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  • Texas Medical Records Privacy Act (TMRPA) - (Texas law dealing with personal protected health information and records)

  • Therapy Imaging and Model Management System (TIMMS) -

  • Transaction and Code Sets (TCS) - (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules used to standardize the electronic transfer of information by requiring the types of codes health practitioners use when communicating with payers - Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) for procedures and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) for diagnoses)

  • Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) - (the core Internet communications protocol, often used to refer to the entire set of protocols used on the Internet for communications of all types)

  • Transport Layer Security (TLS) - (security protocol that enables the secured transport of information across protected network tunnels on the Internet)

  • Treatment, Payment, and Healthcare Operations (TPO) - (component or area of patient health care involving activities related to treatment, billing, and organizational activities related to health care)

  • Trusted Automated Exchange of Intelligence Information (TAXII) - (As part of a threat intelligence network, system which defines how cyber threat intelligence (CTI) can be shared via electronic transmissions.)

  • Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TECFA) - (Computerized information system network program developed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), intended to provide a nationwide system of communications between hospital and healthcare organizations, which will enhance secure information exchange, as well as allowing individuals access to their health care informaion.)

  • Trusted Platform Module (TPM) - (an embedded microchip on the computer's motherboard that provides crptographic functions)