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Acronym
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Full Term
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Description
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Date Updated
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3DES
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Triple Data Encryption Standard
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Utilizes software encryption as required on any laptop or personal
computer as directed by VA IT Operations and Management.
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06/30/2009
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| A |
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A&A
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Advisory and Assistance
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type of federal contract
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10/06/2010
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A&A
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Aid and Attendance
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An additional benefit payable in
both compensation and pension
programs for someone who is so
disabled that they need assistance
with their everyday needs.
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06/26/2007
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A/OPC
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Agency/Organization Program Coordinator
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06/22/2007
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AA
|
Authorized Absence
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07/09/2004
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AAALAC
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American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
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A private, nonprofit organization that promotes the
humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary
accreditation and assessment programs.
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06/29/2009
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AAALAC Int'l
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Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International
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07/09/2004
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AAC
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AAC Austin Automation Center (Now: Austin Information Technology Center AITC)
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08/04/2008
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AAHRPP
|
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
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Promotes the highest quality research through an
accreditation process that helps organizations worldwide
strengthen their human research protection programs
(HRPPs). http://www.aahrpp.org/
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06/29/2009
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AAR
|
After Action Report
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06/05/2009
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ABC
|
Activity Based Costing
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An improved costing methodology
that centers around activities.
This provides a more process
oriented view of your
organization, thereby giving you
more accurate allocations of your
costs.
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06/26/2007
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ABDX
|
Abdominal Pain Diagnostic Program
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Comprehensive pain assessment completed by the RN, NP or
MD if the pain score is 4 & greater or if the patient is
receiving pain medication (completed during admission,
with each new onset of pain. Each site of pain is
addressed.
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06/29/2009
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ABMS
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Automated Blood Management Systems
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06/05/2009
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AC
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Ambulatory Care
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07/09/2004
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ACA
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Advanced Clinical Access
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12/30/2008
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ACG
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Ambulatory Care Group
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A Medical Care group providing medical treatment to a
patient who is able to walk and does not have to be kept
in bed.
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06/29/2009
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ACGME
|
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
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Responsible for the Accreditation of post-MD medical
training programs within the United States, accomplished
through a peer review process and is based upon
established standards and guidelines.
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06/29/2009
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ACHE
|
American College of Health Executives
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An international professional society of more than
30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals,
healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations.
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06/29/2009
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ACIO
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Associate Chief Information Officer
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06/06/2007
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ACM
|
Asbestos Containing Material
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materials containing asbestos
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06/29/2009
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ACMD
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Assistant Chief Medical Director
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07/09/2004
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ACMS
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Advanced Cost Management Systems
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Set of systematic procedures aimed at generating cost
estimates that are accurate enough to match actual costs.
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06/29/2009
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ACOS
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American College of Surgeons
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Distinguished organization of surgeons.
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06/29/2009
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ACOS
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Associate Chief of Staff
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Individual who promotes staff excellence and staff
development.
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06/29/2009
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ACP
|
Agency Capitol Plan
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|
07/09/2004
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ACQUIP
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Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project
|
Project formulated to improve the quality of ambulatory care
provided.
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07/21/2009
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ACRP
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Ambulatory Care Reporting Program
|
Responsibly for the oversight, analysis, education and
direction, and serves as an advisory body to the Director
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06/30/2009
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ACRS
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Accelerated Cost Recovery System
|
Establish target costs for each subsystem, and compare
long-term costs of conventional design and construction
with anticipated long-term costs. See CUPS
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10/06/2010
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ACS
|
Alternate Care System
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Establish appropriate alternative care.
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06/30/2009
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ACS
|
Acute Coronary Syndrome
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Mortality, re-hospitalization for cardiac events, revascularization
procedures
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06/30/2009
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ADA
|
Associate Deputy Administrator
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Responsible for the management functions to manpower resources.
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06/30/2009
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ADAS
|
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
|
Secretary and support person for the Associate Deputy
Assistant.
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06/30/2009
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ADC
|
Average Daily Census
|
A monthly statement of gains and losses, days of care, average
daily census, total per diem cost, per diem claimed and total
amount claimed for the hospital.
|
06/30/2009
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ADCC
|
Alzheimer's Disease Core Center
|
Center dedicated to aid local services and the general public who
request information relating to Alzheimer’s Disease
|
06/30/2009
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ADCMD
|
Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director
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|
07/09/2004
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ADE
|
Adverse Drug Event
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|
06/06/2007
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ADL
|
Activities of Daily Living
|
Activities done during a normal day such as getting in and out of
bed, dressing, bathing, eating, and using the bathroom.
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06/30/2009
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ADM
|
DSS Admissions Extract
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10/02/2009
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ADP
|
Automatic Data Processing
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|
07/09/2004
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ADPAC
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Automated Data Processing Application Coordinator
|
The application experts and
administrators. They set system
definition parameters and insure
that users are doing what they
need to regarding use of the
applications.
|
06/26/2007
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ADPSO
|
Automated Data Processing Security Officer
|
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07/09/2004
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ADR
|
Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Allow parties to resolve their
disputes without resorting to
litigation via the use of an
impartial neutral third person.
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06/26/2007
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ADR
|
Administrative Data Repository
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Non-clinical part of HDR, i.e. demographic data
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04/18/2008
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ADS
|
Alternative Delivery System
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|
06/05/2009
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ADS
|
Ambulatory Data System
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|
06/05/2009
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ADT
|
Admission, Disposition, and Transfer
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|
06/05/2009
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ADUSH
|
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health
|
Office of the ADUSH
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04/15/2005
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AE
|
Adverse Event
|
An unanticipated/Unexpected Related or possibly unrelated to
participation in the research.
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06/30/2009
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AECGIS
|
Automated Electrocardiographic Interpretive Systems
|
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07/09/2004
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AEMS/MERS
|
Automated Engineering Management System/Medical Equipment Reporting
|
This Engineering module provides
for management of information to
support key responsibilities
assigned to VA engineering
organizations .
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06/26/2007
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AEPS
|
Affiliated Education Programs Service
|
Educational Program Service within the facility.
|
06/30/2009
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AERAC
|
Adverse Events in Research Advisory Committee
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|
06/30/2009
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AFEB
|
Armed Forces Epidemiological Board
|
Serves as a continuing scientific advisory body to the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the military Surgeons
General.
|
06/30/2009
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AFIP
|
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
|
An agency of the United States Department of Defense offering
consultation, education and research.
|
06/30/2009
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AFO
|
Ankle-Foot Othosis
|
Improves toe clearance during
swing
and ankle position at initial
contact (IC) and midstance
|
06/26/2007
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AFPC
|
Armed Forces Policy Council
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06/05/2009
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AFRRI
|
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
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Conducts research on the biological effects of ionizing
radiation & provides medical training & emergency
response to manage incidents related to radiation
exposure.
|
06/30/2009
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AGIS
|
Atlas Geographic Information System
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A computer application used to store, view, and analyze
geographical information, especially maps.
|
06/30/2009
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AH
|
Army Hospital
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|
06/05/2009
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AHA
|
American Hospital Association
|
|
07/09/2004
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AHCPR
|
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (see AHRQ)
|
Agency committed to helping the Nation improve our
health care system. To fulfill its mission, AHRQ
conducts and supports a wide range of health services
research.
|
06/30/2009
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AHIMA
|
American Health Information Management Association
|
Code of Ethics intended to serve as a professional ethics guide for
its members and credentialed professionals who are not members.
|
06/30/2009
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AHPA
|
American Health Planning Association
|
|
07/09/2004
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AHRQ
|
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR)
|
Within HHS, AHRQ supports health services research
initiatives that seek to improve the quality of health
care in America.
|
06/30/2009
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AHSR
|
Association for Health Services Research
|
A non-profit organization formed to promote the health services
research & to strengthen the relationship between the users and
producers of health services research.
|
06/30/2009
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AHSRHP
|
Academy for Health Services Research and Health
|
Field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors,
financing systems, organizational structures & processes, health
technologies, & personal behaviors ultimately affect our health and
well-being.
|
06/30/2009
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AIC
|
Automated Information Center
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|
07/09/2004
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AICS
|
Automated Information Collection Systems
|
Methods that facilitate the automatic organization and collection
of electronic information accessed or communicated by a computer.
|
06/30/2009
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AIS
|
Automated Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
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AISO
|
Alternate Information Security Officer
|
Performs the same duties as the chief information security officer
(CISO) focusing on information security within an organization.
|
06/30/2009
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AITC
|
Austin Information Technology Center (Formerly: Corporate Franchise Datacenter CFD; Formerly: Austin Automation Center AAC)
|
As a franchise fund, or fee-for-service organization,
AAC provides cost-efficient IT enterprise solutions to
support the information technology needs of customers
within the Federal sector.
|
08/05/2008
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AJCC
|
American Joint Commission on Cancer
|
|
07/09/2004
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ALB
|
Account Level Budgeting (a DSS term)
|
|
06/06/2007
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ALC
|
Agency Location Code
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|
06/22/2007
|
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ALOS
|
Average Length of Stay
|
A statistical calculation often used for health planning purposes.
|
06/30/2009
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AMAS
|
Automated Management Application System
|
Provides for the automated
processing of over 300,000
applications for Government-
furnished monuments, i.e.,
headstones, markers, and niche
covers yearly by the Memorial
Programs Service (MPS). This
application was replaced by AMAS-R.
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06/27/2007
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AMC
|
Army Medical Center
|
|
06/05/2009
|
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AMI
|
Acute Myocardial Infarction
|
Cmmonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood
supply to part of the heart is interrupted causing some
heart cells to die.
|
06/30/2009
|
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AMIA
|
American Medical Informatics Association
|
Biomedical and health informatics has to do with all aspects of
understanding and promoting the effective organization, analysis,
management, and use of information in health care.
|
06/30/2009
|
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AMIE
|
Automated Medical Information Exchange
|
Provides electronic distribution
of admonitions, discharge and C &
P examination information between
regional offices and medical
centers.
|
06/27/2007
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AMIS
|
Automated Management Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
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AMVETS
|
American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam
|
An organization supporting those veterans serving in these various
war times.
|
06/30/2009
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ANOVA
|
Analysis of Variance
|
A collection of statistical models, and their associated
procedures, in which the observed variance is partitioned into
components due to different explanatory variables.
|
06/30/2009
|
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ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
|
A privately funded, non-profit
organization which coordinates the
development of voluntary standards
in the United States and is the
agency that approves standards.
|
06/27/2007
|
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AO
|
Agent Orange
|
A herbicide, or defoliant, which
was used in Vietnam to kill
unwanted plant life and to remove
leaves from trees which otherwise
provided cover for the enemy.
|
06/20/2007
|
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AOA
|
Analysis of Alternatives
|
Process used to maximize collection from third party debts for
inpatient and outpatient health care services provided veterans.
|
06/30/2009
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AOD
|
Administrative Officer of the Day
|
|
07/09/2004
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AOPO
|
Agent Orange Projects Office
|
Coordinates and monitors all agency Agent Orange efforts and
recommends specific AgentOrange-related policies to the
Administrator of Veterans Affairs.
|
06/30/2009
|
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AOR
|
Agent Orange Registry
|
Maintenance of physical examins of veterans who served (1962-1975,
1968-1969, or who may have been exposed to toxic substances) during
the conduct of, testing, transporting, or spraying of herbicides
for military purposes.
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06/30/2009
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AOWG
|
Agent Orange Working Group (White House)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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APES
|
Automated Patient Evacuation System
|
|
06/05/2009
|
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AQCESS
|
Automated Quality of Care, Evaluation Support System
|
|
06/05/2009
|
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ARA
|
Automated Risk Assessment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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ARB
|
Accident Review Board
|
|
10/02/2008
|
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ARC
|
Allocation Resource Center
|
A clinically-focused health
systems information and management
group that assists the VHA policy
and operations management by
developing, maintaining, and using
decision support patient-specific
workload and expenditure
databases.
|
06/20/2007
|
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ARF
|
Animal Research Facilities
|
Provides space, equipment, and care for laboratory animals used for
research and teaching purposes.
|
06/30/2009
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ARMS
|
Automated Reference Manuals
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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ARNP
|
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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ARS
|
Automated Response System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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ARS
|
Acute Radiation Syndrome
|
|
06/05/2009
|
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ART
|
Annual Report Template
|
A one or two paragraph description of the center's mission and how
it has changed over the past year.
|
06/30/2009
|
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ARTS
|
Adverse Reaction Tracking System
|
|
06/22/2007
|
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ARU
|
Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit
|
Specific area assigned to receive and treat those patients who
experience alcohol addiction.
|
06/30/2009
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ASBPO
|
Armed Services Blood Program Office
|
|
06/05/2009
|
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ASC
|
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
|
|
06/05/2009
|
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ASC X12
|
Accredited Standards Committee X12
|
|
07/09/2004
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ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
|
A widely used system for encoding
characters for processing and
transmission between data
processing systems, data
communication systems, and
associated equipment.
|
06/27/2007
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AsCMD
|
Associate Chief Medical Director
|
|
07/09/2004
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ASD(HA)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
|
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06/05/2009
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ASIM
|
Automated Security Incident Measurement
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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ASISTS
|
Automated Safety Incident Surveillance and Tracking System
|
The computerized system used by VHA facilities to track and monitor
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) incidents.
|
06/30/2009
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ASP
|
Application Service Provider
|
A third party company or
organization providing hosting
services for applications on their
own infrastructure, generally
offered as a fee-for-service
capability.
|
06/27/2007
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ASSESS
|
Application Self-Scoring Evaluation Support System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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ATIC
|
Advanced Technology Integration Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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ATSDR
|
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
|
A federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
|
07/12/2007
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| B |
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B/S
|
Benefits/Services
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|
07/09/2004
|
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BBM
|
Blood Bank Modernization
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Works and maintains VISTA Blood
Bank software
|
06/20/2007
|
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BCMA
|
Bar Code Medication Administration
|
This system provides that all units of medication leave the VA
pharmacy with a bar coded label that correspond with a bar code on
the patient’s wrist allowing missing dose tracking and audit trails
of medication dispensing.
|
06/30/2009
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BDC
|
Boston Development Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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BDI
|
Biological Defense Initiative
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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BDN
|
Benefits Delivery Network
|
The legacy system employed by VBA to process entitlements for three
of the five business lines: Compensation and Pension, Education,
and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment.
|
06/30/2009
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BDOC
|
Bed Days of Care
|
Number of days the patient is on bed rest during medical care
regimen.
|
06/30/2009
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BEA
|
Bureau of Economic Analysis
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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BEC
|
Benefits Executive Council
|
|
07/09/2004
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BEST
|
Business Enterprise Solutions and Technologies
|
|
07/09/2004
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BHIE
|
Bi-directional Health Information Exchange (formerly: CHCS-VistA DSI)
|
A joint IT effort of secure
sharing of protected electronic
healthcare data between the
Departments of Veterans Affairs
(VA) and Defense (DoD).
|
06/20/2007
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BIA
|
Bureau of Indian Affairs
|
|
10/07/2009
|
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BIOFACS
|
Biomedical and Facilities Systems
|
|
06/08/2009
|
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BIRLS
|
Beneficiary Identification and Resource Locator System
|
An index of veterans and
beneficiary records which contains
personal, military service, and VA
file number and location
information.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
BLRD
|
Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development
|
Supports research exploring
biological or physiological
principles in humans or animals.
For example, BLR&D research
includes pre-clinical models and
investigations of tissues, blood
or other biologic specimens from
humans.
|
06/22/2007
|
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BLS
|
Bureau of Labor Statistics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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BME
|
Biomedical Engineering
|
The application of engineering principles & techniques to the
medical field combining the design & problem solving skills of
engineering with medical & biological sciences to improve
healthcare diagnosis & treatment.
|
06/30/2009
|
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BMI
|
Body Mass Index
|
A measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to
both adult men and women.
|
06/30/2009
|
|
BMT
|
Bone Marrow Transplantation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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BMU
|
Behavioral Medicine Unit
|
|
06/06/2007
|
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BOSS
|
Burial Operations Support System
|
Provides benefit delivery
automation support to NCS
facilities nationwide. It
replaced the manual processing
previously associated with
establishing and maintaining
interment information at VA
national cemeteries.
|
06/27/2007
|
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BPH
|
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
|
Enlaraged prostate gland.
|
06/30/2009
|
|
BPR
|
Business Process Reengineering
|
The fundamental analysis and
redesign of business processes and
management systems, job
definitions, organizational
structures and beliefs and
behaviors to achieve dramatic
performance improvements to meet
contemporary requirements.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
BPRC
|
Budget Planning Review Council
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
BRC
|
Blind Rehabilitation Center
|
Rehabilitation facility to provide services and advocacy resulting
in employment, independent living and equality for individuals with
blind disabilities.
|
06/30/2009
|
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BRFSS
|
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
|
A national system of health surveys that tracks health-
risk behaviors, clinical preventive practices, and
health care access and use, primarily related to chronic
diseases and injury.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
BRH
|
Bureau of Radiological Health
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
BRRC
|
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center
|
Facility where professionals develop, test & translate mechanism-
based neurorehabilitation methods to maximize recovery of veterans
w/brain disease or injury; thereby maximizing the quality of lives.
|
06/30/2009
|
|
BSC
|
Balanced Score Card
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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BSL
|
Biosafety Level
|
The level of the biocontainment precautions required to isolate
dangerous biological agents in an enclosed facility.
|
06/30/2009
|
|
BVA
|
Board of Veterans Appeals
|
A VA organization directly
responsible to the Secretary which
decides benefit questions in cases
where the claimant disagrees with
the decision of the VA regional
office.
|
06/27/2007
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C&P
|
Compensation & Pension
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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C&P
|
Credentialing & Privileging
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
C3PO
|
Chief, Policy, Planning and Performance Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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CA
|
Certificate Authority
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CAAT
|
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
|
An organization working since 1981 to find new methods
to replace the use of laboratory animals in experiments,
reduce the number of animals tested, and refine
necessary tests to eliminate pain and distress.
|
06/15/2009
|
|
CAB
|
Compliance Advisory Board
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CAC
|
Clinical Application Coordinator
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CAD
|
Coronary Artery Disease
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CAIS
|
Computer Automated Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CANCOR
|
Cancer Care and Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CAO
|
Chief Administrative Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CAPA
|
Corrective and Preventative Action
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CAPER
|
Compensation And Pension Evaluation Redesign
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CAPOC
|
Computer Assisted Practice of Cardiology (DoD)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CAPPS
|
Computer Assisted Payments Processing System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CAPRI
|
Compensation and Pension Records Interchange
|
Originally designed for VBA as a GUI interface. It
includes Comp & Pen data but has the additional facility
to provide access to all VHA sites through a single
access/verify code, and has evolved in use for functions
beyond its initial scope.
|
07/10/2009
|
|
CARES
|
Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services
|
National initiative to ensure its
health care system meets the needs
of veterans today and in the future
|
06/20/2007
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CARF
|
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
|
A private not-for-profit
organization that sets quality
standards, evaluates quality of
services, and accredits
rehabilitation facilities.
|
06/27/2007
|
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CARG
|
Clinical Application Requirements Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CART
|
Cardiovascular Assessment Reporting and Tracking System
|
|
08/20/2009
|
|
CART-CL
|
Cardiovascular Assessment Reporting and Tracking System for Catheterization Labs
|
|
08/20/2009
|
|
CAS
|
Content Access Service (formerly Clinical Observation Access Service)
|
|
07/09/2004
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CASE
|
Computer Assisted Software Engineering
|
|
07/09/2004
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CAT
|
Computer Audio Teleconferencing
|
With CAT training, faculty and
participants at sites remote from
one another dial into an audio
bridge over conventional phones.
Thus, the persons may interact
with each other, and can be logged
on to the same computer for
instruction.
|
06/27/2007
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CAT
|
Computerized Axial Tomography
|
|
07/09/2004
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CATI
|
Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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CBA
|
Clinical Business Area
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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CBC
|
Community Based Clinic
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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CBC
|
Complete Blood Count
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
CBD
|
Chief Benefits Director
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CBI
|
Compliance and Business Integrity
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CBO
|
Central Business Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CBO
|
Congressional Budget Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CBOC
|
Community Based Outpatient Clinic
|
An outpatient clinic in an outlying community. The
clinic is part of a larger Veterans Administration
Hospital but due to the physical distance many more
veterans may be better served by having serves closer
to their homes.
|
07/17/2008
|
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CBRF
|
Community Based Residential Facility
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CBSE
|
Component Based Software Engineering
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CCA
|
Clinger-Cohen Act
|
The Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-106) assigns the
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
with the responsibility to
develop, maintain and facilitate
the implementation of an
enterprise architecture.
|
06/20/2007
|
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CCB
|
Change Control Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CCC
|
Clinical Coordinating Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CCC
|
Cost Containment Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CCDOR
|
Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CCHT
|
Care Coordination/Home Telehealth
|
|
10/02/2008
|
|
CCO
|
Community Collaboration Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CCOW
|
Clinical Context Object Workgroup
|
A context management standard
owned by HL7 used to coordinate
access across multiple
[workstation client] applications.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CCPC
|
Consolidated Co-payment Processing Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CCQAS
|
Centralized Credentials and Quality Assurance System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CCRM
|
Care Coordination Resource Management
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CD ROM
|
Compact Disk Read-Only Memory
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDA
|
Clinical Document Architecture
|
A document markup standard that
specifies the structure and
semantics of "clinical documents"
for the purpose of exchange.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
CDC
|
Centers for Disease Control
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDCI
|
Corporate Data Center COOP Initiative
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDI
|
Chronic Disease Index
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDL
|
Central Dental Lab
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDMRP
|
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
|
|
07/12/2007
|
|
CDQR
|
Clinical Data Quality Review
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDR
|
Clinical Data Repository (now: Health Data Repository HDR)
|
|
06/20/2007
|
|
CDR
|
Cost Distribution Report
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDS
|
Clinical Data Service
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CDSS
|
Clinical Decision Support System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CDW
|
Corporate Data Warehouse
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CE
|
Continuing Education
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CEB
|
Clinical Executive Board
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CEC
|
Continuing Education Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CEHIST
|
Center for Evaluation of Healthcare Information Systems & Technology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CEIEBP
|
Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CEIS
|
Corporate Executive Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CEMHOR
|
Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CEN
|
Annual Patient Census
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CEO
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CF
|
Conversion Factor
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
CFD
|
Corporate Franchise Data Center (Now: Austin Information Technology Center AITC)
|
|
08/04/2008
|
|
CFO
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CFP
|
Clinical Financial Planner
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CFR
|
Code of Federal Regulations
|
The Secretary's rules and
regulations are contained in Title
38 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (38 CFR).
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CGI
|
Computer Graphics Interface
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
CHALENG
|
Community Homelessness Assessment Local Education and Networking Groups
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHAMPUS
|
Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHAMPVA
|
Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
|
Medical benefits program through
which the VA provides treatment in
a VA facility or helps pay for
medical care obtained from
civilian sources for eligible
dependents and survivors of
veterans.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CHCBP
|
Continuing Health Care Benefits Program
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
CHCE
|
Center for Health Care Evaluation
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CHCM
|
Comprehensive Health Care Management
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
CHCS
|
Composite Health Care System (DoD)
|
An automated information system
supporting the administration and
delivery of health care at
Department of Defense (DoD)
Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF)
throughout the world.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CHCS-VISTA DSI
|
Composite Health Care System - VistA - Data Sharing Interface (now: BHIE)
|
|
06/20/2007
|
|
CHDR
|
Clinical Data Repository/Health Data Repository (Interoperability Project)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHEC
|
Community Health Education Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHEP
|
Cooperative Health Education Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHERP
|
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CHF
|
Congestive Heart Failure
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHI
|
Consolidated Health Informatics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHIACC
|
Creating HealtheVet Informatics Applications for Collaborative Care
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CHIM
|
Center for Healthcare Information Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHIN
|
Community Health Information Network
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHIO
|
Chief Health Informatics Officer
|
Represents VA on regional, national and international informatics
and manages high interest clinical programs e.g.,My HealtheVet and
Bar Code Resource.
|
01/15/2009
|
|
CHIP
|
Coalition for Health Information Policy
|
|
07/20/2007
|
|
CHIPS
|
Consumer Health Information & Performance Set
|
An initiative to develop a VISN
wide information system for
decision support, performance
measuring and population studies.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
CHIR
|
Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research
|
|
02/07/2008
|
|
CHIS
|
Center for Healthcare Information Security
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHISS
|
Common Health Information Security Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHKM
|
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CHQOER
|
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CHR
|
Consolidated Health Record
|
A CHR is created and maintained for every individual that is
treated or assessed within a VA Medical Center. It is a medical
record that documents the diagnosis and treatment of the patient,
and an administrative record.
|
10/02/2008
|
|
CHSRPC
|
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CI
|
Commercial Integrator
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CICSP
|
Continuous Improvement In Cardiac Surgery Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIDC
|
Clinical Indicators Data Capture
|
Software intended to capture
patient treatment data in order to
increase revenue from third-party
payers and to provide electronic
inputs for the forthcoming Patient
Financial Services System (PFSS)-a
Congressionally mandated project.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
CIDD
|
Common Intrusion Detection Director
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIDER
|
Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CIO
|
Chief Information Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIOFO
|
Chief Information Office Field Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIONTEO
|
Chief Information Office National Training and Education Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIR
|
Corporate Information Repository
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIRC
|
Central Incident Response Capability
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIRN
|
Clinical Information Resources Network
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIRN-CR
|
Clinical Information Resources Network Clinical Repository
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CIS
|
Clinical Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CISS
|
Clinical Information Support System
|
|
03/29/2011
|
|
CISSP
|
Certified Information System Security Professional
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CITI
|
CHAMPVA In-house Treatment Initiative
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CITI
|
Collaborative IRB Training Initiative
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CITPO
|
Clinical Information Technology Program Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CKD
|
Chronic Kidney Disease
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CLC
|
Community Living Center (formerly: NHCU)
|
Provides resident-centered care. The name change
demonstrates the commitment of VA to accommodate
the age-specific needs of the new cohort of OEF/OIF
veterans seeking long or short term care.
|
01/16/2009
|
|
CLI
|
DSS Clinic Visit Extract
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
CLIA
|
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CLS
|
Clinical Lexicon Consortium
|
Provides psychiatric consultations
and education to non-psychiatrist
physicians, assists medical and
surgical teams, and refers
appropriate patients to Mental
Health.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
CMAC
|
CHAMPUS Maximum Allowable Charges
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMC
|
Consolidated Medical Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMC3
|
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (formerly: Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research MCHSPR)
|
Conducts high quality research
that will translate into improved
patient and health outcomes for
veterans and the nation.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
CMCCC
|
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3) (formerly MCHSPR)
|
Formerly MCHSPR
|
02/19/2007
|
|
CMCHS
|
Civilian Military Contingency Hospital System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMD
|
Chief Medical Director
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMIT
|
Current Medical Information and Terminology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMO
|
Chief Medical Officer
|
Individual responsible for clinical services at the VISN
level
|
06/15/2009
|
|
CMOP
|
Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy
|
This software is fed mail out
prescription data, then it
interfaces with highly automated
prescription dispensing equipment.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CMOR
|
CIRN Master of Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMR
|
Consolidated Memorandum of Receipt
|
The facility’s non-expendable
property inventory.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
CMS
|
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (previously HCFA)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMSA
|
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CMT
|
Centralized Means Test
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CNA
|
Clinical Nurse Administrator
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CNE
|
Certified Network Engineer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CNH
|
Community Nursing Home
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CNH
|
Contract Nursing Home
|
|
07/20/2007
|
|
CNHC
|
Community Nursing Home Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CNO
|
Chief Network Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CO
|
Central Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COACH
|
Center on Advice & Compliance Help
|
The person serving as the
supervisor of a work team. Rather
than giving team members
instruction as would a traditional
supervisor, the coach provides
guidance and direction to the team
in its decision-making process.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
COAS
|
Clinical Observation Access Control
|
An interface specification in IDL
defining a common access mechanism
for the retrieval of information
content within a distributed
infrastructure.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
COB
|
Coordination of Benefits
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
COBRA
|
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
|
Ensures medical coverage for
individuals who are temporarily no
longer covered under the umbrella
of medical insurance coverage.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
COC
|
Continuity of Care
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
COE
|
HSR&D Centers of Excellence
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
COG
|
Clinical Oversight Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COG
|
Continuity of Government
|
The principle of establishing
defined procedures that allow a
government to continue its
essential operations in case of a
nuclear war or other catastrophic
event.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
COJ
|
Clinic of Jurisdiction
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COLA
|
Cost-0f-Living Adjustment
|
Annual raise of cost of living
|
07/17/2008
|
|
COLMR
|
Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
COM+
|
Component Object Model +
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CONOPS
|
Concept of Operations
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COO
|
Chief Operations Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COOP
|
Continuity of Operations
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COPAFS
|
Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COR
|
Copy of Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CORBA/OMA
|
Common Object Request Broker Architecture/Object Management Architecture
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COROA
|
Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
COS
|
Chief of Staff
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COTH
|
Council of Teaching Hospitals
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
COTS
|
Commercial Off The Shelf
|
Commercially available
applications sold by vendors
through public catalogue listings.
COTS software is not intended to
be customized or enhanced.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
COVES
|
Cost and Value Tradeoffs
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CPA
|
Cooperative Project Assurance
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CPAC
|
Consolodated Patient Accounting Center
|
|
10/06/2010
|
|
CPC
|
Center for Palliative Care
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CPEP
|
Compensation and Pension Examination Project
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CPGS
|
clinical practice guidelines
|
Methods to improve care processes
within VA and DoD medical
facilities.
|
05/24/2007
|
|
CPHB
|
Center for Patient Healthcare Behavior
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CPM
|
Critical Path Method
|
Obtains information and data to
identify, manage, and resolve
project problems. Minimizes legal
disputes and establishes realistic
construction project duration(s).
|
06/20/2007
|
|
CPMOR
|
Center for Practice Management & Outcomes Research
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CPOE
|
Computerized Physician Order Entry
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CPR
|
Computerized Patient Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CPRI
|
Computer-Based Patient Record Institute
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CPRI-HOST
|
Computerized Patient Record Institute-Healthcare Open Systems and Trials
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CPRS
|
Computerized Patient Record System
|
The people, data, rules and
procedures, processing and storage
devices, and communication and
support facilities that provide
and maintain computer-based
patient record information.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CPS
|
Claims Processing System
|
Computer system being developed by
VBA to identify and obtain the
evidence required to make a
decision on a disability claim
from a veteran.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CPSC
|
Cardiac Pacemaker Surveillance Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CPT
|
Common Procedure Terminology
|
A coding system primarily used to
encode outpatient procedures for
billing and reimbursement
purposes.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CQI
|
Continuous Quality Improvement
|
A methodology intent on meeting or
exceeding customer requirements by
continuous improvement and
innovation in products, processes,
and services.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CQIR
|
Center for Quality Improvement Research
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CRADA
|
Collaborative Research and Development Agreements
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CRADO
|
Chief Research & Development Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CRCOE
|
Clinical Research Centers of Excellence
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CRIISP
|
Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CRSP
|
Centralized Regional Scheduling Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CRT
|
Crisis Response Team
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CSA
|
Common Services Architecture
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CSE
|
Customer Service Environment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CSHPB
|
Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CSI
|
Congressional Special Interest Medical Research Programs
|
Encompasses breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers,
neurofibromatosis, military health, and other specified
areas.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
CSO
|
Cyber Security Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CSP
|
Cooperative Studies Program
|
|
06/06/2007
|
|
CSPCC
|
Cooperative Studies Program Coordination Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CSR&D
|
Clinical Science Research and Development
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
CSWRI
|
Center for the Study of War Related Injuries
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
CTF
|
Chloracne Task Force
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CTI
|
Computer/Telephone Integration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CTO
|
Chief Technology Officer
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
CUPS
|
Customer User Provisioning System
|
Formerly: ACRS
|
10/06/2010
|
|
CWAD
|
Crisis Notes, Warning Notes, Allergies and Directives
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
CWM
|
Common Warehouse Meta-model
|
An OMG standard specification for
exchanging data warehouse and
business intelligence metadata
between tools/products.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
CWS
|
Cold Weather Syndrome
|
Breathing problems caused later in
life by military personnel who
served in severe cold weather
climates for long durations of
time.
|
08/15/2005
|
|
CWT/IT
|
Compensated Work Therapy/Incentive Therapy
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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D&PPM
|
Drug & Pharmaceutical Products Management
|
This module allows each facility
to collect and print pharmacy
statistics. It can provide
information on facility, regional,
and national product use on
monthly, quarterly, and annual
intervals.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DAA
|
Designated Accrediting Authority
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DACA
|
Distributed Access Control and Authorization
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DAR
|
Data Architecture Repository
|
Allows users to utilize the
repository for registering Data
Architecture artifacts,
establishing relationships,
querying, conducting analyses on
data, reporting status /
statistics and creating visual
expressions.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
DAS
|
Data Architecture Service
|
Its purpose is to inform the EAC
of the ongoing
establishment of a Data
Architecture Service in the Office
of Enterprise Architecture
Management.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
DAS
|
Dental Activity System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DAS
|
Deputy Assistant Secretary
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DASHO
|
Designated Agency Safety and Health Official
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DAV
|
Disabled American Veterans
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DBA
|
Data Base Administrator
|
In VistA, the person who monitors
name spacing conventions and other
procedures that enable various
VistA packages to coexist within
an integrated database system.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DBIA
|
Database Integration Agreement
|
The DBA maintains a list of DBIA's
or mutual agreements between
package developers allowing the
use of integral entry points or
other package-specific features
that are not available to the
general programming public.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DBIC
|
Data Base Integration Committee
|
Within the purview of the DBA, the
committee maintains a list of DBIC-
approved callable entry points and
publishes the list on FORUM for
reference by application
programmers and verifiers.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DBMIS
|
Defense Blood Management Information System
|
|
06/05/2009
|
|
DBMS
|
Data Base Management System
|
A system used to store, retrieve,
and manipulate data in an
organized (modeled) fashion.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DBSS
|
Defense Blood Standard System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DCA
|
Delayed Continuing Accreditation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DCC
|
Data Consent Committee (HIPAA abbreviation)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DCE
|
Distributed Computing Environment
|
Provides security services to
protect and control access to
data, name services that make it
easy to find distributed
resources, and a highly scalable
model for organizing widely
scattered users, services, and
data.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DCHV
|
Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DCIO
|
Deputy Chief Information Officer
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
DCM
|
Department Cost Manager
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DCRB
|
Design Change Review Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DDC
|
Denver Distribution Center (formerly Prosthetics Distribution Center)
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
DDCSS
|
Drug Dependence Clinical Support System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DEA
|
Drug Enforcement Agency
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DEC
|
Dental Education Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DECC
|
Defense Enterprise Computing Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DEERS
|
Defense Enrollment Eligibility System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DEMPS
|
Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DEN
|
DSS Dental Extract
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
DES
|
Disability Evaluation System
|
FL 08-020 uses this term in relation to quick start
claims and Benefits Delivery at Discharge
|
10/06/2010
|
|
DES
|
Digital Encryption Standard
|
Allows only hardware
implementations of the U.S.
Government official data
encryption algorithm.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DFC
|
Discharge From Clinic
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DHCP
|
Decentralized Hospital Computer Program
|
A hospital information system
developed by the Veterans
Health Administration starting in
1977.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DHHS
|
Department of Health and Human Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DIB
|
Data Integrity Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DIC
|
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
|
Rate paid to the spouse and/or
children surviving the death of a
veteran
|
06/20/2007
|
|
DICOM
|
Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DISA
|
Defense Information Systems Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DIT
|
Development Integration Testing
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMC
|
Debt Management Center
|
Responsible for generating reports
concerning overpayments created
and recovered as a result of award
or stop actions processed by
regional offices.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DMDC
|
Defense Manpower Data Center
|
Maintains the largest archive of personnel, manpower,
training, and financial data in the Department of
Defense.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
DME
|
Development/Maintenance/Enhancement
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DME
|
Durable Medical Equipment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMIM
|
Defense Medical Information Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMLSS
|
Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMMS
|
Decentralized Medical Management System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMMS
|
Decision Medical Management System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMO
|
Directives Management Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMRIS
|
Defense Medical Regulating Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DMSSC
|
Defense Medical Systems Support Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DNR
|
Do Not Resuscitate
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DNS
|
Domain Name Server
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DO
|
Delivery Order
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DoD
|
Department of Defense
|
The federal agency responsible
for the management of members of
the United States Armed Forces, to
include the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marines, and Coast Guard.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DODHA
|
Department of Defense Health Affairs
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
DOEHDR
|
Defense Occupational Exposure Health Data Repository
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
DOHRS
|
Defense Occupational Health Readiness System
|
|
07/12/2007
|
|
DOL
|
Department of Labor
|
A federal agency which is the
funding source for the Veterans
Employment and Training Service
(VETS).
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DOM
|
Domiciliary (under management of medical center)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DOMP
|
Delivery Order Management Plan
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DORS
|
Department Of Rehabilitation Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DPC
|
Drug Program Coordinator
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DPDB
|
Division of Practitioner Data Banks
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DPPB
|
Distribution Population Planning Base
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DQA
|
Division of Quality Assurance
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DR
|
Data Repository
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
DRA
|
Designated Research Area
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
DRE
|
Designated Research Element
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
DRG
|
Diagnosis Related Group
|
Patient classification system
based upon the patient's diagnosis
or procedure. Each DRG is based
upon an allocation of consumption
of resources.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
DRM
|
Dental Record Manager
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DRR
|
Division of Research Resources
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DRRB
|
Data Request Review Board
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
DS
|
Distant Site for telehealth
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
DSCC
|
Documentation Standards and Conventions Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DSCM
|
Data Standardization Configuration Management (Board)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DSM
|
Digital Standard Mumps
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DSMB
|
Data Safety Monitoring Boards
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
DSMO
|
Designated Standard Maintenance Organization (HIPAA abbreviation)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DSO
|
Decision Support Objects
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DSOIRM
|
Designated Senior Official for IRM
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
dSs
|
Decision Support System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DSS
|
Document Storage Systems
|
A computer based information system that is designed with the
purpose of improving the processes and outcomes of human decision
making.
|
03/29/2011
|
|
DT&E
|
Development Test and Evaluation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DTC
|
Day Treatment Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DTD
|
Document Type Definition
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DTS
|
Document Tracking System (OCIO controlled correspondence)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DUA
|
Data Use Agreement
|
|
04/15/2005
|
|
DUR
|
Drug Utilization Review
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DUSH
|
Deputy Under Secretary for Health
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DVA
|
Department Veterans Affairs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
DVBIC
|
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
|
A multi-site medical care, clinical research and education center
that enhances the quality, appropriateness, timeliness, and cost-
effectiveness of treatment delivered to military and veteran
beneficiaries with TBI. http://www.dvbic.org/
|
06/04/2009
|
|
DVOP
|
Disabled Veteran Outreach Program
|
Disabled Veteran Outreach Program (a DOL funded, state
operated employment search and placement support
resource)
|
10/07/2009
|
| E |
TOP |
|
E&M
|
Evaluation & Management
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
E/R
|
Entity Relationship
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
E3R
|
Electronic, Error and Enhancement Report
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EA
|
Enterprise Architecture
|
An integrated framework that
enables the evolution and
maintenance of existing
information technology systems and
guides future technology
acquisitions.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
EAC
|
Enterprise Architecture Council
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EB
|
Executive Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EBCDIC
|
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EBQID
|
Evidence-Based Quality Improvement for Depression
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
EC
|
Emerging Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EC
|
Event Capture
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EC CCB
|
Emergency Care Change Control Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ECAT
|
Electronic Catalog
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ECC
|
Extended Care Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ECF
|
Executive Career Field
|
A Performance Plan measure of Research Compliance that provides
guidance for conducting audits and reporting audit results to the
Office of Research Oversight (ORO) concerning requirements for
informed consent of human subject research.
|
12/31/2008
|
|
ECG
|
Electrocardiograph
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
ECI
|
Enterprise Communications Initiative
|
|
06/27/2007
|
|
ECP
|
Engineering Change Proposals
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ECS
|
Event Capture System
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
ECSIP
|
Enterprise Cyber Security Infrastructure Project
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDB
|
Enrollment Database
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDD
|
Electronic Data Dictionary
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDI
|
Electronic Data Interchange
|
The inter-organizational, computer-
to-computer exchange of structured
information in a standard, machine-
processable format.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
EDI/MRA
|
Electronic Data Interchange/Medical Reform Act
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDI/MRA
|
Electronic Data Interchange/Medicare Remittance Advice
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDM
|
Executive Decision Memorandum
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDMS
|
Electronic Data Management System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDP
|
Electronic Data Processing
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
EDR
|
Event Driven Reporting
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDS
|
Electronic Data Systems
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDSS
|
Expanded Disability Status Scales
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EDW
|
Enterprise Data Warehouse
|
A data/content repository that
contains integrated, cross-
functional, and historical data.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
EEG
|
Electroencephalograph
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
EEO
|
Equal Employment Opportunity
|
Equal opportunity in employment
for all persons; prohibiting
discrimination in employment
because of race, color, religion,
sex, age, national origin or
disability.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
EES
|
Employee Education System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EFAV
|
Enhanced Failsoft Access for VISTA
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EFDA
|
Expanded Function Dental Auxiliaries
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EHR
|
Electronic Health Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EHRA
|
Electronic Health Record Architecture
|
Provides the structure for the
formal electronic health record,
and can serve as the evidential
record (assuming that sufficient
context and security are included).
|
06/27/2007
|
|
EHRI
|
Electronic Health Records Interoperability
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EHRP
|
Electronic Health Records Plan
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EIB
|
Enterprise Information Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EIL
|
Equipment Inventory Listing
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EIN
|
Employer Identification Number
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EIS
|
Executive Information System
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
EKG
|
electrocardiogram
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ELISA
|
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ELR
|
Education Liaison Representative
|
The person at the VA regional office responsible for
the education liaison and program approval functions.
The ELR is responsible for promptly informing state
approving agencies, schools, and training .
|
10/07/2009
|
|
EMC
|
Enterprise Management Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMC
|
Enterprise Management Concept
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMFSO
|
Engineering Management and Field Support Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMI
|
Electromagnetic Interference
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMME
|
Engineering Acquisition Materiel Management & Equipment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMPB
|
Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMPI
|
Enterprise Master Patient Index
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
EMPO
|
Emergency Medical Preparedness Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMR
|
Electronic Medical Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMRSS
|
Emergency Management and Resource Sharing Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMS
|
Environmental Management Services
|
|
12/31/2008
|
|
EMSHG
|
Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EMT
|
Executive Management Team
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EOB
|
Explanation of Benefits
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EOC
|
Episode of Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EOP
|
Emergency Operations Plan
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
EP
|
Expert Panel
|
Task oriented group created and
dissolved as needed by ARG.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
EPA
|
Environmental Protection Agency
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EPI
|
Emerging Pathogens Initiative
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EPM
|
Enterprise Project Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EPMS
|
Enterprise Project Management Software
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EPR
|
Electronic Patient Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EPRI
|
Electronic Patient Record Interface
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EPRP
|
External Peer Review Process
|
This package generates a list of
patients for review of care by an
outside review group.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
EPTS
|
Existing Prior to Service
|
Suggests Veterans disability was
present before they entered
active duty service.
|
11/17/2006
|
|
ER
|
Electronic Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
eRA
|
electronic Research Administration
|
Provides information technology solutions and support
for the full life cycle of grants administration
functions for the NIH as well as the AHRQ, CDC, FDA,
SAMSHA and VHA
|
10/06/2010
|
|
ERB
|
External Review Board
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
ERIC
|
Education Research Information Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ERMIS
|
External Review Management Information System
|
This system tracks reports, action
plans, and recommendations from
the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO), Office of
Inspector.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
ERT
|
Enterprise Reference Terminology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ESA
|
Enterprise Systems Architecture
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
ESG
|
Environmental Support Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ESM
|
Enterprise Systems Management
|
This office is part of the Office of Health Information (OHI). Its
purpose is to work collaboratively with other OI components and VHA
Program Offices to develop, implement and monitor the comprehensive
portfolios of IT systems.
|
01/16/2009
|
|
ESN
|
Electronic Security Number
|
|
04/18/2008
|
|
ESP
|
Evidence-Based Synthesis Project
|
Provides timely and accurate
syntheses of targeted health care
topics of particular importance to
VA managers and policymakers—and to
disseminate these reports
throughout VA
|
06/27/2007
|
|
ESS
|
Enterprise Support Solution
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ETA
|
Enhanced Time and Attendance System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ETC
|
Education and Training Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ETCS
|
Electronic Transactions and Code Sets
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ETMR
|
Electronic Theater Medical Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ETS
|
Enterprise Tactical Support
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EVA
|
Electronic VA
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
EVS
|
Enterprise VistA Support
|
|
06/13/2007
|
| F |
TOP |
|
FAB
|
Field Advisory Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FAC
|
Field Advisory Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FACNET
|
Federal Acquisition Computer Network
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FAQ
|
Frequently Asked Questions
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
FAR
|
Federal Acquisition Regulations
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FATO
|
Final Authority to Operate
|
Accreditation process that should
be completed on a new system prior
to operation.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
FBS
|
Fiduciary Beneficiary System
|
A centralized national database
and is housed at
the Network Systems Division in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
FC
|
Finance Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FCDM
|
Financial and Clinical Data Mart
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
FCP
|
Federal Credentialing Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FCP
|
Fund Control Point
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FDA
|
Food and Drug Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FDDI
|
Fiber Distributed Data Interchange
|
A local area network that serves
as many as thousands of users.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
FDP
|
Facility Development Plan
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FEA
|
Federal Enterprise Architecture
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
FEDSIM
|
Federal Systems Integration and Management Center
|
A Contracting Activities’
Contracting Officer
|
06/20/2007
|
|
FEE
|
Fee Basis Medical and Pharmacy System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FEMA
|
Federal Emergency Management Agency
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FHCC
|
Federal Health Care Center
|
A combination of VA assets and DOD assets forming a new
Federal Health Care Center serving both Veterans and DOD
Active Duty, Dependents and retirees.
|
12/22/2010
|
|
FHCRS
|
Federal Health Care Resources Sharing
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FHIE
|
Federal Health Information Exchange (formerly GCPR)
|
Facilitates the secure electronic
one-way exchange of patient
medical information between
Government health organizations.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
FHIMS
|
Federal Health Interoperability Modeling & Standards
|
|
10/06/2010
|
|
FHP&R
|
Force Health Protection & Readiness
|
This website provides Service members and families, DoD
Leaders, and Health Care Planners with deployment
related information.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
FI
|
Fiscal Intermediary
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FIFO
|
Firsts In/First Out
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
FIM
|
Functional Independence Measure
|
A method to assess the
rehabilitation of patients.
|
06/20/2007
|
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FIP
|
Federal Information Processing
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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FIPS
|
Federal Information Processing Standards
|
Standards published by the U.S.
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, after approval by
the Department of Commerce; used
as a guideline for federal
procurements.
|
06/27/2007
|
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FIPSP
|
Federal Information Processing Standards Publication
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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FIRMAC
|
Field Information Resources Management Advisory Council
|
This committee is responsible for
providing advice and guidance to
the Director of MIRMO concerning
issues related to IRM operations
and resource utilization at the
health care facility level.
|
06/27/2007
|
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FIRMR
|
Federal Information Resources Management Regulations
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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FIRSWG
|
Federal Information Resources Sharing Work Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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FITSAF
|
Federal IT Security Assessment Framework
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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FLTCI
|
Federal Long Term Care Insurance
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FMS
|
Financial Management System
|
An accounting system for budget,
fund control, and general
operating funds.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
FOH
|
Federal Occupational Health
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FOI
|
Field Office of Investigation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FOIA
|
Freedom of Information Act
|
Act states that virtually every
record possessed by a federal
agency must be made available to
the public in one form or another,
unless it is specifically exempted
from disclosure.
|
06/20/2007
|
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FOO
|
Family of Origin
|
Descriptor of an individual's biological family as
source, reference, or current relational involvement.
|
06/24/2008
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FPLOE
|
Fixed Price Level of Effort
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FPMR
|
Federal Property Management Regulations
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FRD
|
Functional Requirements Document
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FRP
|
Federal Response Plan
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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FSAG
|
Financial System Advisory Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FSMB
|
Federation of State Medical Boards
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FSOD
|
Functional Status and Outcomes Database
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
FST
|
Functional System Testing
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FTE
|
Full-time Equivalent
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FTEE
|
Full-time Employee Equivalent
|
An expression of personnel
resource utilization. The
expression refers to the amount of
hours paid to one employee in one
business year (2,087 hours).
|
06/27/2007
|
|
FTP
|
Facility Development Process
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
FTS
|
Federal Telecommunications System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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FWA
|
Federal-Wide Assurance Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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GAF
|
Global Assessment of Functioning
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GAO
|
General Accounting Office
|
An organization that reviews and
evaluates federal programs for
Congress.
|
06/27/2007
|
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GC
|
General Council
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GCP
|
Good Clinical Practice
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GCPR or G-CPR
|
Government-Computer-based Patient Record (See FHIE)
|
A collaborative partnership (VA,
DoD, IHS) to improve public and
individual health status.
|
07/21/2009
|
|
GCS
|
Government Consulting Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GEC
|
Geriatrics and Extended Care
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
GEHR
|
Good Electronic Health Record
|
A major part of the work of the
open EHR Foundation, is an
evolving electronic health record
architecture designed to be
comprehensive, portable and medico-
legally robust.
|
06/20/2007
|
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GERD
|
Gastroesophogeal Reflex Disease
|
Results from a greater than normal
degree of reflux of acid contents
of the stomach upward through the
esophagogastric sphincter, which
can lead to inflammation of the
esophagus (reflux esophagitis).
|
06/25/2007
|
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GETS
|
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GEU
|
Geriatric Evaluation Unit
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GFE
|
Government Furnished Equipment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GFI
|
Government Furnished Information
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GGAC
|
Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GIAT
|
Government Installation Acceptance Test
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GIGO
|
garbage in garbage out
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GILS
|
Government Information Locator System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GIP
|
Generic Inventory Package
|
An automated supply accounting
system.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
GIS
|
Generic Interface System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GISRA
|
Government Information Security Reform Act
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GITSS
|
Global Information Technology Support Services
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
GLIF
|
Guideline Interchange Format
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GMC
|
General Medical Clinic
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GMDN
|
Global Medical Device Nomenclature
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
GMT
|
Geographic Means Test
|
|
06/04/2009
|
|
GOSIP
|
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
|
The U.S. government's OSI
protocols that address
communication and inter-operation
of computer systems across
government agencies.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
GOTS
|
Government Off The Shelf
|
Refers to items produced for the
Government that are available for
general use within Government
programs that were developed by or
for the Government, passed
acceptance testing, and be
operating under government
control.
|
06/20/2007
|
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GPD
|
grant and per diem
|
Supportive housing for veterans
|
02/18/2011
|
|
GPEA
|
Government Paperwork Elimination Act
|
Agencies must generally provide
for the optional use and
acceptance of electronic documents
and signatures, and electronic
record keeping where practicable,
by October 2003.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
GPMRC
|
Global Patient Movement Requirements Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GPO
|
Government Printing Office
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
GPRA
|
Government Performance & Results Act
|
To provide for the establishment
of strategic planning and
performance measurement in the
Federal Government, and for other
purposes.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
GRECC
|
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GRM
|
Government Reference Information Model
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GSA
|
Government Services Administration
|
|
06/15/2009
|
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GUI
|
Graphic User Interface
|
Stands for
|
02/09/2011
|
|
GUI
|
Graphic User Interface
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
GUIDE
|
Policy Guidance and Development Center
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
GWOT
|
Global War on Terrorism
|
Campaign which includes various military, political, and
legal actions to curb the spread of terrorism.
|
09/17/2007
|
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H&PE
|
History and Physical Examination
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HAC
|
Health Administration Center (formerly known as CHAMPVA)
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
HAD
|
Health Administration Service (Formerly MAS)
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HAIG
|
Healthcare Analysis Information Group
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HANDS
|
Hand-On Automated Nursing Data System
|
An electronic syste for care planning that maintains
stadardization of documentation and communication of the
plan of care, while supporting the interdisciplinary
team in monitoring patient problems, interventions and
progress towards outcomes.
|
08/05/2008
|
|
HAS
|
Health Administration Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HAZDAT
|
Hazardous Substance Release and Health Effects Database
|
A database of information on the release of hazardous
substances from Superfund sites or from emergency
events, and on the effects of hazardous substances on
the health of human populations.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
HAZMAT
|
Hazardous Materials
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
HBA
|
Health Benefits Advisor
|
|
06/15/2009
|
|
HBHC
|
Hospital Based Home Care is now HBHC
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HBPC
|
Home Based Primary Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HCC
|
Health Care Center
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
HCFA
|
Health Care Financing Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HCHV
|
Health Care for Homeless Veterans
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HC-ISAC
|
HealthCare Information Sharing and Analysis Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HCMI
|
Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HCP
|
Health Care Provider
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
HCPCS
|
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HCQCUS
|
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HCRIS
|
Healthcare Cost Report Information System
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HCSDRO
|
Health Care Staff Development and Retention Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HCSR
|
Health Care Service Record
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
HCUP
|
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HDD
|
Health Data Dictionary
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
HDI
|
Health Data Informatics
|
This office is VHA's subject matter and policy expert regarding
data contained in veterans' electronic health records and in
national data systems
|
01/15/2009
|
|
HDR
|
Health Data Repository (formerly: Clinical Data Repository CDR)
|
A repository of clinical
information normally residing on
one or more independent platforms
for use by clinicians and other
personnel in support of patient-
centric care.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
HDS
|
Health Data Systems
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
HEA
|
Health Enterprise Architecture
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
HEAR
|
Health Evaluation and Assessment of Risk
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
HEC
|
Health Eligibility Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HEDIS
|
Health Plan and Employer Data and Information Set
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HERC
|
Health Economics Resource Center
|
A national center that assists VA
researchers in assessing the cost-
effectiveness of medical care,
evaluating the efficiency of VA
programs and providers, and
conducting high-quality health
economics research.
|
12/02/2004
|
|
HERO
|
Health Care Effectiveness through Resource Optimization
|
Project HERO is a pilot program that helps Veterans get
the care they need when it is not readily available at
their local Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical
center.
|
10/06/2010
|
|
HFMEA
|
Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
|
Identifies and improves steps in a
process ensuring a safe and
clinically desirable outcome.
A systematic approach to identify
and prevent product and process
problems before they occur.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
HHA
|
Home Health Agency
|
|
05/30/2007
|
|
HHAS
|
Headquarters Health Administration Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HHC
|
Home Health Care
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
HHS
|
Health and Human Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HIA
|
Health Information Architecture
|
A comprehensive and integrated
framework designed to facilitate
achievement of the
Administration's business
objectives that also provides the
context for making effective
decisions regarding information
resources throughout VHA.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
HIAA
|
Health Insurance Association of America
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
HILS
|
Heterogeneous Information Locator Service
|
An interface specification
addressing the location of
information from across
potentially heterogeneous sources
and returning those locations so
that calling applications can
request their desired information.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
HIM
|
Health Information Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HIMS
|
Health Information Management System
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
HIMSS
|
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HINQ
|
Hospital Inquiry
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HIPAA
|
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
|
A law passed by Congress in 1996
that requires the Department of
Health and Human Services to
implement regulations that will
require the use of specific
standards related to health care
claims, code sets, identifiersand
security.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
HIPDB
|
Health Integrity and Protection Data Bank
|
Helps to counter fraud and abuse
in health insurance and health
care delivery. A flagging system
to alert users that a more
comprehensive review of a
practitioner’s, provider’s,
or supplier’s past actions may be
prudent.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
HIRS
|
Health Information Resources Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HIS
|
Hospital Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HISB
|
Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HISBA
|
Health Information Standards Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HISEB
|
Health Information Systems Executive Board
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HISPP
|
Health Care Informatics Standards Planning Panel
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HISS
|
Health Information Security Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HITS
|
Health IT Sharing
|
Provides programmatic, analytical, and administrative
support to enable real-time, seamless sharing of
critical health data between VA and DoD’s Military
Health System.
|
01/15/2009
|
|
HITSP
|
Health Information Technology Standards Panel
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
HIV
|
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HL7
|
Health Level 7
|
HL7 is a standards organization
primarily focused on message-
oriented middleware for healthcare
|
07/21/2009
|
|
HL7 RIM
|
Health Level 7 Reference Information Model
|
Serves as the foundation to both
identify the classes and
attributes being addressed by HL7
standards, and to ensure that each
has semantic consistency.
they are referenced as part of HL7
activities.
|
07/21/2009
|
|
HOST
|
Healthcare Open Systems and Trials
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HOST
|
Hybrid Open Systems Technology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HPCC
|
High Performance Computing and Communications
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HPDM
|
High Performance Development Model
|
Provides a framework for the
Veterans Health Administration to
develop a highly skilled, customer-
centered workforce by focusing on
eight core competencies.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
HPMO
|
Health Information Technology Project Management Office
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HPS
|
Health Provider Systems
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
HR
|
Human Resources
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HRAC
|
Healthcare Resource Access Control
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HRD
|
Health Data Repository
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HRM
|
Human Resources Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HRMS
|
Human Resources Management Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HRPP
|
Human Research Protection Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HRQoL
|
Health Related Quality of Life
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HRSA
|
Health Resources Services Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HS&FO
|
Health Science and Force Optimization
|
Develops policy for, and oversees health research and
clinical investigations conducted under the Defense
Health Program
|
07/12/2007
|
|
HSC
|
Health Systems Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HSD&D
|
Health Systems Design and Development
|
Focuses on the design,
development, and maintenance of
the VistA (Veterans Health
Information Systems Technology
Architecture) system.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
HSES
|
Health Systems Executive Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HSR&D
|
Health Services Research and Development
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HSRDATA
|
Health Services Research Data
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HSRO
|
Health Systems Review Organization
|
Performed internal review
processes in VA medical centers
(VAMCs), as well as external
reviews of VAMCs.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
HSRS
|
Human Subjects Research
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
HUG
|
Human User Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
HVAC
|
House Veterans Affairs Committee
|
The committee in the U.S. House of
Representatives that is
responsible for veterans benefits
legislation.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
HVT
|
HealtheVet
|
|
06/13/2007
|
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I&I Laboratory
|
Integration and Interoperability Laboratory
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
I&R
|
Information and Referral
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IAA
|
Identification, Authentication, and Authorization
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
IACUC
|
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IADL
|
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IAS
|
Internal Audit Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IATO
|
Interim Authority to Operate
|
Granted to complete the remaining
certification requirements and
expeditiously mitigate
deficiencies.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
IB
|
Integrated Billing
|
This module automatically passes
information, such as
pharmacy prescription CO-payment
information and patient billing
information, to the MCCR (Medical
Cost Care Recovery) module.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
IBBA
|
Intranet BDN/BIRLS Access
|
A SHARE screen-based application
designed for web browser access to
the BDN and BIRLS databases.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
ICB
|
Information Collection Budget
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICD
|
Insurance Claims Division
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICD-10-CM
|
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (10th Revision), Clinical Modification
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICD-9
|
International Classification of Disease
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
ICD-9-CM
|
International Classification of Diseases--9th edition--Clinical Modification
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICDB
|
Interoperative Clinical Database
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
ICDR
|
Interactive Clinical Data Repository (now referred to as Interactive Health Data Repository)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICER
|
Center for Veteran-Focused Priority Epidemiologic Research and Support
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
ICIDH
|
International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities & Handicaps
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICIDH-2
|
International Classification of Impairments, Activities & Participation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICN
|
Integration Control Number
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ICR
|
Immunology Case Registry
|
This module supports the
maintenance of local and national
registries for the tracking of
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
disease.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
ICU
|
Intensive Care Unit
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
ID
|
Infectious Diseases
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
IDCU
|
Integrated Data Communications Utility
|
Telecommunication network
|
06/25/2007
|
|
IDD
|
Interface Design Document
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
IDEAS
|
Salt Lake Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, And Surveillance Center
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
IDL
|
Interface Definition Language
|
A language-neutral syntax with the
express purpose of formalizing
interfaces.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
IDM
|
Independent Domiciliary (independently operated and non managed by MC)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IDMC
|
Informatics & Data Management Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IDS
|
Intrusion Detection Systems
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IE
|
Interface Engine
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IEN
|
Internal Entry Number
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
IETF
|
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
Reviews and issues Internet
standards.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
IFCAP
|
Integrated Funds Control, Accounting, and Procurement
|
Provides electronic funds
distribution for accounting and
procurement activities between
regional offices and medical
centers.
|
06/27/2007
|
|
IFMS
|
Integrated Financial Management Standard
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IFR
|
Institution File Redesign
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IG
|
Inspector General
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IGA
|
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IHDR
|
Interactive Health Data Repository (formerly: Interactive Clinical Data Repository ICDR)
|
Receives, stores, and sends
patient-specific information to
and from ancillary systems and
other repositories inside or
outside of the enterprise, and can
support real-time or near real-
time transaction analysis.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
IHP
|
Internal High Priority
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IHS
|
Indian Health Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IHS
|
Integrated Hospital System
|
The Integrated Hospital System was
designed to give the private
sector an opportunity to develop
commercial alternatives to DEICP.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
IIA
|
Inter-Institutional Amendment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IIHI
|
Individually Identifiable Health Information
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|
07/09/2004
|
|
IIOP
|
Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
|
Common basis for broad-scope
mediated bridging and can be used
to implement both immediate
bridges and to build half-bridges
to mediated bridge domains.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
IIP
|
Informatics Innovation Project
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IIR
|
Investigator Initiated Research
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|
06/13/2007
|
|
ILAR
|
Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources
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|
07/09/2004
|
|
IM
|
Information Management
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The creation, use, sharing, and
disposition of information as a
resource critical to the effective
and efficient operation of
functional activities.
|
06/20/2007
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IM/IT
|
Information Management/Information Technology
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|
07/09/2004
|
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IMC
|
Intermediate Care
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|
07/09/2004
|
|
IMF
|
Item Master File
|
Item and vendor information files. Part of IFCAP. Where Product
information is stored for procurement use.
|
12/14/2007
|
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IMRB
|
Internet Management Review Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IMT&R
|
Information Management, Technology, and Reengineering
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IND
|
Investigational New Drug
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IOC
|
Independent Outpatient Clinic
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IORBA
|
Inter-Organizational Role-Based Access
|
Role-based access control work
|
06/25/2007
|
|
IPA
|
Intergovernmental Personnel Act
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
IPC
|
Institutional Population Component
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IPDB
|
Integrated Patient Database
|
This is a national treatment
database shared by four regional
ISCs.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
IPEC
|
Inpatient Evaluation Center
|
A national program to improve patient outcomes from acute care
hospitalization through feedback of outcomes and processes to
providers and managers.
|
06/30/2009
|
|
IPF
|
Integrated Patient Funds
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IPM
|
Integrated Planning Models
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IPR
|
In-Process Reviews
|
A suggested avenue for gathering
lessons learned data from team
members while the project is in
progress.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
IPSEC
|
Internet Protocol Security
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IPT
|
Integrated Project Team
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IRA
|
Initial Requirements Analysis
|
Document used to document and
analyze the initial request.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
IRAC
|
Information Resources Advisory Council
|
IRAC's primary function is to
prioritize the development of
applications following the broad
goals and objectives summarized in
the Strategic Information Systems
Plan.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
IRB
|
Institution Review Board
|
|
01/15/2010
|
|
IRC Lab
|
Integration and Research Center Laboratory
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IRCN
|
Interagency Reports Control Number
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IRIS
|
Inquiry Routing & Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IRM
|
Information Resource Management
|
Encompasses the management of both
information and the resources used
in the information process.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
IRMFO
|
Information Resources Management Field Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IRMS
|
Information Resources Management Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IRT
|
Incomplete Records Tracking
|
This module allows for the
tracking of incomplete records
(operations reports, interim
summary reports, and discharge
summary reports).
|
06/28/2007
|
|
ISBT
|
International System of Bar Code Technology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ISC
|
Information Service Center
|
Their mission is the development
and support of administrative,
clinical, and financial software
and to provide technical expertise
and support to the VA health care
facilities within a defined region.
|
06/28/2007
|
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ISDN
|
Integrated Services Digital Network
|
A CCITT-defined digital network
standard for integrated voice and
data network access, services, and
user network messages.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
ISIL
|
Interagency Software Integration Lab
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ISMS
|
Integrated Supply Management System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ISO
|
International Standards Organization
|
Provide a means of verifying
that a proposed standard has met
certain requirements for due
process, consensus, and other
criteria by those developing the
standard.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
ISO
|
Information Security Officer
|
Person responsible for information
security at each VA Medical
Center. In contact with Regional
Security Officers (RISOs).
|
06/28/2007
|
|
ISO TC 215
|
International Standards Organization Technical Committee on Health Informatics
|
Develops and/or adopts standards
in the field of health information
and communications technology.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
ISO/IEC 11179
|
International Standards Organization/International Electro technical Commission Specification and Standardization of Data Elements
|
Provides registry conventions for
classifying, attributing,
defining, naming, and registering
data elements.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
ISO-TC
|
International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IT
|
Information Technology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IT&IMS
|
Information Technology & Management Sharing (VHA/DoD)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITA
|
Information Technology Architecture (VHA)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITAC
|
Information Technology Advisory Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITARG
|
Integration and Technology Application Requirements Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITC
|
Information Technology Conference
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITEAM
|
Information Technology Enterprise Architecture Management
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
I-TIPS
|
Information Technology Investment Portfolio System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITMP
|
Information Technology Management Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITMRA
|
Information Technology Management Reform Act
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITOP
|
Intended Termination of Pregnancy
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ITS
|
Implementation and Training Services
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
IV&V
|
Independent Verification and Validation
|
Ensures the functional integrity
and technical correctness of the
software and documentation.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
IVM
|
Income Verification Match
|
A computer matching system with
the Internal Revenue Service that
links VA pension recipients with
their income tax returns.
|
06/28/2007
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JAD
|
Joint Application Development
|
A software design methodology that
draws users and information
systems professionals together to
jointly design systems in
facilitated working groups.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
JCAHO
|
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
|
An organization that certifies the
compliance of hospitals with a
number of specific accreditation
standards.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
JEC
|
Joint Executive Council (VA/DoD)
|
Formally chartered to permit the
VA Deputy Secretary and the DoD
Under Secretary for Personnel and
Readiness to identify
opportunities for mutually
beneficial formal collaboration
and sharing.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
JHITA
|
Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
|
Associates providers and end-users
investigating Internet services,
products and information.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
JPO
|
Joint Project Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
JTTS
|
Joint Theater Trauma System
|
An approach to providing improved trauma care across the
continuum of the Levels of Care to trauma patients,
especially in the battlefield environment.
|
07/12/2007
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LAR
|
DSS Laboratory Test Results Extract
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
LBB
|
DSS Lab Blood Bank
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
LCA
|
Local Component Abbreviation
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
LCM
|
Life Cycle Management
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
LDSIP
|
Laboratory Data Sharing and Interoperability Project
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LEDI
|
Laboratory Electronic Data Interchange
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LG
|
Loan Guarantee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LIFO
|
Last In/First Out
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
LJWG
|
Laboratory Joint Working Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LLR&SP
|
Limb Loss Research & Statistics Program
|
A joint venture of Johns Hopkins University and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
LMIP
|
Laboratory Management Index Program
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
LOI
|
Letter of Intent
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LOINC
|
Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes
|
A database that provides a set of
universal names and ID codes for
identifying laboratory and
clinical observations.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
LOS
|
Length of Stay
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
LQS
|
Lexicon Query Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LRC
|
Learning Resources Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LSOA
|
Longitudinal Survey of Aging
|
Follows individual/patient
groups longitudinally across a
continuum of episodes of care
allowing analysis of process and
outcomes, over many in-and-out-
patient episodes.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
LSTAT
|
Life Support for Trauma and Transport
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LTC
|
Long Term Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
LVER
|
Local Veterans' Employment Representative
|
LVERs develop jobs and job training opportunities for disabled and
other veterans.
|
10/07/2009
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M&ROC
|
Medical and Regional Office Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MAC
|
Management Advisory Consortium
|
An access control regime wherein
resource access control policy
information is always managed by a
designated authority, regardless
of who creates the resources.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MAC
|
VA Medicare Analysis Center
|
|
07/02/2007
|
|
MADSS
|
Management and Decision Support System
|
An electronic data entry system
for reporting and tracking
national cemetery workload and
personnel data.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
MAF
|
MUMPS Audio Fax
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MAMOE
|
Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MAN
|
Metropolitan Area Network
|
Level data and communications
network which operates over
metropolitan or campus areas and
recently has been expanded to
nationwide and even worldwide
connectivity of high-speed data
networks.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
MAP
|
Multi-Assessment Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MAR
|
Medical Administration Record
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MARG
|
Management Applications Requirements Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MAS
|
Medical Administration Service
|
Located at each VAMC, they are
responsible for patient medical
records, communications (Mailman,
telephones, etc.), administration
of clinics, and special
examination programs.
|
06/28/2007
|
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MATMO
|
Medical Advanced Technology Management Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MAVERIC
|
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research & Information Center
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
MC
|
Medical Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MCCF
|
Medical Care Cost Fund
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MCCR
|
Medical Care Cost Recovery
|
A program at each VAMC designed to
recoup reimbursement from
veterans’ insurance companies and
other sources.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MCHSPR
|
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research (now: Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care CMC3)
|
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MCO
|
Managed Care Organizations
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MCS
|
Managed Care System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MDC
|
Major Diagnostic Category
|
A classification system grouping
DRGs of related diagnoses,
typically grouped by body system.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MDE
|
M Data Extraction
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MDR
|
Meta Data Registry
|
MDR will contain information about
data element standards and a
catalog of data within existing
systems that map to those
standards.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
MDRC
|
Management Decision and Research Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MDS
|
Minimal Data Set
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MDS-HC
|
Minimum Data Set Home Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MEDIPRO
|
Medical District Initiated Peer Review Organization
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MEDNET
|
Medical Network
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MEO
|
Most Efficient Organization
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MEPS
|
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
|
|
07/20/2007
|
|
MeSH
|
Medical Subject Headings
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
METADATA
|
Vista imaging metadata
|
Contains data descriptions.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
METRIC
|
Measurement Excellence and Training Resource Information Center
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
MGIB
|
Montgomery GI Bill
|
Benefits for veterans that are
divided into four separate
categories each with it’s own sub
categories and eligibility
criteria.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
MGW
|
Migration Gateway
|
Allows for VBA interconnectivity
and interoperability to existing
equipment as well as to the new
modernization equipment.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
MHICM
|
Mental Health Intensive Care Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MHS
|
Military Health System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MHSS
|
Military Health Services System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MHV
|
My HealtheVet
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
MIB
|
Medical Information Bus (standard)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MICU
|
Medical Intensive Care Unit
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MIMC
|
Medical Information Management Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MIME
|
Multimedia Internal Mail Extensions
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MIRECC
|
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MIRMO
|
Medical Information Resources Management Office
|
A VA organization in Headquarters
which oversees the VISTA
development and support functions
performed by the ISC's.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MIS
|
Management Information Systems
|
The total of all information
resources, manual and automated,
and their application to the
normal functions of running an
organization - management,
administration, problem solving,
etc.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MISD
|
Management Information Software Development
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MISS
|
Medical Information Security Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MIT
|
Means Indicator Test
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MLT
|
Medical Laboratory Technician
|
Certified laboratory technician performs laboratory testing in all
areas of medical laboratory.
|
08/20/2009
|
|
MMSO
|
Military Medical Support Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MOD
|
Medical Officer of the Day
|
A licensed, privileged medical
physician who provides medical and
administrative coverage for the
hospital during other than regular
working hours.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MOF
|
Meta-Object Facility
|
MOF's primary purpose is to define
CORBA
interfaces for information models
defined in terms of the MOF model
using standard interfaces and
interoperable semantics.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
MORC
|
Mobile Outreach Clinic
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MOU
|
Memorandum of Understanding
|
A written statement outlining the
terms of an agreement between two
or more departments or agencies.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MOV
|
DSS Patient Movement Extract
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
MOVE
|
Management of Overweight Veterans Everywhere
|
Exercise and healthy eating program for veterans and
employees
|
07/17/2008
|
|
MPA
|
Multiple Project Assurance (obsolete - refer to FWA)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MPAB
|
Multidisciplinary Advisory Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MPCR
|
Monthly Program Cost Report
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
MPD
|
Minimal Patient Dataset
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MPI
|
Master Patient Index
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MPI/CIRN-PD
|
Master Patient Index/CIRN Patient Demographics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MPI/PD
|
Master Patient Index/Patient Demographics
|
The means for locating a patient
record in a numeric identification
system.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MPIL
|
Master Patient Information Locator
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MRA
|
Medicare Remittance Advice
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MRB
|
Merit Review Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MRI
|
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MRS
|
Medical Research Service
|
Software that allows sites to
receive an Explanation of Benefits
(EOB) from Medicare (CMS).
|
06/25/2007
|
|
MRTS
|
Message Routing and Translation System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MSA
|
Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MSA
|
Medical Services Assistant
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
MSDS
|
Material Safety Data Sheet
|
|
06/24/2009
|
|
MSG
|
Management Science Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MSI
|
Master Subject Index
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MST
|
Military Sexual Trauma
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MTF
|
Medical Treatment Facility/Facilities
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
MTL
|
DSS Mental Health Extract
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
MUMPS
|
Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multiprogramming System (now known as
|
A programming language used in
the VA to develop VISTA
application packages.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
MVR
|
Master Veteran Record
|
|
07/09/2004
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NAA
|
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NABR
|
National Association for Biomedical Research
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NAC
|
National Acquisition Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NAGE
|
National Association of Government Employees
|
A major union of Federal employees
including VA employees.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NAGIS
|
National Advisory Group for Information Security
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NAHDO
|
National Association of Health Data Organizations
|
|
07/20/2007
|
|
NAMCS
|
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NANP
|
North American Numbering Plan
|
Allows virtually anyone to call
into your videoconference center
and allows you to call virtually
everyone who also employs the NANP
configuration.
|
06/20/2007
|
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NARA
|
National Archives and Records Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NAS
|
Network-addressable Storage
|
Allows applications to supplement
their infrastructure by offloading
storage requirements from targeted
server platforms to shared
resources.
|
06/20/2007
|
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NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NASHIA
|
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
|
|
07/12/2007
|
|
NASUA
|
National Association of State Units on Aging
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NAVACOS
|
National Association of VA Chiefs of Staff
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NAVAP
|
National Association of VA Physicians
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NBAC
|
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NBS
|
National Bureau of Standards
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCA
|
National Cemetery Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NCAO
|
National Cemetery Area Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NCCC
|
National Center for Cost Containment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCCIP
|
National Cardiovascular Care Improvement Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCD
|
National Center for Documentation
|
Established by MIRMO to review all
VISTA documentation for compliance
with the standards. It also
reproduces, assembles, and
distributes VISTA documentation to
the ISCs- and health care
facilities.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
NCFC
|
National Customer Feedback Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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NCHPDP
|
National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCHS
|
National Center for Health Statistics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCI
|
National Cancer Institute
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCID
|
Numeric Concept Identifier
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
NCIS
|
National Center for Information Security
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCITS
|
National Committe For Information Technology Standards
|
An ANSI Accredited Standards
Committee on information
technology that is responsible for
developing standards in technology
areas such as multimedia, storage
media, database, security,
programming languages, etc.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
NCMD
|
National Card Management Directory
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCPDP
|
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCPS
|
National Center for Patient Safety
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCPTSD
|
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
|
Aims to advance the clinical care and social welfare of
US veterans through research, education, and training on
PTSD and stress-related disorders.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
NCQA
|
National Committee for Quality Assurance
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCRAR
|
National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
NCS
|
National Cemetery System
|
Responsible for providing burial
services to veterans and eligible
dependents. NCS also handles
grave sites, opening and closing
of graves and perpetual care.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
NCURA
|
National Council of University Research Administrators
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCVAS
|
National Center for Veteran Analysis and Statistics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NCVHS
|
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NDAA
|
National Defense Authorization Act
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NDBI
|
National Data Base Integration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NDC
|
National Drug Code
|
A unique number assigned to a drug
by the manufacturer for
identification purposes.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NDE
|
National Data Extracts
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
NDF
|
National Drug File
|
A list of available drug products.
This module provides
standardization of the Local Drug
File in all VAMCs, for example
drug file information, drug
classification, and drug
nomenclature.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NDF-RT
|
National Drug File-Reference Terminology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NDI
|
National Death Index
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NDMS
|
National Disaster Medical System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NDS
|
National Data Systems
|
Division of VHA OHI and is data steward for some data at
AITC, including MedSAS datasets and VA Vital Status
Files. Coordinates access to DSS NDE, DSS Web Reports,
VHA VSSC, CDW, and RAI/MDS.
|
10/20/2009
|
|
NED
|
National Enrollment Database
|
|
07/20/2007
|
|
NEDSS
|
National Electronic Data Surveillance System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NEMT
|
National Emergency Management Team
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NEO
|
New Employee Orientation
|
Training program for new employees.
|
02/23/2010
|
|
NFR
|
National Fund Reserve
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NGI
|
Next Generation Internet
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHAMCS
|
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHANES
|
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHC
|
Nursing Home Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHCPD
|
National Health Care Practitioners Database
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
NHCS
|
National Health Care Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHCU
|
Nursing Home Care Unit (now: CLC)
|
|
01/16/2009
|
|
NHD
|
National Help Desk
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHDS
|
National Hospital Discharge Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHE
|
Network Health Exchange
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHE
|
Network Health Exchange
|
|
07/21/2009
|
|
NHGRI
|
National Human Genome Research Institute
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHHCS
|
National Home and Hospice Care Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHII
|
National Health Information Infrastructure (WG of NCVHS)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHIS
|
National Health Interview Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHPI
|
National Health Providers Interview
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NHPPD
|
Nursing Hours per Patient Day
|
This VHA Nursing Hours Per Patient Day Inventory
Report provides valuable baseline information about the
number of direct care hours provided per patient day and
standardization of facility-level nursing units across
the system.
|
12/22/2010
|
|
NIAAA
|
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
|
|
07/20/2007
|
|
NIGMS
|
National Institute General Medicine Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NIH
|
National Institutes of Health
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NIHI
|
National Initiative for Health Care Informatics
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NIMH
|
National Institute of Mental Health
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NIS&T
|
National Institute for Science and Technology
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NIST
|
National Institute of Standards Technology
|
Works to strengthen U.S.
industry's international
competitiveness, advance science,
and improve public health, safety
and the environment.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
NLB
|
National Leadership Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NLM
|
National Library of Medicine
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NLT
|
National Laboratory Test
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NLTF
|
VA National Laboratory Test File
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMCES
|
National Medical Care Expenditure Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMDC
|
National Media Development Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NME
|
National Medical Enterprises
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMES
|
National Medical Enterprises Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMES/IPC
|
National Medical Enterprises Survey/Institutional Population Component
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMES/SAIAN
|
National Medical Enterprises Survey/Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMHIP
|
National Mental Health Improvement Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMIMC
|
Naval Medical Information Management Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NMR
|
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NNHS
|
National Nursing Home Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NNHSF
|
National Nursing Home Survey Follow-up
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NOA
|
Notice of Appeal
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NOAVA
|
Nationwide Office Automation for Veterans Affairs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NOC
|
Network Operations Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NOD
|
Notice of Disagreement
|
Any written communication
indicating the claimant's
disagreement with a regional
office decision. In the current
process, the Notice of
Disagreement is the first step in
an administrative appeal to the
Board of Veterans Appeals.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NOIS
|
National On-line Information System
|
VISTA software developed to
provide ISCS and IRM services with
a reporting and tacking mechanism
for site problem calls.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NPAD
|
National Patient Administration Database
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NPCD
|
National Patient Care Database
|
VISTA data is transmitted from the
Medical Centers to Austin into
this database repository.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NPDB
|
National Practitioner Data Bank
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NPI
|
National Provider Index
|
A unique identifier for all health
care providers (individuals and
organizations) in the U. S. that
will be used in administrative,
financial and other electronic
transactions.
|
06/25/2007
|
|
NPM
|
National Patch Module
|
Provides on-line notification of
patches for all national packages
via bulletins sent through mailman.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NPPD
|
National Prosthetics Patient Database
|
A roll-up of all prosthetic data recorded at each VHA
facility, providing information by about patient
eligibility, prosthetic treatment, date of provision,
cost and vendor.
|
07/20/2007
|
|
NPPES
|
National Plan and Provider Enumeration System
|
CMS' database for storing National
Provider Identifiers (NPIs).
Formerly known as NPS (National
Provider System)
|
10/11/2006
|
|
NPR
|
National Performance Review
|
The Vice President's national
program to streamline the federal
government, making it more
efficient and more responsive to
customer needs, at lower cost to
taxpayers.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NPRM
|
Notice for Proposed Rule-Making
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NPS
|
National Provider System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NPS/SRD
|
National Provider System/System Requirements Definition
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NPSB
|
Nurse Professional Standards Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NPSP
|
National Patient Safety Partnership
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NPTF
|
New Patient Treatment File
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NQADB
|
National Quality Assurance Database
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NRAC
|
National Research Advisory Council
|
|
06/30/2009
|
|
NRC
|
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NRDC
|
National Rural Development Council
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NREN
|
National Research and Education Network
|
A group that shares research and
education information over a
computer network.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NRI
|
Nursing Research Initiative
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
NRMIS
|
National Resources Management Information System
|
Supports the VHA budgetary process
through collecting and validating
the appropriate fiscal data and
providing mechanisms for review
and approval.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NSA
|
National Security Agency
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NSC
|
Non-Service Connected
|
Condition of veterans not related
to period served in the military.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
NSF
|
National Science Foundation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NSFG
|
National Survey of Family Growth
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NSOC
|
Network Security and Operations Center
|
|
01/15/2010
|
|
NSQIP
|
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
|
|
10/06/2010
|
|
NSQIP
|
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NSR
|
New Service Request
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
NSV
|
National Survey of Veterans
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NTEO
|
National Training & Education Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NTIA
|
National Telecommunications Information Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NTIS
|
National Technical Information Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NTP
|
National Training Priorities
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NTS
|
Near-Term Solution
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
NVS
|
National VISTA Support
|
|
07/09/2004
|
| O |
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|
OA
|
Office Automation
|
The application of information
resources to increase the
productivity of the office and
effectiveness of managerial,
professional, and clerical people
who work in it.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OAA
|
Office of Academic Affairs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OAEM
|
Office of Asset Enterprise Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OASD
|
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
OASD/HA
|
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OASDI
|
Old Age, Survivors & Disability Insurance
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OASIS
|
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OBRA
|
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OBS
|
Off board Server
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OCC
|
Office of Care Coordination
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
OCHAMPUS
|
Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
OCIO
|
Office of Chief Information Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OCIOII
|
Office of the CIO Infrastructure Improvements
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OCIS
|
Office of Cyber and Information Security
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OCLA
|
Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OCM
|
Outlines in Clinical Medicine
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OCR
|
Optical Character Reader
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OCS
|
Office of Cyber Security
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ODA
|
Operating Division of Audit
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ODBC
|
Open Database Connectivity
|
Simplifies the development of
database applications by allowing
developers to use the same code to
access a variety of databases from
different vendors.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
ODM&T
|
Office of Data Management and Telecommunications
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ODS
|
Operational Data Store
|
A database where transactions are
processed (recorded, updated, and
deleted). It contains recent data
and is likely to be highly
volatile.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OE/RR
|
Order Entry/Results Reporting
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OEA
|
Office of Enterprise Architecture
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OEAM
|
Office of Enterprise Architecture Management
|
Reports to the CIO and Deputy CIO.
It performs a number of functions
that enhance services to veterans
while also improving VA’s use of,
and investment in, information and
technology.
|
06/20/2007
|
|
OED
|
Office of Enterprise Development
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OEF
|
Operation Enduring Freedom
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OEF/OIF
|
Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
|
|
06/25/2008
|
|
OEF/OIF/OND
|
Operation Enduring Freedom /Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn
|
Referred to as OEF/OIF/OND as of September 1, 1010.
|
02/09/2011
|
|
OEMP
|
Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OER
|
Office of Extramural Research
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OF
|
Office of Facilities
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OGC
|
Office of General Counsel
|
Each government agency, including
VA, is required to have an
independent Inspector General to
investigate waste, fraud, abuse,
and/or mismanagement.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OHI
|
Other Health Insurance
|
OHI is any other health insurance that provides coverage
for a CHAMPVA beneficiary. This includes MEDICARE,
employer sponsored insurance, individual insurance,
HMOs, state or federal health benefits programs and
supplemental insurance.
|
01/16/2009
|
|
OHI
|
Office of Health Information (formerly: OI)
|
Supports VHA health care providers by defining the
requirements and direction of VA’s electronic healthcare
system known as VistA. Works with VA OI&T partners to
turn the health care requirements into IT solutions.
|
01/15/2009
|
|
OHRM
|
Office of Human Resources Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OHRO
|
Office of Human Research Oversight
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OHRP
|
Office for Human Research Protections
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OI
|
Office of Information (formerly: Office of the Chief Information Officer)
|
See: OHI Office of Health Information
|
01/15/2009
|
|
OI&T
|
Office of Information and Technology
|
Delivers available adaptable, secure and cost effective technology
services to the VA and acts as a steward for all VA's IT assets and
resources.
|
01/15/2009
|
|
OIA
|
Office of Information Assurance
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OIF
|
Operation Iraqi Freedom
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OIFO
|
Office of Investigations Field Office
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OIG
|
Office of the Inspector General
|
Each government agency, including
VA, is required to have an
independent Inspector General to
investigate waste, fraud, abuse,
and/or mismanagement.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OINQ
|
Outpatient Inquiry
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OIPT
|
Overarching Integrated Project Team
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OIRM
|
Office of Information Resource Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OLAP
|
Online Analytical Processing
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OLDE
|
Online Data Entry (for PAID timekeeping and personnel functions)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OLTP
|
On-Line Transaction Processing
|
Optimized for processing high
volume transactions. They
generally include a large number
of global users.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OMB
|
Office of Management and Budget
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OMG
|
Object Management Group
|
Not-for-profit consortium of
technology vendors developing
commercially viable and vendor
independent specifications for the
software industry.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OMI
|
Office of Medical Inspector
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OMR
|
Office of Media Relations
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ONCHIT
|
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OND
|
Operation New Dawn
|
Referred to as OEF/OIF/OND as of September 1, 1010.
|
02/09/2011
|
|
OP
|
Outpatient Care
|
|
12/14/2007
|
|
OPA
|
Office of Public Affairs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPC
|
Outpatient Care File
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPC (CBC)
|
Outpatient Clinic (community-based Clinic)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPC(Mobile Clinic)
|
Outpatient Clinic (Mobile Outpatient Clinic)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPC(ORC)
|
Outpatient Clinic (Outreach Clinic)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPC(ROC)
|
Outpatient Clinic (Outpatient Clinic located at Veterans Benefit Regional Office)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPC(SOC)
|
Outpatient Clinic (Satellite Outpatient Clinic)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPCA
|
Office of Public and Consumer Affairs
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPM
|
Office of Personnel Management
|
Regulates, administers, and
evaluates the civil service
program according to merit
principles.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OPP
|
Office of Policy and Planning
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPP&P
|
Office of Policy, Planning and Preparedness
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
OPQM
|
Office of Performance and Quality Measures
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OPRR
|
Office for Protection from Research Risks (now OHRP)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OQL
|
Object Query Language
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OQP
|
Office of Quality and Performance
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
ORB
|
Object Request Broker
|
Allows application processes to
communicate across a network using
an object-oriented architecture. A
software process that acts as a
director coordinating activities
across multiple nodes within a
distributed software architecture.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
ORC
|
Outreach Clinic
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ORCA
|
Office of Research Compliance & Assurance
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ORD
|
Office of Research and Development
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ORD
|
Optional Requirements Document
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ORH
|
Office of Rural Health
|
|
09/28/2009
|
|
ORI
|
Office of Research Integrity
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ORM
|
Office of Resolution Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ORO
|
Office of Research Oversight
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ORPM
|
Operating Room Planning Model
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OS
|
Originating Site for telehealth
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
OS&LE
|
Office of Security and Law Enforcement
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OSD
|
Office of the Secretary of Defense
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
OSDBU
|
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OSE
|
Open Systems Environment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OSHA
|
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OSHA
|
Occupational Safety and Health Act
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
OSHCA
|
Open Source Health Care Alliance
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OSI
|
Open Systems Interconnection
|
A standard approach to network
design developed by the
International Standards
Organization that introduces
modularity by dividing the complex
set of functions into more
manageable, self-contained,
functional elements.
|
06/22/2007
|
|
OSP
|
Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OSTP
|
Office of Science and Technology Policy
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OT&E
|
Operation Test & Evaluation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
OTA
|
Office of Technology Assessment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
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|
P&C
|
Purchasing and Contacting
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
P&T
|
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PAB
|
Policy Advisory Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PACE
|
Performance Analysis Center for Excellence
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PACMEDNET
|
Pacific Medical Network
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PACS
|
Picture Archiving Communication Systems
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PACT
|
Preservation-Amputation Care and Treatment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PACT
|
Patient Aligned Care Team
|
|
12/22/2010
|
|
PACU
|
Post Anesthesia Care Unit
|
|
10/06/2010
|
|
PAF
|
Patient Assessment File
|
Patient database residing in
Austin that contains the resource
utilization group (RUG II)
assignments for all VA long term
care patients.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PAI
|
Patient Assessment Instrument
|
|
06/25/2007
|
|
PAIC
|
Prosthetics Assessment Information Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PAID
|
Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PAIRS
|
Procurement of Automation Information Resource Solutions
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PAM
|
Patient Account Manager
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PAPR
|
Positive Air-Purifying Respirator
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
PARMIN
|
Population and Resource Management Information Network
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PARRTS
|
Patient Accounting and Reporting Real-Time Tracking
|
A centralized database designed to track/maintain
reports and allow inquiries on all hospitalized Army
patients, all the time, regardless of their status.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
PART
|
Program Assessment Rating Tool
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PAS
|
Personal Alert System
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
PATH
|
Physicians at Teaching Hospitals
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PATS
|
Patient Advocate Tracking System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PAV
|
Price Adjustment Vouchers
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PB
|
Patient Bedsection
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PBIS
|
Performance Based Incentive System
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
PBM
|
Pharmacy Benefits Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PBMS
|
Performance-based Management System
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PBMSHG
|
Pharmacy Benefits Management Strategic Health Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PBX
|
Private Branch Exchange
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PC
|
Policy Council
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PCC
|
Patient Care Component
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PCC
|
Patient Care Coordinator
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PCE
|
Patient Care Encounter
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PCE
|
Patient Care Encounter
|
An Encounter is a professional contact between a patient
and a practitioner vested with the principal
responsibility for diagnosis, evaluation, and/or
tracking the patient's condition.
|
02/09/2011
|
|
PCHS
|
Procurement for Computer Hardware and Software
|
A national contract the VA is
mandated to use for ordering IT.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PCMM
|
Primary Care Management Module
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PCO
|
Publications Control Officer
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PCP
|
Primary Care Provider
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PCS
|
Patient Care Services
|
An office within the VA dedicated
to diagnosis and treatment
|
07/14/2006
|
|
PCS
|
Permanent Change of Station
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PDA
|
Personal Digital Assistant
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PDD
|
Presidential Decision Directive
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PDM
|
Pharmacy Data Management
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PDQ
|
Physician's Data Query
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PDR
|
Preliminary Design Review
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PDTS
|
Pharmacy Data Transaction System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PDUSH
|
Policy Deputy Undersecretary of Health
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PDX
|
Patient Data Exchange
|
A VistA module designed to
electronically request and receive
patient demographics, episodes of
care, medications, and diagnostic
evaluations from other VA
facilities.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PERC
|
Patient Education Resource Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PERT
|
Program Evaluation Review Technique
|
An event-oriented network analysis
technique used to estimate project
duration when there is
uncertainty in the individual
activity duration estimates.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PET
|
Position Electron Transformation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PFSS
|
Patient Financial Services System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PGD
|
Program Director
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PHCA
|
Preventive Health Care Application
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PHF
|
Patient History File
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PHI
|
Protected Health Information
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PHIN
|
Public Health Information Network
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PHR
|
Personal Health Record
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
PHRP
|
Partnership for Human Research Protection
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PHS
|
Public Health Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PI
|
Prevention Index
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PI
|
Principle Investigator
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PIB
|
Performance Improvement Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PIC
|
Personal Information Carrier
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PID
|
Patient Identification
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PIDS
|
Person Identification Service
|
Interface Specification standard
responsible for the
identification, correlation, and
search within and across a
specified domains
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PIF
|
Pending Issue File
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PIHCP
|
Pacific Island Health Care Project
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PII
|
Patient Information Integration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PIMS
|
Patient Information Management System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PIP
|
Productivity Improvement Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PIR
|
Patient Incident Review
|
Identifies opportunities for
improvement in patient care.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PIR
|
Post Implementation Review
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PIT
|
Postgraduate and In-service Training
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PKI
|
Public Key Infrastructure
|
A system of digital certificates,
Certificate Authorities, and other
registration authorities that
verify and authenticate the
validity of each party involved in
an Internet transaction.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PL
|
Public Law
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PLAN
|
Plain Language Action Network
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PLMS
|
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PM
|
Program Management
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
PM&R
|
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PM&R
|
Productivity Measurement and Reporting
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMAC
|
Project Management Advisory Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMAP
|
Pain Management Assessment Project
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMIP
|
Practice Management Implementation Plan
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMO
|
Project Management Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMRS
|
Patient Movement Request System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMS
|
Project Management Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMSA
|
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PMSC
|
Project Management Steering Committee
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PN
|
Progress Notes
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POC
|
Point of Care
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POCs
|
Points of Contact
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POE
|
Pharmacy Order Enhancement
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POE
|
Post Occupancy Evaluation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POMA
|
Patient Oriented Management Architecture
|
Intended to define the business
object framework required to
integrate multiple application
software packages in a managed
care environment, including
ambulatory, non-ambulatory, and in-
home settings.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
POMS
|
Purchase Order Management System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POST-MI
|
Post-Myocardial Infarction
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POTS
|
Plain Old Telephone Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POV
|
Purpose of Visit
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
POW
|
Prisoner of War
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PPL
|
Providers/Patient Linkage EP
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PPM
|
Personal Property Management
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PPP
|
Pharmacy Prescription Practices
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PPP
|
Point to Point Protocol
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRA
|
Patient Record Architecture
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRB
|
Project Review Board
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRC
|
Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
PRDC
|
Prosthetics Research and Development Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRE
|
DSS Prescription Extract
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
PRIDE
|
Program for Research Integrity Development & Education
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PRIM&R
|
Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRISM
|
Procurement Request for Information System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRMRP
|
Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PRN
|
Pro Re Nata
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRO
|
DSS Prosthetics Extract
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
PRP
|
Pro-Rated Persons
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRPO
|
Pacific Regional Program Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRRTP
|
Psychiatric Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PRSS
|
Prosthetic Statistical System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PSA
|
Prostate-Specific Antigen
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PSAS
|
Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Services
|
Patients With Amputations Study, conducted by Booz Allen
Hamilton under contract with the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
PSASSHG
|
Prosthetic Sensory Aids Service Strategic Health Group
|
|
01/15/2010
|
|
PSCT
|
Polytrauma Support Clinic Team
|
|
07/17/2008
|
|
PSO
|
Patient Safety Officer
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
PSRO
|
Professional Services Review Organization
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PSS
|
Patient Satisfaction Survey
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PSSG
|
Planning System Support Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PST
|
Preliminary System Testing
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PT
|
Provider Type
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
PT/BRI QUERI
|
Polytrauma and Blast-Related Injuries Center
|
The mission of the PT/BRI QUERI Center is to promote the
successful rehabilitation, psychological adjustment and
community re-integration of individuals who have
polytrauma and blast-related injuries.
|
07/12/2007
|
|
PTC
|
Prosthetic Treatment Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PTF
|
Patient Treatment File
|
Formal evaluation and
documentation of a long-term care
patient’s ability to perform
activities of daily living.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
PTSD
|
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PU
|
Product Unit
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
PV
|
Prime Vendor
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PVHCA
|
Pacific Virtual Healthcare Application
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PWBA
|
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
PWGH
|
Principal Working Group on Health
|
|
07/09/2004
|
| Q |
TOP |
|
QA
|
Quality Assurance
|
The set of activities that defines
and implements quality into the
software development process.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
QAR
|
Quality Assurance Review
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QGNC
|
Quasi-Government Non-Profit Organization
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QI
|
Quality Improvement
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QIO
|
Quality Improvement Organization
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
QIS
|
QuIC Information Systems (Workgroup)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QMAS
|
Quality Measurement Advisory Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QMI
|
Quality Management Institute
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QMIC
|
Quality Management Integration Council
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QOL
|
Quality of Life
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QOS
|
Quality of Service
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
QUASAR
|
Quality: Audiology and Speech Pathology Audit and Review
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
QUERI
|
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative
|
Designed to translate research
discoveries and innovations into
better patient care and systems
improvements.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
QUIC
|
Quality Improvement Checklist
|
It is designed to enhance VA's
accountability system within the
framework of a continuous quality
improvement process. System wide
comparative data is used to
analyze and enhance health care
services.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
QuIC
|
Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force
|
|
07/09/2004
|
| R |
TOP |
|
R&D
|
Research and Development
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
R/E/E M/E
|
Registration/Eligibility/Enrollment Maintenance/Enhancement (Project)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RA
|
Risk Assessment
|
|
06/29/2009
|
|
RACO
|
Research Assurance & Compliance Officer (VISN Level)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RAD
|
Rapid Application Development
|
A type of software development
life cycle.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RAD
|
Resource Access Design
|
Intended to provide an interface
to allow for business logic to be
removed from direct implementation
within application logic and
encapsulated to provide for
independent maintenance and reuse.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RAFT
|
Research Analysis Forecasting Tool
|
|
10/06/2010
|
|
RAG
|
Research Advisory Group
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RAI/MDS
|
Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set
|
Regulates and standardizes care of
patients in nursing homes nation-
wide.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RAID
|
Rapid Application Interface Development
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RAM
|
Resource Allocation Model
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RBAC
|
Role-Based Access Control
|
Policy based access control.
Access is granted based upon
membership in a group.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RBRVS
|
Resource Based Relative Value Schedule
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RC
|
Resident Commissioner
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCA
|
Root Cause Analysis
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
RCAC
|
Research Compliance Assurance Contract
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCC
|
Research Coordinating Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCH
|
Residential Care Home
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCN
|
Reports Control Number
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCO
|
Research Compliance Officer (Facility Level)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCR
|
Responsible Conduct of Research
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCS
|
Readjustment Counseling Service
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RCS
|
Records Control System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RD
|
Regional Director
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RDBMS
|
Relational Database Management System
|
Any application designed to manage
multiple tables of data and allow
users to establish relationships
among columns of data.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RDO
|
Regional Division Office
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RDP
|
Regional Data Processing Center
|
|
06/28/2007
|
|
REAP
|
Research Enhancement Award Programs
|
REAP sites support groups of
investigators at VA medical
centers not affiliated with an
HSR&D Center of Excellence, but
who already have a history of
HSR&D research and career
development funding.
|
12/17/2004
|
|
RECM
|
Registration & Eligiblility, and Contact Management
|
RE and CM projects are part of
the OneVA initiatives
|
07/14/2006
|
|
REEM&E
|
Registration/Eligibility/Enrollment Maintenance & Enhancements (Project)
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
REGO II
|
Reinventing Government - Phase II
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ResDAC
|
Research Data Assistance Center
|
Funded by the Health Care Financing Administration
(HCFA) to assist researchers in gaining access to and
understanding of Medicare and Medicaid data that is
available from HCFA.
|
07/20/2007
|
|
RFA
|
Request for Applications
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RFE
|
Request for Evaluation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RFI
|
Request For Information
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RFP
|
Request for Proposal
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RFQ
|
Request for Quotation
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RIF
|
Reduction in Force
|
A personnel action that may be
required due to lack of work or
funds, changes resulting from
reorganization, downward
reclassification of a position, or
the need to make room for an
employee with reemployment or
restoration rights.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RIM
|
Reference Information Model
|
A representation of the business
domain of an area of interest
serving to establish a basis for
shared meaning (e.g., semantic
interoperability) within or across
systems.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RISO
|
Regional Information Security Officer
|
Regional representative of VA
Medical Center Information
Security Officers (ISOs).
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RMC
|
Records Management Center
|
The VA field office located in St.
Louis, Missouri which is
responsible for providing ROs, MCs
and National Cemetery elements
with quality and timely service to
facilitate claims processing,
medical treatment and memorial
affairs benefits.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RMEC
|
Regional Medical Education Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RO
|
Regional Office
|
A VA field office composed of
divisions which carry out the
functions of VBA. Fifty-eight such
offices currently exist, with at
least one office in every state.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
RO&IC
|
Regional Office and Insurance Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ROADS
|
Registry Operations And Data Standards
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ROES
|
Remote Order Entry System
|
This is used for ordering supplies
and services from the VADDC (VA
Denver Distribution Center).
|
06/28/2007
|
|
ROI
|
Return On Investment
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ROI
|
Release of Information
|
The disclosure of documents
containing patient-identifiable
information to a third party
requester.
|
06/28/2007
|
|
ROM
|
Rough Order of Merit
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RONA
|
Release of Names and Addresses
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
RO-OC
|
Regional Office-Outpatient Clinic
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
ROQ
|
Review of Quality
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
RORC
|
Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center
|
|
06/13/2007
|
|
RPC
|
Radiation Policy Council
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RPC
|
Regional Processing Center
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RPL
|
Restricted Patient List
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RPM
|
Resource Planning Model
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RPMS
|
Resource and Patient Management System
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RR&D
|
Rehabilitation Research and Development
|
|
07/09/2004
|
|
RRP
|
Rapid Response Project
|
|
06/22/2007
|
|
RRTP
|
residential rehabilitation treatment program
|
VAST datbase
|
01/19/2007
|
|
RSC
|
Restricted Stop Codes
|
|
10/02/2009
|
|
RSNA
|
Radiological Society of North America
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07/09/2004
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RT
|
Reference Terminology
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07/09/2004
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RTCIS
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Remote Telepathology Consultation and Imaging System
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07/09/2004
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RTM
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Reference Terminology Model
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07/09/2004
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RUG
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Resource Utilization Groups
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07/09/2004
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RUM
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Resource Usage Monitor
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07/09/2004
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RVS
|
Relative Value Scale
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07/09/2004
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RVU
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Relative Value Unit
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Weighted units of measure that
allow for the relative comparison
between different complexities and
mixes of procedures.
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06/28/2007
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S&D
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Storage and Distribution
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07/09/2004
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S&DC
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Service and Distribution Center
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07/09/2004
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SAAN
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Supply Automation Advisory Network
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07/09/2004
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SAB
|
Standards Advisory Board
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07/09/2004
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SAC
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Standards and Conventions
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07/09/2004
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SACC
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Standards and Conventions Committee
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This committee determines the SAC.
and approves any exemptions if
merited.
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06/28/2007
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SACHRP
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Secretary's Advisory committee on Human Research Protections
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06/13/2007
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SADR
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Standard Ambulatory Data Record
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07/09/2004
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SAE
|
Serious Adverse Event
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07/09/2004
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SAIAN
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Survey of American Indians and Alaskan Natives
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07/09/2004
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SAIC
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Science Applications International Corporation
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07/09/2004
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SAMSHA
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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10/06/2010
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SAN
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Storage Area Network
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07/09/2004
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SARP
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Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program
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07/09/2004
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SAS
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Statistical Analysis System (a product name)
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A database management system and
database query language.
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06/28/2007
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SAT
|
Special Assistance Team
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07/09/2004
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SATP
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Substance Abuse Treatment Program
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This clinic is in ALL Veteran Medical Centers.
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02/09/2009
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SC
|
Service Connected
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Indicates a Veteran has a service
connected disability recognized
by VA.
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11/17/2006
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SCAW
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Scientists Center for Animal Welfare
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07/09/2004
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SCD
|
Service Connected Disease
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A disease incurred in or
aggravated by service.
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06/28/2007
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SCD
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Spinal Cord Dysfunction Registry
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07/09/2004
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SCEM
|
Standards, Criterion, Evaluative Algorithms and Measuring Instruments
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07/09/2004
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SCHCS
|
Small Composite Health Care System (DoD)
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07/09/2004
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SCI
|
Spinal Cord Injury
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07/09/2004
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SCI/D
|
Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction
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07/09/2004
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SCIF
|
Secure Compartment Information Facility
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07/09/2004
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SCIP
|
Strategic Capital Improvement Plan
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Establish an improved corporate approach to identify all
VA capital investments that will meet existing gaps
based on projected workload and other identified, data-
driven infrastructure gaps.
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10/06/2010
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SCMI
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Severely Chronically Mentally Ill
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07/09/2004
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SDC
|
System Development Center
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07/09/2004
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SDLC
|
Synchronous Data Link Control
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07/09/2004
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SDO
|
Standards Development Organization
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07/09/2004
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SDP
|
Service Directed Projects
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06/13/2007
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SDR
|
Service Directed Research
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06/13/2007
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SDS
|
Switched Data Service
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07/09/2004
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SEC
|
Screening and Evaluation Committee
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07/09/2004
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SEER
|
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Result
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07/09/2004
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SEPG
|
Software Engineering Process Group
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07/09/2004
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SERIC
|
Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center
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06/13/2007
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SERP
|
Systematic External Review Program
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07/09/2004
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SF
|
Standard Form
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06/13/2007
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SFDI
|
Space and Functional Deficiency Identification System
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07/09/2004
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SGML
|
Standard Generalized Markup Language
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07/09/2004
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SHEP
|
Survey of Healthcare Experience of Patients
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06/13/2007
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SHG
|
Strategic Healthcare Group
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07/09/2004
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SI
|
Severity of Illness
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06/29/2009
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SIA
|
System Interconnection Agreement
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07/09/2004
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SIC
|
Standard Industrial Classification
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|
06/29/2009
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SIDR
|
Standard Inpatient Data Record
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|
06/22/2007
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SIFT
|
Special Inquiry Force Team
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07/09/2004
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SIR
|
Systematic Internal Review
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07/09/2004
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SISP
|
Strategic Information Systems Plan
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