Acronyms
This page provides explanations of many abbreviations (acronyms) used throughout the site. It is organized in alphabetical order.
A-E
-
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
-
BHIE
-
Bi-directional Health Information Exchange
-
BPM
-
Business Process Model
-
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
-
CIO
-
Chief Information Officer
-
CISO
-
Chief Information Security Officer
-
CMS
-
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
-
CONNECT
-
NHIN gateway
-
CONOPS
-
Concept of Operations
-
COTS
-
Commercial Off-the-Shelf
-
CPRS
-
Computerized Patient Record System
-
CRM
-
Customer Relationship Management
-
DoD
-
Department of Defense
-
DURSA
-
Data use and reciprocal support agreement
-
EA
-
Enterprise Architecture
-
E-GOV
-
E-Government
-
EHR
-
Electronic Health Record
-
EHR
-
Electronic Health Record
-
EHRVA
-
Electronic Health Record Vendors Association
F-J
-
FACA
-
Federal Advisory Committee Act
-
FAST
-
Federal Adoption of Standards for Health IT
-
FDA
-
Food and Drug Administration
-
FEA
-
Federal Enterprise Architecture
-
FHA
-
Federal Health Architecture
-
FHIPR
-
Federal Health Information Planning and Reporting
-
FHISE
-
Federal Health Information Sharing Environment
-
FHITSOP
-
Federal Health IT Standards Organization Participation
-
FORE
-
Foundation of Research and Education
(part of AHMA; works for ONC) -
FSS
-
Federal Security Strategy
-
FSWG
-
Federal Security Work Group
-
FSWG
-
Food Safety Work Group - obsolete
-
FTF
-
Federal Transition Framework
-
HAF
-
Health Architect’s Forum
-
HHS
-
Department of Health & Human Services
-
HI
-
Health Information
-
HIE
-
Health Information Exchange
-
HIMSS
-
Healthcare Information Management Systems Society
-
HIPAA
-
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
-
HISB
-
Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
-
HISE
-
Health Information Sharing Environment
-
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
-
HSP
-
Health Information Service Provider
-
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
K-O
-
LC
-
Leadership Council - FHA
-
LOB
-
Line of Business
-
MLPC
-
Managing Lead Partner Council - FHA
-
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
-
NHIE
-
NHIN Health Information Exchange
-
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
P-T
-
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
-
PM
-
Program Management
-
PMO
-
Project Management Office
-
PQRI
-
Physican Quality Reporting Initiative
-
PTSD
-
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
-
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
-
SDLC
-
Standards Development Lifecycle
-
SLHIE
-
State Level Health Information Exchange Consensus Project
-
SNOMED
-
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
-
SOA
-
Service Oriented Architecture
-
SSL
-
Secure Sockets Layer
U-Z
-
TBI
-
Traumatic Brain Injury
-
TLS
-
Transport Layer Security
-
VHA
-
Veterans Health Administration
-
VistA
-
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
-
VOE
-
Vista Office EHR
-
WG
-
Work Group
-
WW
-
Wounded Warrior