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Health IT Strategic Framework

Attachment 2


Table of Acronyms

Description

Acronym

American National Standards Institute

ANSI

Bar Code Medication Administration System

BCMA

Centers for Disease Control

CDC

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CMS

CHCS-VistA Data Sharing Interface

DSI

Clinical Data Repository/Health Data Repository

CHDR

Composite Healthcare System

CHCS

Computerized Patient Record System

CPRS

Consolidated Health Informatics

CHI

Consolidated Mail-Out Pharmacy

CMOP

Department of Defense

DoD

Department of Health and Human Services

HHS

Department of Veterans Affairs

VA

Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine

DICOM

Electronic Health Record

HER

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA

Federal Health Architecture

FHA

Federal Health Information Exchange

FHIE

Food and Drug Administration

FDA

Graphical User Interface

GUI

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HIPAA

Health Level 7

HL7

Health Professional Shortage Areas

HPSA

Health Resources and Services Administration

HRSA

Healthcare Informatics Standards Board

HISB

Human Gene Nomenclature

HUGN

Indian Health Service

IHS

Information Technology

IT

Institute of Medicine

IOM

Lab Data Sharing and Interoperability

LDSI

Logical Observation Identifier Name Codes

LOINC

Medically Underserved Areas

MUA

Medically Underserved Populations

MUP

Memorandum of Understanding

MOU

Military Treatment Facility

MTF

National Cancer Institute

NCI

National Council on Prescription Drug Programs

NCPDP

National Drug File Reference Terminology

NDF-RT

National Health Information Infrastructure

NHII

National Library of Medicine

NLM

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

ONCHIT

Standards Development Organization

SDO

Systematized Nomenclature Medicine Clinical Terms

SNOMED-CT

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE

Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences

USUHS

Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture

VistA

Last revised: November 10, 2004

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