Medical Terms - I
Identity and Access Management (IAM) - (organizational process which defines and manages the roles and access privileges of network users and the circumstances in which users are granted or denied access privileges)
incident response (IR) - (organization's response, including plans and planning, to attacks or interruptions in service - how an organization reponds to incidents)
Indian Health Service (IHS) - (federal agency overseeing health services for the Native American Community)
Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) - (information, in any form or medium, created or received by certain participants in healthcare, relating to the health of an individual or payment for health services, that either identifies the individual or provides a reasonable basis to believe the information can identify the individual - a subcategory of health information, which can include demographic information that identifies an individual)
Information Access Management (IAM) - (management system, including policies and procedures involving the authorization of access to electronic protected health information (ePHI) as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule)
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) - (United Kingdom (UK) independent authority set up to provide oversight of information rights in the public interest)
information, communications, and entertainment technologies (ICE) - (technologies involving the transmission, storage, sharing, and use of systems to provide information, communication, and entertainment)
Information Governance (IG) - (term for a category of information management and use of information, generally focused on the legal area known as "Information Law")
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) - (a comprehensive approach to managing the flow of information, from creation and initial storage to the time when it becomes obsolete and is deleted)
Information Management Council (IMC) - (group within an organization concerned with business, management, and organizational issues, as well as technical aspects of information assets and policies)
Information Operations (IO) - (organized method of communicating a message to large groups, both positive and negative, as characterized by terms such as propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation - often used in a military context)
information as property (IP) - (concept that information is considered a form of property)
Information Protection Program (IPP) - (organizational program set up to deal with issues related to the protection of information and systems, providing for risk analysis and risk management procedures and policies, implementation, and roles and responsibilities assignments)
information security (IS) - (steps an organization takes to protect its data and information from threats)
Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) - (trend within the logging and monitoring development environment toward automated tools and security processes which allow for continuous monitoring of system status)
Information Security Governance (ISG) - (within an organization, executive management's responsibility to provide strategic direction, oversight, and accountability for the security of its data and information technology (IT) resources - main duty is to make sure that information security strategy supports business goals)
Information Security Management System (ISMS) - (governance structure supporting an information security program)
Information Security Management System (ISMS) - (organizational system focused on reducing threats and risks, including reputational risk, ensuring business continuity and operations, and reducing potential liability from the exposure of security incidents)
Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) - (systems programs/methods of organizational management of information security)
Information Security Official or Officer (ISO) - (individual assigned responsibility for developing and implementing information security policies and procedures)
Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) - (organization/entity that provides security and threat intelligence services on a contract basis, including the collection, analysis, and sharing of actionable threat information, both cyber and physical security threats)
information systems (IS) - (broadly, any system for collecting, storing, organizing, and accessing data - in the computer area, a specific set of people, computers, processes, and information which combined, provide a system for processing and providing information)
Information System Security Officer (ISSO) - (individual responsible for the design, implementation, management, and review of an organization's security policies, standards, procedures, baselines, and guidelines)
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) - (Cloud computing model which provides the customer access to computer resources, such as data processing, storage, and networks, and allows the customer to run operating systems and applications.)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - (professional organization setting technical standards for medical and laboratory equipment and devices)
Institutional Review Board (IRB) - (alternative term for Ethical Review Board) (formal, organizational committee that approves, monitors, and reviews biomedical and behavioral research involving humans)
Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (IIPA) - (Georgia law which precludes the disclosure of personal information collected by insurance companies without authorization)
Insurance Risk Manager (IRM) - (individual responsible for decisions relating to insurance, compliance with required liability policy provisions, claims evaluation, conducting risk exposure analysis, and maintaining oversight of a self-insured loss pool)
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) - (international organization setting interoperability standards)
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) - (an initiative by healthcare professionals and the healthcare industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information - technical framework defining a common information model and common vocabulary for systems use in communicating medical information)
Intellectual Property (IP) - (field of study/area of law dealing with a person's creative ideas, inventions, and innovations, divided into areas such as patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyright)
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) - (the tort of intentionally or recklessly causing another person severe emotional distress through one's or outrageous acts)
Interconnection Security Agreement (ISA) - (agreement between a healthcare organization and a third party covering information privacy and security standards for interconnected systems)
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) - (nonprofit organization focusing generally on issues of privacy and privacy relating to the Internet)
International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death (ICD) - (manual established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1949 which classifies injuries and diseases)
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) - (coding system for disabilities)
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) - (international organization providing terminology standards and licensing the use of SNOMED (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine), a coding system with a comprehensive vocabulary used to express clinical and medical terms)
International Organization for Standardization/International Electotechnical Commission standard (ISO/IEE 27002) - (security standard intended to provide a common basis and practical guidelines for developing organizational security standards and effective security management practices)
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) - (hierarchical medical classification system, designed to categorize diseases so that morbidity and mortality rates can be traced and reported - managed under the purview of the World Health Organization (WHO))
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) - (a category of medical devices and applications that are healthcare information technology (HIT) systems or that connect to HIT systems through Wi-Fi, online computer networks, and cloud platforms - medical devices and equipment connected through the Internet to other medical devices, patients, and/or hospital networks)
Internet Protocol (IP) - (a network layer protocol which governs the way data travels from one device to another)
Internet Security Systems (ISS) - (organizational systems employed/measures taken to protect systems and data from Internet threats and attacks)
Internet Service Provider (ISP) - (a company that provides its customers with access to the Internet, typically through DSL (digital subscriber line), a cable modem, or dial-up networking)
Intrusion Detection System (IDS) - (security alarms that warn of possible inappropriate attempts to access networks, hosts, programs, or data by examining network traffic)
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) - (framework of information technology (IT) service management providing best practices guidelines - contained in a set of 34 books published by the British government's Stationary Office between 1989 and 1992)