Archives: Glossary Terms

  • ATC

    Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Code

  • Big Data in Health

    Big Data in Health refers to large routinely or automatically collected datasets, which are electronically captured and stored. It is reusable in the sense of multipurpose data and comprises the fusion and connection of existing databases for the purpose of improving health and health system performance. It does not refer to data collected for a specific study.

    Definition Source

    European Commission, Study on Big Data in Public Health, Telemedicine and Healthcare. 2016

  • CBeHIS

    Cross Border eHealth Information Services

  • CDA

    Clinical Document Architecture

  • CEF

    Connecting Europe Facility

  • CEN

    Comité Européen de Normalization (European Committee for Standardization, a federation of 34 national standards bodies that are also ISO member bodies)

  • CEN IPS

    CEN International Patient Summary

  • CEN/TC 251

    CEN Technical Committee 251 Health Informatics

  • CIA

    Confidentiality, Integrity and Accountability

  • Compliance

    Conformity in fulfilling official such as regulatory requirements.

    Definition Source

    Merriam-Webster dictionary, refined

    Note

    ISO 37301 refinements: outcome of meeting all the organization’s obligations set by legislation and government agencies; adherence of a product, service, or process to legal and regulatory requirements, fulfilling legislative and contractual requirements.