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E/R

Entity/Relationship

E3R

Electronic, Error, and Enhancement Report

EBAC

Entity-Based Access Control

ebXML

Electronic Business eXtensible Markup Language

ECMB

Executive Change Management Board

ECME

Electronic Claims Management Engine

ECR

Engineering Change Request

ECSS

Electronic Claims Submission System

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDS

Electronic Data Systems

EE

External Environment

eInvoice

An invoice received electronically into the pharmacy system from the prime vendor for medications.

EJB

Enterprise Java Bean

Electrolyte

An additive that disassociates into ions (charged particles) when placed in solution.

Electronic Error and Enhancement Request (E3R)

A software application located on Forum. It is used VHA-wide to submit suggestions for changes to Office of Information Field Office (OIFO) software products.

Electronic Pharmacy Claims/Billing

Electronic billing for outpatient prescriptions at point of care service.

Electronic Signature

A computer data compilation of any symbol or series of symbols executed, adopted, and/or authorized by an individual to be the legally binding equivalent of the individual’s handwritten signature. See glossary term Digital Signature for expansion of this concept within the VA.

Element

An object that encompasses a set of versions, organized into a version tree. They can be either files or directories.

Email Group

A group of individuals who receive email and alerts about a topic pertaining to the group.

Emergency Cache

A bulk supply of drugs stored in central pharmacy specifically for use in large scale emergencies or catastrophic events. The supply is not available for use in filling Patient orders unless released to the pharmacy prior to replacement or expiration.

Encapsulation

The hiding of a software object’s internal representation. The object provides an interface that queries and manipulates the data without exposing its underlying structure.

Encounter

A professional contact between a Patient and a Practitioner. A Patient may have multiple encounters for one appointment or during a single visit to a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) facility.

Enhanced Requests

A type of stakeholder request that specifies a new feature or functionality of the system.

Enterprise Architecture

The architecture that incorporates an entire business or major portion thereof.

Enterprise Product List (EPL)

A compendium of medications, supplies, and prosthetics available for ordering.

Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT)

A standardized set of medical vocabulary used within VHA systems, provides for the sets that accommodate local variations in terminology, and supports automated translation among terminology sets.

Enterprise Terminology Service (ETS)

The inclusive name for both the ERT and VETS projects. ETS determines terminology for clinical content (i.e., Pharmacy, Labs, Orders, Vitals). ETS has been renamed to Standardized Terminology Service (STS).

Entity Bean

A reusable software component used to implement business logic; multiple clients can access it simultaneously; it represents persistent items that could be stored in a database.

Entity By

The name of the user who entered the order into the computer.

ePharmacy

VA electronic pharmacy claims. Used to transmit claims between the VHA and insurance providers.

EPL

Enterprise Product List

EPL-L

EPL Local

EPL-M

EPL Master

EPL-N

EPL National

ER

Emergency Room

ER (Architecture)

Entity-Relationship

ERT

Enterprise Reference Terminology

ES

Enterprise Strategy

Essential Use Case

A Use Case containing a basic course of action. It is referred to as the “typical-path;” the main start-to-finish path that the actor and the system will follow under normal circumstances. Any activity that deviates from the “typical-path” is referred to as an alternate course of action. See the glossary term Use Case.

ETC

Enhanced Therapeutic Classification

Event

An occurrence that may be synchronous or asynchronous and to which an application  must respond in some manner.

Expiration Date (Drug)

The date a drug is no longer allowed to be used to fill a Patient order based on a time period established by the manufacturer after which the drug effectiveness is likely to have deteriorated. Maintaining control of this constraint is a high priority Patient safety issue for VHA.

Extend Relationship

A relationship that continues the functionality of a “parent” Use Case but is subject to a specific condition. It is used to indicate a relationship between a “parent” Use Case and a Use Case containing an alternate course of action. It is conditional and may or may not be used by the “parent” Use Case.

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

A simple, very flexible text format derived from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

Extension Point(s) (XPn)

A simple, very flexible text format derived from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

External Data Fields

A named marker that references a location or set of locations within the behavioral sequence for a Use Case, at which point additional behavior can be added.



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