This article lists all of the known and most frequently used terminologies across the DrFirst space.
| Terminology | Definition |
|---|---|
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation – A data interchange format. |
| JQL | Java Query Language |
| CS | Controlled Substance |
| EPCS | Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances |
| Login Password | The password used to access your account. |
| Signature Password | The password used to send prescriptions electronically (required for all prescriptions). |
| Passphrase | The password used to send only controlled substances electronically after inputting the signature password. |
| Hard Token (Key Fob / Key Chain) | The small orange / black Symantec device. The Serial Number (S/N) will be located on the back. |
| Soft Token | The VIP Access application, created by Symantec, downloaded on an electronic device (phone, tablet, and computer). The Credential ID will be within the app underneath the term “Credential ID.” |
| OTP | This means One Time Pin and is the 6-digit security code located in your VIP Access app if you use a soft token or press the power button on your hard token. It will change every 30 seconds, so please do not be alarmed as this is a security feature and will continuously change. |
| IDP | Identification-Proofing |
| Invited | EPCS status, which indicates you have been invited to begin EPCS IDP Registration and Enrollment. |
| IDPFailed | EPCS status, which indicates you have not passed EPCS IDP successfully. You will stay in this EPCS status until you can successfully pass IDP. |
| Tokenbound | EPCS status indicates you have successfully passed IDP, attached a token(s), and created a passphrase, security question/security answer. You will stay in this EPCS status until the Experian Transaction Number is input and your credentials are confirmed. |
| Experian Transaction Number | This number comes from Experian either by SMS (text) or letter. Transaction number coming via text is a 6-digit code, whereas the one coming via physical mailer is a 9-digit code. |
| Enrolled / Inactive | This EPCS status indicates you have passed IDP and input the Experian Transaction Number, and now are waiting to get your EPCS to grant status switched over from Inactive to Active in the LAC by staff admin. |
| Enrolled / Active | This EPCS status indicates your account is fully set up to allow controlled substances to be sent electronically. |
| PDMP | Prescription Drug Monitoring Program |
| LOA2 | Level of Assurance 2 (Surescripts IDP) |
| LOA3 | Level of Assurance 3 |
| COA | Credentialing Office Administrator |
| SPI | SURESCRIPTS PROVIDER IDENTIFIER - The provider's main account with Surescripts in which prescriptions are routed from here to pharmacies/vice versa. |
| NPI | NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIER - a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the US. |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration (often referred to as a doctor's DEA NUMBER) - A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is a number assigned to a health care provider (such as a medical practitioner, optometrist, pharmacist, dentist, or veterinarian) by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances. |
| NADEAN | Narcotic addiction DEA number - An identifier that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) issues to all physicians who have special licenses to administer protocols for treating people with narcotic addiction. Required to be entered for prescriptions such as suboxone. |
| NDC | National Drug Code |
| FDB | First Data Bank - the drug database that we pull from for our lists of medications in Rcopia |
| PA / PI: | Patient Advisor / Patient Innovations- refers to a series of tools found in a toolbar in Rcopia related to patient education, coverage, and adherence. |
| JEM | Jave Engine Middleware |
| SS | SuresScripts - our major technology partner that routes our prescriptions to and from pharmacies and provides us medical history |
| EMR | Electronic Medical Record - The digital version of paper charts in a clinician's office. An EMR contains the medical and treatment history of the patients in practice. |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record - An EMR but the term "health" instead of "medical" can apply to a broader spectrum of information. |
| PMS | Practice Management System |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - A US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers. |
| NKDA | No Known Drug Allergy - a default allergy listing to a patient if they have not specified any known allergies. |
| PHI |
Protected/Personal Health Information - Any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that is created or collected by a "Covered Entity" (or a Business Associate of a Covered Entity) and can be linked to a specific individual. |
| ePA | Electronic Prior Authorization - The act of pre-approving financial coverage for medications by a patient's health insurance electronically. |
| mBC | My Benefit Check |
| SSO | Single Sign-On - Often used by our partners, this is a login method in which users can bypass manually entering a username and password on a login screen and directly login via a special URL in conjunction with a vendor account. |
| SSAC | SureScripts Admin Console - The administrative web-based interface we use to gather information and manage accounts in the Surescripts network. |
| COV | Change of Vendor (previously PUR/Provider Update Request) - A process in which a practice can request a change of ownership of an SPI between technology vendors via Surescripts. |
| NCPDP | National Council for Prescription Drug Programs - Unique pharmacy identifier. |
| NUS | Notice of Undeliverable Script - Notification sent to providers via backline that a script was undeliverable. |
| MedHx | Medication History - A patient's history of prescribed medications. |
| PBM | Pharmacy Benefit Manager (most often a third-party administrator (TPA) of prescription drug programs but sometimes can be a service inside of an integrated healthcare system (e.g., Kaiser or VA). They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims). |
| NewRx | New Prescription - Newly prescribed medication. |
| REFREQ | Refill Request - An electronic refill request sent from the pharmacy technology vendor to us through SureScripts. |
| REFRES | Refill Response |
| PDMP | Prescription Drug Monitoring Program |
| NP | Nurse Practitioner - A nurse who is qualified to treat certain medical conditions without the direct supervision of a doctor. |
| PA | Physician Assistant - A mid-level medical practitioner who works under the supervision of a licensed doctor (an MD). |
| MD | Doctor of Medicine - M.D. denotes a first professional graduate degree awarded upon initial graduation from medical school. |
| API | Application Program Interface - A set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications; an API specifies how software components interact. |
| XML | Extensive Markup Language - A markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a human-readable and machine-readable format. |