| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| CR |
Client Registry (openHIE component) |
| CoT |
Chain of Trust, the name of the app used in MomCare Tanzania |
| DHIS2 |
District Health Information System, version 2, a type of HMIS |
| FIS |
Finance and Insurance Service (openHIE component) |
| FHIR |
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources |
| FR |
Facility Registry (openHIE component) |
| GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
| HL7 |
Health Level 7 International, the governing body of the FHIR standard |
| HDC |
Health Data Commons |
| HIE |
Health Information Exchange |
| HMIS |
Health Management Information System (openHIE component) |
| HWR |
Health Worker Registry (openHIE component) |
| IOL |
Interoperability layer (openHIE component) |
| LMIC |
Low- and middle-income country |
| LMIS |
Logistics Management Information System (openHIE component) |
| OHS |
Open Health Stack |
| OpenHIE |
Open source community and specification of a HIE |
| OpenHIM |
Open Health Information Mediator, an open source reference implementation of the interoperability layer of openHIE |
| PC |
Product Catalogue (openHIE component) |
| PET |
Privacy-enhancing technology |
| PII |
Personnally Identifiable Information |
| PoC |
Point-of-Care system (openHIE component) |
| PoS |
Point-of-Service system, alternative name of Point-of-Care system |
| PR |
Patient Registry, alternative name for Client Registry (openHIE component) |
| REST |
Representational state transfer, a software architectural style used in web APIs |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SHR |
Shared Health Record (openHIE component) |
| TS |
Terminology Service (openHIE component) |
| UHC |
Universal Health Coverage |