Glossary of terms used in the UEC Appointment booking standards
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Consumer
The IT system that is searching for and placing bookings on behalf of the patient
Provider
The IT system that holds the appointments being searched for and booked into
SDS
This stands for “Spine Directory Service”
SSP
This stands for “Spine Secure Proxy”
PDS
This stands for “Patient Demographic Service”
SMSP
This stands for “Spine Mini Service Provider”
FHIR
This stands for “Fast Health Information Resources”
DoS
This stands for “Directory of Services”
JWT
This stands for “Java Web Tokens”
OAuth
This is an Open Authentication Standard