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ECHR - European Convention on Human Rights (international convention covering a wide range of civil and political rights, adopted in 1950 under the auspices of the Council of Europe - served as the basis for the European Charter of Fundamental Rights)
ECRI - Emergency Care Research Institute
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange (standardized method of sending electronic documents between senders and receivers)
EEOC - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EF - exposure factor (variable, expressed as a percentage, which estimates the percentage value loss of an asset that is lost due to a risk occurrence)
EHI - Electronic Health Information (health information stored or transmitted in electronic form)
EHR - Electronic Health Record (patient data stored in a manner that allows real-time access so that it is instantly available, whenever and wherever it is needed - an electronic record of health care information created by a covered entity - an electronic version of a patient's medical history that is maintained by the provider over time)
EMD - Embedded Medical Device (healthcare devices, such as pacemakers or microchips, which can be embedded in a patient for monitoring or stabilizing conditions)
EMR - Electronic Medical Record (an electronic record or an episode of medical care that occurs in a particular office, clinic, or hospital and is mostly used for diagnosis or treatment)
EMT - Emergency Medical Technician (a medical professional who has undergone special training to provide first response in emergency situations, to handle traumatic injuries, and to provide medical care at accident scenes)
EOB - Explanation of Benefits (insurance company explanation for payment or reimbursement provided to healthcare providers)
EPHI (e-PHI) - Electronic Protected Health Information (patient health information that is computer-based and which, under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, requires implementation of information security practices)
EPO - Exclusive Provider Organization (healthcare organization that is part of a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) in which enrollees select an EPO provider to act as their primary care physician, who also serves as a gatekeeper, who approves the maximum level of benefits to which the enrollee is entitled)
EPSRC - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
ERA - Electronic Remittance Advice (electronically-transmitted memorandum sent by an insurance company to a healthcare provider detailing payments made or claims denied)
ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ESI - electronically-stored information (information stored in electronic format on electronic media)
ESIGN - Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000
ESRC - Economic and Social Research Council
EU - European Union (organization of European countries whose member states have joined by treaty arrangement)
EULA - End User License Agreement (software licensing agreement specifying conditions, terms, and restrictions on use, such as prohibitions on copying, which the user/purchaser is subject to)