Glossary

Term	Description
EHR	An electronic health record (EHR) is an electronic version of a patient's health history.
PMS	A practice management system (PMS) is software that runs the day-to-day operations of a practice, such as scheduling and billing. It often includes EHR features too.
Health record system	A general term for an EHR or PMS that NexHealth can connect to.
Integrated resource	An API resource that reads data from, or writes data to, the integrated system.
Non-integrated resource	An API resource that does not read from or write back to the integrated system.
Operatory	An operatory is a column in scheduling software. It stands for the physical space where a medical or dental procedure takes place. People also call it a room, a chair or a column. Note: Most dental scheduling software needs each appointment to have both a provider and an operatory. A provider can work in one operatory only or share it with others. Scheduling varies by office, so check with the office before you set up operatories.
Provider	Any staff member who provides medical or dental services.
Institution	In NexHealth, an institution is the office or group of offices your app connects to through the NexHealth Synchronizer. An institution has one or more syncs, depending on its health record systems and locations. Every practice resource belongs to an institution.
Sync	A sync is a location or a server where the Synchronizer API is actively reading the health record system.
Multi-location	A practice with several offices. In NexHealth it is one institution with one location per office. Offices that share one database share one sync, and offices with their own database each get a sync.
Product key	A unique token created during installation. It links the Synchronizer to the right health record system. Each sync has one product key.
Foreign ID	The `foreign_id` is the ID of the record in the third-party database. For example, at a practice on Eaglesoft, a patient's `foreign_id` is their ID in the Eaglesoft database.

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