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| AAC | | Average Allowable Cost | of certified EHR technology |
| ADE | | Adverse Drug Event | |
| ADL | | Archetype Definition Language | |
| ADR | | Adverse Drug Reaction | |
| AHIC | | American Health Information Community | |
| AIU | | Adopt, Implement, Upgrade | certified EHR technology |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | | |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | | |
| ASC | | Accredited Standards Committee | |
| ASTM | ASTM International | | |
| BA | Business Associate | | |
| BAA | | Business Associate Agreement | |
| BCR | | Benefit Cost Ratio | |
| CAH | | Critical Access Hospital | |
| CAHPS | | Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems | |
| CAHPS | | Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems | |
| CalHIPSO | California Health Information Partnership & Service Organization | | |
| CAPA | Corrective and Preventive Action | | |
| CAQH | Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare | | |
| CCD | Continuity of Care Document | | |
| CCHIT | | Certification Commission for Health Information Technology | |
| CCN | | CMS Certification Number | |
| CCOW | Clinical Context Object Workgroup | | |
| CCR | | Continuity of Care Record | |
| CDC | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| CDO | | Care Delivery Organization | |
| CDSR | Clinical Decision Support Rule | | |
| CDSS | Clinical Decision Support System | | |
| CE | Covered Entity | | |
| CFR | | Code of Federal Regulations | |
| CGC | Clinical Groupware Collaborative | | |
| CGD | | Certification Guidance Document | |
| CHIP | | Children’s Health Insurance Program | |
| CHIPRA | | Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 | |
| CMS | | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | |
| CORE | Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange | | |
| CPOE | | Computerized Physician Order Entry | |
| CVX | CVX | | |
| CY | | Calendar Year | |
| DAR | | Data at Rest | includes data that resides in databases, file systems, flash drives, memory, and any other structured storage method |
| DD | | | includes discarded paper records or recycled electronic media |
| DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine | | |
| DIM | | | includes data that is moving through a network, including wireless transmission, whether by email or structured electronic interchange |
| DIU | | Data in Use | includes data in the process of being created, retrieved, updated, or deleted |
| DRS | | Designated Record Set | |
| DURSA | | Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement | |
| ECSP | | Electronic Controlled Substance Prescription | |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange | | |
| EH | | Eligible Hospital | |
| EHI | | Electronic Health Information | |
| EHR | | Electronic Health Record | |
| EHRIP | | EHR Incentive Programs | |
| EMPI | Enterprise Master Patient Index | | |
| EP | | Eligible Professional | |
| ePHI | Electronic Protected Health Information | | |
| ePHI | | Electronic Personal Health Information | |
| EPO | | Exclusive Provider Organization | |
| FACA | | Federal Advisory Committee Act | |
| FACTA | Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 | | |
| FFP | | Federal Financial Participation | |
| FFS | | Fee-for-Service | |
| FFY | | Federal Fiscal Year | |
| FIPS | | Federal Information Processing Standards | |
| FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 | | |
| FQHC | | Federally Qualified Health Center | |
| FTE | | Full-Time Equivalent | |
| FY | | Fiscal Year | |
| GIPSE | | Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange | |
| HEDIS | Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set | | |
| HHS | | Department of Health and Human Services | |
| HIE | | Health Information Exchange | |
| HIO | | Health Information Organization | |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | | |
| HISP | | Health Information Service Provider | |
| HISP | | Health Internet Service Provider | |
| HIT | | Health Information Technology | |
| HITECH | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act | | |
| HITPC | | Health IT Policy Committee | FAC, 2009+ |
| HITSC | Heath IT Standards Committee | | FAC, 2009+ |
| HITSP | Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel | | ANSI, 2005+ |
| HL7 | | Health Level 7 | |
| HMO | | Health Maintenance Organization | |
| HOS | | Health Outcomes Survey | |
| HPSA | | Health Professional Shortage Area | |
| HRSA | | Health Resource and Services Administration | |
| IAPD | | Implementation Advance Planning Document | |
| ICD | | International Classification of Diseases | |
| ICD-10-CM | | ICD, 10th Revision, Related Health Problems | |
| ICD-10-PCS | | ICD, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System | |
| ICD-9-CM | | ICD, 9th Revision, Clinical Modifications | |
| ICR | | Information Collection Requirement | |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force | | |
| IFR | | Interim Final Rule | |
| IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise | | |
| IHS | | Indian Health Service | |
| IIHI | | Individually Identifiable Health Information | |
| IPA | | Independent Practice Association | |
| IT | | Information Technology | |
| LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes | | |
| MA | | Medicare Advantage | |
| MAC | | Medicare Administrative Contractor | |
| MAO | | Medicare Advantage Organization | |
| MBR | Medical Benefit Ratio | | |
| MCO | | Managed Care Organization | |
| MCR | Medical Care Ratio | | |
| MIPPA | Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 | | |
| MITA | | Medicaid Information Technology Architecture | |
| MLR | Medical Loss Ratio | | |
| MMA | Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 | | |
| MMIS | | Medicaid Management Information Systems | |
| MPI | Master Patient Index | | |
| MSA | | Medical Savings Account | |
| MU | | Meaningful Use | |
| NAAC | | Net Average Allowable Cost | of certified EHR technology |
| NCIRD | | CDC's National Center of Immunization and Respiratory Diseases | |
| NCPDP | National Council for Prescription Drug Programs | | |
| NCQA | National Committee for Quality Assurance | | |
| NCVHS | National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics | | |
| NDC | National Drug Code | | |
| NHIN | | National Health Information Network | |
| NLM | | National Library of Medicine | |
| NPI | | National Provider Identifier | |
| NPP | | Notification of Privacy Practice | part of HIPAA |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | | |
| NQF | | National Quality Forum | |
| NTTAA | National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 | | |
| OASIS | | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards | |
| OCR | Office for Civil Rights | | |
| OIG | | Office of Inspector General | |
| OMHE | | Open Mobile Health Exchange | microsyntax for devices, machines, and humans |
| ONC | | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology | |
| PAHP | | Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan | |
| PAPD | | Planning Advance Planning Document | |
| PFFS | | Private Fee-for-Service | |
| PHI | | Personal Health Information | |
| PHI | Protected Health Information | | |
| PHO | | Physician Hospital Organization | |
| PHS | | Public Health Service | |
| PHSA | Public Health Service Act | | |
| PIHP | | Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan | |
| POS | | Place of Service | |
| PPO | | Preferred Provider Organization | |
| PQRI | | Physician Quality Reporting Initiative | |
| PRO | | Peer Review Organization | |
| Provence | | Provence, data | the copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site |
| Provence | | Provence, process | the execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data |
| PSO | Patient Safety Organization | | |
| PSO | | Provider Sponsored Organization | |
| PSQIA | Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 | | |
| QIO | Quality Improvement Organizations | | |
| QRDA | | Quality Reporting Document Architecture | |
| RAC | | Recovery Audit Contractor | |
| REC | Regional Extension Center | | |
| RFA | Regulatory Flexibility Act | | |
| RHC | | Rural Health Clinic | |
| RHIO | | Regional Health Information Organization | |
| RHQDAPU | | Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update | |
| RPO | Recovery Point Objective | | |
| RPPO | | Regional Preferred Provider Organization | |
| RPPO | | Regional Preferred Provider Organization | |
| RTLS | Real-Time Locating System | | |
| RTO | Recovery Time Objective | | RTO is how long you're willing to go without service after a disaster. |
| RxNORM | RxNORM | | |
| SDO | | Standard Development Organization | |
| SDO | | Standard Determining Organization | |
| SMHP | | State Medicaid Health Information Technology Plan | |
| SNOMED | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine | | |
| SNOMED-CT | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms | | |
| SSO | | Standard Setting Organization | |
| TIN | | Tax Identification Number | |
| UCUM | Unified Code for Units of Measure | | |
| UII | | Unique Ingredient Identifiers | |
| UMLS | Unified Medical Language System | | |
| UP | | Unique Patient | |
| UPD | Universal Provider Datasource | | |
| uPHI | Unsecured Protected Health Information | | |
| UUID | Universally Unique Identifier | | |
| UUIUI | Unusable, Unreadable, or Indecipherable to Unauthorized Individuals | | |
| XCA | Cross Community Access | | |
| XCPD | | Cross-Community Patient Discovery | |
| XDM | Cross-Enterprise Document Media Interchange | | |
| XDR | Cross-Enterprise Document Reliable Interchange | | |
| XDS | Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing | | |
| XDS-b | Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (b) | | |
| XUA | Cross-Enterprise User Assertion | | |
