AAFP |
American Academy of Family Physicians |
AAHP |
American Association of Health
Plans |
AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
ACIP |
Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices |
AFIX |
Assessment, Feedback, Incentives,
eXchange |
AIM |
Association of Immunization
Managers |
AIRA |
American Immunization Registry
Association |
AMIA |
American Medical Informatics
Association |
ASTHO |
Association for State and Territorial
Health Officials |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention |
CII |
Childhood Immunization Initiative |
CIRSET |
Committee on Immunization Registry
Standards for Electronic Transactions |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services |
CSTE |
Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists |
DHHS |
Department of Health and Human
Services |
eBXML |
Electronic Business using eXtensible
Markup Language |
ECBT |
Every Child By Two |
EHR |
Electronic Health Record |
EMR |
Electronic Medical Record |
ESD |
Epidemiology and Surveillance
Division |
FAQ |
Frequently
Asked Questions |
FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
GPRA |
Government Performance Results
Act |
HCFA |
Health Care Funding Administration |
HCPWG |
Health Care Provider Participation
Work Group |
HEDIS |
Health Plan Employer Data and
Information Set |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act |
HIT |
Health Information
Technology |
HL7 |
Health Level Seven |
HRSA |
Health Resources and Services
Administration |
IHS |
Indian Health Services |
IIS |
Immunization Information System |
IISAR |
Immunization Information Systems Annual
Report |
IISSB |
Immunization Information Systems Support
Branch |
IPOM |
Immunization Program Operations Manual |
ISD |
Immunization Services Division |
IT |
Information Technology |
LHII |
Local Health Information Infrastructure |
MCO |
Managed Care Organization |
MCHB |
Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
MHRA |
Medical and Health Research
Association of New York |
MMIS |
Medicaid Management Information
System |
NACCHO |
National Association of County
and City Health Officials |
NAPHIT |
National Association for Public
Health Information Technology |
NAPHSIS |
National Association of Public
Health Statistics |
NCIRD |
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases |
NEDSS |
National Electronic Disease
Surveillance System |
NHII |
National Health
Information Infrastructure |
NHIN |
National Health Information
Network |
NIC |
National Immunization Conference |
NIS |
National Immunization Survey |
NVAC |
National Vaccine Advisory Committee |
NVPO |
National Vaccine Program Office |
ONCHIT |
Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology |
P/C |
Privacy and Confidentiality |
PHDSC |
Public Health Data Standards
Consortium |
PHI |
Protected Health Information |
PHII |
Public Health Informatics Institute |
PHIN |
Public Health Information Network |
PHR |
Personal Health Record |
PPT |
Provider Participation Team |
PROW |
Programmatic Registry Operations
Workgroup |
RHIO |
Regional Health Information
Organization |
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
SODA |
Systems Operations and Design
Activity |
TWG |
Technical Working Group |
VFC |
Vaccines for Children |
WIC |
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children |
XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |