Acronyms
This page provides explanations of many abbreviations (acronyms) used throughout the site. It is organized in alphabetical order.
A-E F-J K-O P-T U-Z
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AHIC |
American Health Information Community |
AHIMA |
American Health Information Management Association |
AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
ASTHO |
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
BSV |
Biosurveillance |
CC |
Chronic Care |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
CDISC |
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium |
CE |
Consumer Empowerment |
CHI |
Consolidated Health Informatics |
CCHIT |
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology |
CDS |
Clinical Decision Support |
CHC |
Community Health Centers |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
CPRS |
Computerized Patient Record System |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
EHR |
Electronic Health Record |
EHRVA |
Electronic Health Record Vendors Association |
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F-J |
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FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
FHA |
Federal Health Architecture |
FORE |
Foundation of Research and Education
(part of AHMA; works for ONC) |
HHS |
Department of Health & Human Services |
HIE |
Health Information Exchange |
HIMSS |
Healthcare Information Management Systems Society |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HISB |
Healthcare Informatics Standards Board |
HISPC |
Health Information Security and Privacy |
HIT |
Health Information Technology |
HITPC |
Health Information Technology Policy Council |
HITSP |
Health Information Technology Standards Panel |
HL7 |
Health Level 7 |
HRSA |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
IFMC |
Iowa Foundation for Medical Informatics |
IHS |
Indian Health Service |
IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
IT |
Information Technology |
JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
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K-O |
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MUA |
Medically Underserved Areas |
NAHIT |
National Alliance for Health Information Technology; "The Alliance" |
NCI |
National Cancer Institute |
NCSL |
National Conference of State Legislatures |
NCVHS |
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics |
NGA |
National Governors Association |
NHIN |
Nationwide Health Information Network |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NLM |
National Library of Medicine |
OHITA |
Office of Health Information Technology Adoption |
OIS |
Office of Interoperability & Standards |
OMB |
Office of Management & Budget |
ONC |
Office of the National Coordinator (preferred abbreviation for ONCHIT) |
ONCHIT |
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
OPC |
Office of Programs & Coordination |
OPR |
Office of Policy & Research |
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P-T |
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PARTner |
The name for IFMC's system for collecting data from everyone who reports data in to OCSQ |
PHC |
Personalized Health Care |
PHCCC |
Population Health & Clinical Care Connections |
PHR |
Personal Health Record |
PITAC |
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee |
PQRI |
Physican Quality Reporting Initiative |
PVRP |
Physician Voluntary Reporting Program |
QUAL |
Quality |
RHIO |
Regional Health Information Network |
RPMS |
Resource and Patient Management System |
RTF |
Review Task Force |
SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
SDO |
Standards Development Organization |
SNOMED |
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
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VHA |
Veterans Health Administration |
VistA |
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture |
VOE |
Vista Office EHR |
WG |
Work Group |
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