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FACA - The Federal Advisory Committee Act is a U.S. Law passed in 1972 that governs the creation and operation of advisory committees in the executive branch of the Federal Government. See HITPC, HITSC

Facility Registry - The Facility Registry (FR) is a sub-community in the OpenHIE Project. The FR implements a standardized Master Facility List (MFL) and includes a central authority to collect, manage, store, and share health care facility data. The FR is a core service that contributes to the IHE profile Care Services Discovery (CSD). See CSD, IHE, MFL, OpenHIE

Fair Information Practices - See FIPP

False Negative - Failing to match two records that are a true match. Also called the conditional probability of a negative result, or failing to assert what is true, or more simply, a miss. For example, failing to match the health record of "Patient 1" at "Practice A" with the health record of "Patient 6" at "Practice B" by asserting that they are not the same person when in fact they are. In a diagnostic test, a false negative is also called a Type II error. See Disambiguate, Error, Sensitivity, Type II Error

False Positive - Matching as true two records that are a false match. Also called the conditional probability of a positive result, or asserting as true something that is false. For example, matching the health record of "Patient 1" at "Practice A" with the health record of "Patient 6" at "Practice B" as if they are the same person when in fact they are not. In a diagnostic test, a false positive is also called a Type I error. See Disambiguate, Error, Specificity, Type I Error

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.

FBCA - Federal Bridge Certificate Authority. See CA, FPKI, PKI

FCC - The Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable US states, the District of Columbia and US territories. An independent US government agency overseen by Congress, the commission is the primary authority in the US for communications law and regulations.

FDA - The Food and Drug Administration, a major division of HHS, is responsible for assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, the national food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. See HHS

Feature - Intentional (or not) computer system functionality. See Bug

Fee For Service - See FFS

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Authority.

FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

FFS - Fee-for-service (FFS) is a health care payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. FFS gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care. When patients are shielded from paying (cost-sharing) by health insurance coverage, they are incentivized to welcome any medical service that might do some good. The dominant physician payment method in the United States, FFS raises costs and discourages the efficiencies of integrated care. Many reform efforts have been attempted to reduce the extreme costs of the FFS model, including the ACA. See ACA, CPT, P4P, PQRI

FHA - The Federal Health Architecture is a roadmap to a federal health information technology environment that is interoperable with private sector health IT systems and that supports better point-of-service care, increased efficiency and improved overall health in the U.S. population. See CONNECT, NIEM, NwHIN, ONC

FHIE - The Federal Health Information Exchange is a gateway that enables the secure electronic exchange of patient medical information betwen CHCS, the DoD's legacy health information system, and VistA, the VA's legacy health information system. See CHCS, VistA

FHIR - ("Fire") Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a standards framework created by HL7. FHIR provides support for RESTful architectures and also seamless exchange of information using messages or documents. See HL7, REST, Standard

FIPP - The Fair Information Practice Principles refers to a diverse array of versions of "the principles" resulting in some ambiguity or lack of specificity. Multiple versions circulate in commerce, consumer privacy and health care domains. See CMIA, Common Framework

FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards. See NIST

Firewall - A security barrier between a private computer network and the public Internet. Firewalls can be based on hardware, software, or both. There are different types of firewalls depending on the layer where the communication is taking place, the layer where the communication is intercepted and the state that is being traced. Simplified, there are three types of firewall functionality: packet filters that work on the network layer; stateful filters that work on the transport layer; and application layer filters. See DMZ, OSI, Packet

FISMA - Federal Information Security Management Act. See NIST

Five Rights of Medication - Right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route of administration.

Flame - A sophisticated malware information stealer discovered in 2012, commonly known as Flame, Flamer, or sKyWiper. The package has a modular structure incorporating multiple propagation and attack techniques. For example, it employs no zero day exploits, and uses instead an exploit described as a "god mode cheat code." See Malware, Zero Day

FOSS - Free and Open Source Software is an inclusive term designed to be neutral when referring to both free software and open source style software licenses. "Free" specifically refers to the freedom to access the source code. See Free Software, License, Linux, Open Source, Source Code

Formulary - A list of medicines that specifies which ones are approved to be prescribed (i.e., approved for reimbursement) under a particular health care contract. Health care insurance plans use formularies to manage costs. Example: the Medi-Cal Formulary

FPKI - Federal Public Key Infrastructure. See CA, CP, FBCA, LOA, PKI, X.509

FQHC - Federally Qualified Health Center. See RHC

Free Software - A type of open source software with strong restrictions against privitization, published under the General Public License (GPL), which is maintained by the Free Software Foundation. See FOSS, GPL, Open Source, Source Code

FTE - Full Time Equivalent.

FTP - File Transfer Protocol, used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP network, such as the Internet. Defined by RFC 959 See Internet, RFC, SFTP

FY - Fiscal Year. See CY


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	Health Informatics Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z FACA - The Federal Advisory Committee Act is a U.S. Law passed in 1972 that governs the creation and operation of advisory committees in the executive branch of the Federal Government. See HITPC, HITSC Facility Registry - The Facility Registry (FR) is a sub-community in the OpenHIE Project. The FR implements a standardized Master Facility List (MFL) and includes a central authority to collect, manage, store, and share health care facility data. The FR is a core service that contributes to the IHE profile Care Services Discovery (CSD). See CSD, IHE, MFL, OpenHIE Fair Information Practices - See FIPP False Negative - Failing to match two records that are a true match. Also called the conditional probability of a negative result, or failing to assert what is true, or more simply, a miss. For example, failing to match the health record of "Patient 1" at "Practice A" with the health record of "Patient 6" at "Practice B" by asserting that they are not the same person when in fact they are. In a diagnostic test, a false negative is also called a Type II error. See Disambiguate, Error, Sensitivity, Type II Error False Positive - Matching as true two records that are a false match. Also called the conditional probability of a positive result, or asserting as true something that is false. For example, matching the health record of "Patient 1" at "Practice A" with the health record of "Patient 6" at "Practice B" as if they are the same person when in fact they are not. In a diagnostic test, a false positive is also called a Type I error. See Disambiguate, Error, Specificity, Type I Error FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. FBCA - Federal Bridge Certificate Authority. See CA, FPKI, PKI Top of Page FCC - The Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable US states, the District of Columbia and US territories. An independent US government agency overseen by Congress, the commission is the primary authority in the US for communications law and regulations. FDA - The Food and Drug Administration, a major division of HHS, is responsible for assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, the national food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. See HHS Feature - Intentional (or not) computer system functionality. See Bug Fee For Service - See FFS FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Authority. FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. FFS - Fee-for-service (FFS) is a health care payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. FFS gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care. When patients are shielded from paying (cost-sharing) by health insurance coverage, they are incentivized to welcome any medical service that might do some good. The dominant physician payment method in the United States, FFS raises costs and discourages the efficiencies of integrated care. Many reform efforts have been attempted to reduce the extreme costs of the FFS model, including the ACA. See ACA, CPT, P4P, PQRI Top of Page FHA - The Federal Health Architecture is a roadmap to a federal health information technology environment that is interoperable with private sector health IT systems and that supports better point-of-service care, increased efficiency and improved overall health in the U.S. population. See CONNECT, NIEM, NwHIN, ONC FHIE - The Federal Health Information Exchange is a gateway that enables the secure electronic exchange of patient medical information betwen CHCS, the DoD's legacy health information system, and VistA, the VA's legacy health information system. See CHCS, VistA FHIR - ("Fire") Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a standards framework created by HL7. FHIR provides support for RESTful architectures and also seamless exchange of information using messages or documents. See HL7, REST, Standard FIPP - The Fair Information Practice Principles refers to a diverse array of versions of "the principles" resulting in some ambiguity or lack of specificity. Multiple versions circulate in commerce, consumer privacy and health care domains. See CMIA, Common Framework FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards. See NIST Firewall - A security barrier between a private computer network and the public Internet. Firewalls can be based on hardware, software, or both. There are different types of firewalls depending on the layer where the communication is taking place, the layer where the communication is intercepted and the state that is being traced. Simplified, there are three types of firewall functionality: packet filters that work on the network layer; stateful filters that work on the transport layer; and application layer filters. See DMZ, OSI, Packet FISMA - Federal Information Security Management Act. See NIST Five Rights of Medication - Right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route of administration. Flame - A sophisticated malware information stealer discovered in 2012, commonly known as Flame, Flamer, or sKyWiper. The package has a modular structure incorporating multiple propagation and attack techniques. For example, it employs no zero day exploits, and uses instead an exploit described as a "god mode cheat code." See Malware, Zero Day Top of Page FOSS - Free and Open Source Software is an inclusive term designed to be neutral when referring to both free software and open source style software licenses. "Free" specifically refers to the freedom to access the source code. See Free Software, License, Linux, Open Source, Source Code Formulary - A list of medicines that specifies which ones are approved to be prescribed (i.e., approved for reimbursement) under a particular health care contract. Health care insurance plans use formularies to manage costs. Example: the Medi-Cal Formulary FPKI - Federal Public Key Infrastructure. See CA, CP, FBCA, LOA, PKI, X.509 FQHC - Federally Qualified Health Center. See RHC Free Software - A type of open source software with strong restrictions against privitization, published under the General Public License (GPL), which is maintained by the Free Software Foundation. See FOSS, GPL, Open Source, Source Code FTE - Full Time Equivalent. FTP - File Transfer Protocol, used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP network, such as the Internet. Defined by RFC 959 See Internet, RFC, SFTP FY - Fiscal Year. See CY

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