CWDS Glossary
The CWDS Glossary includes a List of Acronyms and defined terms captured from various models, reports, and other artifacts pertaining to the Child Welfare System – California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES) Project. The Glossary standardizes terms used across the various project disciplines; each term is defined with its meaning specific to the project domain.
The State may update the CWDS Glossary at any time. Any questions please contact CWDS Communications.
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Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
A business Associate Contract or Business Associate Agreement is a written arrangement that specifies each party’s responsibilities when it comes to PHI.
HIPAA requires Covered Entities to only work with Business Associates who assure complete protection of PHI. These assurances have to be in writing in the form of a contract or other agreement between the Covered Entity and the Business Associate.
Business Team Definition:
A legal business associate contract between a two or more organizations that will receive access to, transmit, or store Protected Health Information (PHI) as part of its services for the provider.
HIPAA requires Covered Entities to only work with Business Associates who assure complete protection of PHI. These assurances have to be in writing in the form of a contract or other agreement between the Covered Entity and the Business Associate.
Business Team Definition:
A legal business associate contract between a two or more organizations that will receive access to, transmit, or store Protected Health Information (PHI) as part of its services for the provider.
Business Continuity and Contingency Plan (BCP)
A plan that pinpoints the most important parts of your business, identifies potential risks to these critical pieces and prepares you to recover as quick and easy as possible.
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
The process of determining the criticality of business activities and associated resource requirements to ensure operational resilience and continuity of operations during and after a business disruption.
Business Intelligence (BI)
A set of techniques and tools for the transformation of raw data into meaningful and useful information for the CWS-CARES Project business analysis purposes. The techniques and tools allow for easy interpretation of CWS-CARES Project data for effective reporting, analysis and to make timely decisions based on historical, current and predictive views of business operations.
Business Objects (BO)
A business representation of an organization's data that helps end users access data autonomously using common business terms. Business Objects isolates business users from the technical details of the databases where source data is stored.
Business Objects Universe
A Business Objects Universe is a semantic layer that maps complex data into business areas (e.g., case, referrals) with elements that use descriptive business terms known across the organization.
Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)
Data modeling applicable to software engineering utilizing the process of creating a data model for an information system by applying formal data modeling techniques and graphical representation for specifying business processes in a business process model.
Business Process Package (BPP)
Each Business Process Package contains high-level workflows and operational scenario narrative descriptions that describe an aspect of California’s current statewide CWS practices.
Business Rules
Rules that govern the flow and function of the Application and enforce customer business policies and procedures navigation through the Application and data access.
Business Rules Engine (BRE)
A business rules engine (BRE) is a software component that automates decision-making processes based on predefined business rules. It acts as a central hub for managing and executing these rules, enabling organizations to standardize, automate, and streamline various business processes. By separating rules from application code, BREs enhance flexibility, facilitate faster changes, and improve overall agility.