| Acronym |
Description |
| AA |
Authentication and Authorization |
| ACOS |
American College of Surgeons |
| ACOS |
Associate Chief of Staff |
| ACRP |
Ambulatory Care Reporting Program |
| ADC |
Active Dual Consumers |
| ADR |
Administrative Data Repository |
| ADR |
Adverse Drug Reactions |
| ADT |
Admission/Discharge/Transfer |
| AEMS/M ERS |
Automated Engineering Management System/Medical Equipment Reporting Systems |
| AICS |
Automated Information Capture System |
| AICS |
Automated Information Collection System |
| AITS |
Austin Information Technology Center |
| AJCC |
American Joint Commission on Cancer |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| AMIE |
Automated Medical Information Exchange |
| AMS |
Acc-Med Services |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| API |
Application Program Interface |
| APs |
Associate Primary Providers |
| API |
Application Programmers Interface |
| AR |
Accounts Receivable |
| ARAMIS |
American Rheumatology Associations Medical Information System |
| ART |
Adverse Reaction Tracking |
| ART |
Allergy/Adverse Reaction Tracking |
| AR/WS |
Automatic Replenishment/Ward Stock |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASIA |
American Spinal Injury Association |
| ASI-MV |
Addiction Severity Index Multimedia Version |
| ASISTS |
Automated Safety Incident Surveillance Tracking System |
| ASU |
Authorization/Subscription Utility |
| BMA |
Bone Marrow Aspirates |
| BMB |
Bone Marrow Biopsies |
| BCMA |
Bar Code Medication AdministrationBDKBroker Developer Kit |
| BHIE |
Bi-Directional Health Information Exchange |
| BRC |
Blind Rehabilitation Centers |
| BROS |
Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialist |
| BSE |
Broker Security Enhancement |
| C&P |
Compensation &Pension |
| CAIP |
Cross-Application Integration Protocol |
| CAPRI |
Compensation and Pension Records Interchange |
| CBO |
Chief Business Office |
| CCOW |
Clinical Context Object Workgroup |
| CCPC |
Consolidated Copayment Processing Center |
| CCSHS |
Center for Cooperative Studies in Health Services |
| CCR |
Clinical Case Registries |
| CDC |
Center for Disease Control |
| CDR |
Cost Distribution Report |
| CHAR |
TCraig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique |
| CHDR |
Clinical/Health Data Repository |
| CIS |
Clinical Information Systems |
| CMOP |
Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| COC |
Commission on Cancer |
| COTS |
Commercial-off-the-Shelf |
| CP |
Clinical Procedures |
| CPM |
Critical Path Method |
| CPRS |
Computerized Patient Record System |
| CPT |
Current Procedural Terminology - Codes registered by the AMA for common medical nomenclature |
| CPWM |
Compensation and Pension Worksheet Module |
| CRUD |
Create, Read, Update and Deactivate |
| CSAR |
Controlled Substance Administration Record |
| CS idM |
Common Services Identity Management |
| CS/OS |
Common Services/Organization Service |
| CS/PS |
Common Services/Person Service |
| D&PPM |
Drug and Pharmaceutical Products Management |
| DBIAs |
Data Base Integration Agreements |
| DCHP |
Decentralized Hospital Computer Program |
| DDC |
Denver Distribution Center |
| DICOM |
Digital Imaging and Communications in MedicineDIENER, DUSOI Duke University of Illness Index |
| DLL |
Dynamic Link Library |
| DMC |
Debt Management Center |
| DMI |
Data Migration Initiative |
| DNR |
Do Not Resuscitate |
| DNS |
Domain Name Service |
| DoD |
Department of Defense |
| DRG |
Diagnostic Related Group |
| DRG |
Inpatient Care Grouping |
| DSD |
Delivery Support Database |
| DSM |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| DSM-IV |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Metal Disorders |
| DSS |
Decision Support System |
| DUE |
Drug Use Evaluation |
| DUR |
Drug Utilization Review |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| EAS |
Enrollment Application System |
| ECG |
Electrocardiogram |
| ECME |
Electronic Claims Management Engine |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDSS |
Expanded Disability Status Scales |
| EEOB |
Electronic Explanation of Benefits |
| EGD |
Esophageal Gastrodoudenoscopy |
| EHR |
An Electronic Health Record system providing comprehensive, longitudinal, lifetime recording |
| EIS |
Enterprise Information System |
| EM |
Electron Microscopy |
| EMR |
Electronic Medical Record - a microcosm system for recording health events in clinical settings |
| ERCP |
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiogram and Pancreatogram |
| ESN |
Enterprise Service Network |
| FAM |
Functional Assessment Measure |
| FatKAAT |
Fat-Client Kernel Authentication |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FHIE |
Federal Health Information Exchange |
| FIM |
Functional Independence Measure |
| FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
| FMS |
Financial Management System |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FORDS |
Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards |
| FPDS |
Federal Procurement Data System |
| FTEE |
Full-Time Employee Equivalent |
| GAF |
Global Assessment of Functioning |
| GEC |
Geriatric Care Referral |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| GWOT |
Global War on Terror |
| H1N1 |
Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 - "Swine Flu" |
| HAIISS |
Healthcare Associated Infection and Influenza Surveillance System |
| HBHC |
Home Based Health Care |
| HCPCS |
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
| HDR |
Health Data Repository |
| HDR DW |
Health Data Repository - Data Warehouse |
| HDR Hx |
Health Data Repository - Historical Data |
| HDR IMS |
Health Data Repository - Interim Messaging Service |
| HDR II |
A Definitive HDR |
| HDS |
Health Data Systems |
| HEC |
Health Eligibility Center |
| HIE |
Health Information Exchange |
| HINQ |
Hospital Inquiry |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HISA |
Home Improvement Structural Alterations |
| HITSP |
Health IT Standards Panel |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HLLP |
Hybrid Lower Level Protocol |
| HLO |
Health Level Seven Optimized |
| HL7 |
Health Level Seven - a Standard for exchanging PHI |
| HOST |
Hybrid Open System Technology |
| HSR&D |
Health Services Research and Development |
| HWSC |
HealtheVet Web Services Client |
| ICN |
Integration Control Number |
| IMDQ |
Identity Management Data Quality |
| I&O |
Intake and Output |
| IB |
Integrated Billing |
| ICD-9 |
International Classification of Diseases |
| ICD-9-CM |
International Classification of Diseases – 9th Edition – Clinical Modification |
| ICR |
Immunology Case Registry |
| IDMC |
Information Data Management Committee |
| IFCAP |
Integrated Funds Control, Accounting and Procurement |
| IHD |
Ischemic Heart Disease |
| IMDQ TK |
Identity Management Data Quality Toolkit |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IRM |
Information Resources Management |
| IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
| IRT |
Incomplete Records Tracking |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| IV |
Intravenous |
| IVM |
Income Verification Match |
| JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| JMS |
Java Messaging Service |
| JPTA |
Joint Patient Tracking Application |
| J2EE |
Java 2 Enterprise Edition |
| KAAJEE |
Kernel Authentication and Authorization for J2EE |
| KDC |
Kernel Delphi Components |
| KIDS |
Kernel Installation and Distribution System |
| LDSI |
Laboratory Data Sharing Initiative |
| LDSI |
Lab Data Sharing Interoperability |
| LEDI |
Laboratory Electronic Data Interchange |
| LIS |
Laboratory Information Systems |
| LM |
List Manager |
| M |
Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System |
| MAS |
Medical Administration Service |
| MCCF |
Medical Care Collections Fund |
| MDD |
Major Mood Disorder |
| MEM |
Message Exception Manager |
| MHA |
VistA Mental Health Assistant |
| MHV |
My HealtheVet |
| MLLP |
Minimum Lower Level Protocol |
| MPI |
Master Patient Index |
| MPI/PD |
Master Patient Index/Patient Demographics |
| MSADBAA |
Microsoft Active Directory-based Authentication and Authorization |
| MSH |
Message Header |
| MUMPS |
Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System |
| N&FS |
Nutrition and Food Service |
| NANDA |
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association |
| NDC |
National Drug Code |
| NDS |
Naming Directory Service |
| NHE |
Network Health Exchange |
| NHIN |
National Health Information Network |
| NPCD |
National Patient Care Database |
| NCPDP |
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs |
| NPI |
National Provider Identifier |
| NSQIP |
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
| NTE |
Network Health Exchange |
| NTRT |
New Term Rapid Turnaround |
| O/E |
Observed --to-Expected |
| OIF/OEF |
Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom |
| OS |
Organization Service |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| OTC |
Over The Counter |
| PACS |
Picture Archiving Communication Systems |
| PAID |
Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data |
| PATS |
Patient Advocate Tracking System |
| PBM |
Pharmacy Benefits Management |
| PBM |
Pharmacy Benefits Management Strategic Health Group |
| PCE |
Patient Care Encounter |
| PCE |
Patient Care Evaluations |
| PCMM |
Primary Care Management Module |
| PCP |
Primary Care Provider |
| PDHRA |
Post Deployment Health Reassessments |
| PDM |
Pharmacy Data Management |
| PDTS |
Pharmacy Data Transaction Service |
| PDX |
Patient Data Exchange |
| PHI |
Protected Health Information |
| PHR |
Personal Health Record system for private maintenance of health records by patients and their helathcare providers |
| PICS |
Patient Image Capture Software |
| PIMS |
Patient Information Management System |
| PPDHA |
Pre and Post Deployment Health Assessments |
| PPP |
Pharmacy Prescription Practices |
| PS |
Person Service |
| PSC |
Person Service Construct |
| PSD |
Person Service Demographics |
| PSL |
Person Service Lookup |
| PTF |
Patient Treatment File |
| QUASAR |
Quality: Audiology and Speech Analysis and Reporting |
| QUERI |
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative |
| RAID |
Rapid Application Interface Development |
| RAI/MDS |
Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set |
| RAPs |
Resident Assessment Protocols |
| RDI |
Remote Data Operability |
| ROI |
Release of Information - reqeust and fulfillment of requests made from patients or other provider entities |
| ROs |
Regional Offices |
| ROES |
Remote Order Entry System |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
| RUG-III |
Resource Utilization Groups |
| RUG |
Long Term Care Grouping |
| SADR |
Standard Ambulatory Data Record |
| S-BAR |
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations |
| SCD |
Spinal Cord Dysfunction |
| SCS |
Subscription Control Service |
| SD&D |
System Design & Development |
| SDDM |
Site Demographic Data Migration |
| SDOs |
Standards Development Organizations |
| SEER |
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Reporting |
| SNOMED CT |
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terminology |
| SOA |
Service Oriented Architecture |
| SOCS |
Security and Other Common Services |
| SP |
Surgical Pathology |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
| SSD |
Secure Software Development |
| SSO/UC |
Single Sign-On/User Context |
| SSPIs |
Security Service Provider Interfaces |
| STS |
Standards & Terminology Services |
| T&L |
Time and Leave |
| TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TF |
Treating Facilities |
| TIU |
Text Integration Utility |
| TMDS |
Theatre Medical Data System |
| UD |
Unit Dose |
| UI |
User Interface |
| VA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VACIB |
VA Capital Investment Board |
| VALNET |
VA Library Network |
| VAMC |
Veterans Administration Medical Centers |
| VBA |
Veterans Benefits Administration |
| VDEF |
VistA Data Extraction Framework |
| VDL |
Virtual Due List |
| VERA |
Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation |
| VETS |
VHA Enterprise Terminology Services |
| VHA |
Veterans Health Administration |
| VIC |
Veteran Identification Card |
| VIE |
VistA Interface Engine |
| VISN |
Veterans Integrated Services Network |
| VistA |
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture |
| VPFS |
Veterans Personal Finance System |
| VPID |
VA-wide Person Identifier |
| VSS |
Voluntary Service System |
| VTA |
Veterans Tracking Application |
| VTK |
Voluntary Timekeeping System |
| VUID |
Veteran's Health Administration Unique Identifier |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| X12 |
An ANSI Standard for electronic data exchange |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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