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
VA -
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was
reorganized as a Cabinet-level position in 1989. The VA operates the Veterans
Health Administration (VHA), the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the
National Cemetery Administration.
See
VHA
VDT -
An MU core measure specifies that EPs will, "Provide patients the ability to
view online, download and transmit (VDT) their health information within four
business days of the information being available to the EP."
See
Blue Button,
EP,
MU,
PHR
Veterans Health Administration -
See
VHA
VHA -
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is operated by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA). The VHA operates an integrated health care system with
over 1,700 locations serving 8.7 million veterans per year.
See
Blue Button,
RPMS,
VA,
VistA,
VLER
Viral License -
A copyright license that allows derivative works only when licensed under a
compatible license.
See
Copyleft,
Copyright,
GPL,
Intellectual Property,
License
VistA -
The Veterans Information Systems
and Technology Architecture.
See
DHCP,
Hardhats,
Medsphere,
RPMS,
VHA
VLER -
The Virtual Lifetime
Electronic Record. See
VHA
VM -
Virtual Machine.
Voice Mail -
A centralized system to manage telephone audio messages for multiple phone numbers.
See
Answering Machine
VOIP -
Voice Over Internet Protocol.
VP -
Verb phrase.
See
CUI,
NLP
VPN -
Virtual Private Network.
See
IPsec
VXU -
HL7 specification for vaccine record messages for the transmission of
unsolicited immunization data. VXU messages may be sent in batch mode or as a
single transaction. VXU messages are typically sent to an IIS.
See
CVX,
HL7,
IIS,
MVX,
QBP
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