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| Structure & Content Standards | The part that defines the width & content of each data field. |
| Health Informatic Standards | An accepted method for collecting, maintaining, and or transferring healthcare data among computers. |
| Messaging Standards | Establishes a format and sequence of data during electronic transmission. |
| Security Standards | Ensures patient identifiable health information remains confidential and protected. |
| Vocabulary Standards | Establishes common definitions for medical terminology. |
| Data Security | Controls access to health information. |
| Data Confidentiality | Efforts to guarantee privacy of health information. |
| Audit Trial | A record of all transactions reviewed for unauthorized access. |
| Secondary Data | Data taken from the primary health record and entered into registries and databases. |