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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| U-Z |
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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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