Glossary

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HIPAA

Short for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It sets the standard for protecting sensitive data and applies to any company that details with protected health information (PHI). 

HITECH

Short for the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. It was created to motivate the implementation of electronic health records and support technology in the United States.

HL7

Health level 7 is a set of international standards for the transfer of clincial and administrative data between software applications used by a number of healthcare providers. These standards focus on the application layer, or \"layer 7\" in the OSI model. HL7 standards are produced by Health Level Seven International, an international standards organization, and are adopted by standard issuing groups like ANSI and the IOS (International Organization for Standardization).

HL7 International

Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a non-profit organization ANSI-accredited standards development organization dedicated to providing standards and solutions that empower global health data interoperability.

HTML

Stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It is a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effect on World Wide Web pages. 

HTTP

Short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the data transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web. 

HTTP Proxy

An HTTP proxy that serves two intermediary roles: an HTTP Client and an HTTP Server. It is for security, management, and caching functionality.

HTTPS

Short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. It is an extension of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and is used for secure communication over a computer network. It is widely used on the internet.