4 Symbols and Abbreviations

The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this Part of the Standard.

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

CDA

Clinical Document Architecture (HL7)

DICOM

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

HL7

Health Level 7

HMD

Hierarchical Message Description (HL7)

II

Instance Identifier (HL7)

IOD

Information Object Definition

ISO

International Standards Organization

NEMA

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

OID

Object Identifier (ISO 8824)

SNOMED

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine

SR

Structured Reporting

UCUM

Unified Code for Units of Measure

UID

Unique Identifier

XML

Extensible Markup Language