controls in order to ensure uninterrupted and urgent …

Emergency:A situation, which requires an immediate treatment/intervention to save a subject of care’s life/limb or fetus or to remove hazards in order to prevent deterioration of the subject of care’s …

Electronic System : Software, portal, platform or other electronic medium controlled by a Healthcare Professional and/or a Healthcare Facility ,through which they process or have the potential to process the …