Principais abreviaturas usadas.

ACR/NEMA – American College of Radiology and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association AMA – Americam Medical Association ANSI-HISB – American National Standards Institute e o Health Care Informatics Standards Board ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials ATC – Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical Code CAP – College of American Pathologists CEN – Comite Europeen de Normalisation CID – Classificação Internacional de Doenças (mesmo que ICD) CORBA-MED – Common Object Request Broker Architecture in Medicine CPT – Current Procedural Terminology DICOM – Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DRG – Diagnosis Related Groups DSM – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders GDH – Grupos de Diagnóstico Homogéneos HL7 – Health Level Seven ICD – International Classification of Diseases ICPC – International Classification of Primary Care IEC – International Electrotechnical Committee IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc INE – Instituto Nacional de Estatística INFARMED – Instituto Nacional da Farmácia e do Medicamento ISO – International Standards Organization ITU – International Telecommunications Union MEDIX – IEEE P1157 Medical Data Interchange MIB – IEEE P1073 Medical Information Bus MeSH – Medical Subject Heading NCPDP – National Council of Prescriptions and Drug Programs NLM – US National Library of Medicine OMG – Object Management Group OPCS – Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys OSI – Open System Interconnect PACS – Picture Archiving and Communication System PARCAS - Certificação em administração de Pacs. RCC – Read Clinical Classification (Read Codes) SNOP – Systematized Nomenclature of Pathology SPP – Sistema de Pagamento Prospectivo SNOMED – Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine UMLS – Unified Medical Language System UN/ECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UN/EDIFACT – United Nations Directories for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport XML – Extensible Markup Language WHO – World Health Organization WONCA – World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Phisicians