| ARMA
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Association of Records Managers
and Administrators. |
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ARMA international is a
not-for-profit association of records managers.
ARMA keeps its members up to-date with legislative
and regulatory changes, standards, best practices,
and technology. ARMA also provides literature, education,
and forums, to its members.
DataRealm is currently a member of ARMA. |
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Arma.org
- Official Website |
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Wikipedia
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| CMS |
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Content Management System |
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A Content Management System
is a framework and system for managing electronic
content. Content management systems are used mostly
by organizations to allow their members to easily
generate and post content to a central repository.
The most common use for a CMS is to manage web content.
For example intranet software, and wikis. |
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Wikipedia
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| DMS |
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Document Management System |
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A document management
system is a software system designed to track
and store documents. These can be physical documents,
electronic documents and files, or both. A DMS
is a sub set of a records management system, where
the DMS is focused on text based records. DMS
is used mostly in reference to electronic document
storage.
Sometimes interchangeable with CMS and Records
Management Systems. |
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Wikipedia
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| EMR |
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Electronic Medical Records |
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Electronic Medical Record
is a broad term used for personal health records
stored in some digital form. These can be as complete
as a whole patient history, to as simple as data
generated from medical test. There are various and
sometimes conflicting formats for EMRs. Currently
several governments and corporations are funding
research to develop standards for EMR. |
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Wikipedia
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| HIPAA |
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Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act |
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HIPAA is an act passed by
the US Congress, which among other things provides
the guidelines for EMR security. |
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hipaa.org
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Wikipedia
- article about HIPAA |
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| LIS |
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Lab Information System |
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A Lab Information System
is a software system for collecting and storing
medical laboratory data. Some LISs can be used to
track the history of lab samples, or to maintain
workflow process. Some LIS use EMRs. |
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Wikipedia
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| RM |
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Records Management |
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"The field of management
responsible for the efficient and systematic control
of the creation, receipt, maintenance, use and disposition
of records, including the processes for capturing
and maintaining evidence of and information about
business activities and transactions in the form
of records" - ISO 15489: 2001 standard |
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Wikipedia
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| RMS |
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Records Management Software/System |
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RMS are the software
and systems dedicated to Records Management. Digital
Warehouse is a records management software
system.
Note: RMS is also commonly used to denote Root
Mean Squared, a statistics term. |
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Wikipedia
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| WCMS |
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Web Content Management System |
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WCMS is a Content
Management Systems dedicated to web content.
WCMSs allow users to generate web pages with out
the need to understand HTML, and without worrying
about the style of the website. The WCMS manages
the style of the site and where and what users can
add or modify. |
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Wikipedia
- article about WCMS |
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