Batch Transaction

-Processing transactions in a group or batch. No user interaction is required once batch processing is
underway. This differentiates batch processing from transaction processing, which involves processing
transactions one at a time and requires user interaction.

Benefit Integration
1. Improved Customer Service
The quicker and more efficiently you address your customers’ needs, the more likely they are to come
back and rave about your excellent customer service.
2. Increase Sales
A properly integrated system can make it easier for customers to purchase your products or services.
3. Provide a Better Work Environment
Many people think that increasing the technology used in a business integration project means you need
fewer workers.
Billing Unit

A billing unit is any unit that you use to bill customers. You can bill customers at a resource level or a
functional level. Billing customers at a functional level is called functional billing.

If you bill customers at a resource level, each billing unit will fall into one of these categories:

 A column in a producing system summary table (a base measurement unit, or BMU). For example,
the number of CPU seconds.
 A BMU combined with a service type. For example, the number of CPU seconds during the day shift.
 A BMU combined with more than one service type. For example, the number of CPU seconds during
the day shift for jobs with priority 1.

Data Dictionary
-A data dictionary is a collection of descriptions of the data objects or items in adata model for the benefit of
programmers and others who need to refer to them. A first step in analyzing a system of objects with which
users interact is to identify each object and its relationship to other objects.
External Code list
- is used to provide references to controlled terminologies that are defined outside of the Define-XML
itself. Usually it is instantiated with only the name and Version attributes. For example, in the SDTM example
provided with Define-XML 2.0,
Functional profiles for EHR systems
-The Pharmacist/Pharmacy Provider Functional Profile will facilitate EHR systems capture of medication and
clinical related data at the point of contact or point of care by specifying the functional requirements needed to
support messaging among prescribers, pharmacist and pharmacy providers and other health care entities
needing medication-related information.
Financial Information Reporting
-A financial statement (or financial report) is a formal record of the financial activities and position of a
business, person, or other entity.Relevant financial information is presented in a structured manner and in a
form easy to understand. They typically include basic financial statements, accompanied by a management
discussion and analysis

Formulary and Benefit

-Formulary and Benefit Standard provides a standard means for pharmacy benefit payers (including health
plans and Pharmacy Benefit Managers) to communicate formulary and benefit information to prescribers via
technology vendor systems.