| AHIC |
American Health Information Community |
| AHIMA |
American Health Information Management Association |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AMA
|
American Medical Association
|
| AMIA
|
American Medical Informatics
Association
|
| ANSI
|
American National Standards
Institute
|
| AQA
|
AQA alliance (Formerly, Ambulatory
Quality Alliance)
|
| BTE
|
Bridges to Excellence
|
| CDC
|
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
|
| CDISC
|
Clinical Data Interchange
Standards Consortium
|
| CHI
|
Consolidated Health Informatics
|
| CCHIT
|
Certification Commission for
Healthcare Information Technology
|
| CCR
|
Continuity of Care Record
|
| CDS
|
Clinical Decision Support
|
| CHC
|
Community Health Centers
|
| CHCF
|
California HealthCare Foundation
|
| CMS
|
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
|
| CPOE
|
Computerized Physician Order Entry
|
| DEA
|
Drug Enforcement Administration
|
| DoD
|
Department of Defense
|
| DOQ-IT
|
Doctors Office Quality
Information Technology
|
| eHI
|
eHealth Initiative
|
| EHR
|
Electronic Health Record
|
| EHRVA
|
Electronic Health Record Vendors
Association
|
| FACA
|
Federal Advisory Committee Act
|
| FDA
|
Food and Drug Administration
|
| FHA
|
Federal Health Architecture
|
| FORE
|
Foundation of Research and
Education (part of AHIMA)
|
| HHS
|
Department of Health & Human
Services
|
| HIE
|
Health Information Exchange
|
| HIMSS
|
Healthcare Information Management
Systems Society
|
| HIPAA
|
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
|
| HISPC
|
Health Information Security and
Privacy Collaborative
|
| HIT
|
Health Information Technology
|
| HITSP
|
Health Information Technology
Standards Panel
|
| HL7
|
Health Level 7
|
| IHE
|
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise |
| IHS
|
Indian Health Service
|
| IOM
|
Institute of Medicine |
| IT
|
Information Technology
|
| JCAHO
|
Formerly, the Joint Commission on
the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (now The Joint Commission, TJC)
|
| MUA
|
Medically Underserved Areas
|
| NAHIT
|
National Alliance for Health Information Technology; The Alliance
|
| NCI
|
National Cancer Institute
|
| NCQA
|
National Committee for Quality
Assurance
|
| NCSL
|
National Conference of State
Legislatures
|
| NCVHS
|
National Committee on Vital and
Health Statistics
|
| NGA
|
National Governors Association
|
| NGO
|
Non-Governmental Organization
|
| NHIN
|
Nationwide Health Information
Network
|
| NIH
|
National Institutes of Health
|
| NLM
|
National Library of Medicine
|
| NQF
|
National Quality Forum
|
| OHITA
|
Office of Health Information
Technology Adoption
|
| OMB
|
Office of Management & Budget
|
| ONC
|
Office of the National Coordinator
(preferred abbreviation for ONCHIT)
|
| ONCHIT
|
Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology
|
| OPC
|
Office of Programs &
Coordination
|
| OPR
|
Office of Policy & Research
|
| PFP
|
Pay-for-Performance
|
| PHR
|
Personal Health Record
|
| PITAC
|
Presidents Information Technology
Advisory Committee
|
| PQRI
|
Physician Quality Reporting
Initiative
|
| PVRP
|
Physician Voluntary Reporting
Program, now known as PQRI
|
| QUAL
|
Quality
|
| QIO
|
Quality Improvement Organization
|
| RHIO
|
Regional Health Information
Organization
|
| RFP
|
Request For Proposal
|
| RWJF
|
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
|
| SDO
|
Standards Development Organization
|
| SAMHSA
|
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
|
| SNOMED
|
Systematized Nomenclature of
Medicine
|
| TJC
|
The Joint Commission (Formerly,
the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
|
| URAC
|
Utilization Review Accreditation
Commission
|
| VA
|
Veterans Administration
|
| VistA
|
Veterans Health Information
Systems and Technology Architecture
|
| VOE
|
VistA
Office EHR
|
| WEDI |
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange |
