Abbreviation | Definition |
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10-10 EZ | VA Form 10-10 EZ Application for Health Benefits |
1010EZ | VA Form 10-10 EZ Application for Health Benefits |
10N | Washington DC VACO |
1U4N | 1st letter last name + last 4 of SSN |
2FA | 2-Factor Authentication |
3DES | Triple Data Encryption Algorithm Standard |
3GL | 3rd Generation Language |
3PAO | Third Party Assessment Organization |
3R | Recruitment, Retention and Relocation Allowances |
4WW | Four Wheeled Walker |
776 | VHA CIO Administration System |
A&A LETTER | Aid & Attendance Letter |
AAA | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
AAA | Area Agencies on Aging |
AAA | Authentication, Authorization & Access |
A&A | Advisory & Assistance |
A&A | Aid and Attendance |
AAALAC | American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
AAAPS | Automatic Appraiser Assignment Processing Center |
AaaS | API as a Service |
A&A | Assessment and Accreditation |
A&A | Assessment and Authorization |
AA | Attorney-Adviser |
AA | Authorized Absence |
AABB | American Association of Blood Banks |
AAC | Austin Automation Center (3/08 See AITC) |
AACS | Automated Allocation & Control System |
AADF | Activation Advance Development Fund |
AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Service |
AAFP | American Academy of Family Physicians |
AAGP | American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry |
AAH | Academy on Architecture for Health |
AAH | Account Activity History |
AAHRPP | Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs |
AAIP | Authorization and Authentication Infrastructure Program |
AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges |
AAMI | Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
AAMS | Automated Acquisition Management System |
AAR | After Action Report |
AARP | Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons |
AASLD | American Academy for the Study of Liver Disease |
AB | Antibiotic |
ABC | Activity Based Costing |
ABD | Abdomen |
ABEND | Abnormal End |
ABG | Arterial Blood Gas |
ABI | Analytics and Business Intelligence |
ABO | Absent Bed Occupant |
ABOI | Administrative Board of Investigation (ABOI) |
ABR | Annual Benefits Report |
ABX | Antibiotics |
ACA | Advanced Clinic Access |
ACA | Affordable Care Act |
AC | Acceleration Clause |
AC | Acceptance Criteria |
AC | Actual Cost |
AC | Ambulatory Care |
AC | Antecubital |
ACAP | Access and Clinic Administration Program |
ACAS | Assurance Compliance Assessment Solution |
AC | Associate Chief of Staff |
ACBE | Air Contrast Barium Enema |
ACC | Accounting Classification Code |
ACC | Ambulatory Care Center |
ACCME | Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education |
ACD | Automated Call Distributor |
ACD | Automatic Case Distribution |
ACDF | Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion |
ACE | Acceptable Clinical Evidence |
ACE | Accountable Customer Experience |
ACE | Adaptive Cloud Environment |
ACEC | American Consulting Engineers Council |
ACEP | American College of Emergency Physicians |
ACES | Access Certificates for Electronic Services |
ACES | Attendance and Cost Estimation System |
ACG | Ambulatory Care Group |
ACGME | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education |
ACH | Automated Clearing House |
ACHE | American College of Health Executives |
ACHP | Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
ACHS | Before Meals And At Bedtime (ante cibum, hora somni) |
ACI | Accelerated Care Initiative or Accelerating Care Initiative |
ACI | American Concrete Institute |
ACIO | Associate Chief Information Officer |
ACL | Access Control List |
ACL | Audit Command Language |
ACLS | Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
ACM | Audit Compliance Module |
ACMD | Assistant Chief Medical Director |
ACMIS | Acquisition Career Management Information System |
ACNS | Associate Chief Nursing Service |
ACOA | Adult Children of Alcoholics |
ACO | Administrative Contracting Officer |
ACOE | Accreditation Council on Optometric Education |
ACOE | Agile Center of Excellence |
ACOM | Associate Chief of Medicine |
ACOS | American College of Surgeons |
ACOS | Associate Chief of Staff |
ACOS/E | Associate Chief of Staff for Education |
ACOS/EC | Associate Chief of Staff for Extended Care |
ACOVE | Assessing Care Of Vulnerable Elders |
ACP | American College of Physicians |
ACPE | American Council for Pharmaceutical Education |
ACR | American College of Radiology |
ACRB | Architectural Change and Review Board |
ACRE | A measure of land 43,560 sq. ft. |
ACRE | Artifact Central Repository |
ACRP | Ambulatory Care Reporting Program |
ACRS | Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
ACS | Access Services |
ACS | Acute Coronary Syndrome |
ACT | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy |
ACTS | AHRQ evidence-based Care Transformation Support |
ACWP | Actual Cost for Work Performed |
ADAAA | Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act |
ADAAG | Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines |
ADA | American Diabetes Association |
ADA | Antideficiency Act |
ADA | Associate Deputy Administrator |
AD | Active Directory |
ADAD | After Date of Award Document |
AD | Advanced Directive |
A/D | Alcohol and Drug |
ADAPT | Ambulatory Detoxification and Preparation for Treatment |
ADAS | Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary |
AD | Assistant Director |
ADC | Active Dual Consumer |
ADC | Alzheimer's Disease Center |
ADC | Application Development Competency |
ADC | Average Daily Census |
ADC | Average Days to Complete |
ADCC | Alzheimer's Disease Core Center |
ADCIO | Assistant Deputy Chief Information Officer |
ADCMD | Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director |
ADDM | Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping |
ADDP | Assistant Director Development Program |
ADE | Adverse Drug Event |
ADERS | Adverse Drug Event Reporting System |
ADF | Azure Data Factory |
ADFS | Active Directory Federated Services |
ADHC | Adult Day Health Care |
ADHF | Acute decompensated heart failure |
ADI | Awaiting Development initiation |
ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
ADL | Automated Decision Letter |
ADLS | Azure Data Lake Storage |
ADM | Acquisition Decision Memorandum |
ADPAC | Automated Data Processing Application Coordinator |
ADP | Automatic Data Processing |
ADP | Average Days Pending |
ADPSO | Automated Data Processing Security Officer |
ADRADA | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association |
ADR | Additional Development Review |
ADR | Administrative Data Repository |
ADR | Adverse Drug Event |
ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction |
ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
ADR | Average Daily Rate |
ADS | Authoritative Data Source |
ADS | Average Daily Salary |
ADSM | Active Duty Service Member |
ADT | Admission/Discharge/Transfer |
ADT | Automated Data Transfer |
ADT/R | Admissions, Discharge, Transfer/Registration |
ADUSH | VHA Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health (ADUSH) |
AE | Application Entity |
A/E | Architect/Engineer |
AECGIS | Automated Electrocardiographic Interpretive Systems |
AECO | A/E Change Order |
AED | Anti-Epileptic Drug |
AED | Automated External Defibrillator |
AEIC | Advanced Earned Income Credit |
AEM | Area Emergency Manager |
AEMAS | Affirmative Employment Monitoring and Analysis System |
AEMS/MERS | Automated Engineering Management System/Medical Equipment Reporting |
AEPS | Affiliated Education Programs Service |
AERB | Architecture Engineering Review Board |
AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
AES | Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron |
AES | All Employee Survey |
AES | American Epilepsy Society |
AEU | Affected End User |
AEW | Audit Error Worksheet |
AFB | Allocated Functional Baseline |
AFC | Austin Finance Center |
AFCEA | Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association |
AFEB | Armed Forces Epidemiological Board |
AFGE | American Federation of Government Employees |
AFGE-NVAC | American Federation of Government Employees-National Veterans Affairs Council |
AFHCAN | Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network |
AFHCP | Alaska Federal Healthcare Partnership |
AFHRA | Air Force Historical Research Agency |
AFIB | Atrial Fibrillation |
AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
AFMA | Automated Fabrication of Mobility Acts |
AFNOC | Air Force Network Operation Center |
AFO | Ankle-Foot Orthosis |
AFPS | Automated Folder Processing System |
AFRRI | Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
AF/SG | Air Force Surgeon General |
AFSN | Air Force Systems Network |
AFVSS | Afebrile, vital signs stable |
AGC | Associated General Contractors of America |
AGE | Acute Gastroenteritis |
AGI | Adjusted Gross Income |
AGO | Agent Orange |
AGS | Adjacent Gravesite Set-Aside |
AHA | American Hospital Association |
A/H | Auditory Hallucinations |
AHCPR | Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (see AHRQ) |
AHE | Associated Health Education |
AHERA | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
AHHA | American Holistic Health Association |
AHIC | American Health Information Community (Now NeHC) |
AHIMA | American Health Information Management Association |
AHIP | America's Health Insurance Plans |
AHIS | Automated Hospital Information System |
AHJ | Authority Having Jurisdiction |
AHL | Alternate Hearing Location |
AHLTA | Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application |
AHPA | American Health Planning Association |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR) |
AHSE | American Society for Health Care Engineering |
AHTLA | AHLTA - Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology |
AH/VH | Auditory Hallucinations/Visual Hallucinations |
AIA | American Institute of Architects |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
AIB | Administrative Investigation Board |
AIBS | American Institute for Biological Sciences |
AIC | Ambulatory Infusion Center |
AIC | Architecture and Infrastructure Committee |
AIC | Automated Information Center |
AICC | Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee |
AICD | Automated Implantable Cardiovascular Defibrillator |
AICPA | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
AICS | Automated Information Collection Systems |
AICUZ | Airport Clear Zones and Accident Potential Zones |
AID | Applied Informatics Deployment |
AIDE | Agile Integrated Development Environment |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
AIFPS | Automated Insurance Folder Processing System |
AIM | Applied Informatics Management |
AIS | Automated Information System |
AITBMR | Annual Information Technology Budget and Management Report |
AITC | Austin Information Technology Center |
AJCC | American Joint Commission on Cancer |
AJN | American Journal of Nursing |
AKA | Above the Knee Amputation |
AKA | Also Known As |
AKC | Artificial Kidney Center |
AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
ALA | American Legion Auxiliary |
ALAC | Administrative and Loan Accounting |
AL | American Legion |
AL | Annual Leave |
ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
AL | Assisted Living |
ALB | Account Level Budgeter |
ALBCC | Account Level Budget Cost Center |
ALC | Agency Location Code |
ALCON | All Concerned |
ALEX | Advance Library Exchange |
ALF | Assisted Living Facility |
ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
ALOC | Altered Level Of Consciousness |
ALOS | Average Length of Stay |
ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
ALTA | American Land Title Transfer |
AMA CPT | American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology |
AMA | Against Medical Advice |
AMA | American Medical Association |
AMA | Appeals Modernization Act |
AMAS | Automated Management Application System |
AMAS | Automated Monument Application System |
AMB SURG | Ambulatory Surgery |
AMB | Ambulance |
AMC | Appeals Management Center |
AMEDD | Army Medical Department |
AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction |
AMIE | Automated Medical Information Exchange |
AMIS | Automated Management Information System |
A&MM | Acquisition and Material Management |
AMMS | Acquisition and Material Management Services |
A&MMS | Acquisitions and Materials Management Services |
AMO | Appeals Management Office |
AMOD | Admitting Officer of the Day |
AMPL | Advanced Medication Platform |
AMR | Automated Maintenance Reporting |
AMSA | Advanced Medical Support Assistant |
AMS | Accu-Med Services |
AMS | Altered Mental Status |
AMS | Asset Management Service |
AMS | Automated Methadone System |
AMSUS | Association of Military Surgeons of the United States |
AMT | Amount |
AMVAD | Automated Masterfile of VA Directives |
AMVETS | American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam |
ANA | American Nurses Association |
AnaaS | Analytics as a Service |
ANACE | American Nursing Association Code of Ethics |
ANCC | American Nurses Credentialing Center |
ANEQIP | Anesthesia Quality Improvement Program |
ANG | Air National Guard |
ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
ANR | Automated Notification Reporting |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
ANT | Another Neat Tool |
AOA | American Osteopathic Association |
AOA | Analysis of Alternatives |
AO | Administrative Officer |
A/O | Administrative Offices |
AO | Agent Orange |
AO | Authorizing Official |
AOC | Alteration Of Consciousness |
AOCC | Annual Oversight Compliance Certificate |
AOD | Administrative Officer of the Day |
AOD | Administrator On Duty |
AOD | Advanced on Docket |
AODL | Accounting of Disclosure Log |
AONE | American Organization of Nurse Executives |
A/OPC | Agency/Organization Program Coordinator |
AOPO | Agent Orange Projects Office |
AOR | Agent Orange Registry |
AOR | Area Of Responsibility |
AOSB | Authorizing Official System Brief |
AOTA | American Occupational Therapy Association |
AOU | Area of Use |
AOWG | Agent Orange Working Group (White House) |
APA | American Psychological Association |
AP | Anatomic Pathology |
AP | Ankle Pumps |
AP | Apical Pulse |
A&PC | Ambulatory and Primary Care |
APEC | Asian Pacific Economic Cooperative |
APEO | Associate Deputy Program Executive Officer |
APF | Advance Planning Fund |
APG | Agency Priority Goal |
API | Application Programming Interface |
APM | Application Performance Management |
APM | Application Performance Monitoring |
APMF | Acquisition Program Management Framework |
APN | Advance Practice Nurse |
APO | Area Processing Office |
APO | Army Post Office |
APOC | Administrative Point of Contact |
APP | Advanced Practice Professional |
APP | Alternating Pressure Pad |
APP | Application Portability Profile |
APPS | Advanced Practice ProfessionalS |
APPT. | Appointment |
APRD | Accounting Policy & Reporting Division |
APTA | American Physical Therapy Association |
APW | Architecture Planning Workgroup |
AQRS | Authorization Quality Review Specialist |
ARA | Automated Risk Assessment |
A/R | Accounts Receivable |
AR | Accounts Receivable |
ARAMIS | American Rheumatology Associates Medical Information System |
AR | Architecture Requirements |
ARB | Accident Review Board |
ARB | Architecture Review Board |
ARCA | Aggregated Root Cause Analysis |
ARC | Adult Rehabilitation Center |
ARC | Allocation Resource Center |
ARC | American Red Cross |
ARC | Amputation Rehabilitation Coordinator |
ARCH | Access Received Closer to Home |
ARF | Acute Renal Failure |
ARF | Animal Research Facilities |
ARG | Application Requirements Group |
ARIWG | Architecture Requirements and Investment Working Group |
ARK | Anesthesia Record Keeper |
ARMA | Association of Records Managers and Administrators |
ARM | Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan |
ARM | Automated Reference Manual |
ARNG | Army National Guard |
ARNP | Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner |
ARO | After Receipt of Order |
ARPA | Automated Request for Personnel Action |
ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
ARRT | American Registry of Radiologic Technologists |
ARS | Automated Response System |
ART | Adverse Reaction Tracking |
ARTS | Adverse Reaction Tracking System |
ARU | Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit |
AR/WS | Automatic Replenishment/Ward Stock |
AS I&T | Assistant Secretary for Information & Technology |
ASA | Aspirin aka acetylsalicylic acid |
ASAF | Automated System Access Forms |
ASAM | American Society of Addiction Medicine |
AS | Application Server |
ASB | Ambulatory Surgery Basic |
ASC X12 | Accredited Standards Committee X12 |
ASC | Additional Service Code |
ASCD | Automated Service Connection Designation |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASCIP | Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals |
AsCMD | Associate Chief Medical Director |
ASCP | American Society for Clinical Pathology |
ASCVD | Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease |
ASD | Architecture, Strategy, and Design |
ASD/HA | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs |
ASDP | American Society of Dermatopathology |
ASE | Application Security Engine |
AS-F | Acquisition Service - Frederick |
ASHRM | American Society for Healthcare Risk Management |
ASIA | American Spinal Injury Association |
ASIH | Absent Sick In Hospital |
ASIM | Automated Security Incident Measurement |
ASIS | Application Structure and Integration Support |
ASISTS | Automated Safety Incident Surveillance and Tracking System |
AS/IT | Assistant Secretary for Office of Information and Technology |
ASLM | Application Service Line Manager |
ASN.1 | Abstract Syntax Notation One |
ASOC | Amputee System of Care |
ASP | Accrued Services Payable |
ASP | Active Server Pages |
ASP | Antimicrobial Stewardship Program |
ASP | Application Service Provider |
ASPEN | Access Standardized Performance Elements Nationwide |
ASPEN | Advanced Sites, Planning, and Engineering Network |
ASPEN | Automated Standardized Performance Elements Nationwide |
ASSESS | Application Self-Scoring Evaluation Support System |
ASSIST | Automated Safety Incident Surveillance System |
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
ASU | Authorization Subscription Utility |
ASVAB | Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery |
ASW | Architect Solution Worksheet |
ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment |
AT | Addiction Therapist |
AT | Assistive Technology |
ATC | Attempt(ed) To Contact |
ATIC | Advanced Technology Integration Center |
ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
ATO | Authority to Operate |
ATOC | Authority To Operate with Conditions |
ATOMS | Acquisition Task Order Management System |
ATP | Acquisition Training Program |
ATRA | American Therapeutic Recreation Association |
ATS | Addiction Treatment Services |
ATS | Artificial Tears |
ATSD | Authority To Transmit Sensitive Data |
AUD | Alcohol Use Disorder |
AVA | Anthrax Vaccine Absorbed |
AVANTI | Alpha VistA NT Implementation |
AV | Architecture View |
AV | Atrioventricular |
AVD | Azure Virtual Desktop |
AVH | Audio Visual Hallucinations |
AVHE | Application Virtualization and Hosting Environment |
AVIVA | A Virtual Installation of VistA Architecture |
AVLJ | Acting Veterans Law Judge |
AVO | Appraised Value Offer |
AVS | After Visit Summary |
AWCTS | Army Warrior Care & Transition System |
AWE | Annual Workplace Evaluation |
AWIV | Advanced Web Image Viewer |
AWOL | Absent Without Leave |
AWS | Alternate Work Schedule |
AWS | Amazon Web Services (see VAEC) |
AX | Artifact Exchange |
BAA | Business Associate Agreement(s) |
B/A | Basic Agreement |
BABOK | Business Analysis Body of Knowledge |
BA | Business Architecture |
BAC | Budget At Completion |
BAFO | Best of Final Order |
BAH | Basic Allowance for Housing |
BAH | Booz Allen Hamilton |
BAM | Benefits Appeals Memorials |
BAS | Benefits Assistance Service |
BBB | Bundle Branch Block |
B | Bilateral or Both |
BBM | Blood Bank Modernization |
BBS | Bulletin Board System |
BCA | Board of Contract Appeals |
BCA | Business Continuity Plan |
BCAG | Business Community Advisory Group |
BC | Blood Culture |
BCBS | Blue Cross Blue Shield |
BC | Business Continuity |
BCC | Board Certified Chaplain |
BCE | Bar Code Expansion |
BCE-PPI | Bar Code Enhancement - Positive Patient Identification |
BCL | Bar Code Letter |
BCMA | Bar Code Medication Administration |
BCMB | Business Capability Management Board |
BCP | Business Continuity Planning |
BCR | Baseline Change Request |
BCR | Breast Care Registry |
BCRO | Bar Code Resource Office |
BCS | Business Case Study |
BCVA | Best Corrected Visual Acuity |
BCWP | Budgeted Cost for Work Performed |
BCWS | Budgeted Cost for Work Scheduled |
B&D | Birch and Davis Associates, Inc. |
BDC | Benefits Delivery Center |
BDC | Boston Development Center |
BDD | Benefits Delivery at Discharge |
BDI | Biological Defense Initiative |
BDL | Borderline |
BDN | Benefits Delivery Network |
BDOC | Bed Days of Care |
BEC | Benefits Executive Council |
BEDB | Basic Employee Death Benefit |
BENS | Business Event Notification Service |
BEP | Benefits Enterprise Platform |
BESS | Biomedical Engineering Support Specialist |
BEST | Business Enterprise Solutions and Technologies |
BFA | Battlefield Acupuncture |
BFELOB | Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business |
BFF | Business Function Framework |
BFFS | Beneficiary Fiduciary Field System |
BG | Blood Glucose |
BGM | Blood Glucose Monitor |
BGS | Benefits Gateway Services |
BHAP | Behavior Health Autopsy Program |
BH | Behavioral Health |
BHCG | Blood pregnancy test |
BHIE | Bidirectional Health Information Exchange (Formerly DSI) |
BHIP | Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program |
BHL | Behavioral Health Laboratory |
BIA | Business Impact Analysis |
BIBA | Brought in by ambulance, denotes how pt arrived to ER |
BI | Background Investigation |
BICP | BIRLS ICP Update |
BID | Twice Daily (bis in die) |
BIM | Business Implementation Manager |
BIN | Banking Identification Number |
BINQ | BIRLS Inquiry |
BIPAP | Bilevel positive airway pressure |
BIP | Benefits Integration Platform |
BIRLS | Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator (Sub)System |
BISL | Business Intelligence Service Line |
BJP | Business Justification Package |
BKA | Below Knee Amputation |
B/L | Bilateral |
BLOB | Binary Large Object |
BLS | Basic Life Support |
BLUF | Bottom Line Up Front |
BM | Bowel movement |
BME | Biomedical Engineering |
BMI | Body Mass Index |
BMP | Basic Metabolic Panel |
BMS | Bed Management Solution |
BMS | Bed Management System |
BMT | Bone Marrow Transplantation |
BMW | Bedside Mobile Workstation |
BNIB | Business Needs and Investment Board |
BNI | Business Needs and Investment |
BNP | B-type natriuretic peptide |
BNS | Business Needs Statement |
BOA | Basic Ordering Agreement |
BOA | Board of Appeals |
BOC | Budget Object Code |
BOC | Business Operations Committee |
BOM | Bill of Materials |
BOP | Budget Operating Plan |
BOP | Bureau of Prisons |
BOSS | Burial Operations Support System |
BPA | Blanket Purchase Agreement |
BP | Background Processor |
B&P | Bid and Proposal |
BP | Blood Pressure |
BPC | Budget Policy Consultant |
BPE | Business Partner Extranet |
BPG | Business Partner Gateway |
BPG | Business Process Group |
BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
BPIC | Business Performance Improvement Committee |
BPMN | Business Process Model and Notation |
BPRA | Business Process Re-engineering and Analysis |
BPR | Business Process Re-engineering |
BPRC | Budget Planning Review Council |
BPSD | Benefits Product Support Division |
BQ | Best Qualified |
B/R | Bathroom |
BR | Bathroom |
BRBPR | Bright Red Blood Per Rectum |
BRC | Blind Rehabilitation Centers |
BRCD | Business Requirements Change Document |
BRD | Business Requirements Document |
BRECC | Baltimore VA Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center (BRECC) |
BREP | Business Requirements Engineering Process |
BRH | Bureau of Radiological Health |
BRIDG | Biomedical Research Integrated Domain Group |
Briefface | A folder or piece of paper attached to a claims folder, used to track the status of an appeal as it traveled through the board |
BRM | Business Reference Model |
BRM | Business Relationship Meeting |
BRMO | Business Relationship Management Office |
BRO | Behavioral Recovery Outreach |
BROS | Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialists |
BRP | Business Process Re-Engineering |
BRS | Blind Rehabilitation Specialist |
BRS | Breath Sounds |
BRSV5 | Blind Rehabilitation Service Version 5 |
BSAD | Baseline System Architecture Document |
B/S | Benefits/Services |
BS | Business Sponsor |
BSC | Balanced Score Card |
BSE | Broker Security Enhancement |
BSN | Bachelor [or Baccalaureate] of Science in Nursing |
BSOD | Blue Screen of Death |
BTA | Business Transformation Agency |
BTE | Behind the Ear |
BTL | Bilateral Tubal Ligation |
BTP | Beneficiary Travel Program |
BTRF | Blood Transfusion Request Form |
BTS | Business Transaction Service |
BTSSS | Beneficiary Travel Self-service System |
BTT | Budget Tracking Tool |
BUM | Bed Utilization Management |
BUPD | BIRLS Update |
BURR | Building Utilization Review and Repurposing |
BVA | Blinded Veterans of America |
BVA | Board of Veterans' Appeals |
BVAC | Behavioral VA Center |
BVAMC | Birmingham VA Medical Center |
BVAMC | Boise VA Medical Center |
BVM | Bag Valve Mask |
BVO | Buyer Value Option |
BX | Biopsy |
C & P | Compensation and Pension Examinations |
C32 | Construct 32 |
C3PO | Chief, Policy, Planning and Performance Office |
C4 | Colorectal Cancer Care Continuum |
CAAD | Central Acquisition Analysis Division |
CAATS | Centralized Administrative Accounting Transactions System |
CAB | Clinical Advisory Board |
CAB | Combat Action Badge |
CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
CABIG | Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid |
CA | Cancer |
CAC | Clinical Application Coordinator |
CAC | Common Access Card |
CA | Certificate Authority |
C&A | Certification and Authority |
CA | Claims Assistant |
CACP | Computer Application Change Plan |
CA | Customer Advocacy |
CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
CAD | Coronary artery disease |
CADHC | Contract Adult Day Health Care |
CADRE | Comprehensive Access & Delivery Research & Evaluation |
CA&E | Corporate Analysis and Evaluation |
CAF | Customer Acceptance Form |
CAG-20 | Consensus Audit Guidelines - 20 Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense |
CAG | Citrix Access Gateway |
CAH | Critical Access Hospital |
CAI | Center for Acquisition Innovation |
CAIP | Cross-Application Integration Protocol |
CAIRO | Center for Applied Informatics Research and Operations |
CALM | Centralized Accounting for Local Management |
CAMPS | Capital Asset Management and Planning Service |
CAMS | Capital Asset Management System |
CANX | Canceled or Cancel |
CAO | Chief Acquisition Officer |
CAO | Chief Administrative Officer |
CAO | Competency Aligned Organization |
CAO | Contract Administration Office |
CAPA | Corrective and Preventative Action |
CAP | Capital Assessment Process |
CAP | College of American Pathologists |
CAP | Combined Assessment Program |
CAP | Corrective Action Plan |
CAPE | Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation |
CAPER | Compensation And Pension Evaluation Redesign |
CAPOC | Computer Assisted Practice of Cardiology (DoD) |
CAPPS | Capital Asset Policy, Planning, and Strategy Service |
CAPPS | Computer Assisted Payments Processing System |
CAPRES | Capital Resource (Survey) |
CAPRI | Compensation and Pension Record Interchange |
CAPS | Capabilities Assessment Program Survey |
CAPS | Computerized Accounts Payable System |
CARA | Criticality Analysis and Risk Assessment |
CAR | Collection, Analysis, and Reporting tool |
CAR | Combat Action Ribbon |
CARD | Cost Analysis Requirements Description |
CARDS | Cardiology |
CARE | Continuity Assessment Records and Evaluation |
CARES | Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services |
CARF | Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities |
CARF | Computer Access Request Form |
CARG | Clinical Application Requirements Group |
CARMA | Caregiver Record Management Application |
CAROLS | Centralized Accounts Receivable Online System |
CARS | Centralized Accounts Receivable System |
CART | Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking |
CASB | Cost Accounting Standards Board |
CAS | Clinical Ancillary Services |
CAS | Cost Accounting Standard |
CASE | Computer Assisted Software Engineering |
CASES | Clarify, Assemble, Synthesize, Explain and Support |
CASS | Computer Assisted System Staff |
CAT | Computer Access Training |
CAT | Computer Audio Teleconferencing |
CAT | Computerized Axial Tomography |
CATH | Catheter, as in Urinary Catheter or Cardiac Catheterization |
CATS | Clinical Advisory Technical Services |
CATS | Complaints Automated Tracking System |
CATS | Compliance and Tracking System |
CAU | Clinical Access Unit |
CAUTI | Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infection |
CAVC | Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims |
CAVE | Community Administration of Vaccine Encounters |
CAVHCS | Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System |
CAVHS | Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System |
CBA | Centrally Billed Account |
CBA | Clinical Business Area |
CBA | Cost Benefit Analysis |
C/B | Call Back |
CB | Care Bereavement |
CBC | Community Based Outpatient Clinic |
CBC | Complete Blood Count |
CBCMC | Clinical Bar Code Multidisciplinary Committee |
CBD | Chief Benefits Director |
CBHCO | Community-Based Health Care Organization |
CBI | Compliance and Business Integrity |
CBIR | Call Bell In Reach |
CBOC | Community Based Outpatient Clinic |
CBO | Chief Business Office |
CBO | Congressional Budget Office |
CBOPC | Chief Business Office Purchased Care |
CBR | Can Be Reached |
CBRRP | Community Based Residential Recovery Program |
CBSE | Component Based Software Engineering |
CBT | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
CBT | Computer-Based Training |
C | C, a general-purpose programming language |
CCA | Clinger-Cohen Act |
CCA | Consolidated Contracting Activity |
CCB | Change Control Board |
CC | Care Coordinator |
CCC | Cost Containment Center |
CC | Ceiling Cost |
CC | Chief Counsel |
CC | Community Care |
CC | Complains of |
CC | Configuration Control |
C&C | Confirmed and Continued |
C-CDA | Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture |
CCDA | Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture |
CCD | Centralized Contracting Division |
CCD | Continuity of Care Document |
CCDOR | Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research |
CCDSS | Clinical Care Delivery Support System |
CCEP | Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program |
CCHHIP | Care Coordination Home Health Infrastructure Project |
CCHIT | Certification Commission for Health Information Technology |
CCHT | Care Coordination Home Telehealth |
CCI | Control Correlation Identifier |
CCIP | Coordinated Care Implementation Project |
CCITT | Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraphy |
CCMB | Clinical Care Management Board |
CCM | Certified Case Manager |
CCM | Coding Compliant Module |
CCMD | Call Center MD/ Physicians |
CCNE | Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education |
CCO | Community Collaboration Office |
CCOD | Charge Card Operations Division |
CCO&TPS | Charge Card Oversight and Travel Policy Services |
CCOW | Clinical Context Object Workgroup |
CCPC | Consolidated Co-payment Processing Center |
CCP | Community Care Provider |
CCPI | Center for Care and Payment Innovation |
CCQAS | Centralized Credentials and Quality Assurance System |
CCR | Central Contractor Register |
CCR | Clinical Case Registry |
CCR | Continuity of Care Record |
CCRS | Code Change Requests |
CCRS | Community Care Reimbursement System |
CCS | Care Coordination Services |
CCS | CHDR Common Service |
CCSP | Child Care Subsidy Program |
CCT | Community Care Team |
CCT | Critical Care Transport |
CCTS | Cancer Care Tracking System |
CCU | Consolidated Classification Unit |
CD ROM | Compact Disk Read-Only Memory |
CDA | Certified Dental Assistant |
CDA | Clinical Documentation Architecture |
CDA | Contract Disputes Act |
CDASH | Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization |
CDB | Cough, Deep Breath |
CD | Catastrophic Disability |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDCI | Corporate Data Center COOP Initiative |
CDCO | Corporate Data Center Operations (formerly CFDC) |
CDD | Capabilities Development Document |
CDDT | Capability Deep Dive Team |
CDE | Clinical Data Enhancement |
CDF | Capability Development Framework |
CDF | Corporate Data Franchise Center |
CDI | Clean, Dry And Intact |
CDI | Clinical Documentation Improvement |
CDI | Clostridium difficile infection |
CDI | Common Data Initiative |
CDI | Customer Data Integration |
CDISC | Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium |
CDIS | Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist |
CDM | Canonical Data Model |
CDM | Chronic Disease Management |
CDM | Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring |
CDN | Content Distribution Network |
CDP | Concurrent Disability Pay |
CDQR | Clinical Data Quality Review |
CDR | Caseflow Detail Report |
CDR | Clinical Data Repository |
CDR | Commission on Dietetic Registration |
CDR | Cost Distribution Report |
CDR | Critical Design Review |
CDS RW | CDS Read Wrapper |
CDS WW | CDS Write Wrapper |
CDS | Clinical Data Services |
CDS | Clinical Decision Support |
CDSS | Clinical Decision Support System |
CDT | Current Dental Terminology |
CDW | Corporate Data Warehouse |
CEA | Chief Enterprise Architect |
CEB | Clinical Executive Board |
CEC | Clinical Ethics Consultation |
CEC | Community Employment Coordinator |
CEC | Continuing Education Center |
CE | Continuing Education |
CEC | VA Commodities Enterprise Contract |
CEFU | Continuing Education Field Unit |
CEHIST | Center for Evaluation of Healthcare Information Systems & Technology |
CEHRT | Certified Electronic Health Record Technology |
CEIS | Corporate Executive Information System |
CELO | Chief Education Liaison Officers |
CEMP | Comprehensive Emergency Management Program |
CEN | Committee European de Normalisation |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CEOSH | Center for Engineering & Occupational Safety and Health |
CERME | Care Enhanced Review Management Enterprise |
CERME | CareEnhance Review Manager Software |
CERS | Community Engagement and Reintegration Services |
CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team |
CESAMH | Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health |
CESATE | Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education |
CES | Coordinated Entry System |
CEST | Claims Establishment |
Cesting | Establishing the End Product, a term of art for Claims Establishment |
CFC | Combined Federal Campaign |
CFC | Court of Federal Claims |
CFDA | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
CFD | Corporate Franchise Datacenter (3/08 see CDCO) |
CFI | Claim for Increase |
CFID | Change of Fiduciary |
C-FILE | Claims File |
CFIM | Customer Facing Incident Management Dashboard |
CFM | Construction & Facilities Management |
CFOC | Chief Financial Officers Council |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
CFP | Clinical Financial Planner |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CGA | Contact Guard Assist |
CGE | Concur Government Edition |
CGM | Continuous Glucose Monitor |
CGMP | Certified Government Meeting Professional |
CHADS2 | CHADS2 score |
CHALENG | Community Homeless Assessment Local Education Networking Groups |
CHAMPUS | Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
CHAMPVA | Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs |
CHAP | Chaplain |
CHB | Complete Heart Block |
CHCS | Composite Health Care System (DoD) |
CHDR | Clinical/Health Data Repository |
CHEC | Community Health Education Center |
CHEP | Cooperative Health Manpower Education Programs |
CHERP | Center for Health Research Equity and Promotion |
CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
CHI | Consolidated Health Informatics |
CHIM | Center for Healthcare Information Management |
CHIME | College of Healthcare Information Management Executives |
CHIN | Community Health Information Network |
CHIO | Chief Health Informatics Office(r) |
CHIP | Collaborative Health Information Partners |
CHIPS | Consumer Health Information & Performance Set |
CHIR | Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research |
CHIS | Center for Healthcare Information Security |
CHISS | Common Health Information Security Service |
CHO | Carbohydrate |
CHOMP | Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula |
CHPPM | U. S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
CHR | Consolidated Health Record |
CHS | Columbus House Shelter |
CHSS | Certified HIPAA Security Specialist Certification |
CHUI | Character-based User Interface |
CICA | Competition in Contracting Act |
CIC | Clean Intermittent Catheterization |
CI/CD | Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery/Deployment |
CI | Commercial Integrator |
CI | Configurable Item |
CI | Contract Item/Control Item |
CICSP | Continuous Improvement In Cardiac Surgery Program |
CIDC | Clinical Indicators Data Capture |
CID | Clinically Indicated Date |
CID | Criminal Investigation Division |
CIDD | Common Intrusion Detection Director |
CIDMO | Clinical Informatics and Data Management Office |
CIDP | Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy |
CIF | Code In flight |
CIIF | Common Information Interoperability Framework |
CIIRP | Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program |
CIM | Corporate Information Model |
CIO NTEO | Chief Information Office National Training and Education Office |
CIO | Chief Information Officer |
CIOFO | Chief Information Office Field Office |
CIP | Capital Investment Process |
CIP | Capital Investment Proposal |
CIP | Critical Infrastructure Protection |
CIPP/G | Certified Information Privacy Professional/Government |
C-IPT | Capability Integrated Project Team |
CIPT | Capability Integrated Project Team |
CIRC | Central Incident Response Capability |
CIRD | Clinical Informatics & Requirements Directorate |
CIRD | Clinical Informatics and Requirements Division |
CIRN | Clinical Information Resources Network |
CIRN-CR | CIRN-Clinical Repository |
CIRT | Critical Incident Response Team |
CIS/ARK | ICU Clinical Information System and Anesthesia Record Keeping System |
CIS | Clinical Information System |
CISS | Clinical Information Support System |
CISS-OHRS | Clinical Information Support System - Occupational Health Record-keeping System |
CISSP | Certified Information System Security Professional |
CI/ST | Component integration/system test |
CITC | Care In The Community |
CITE | Community Information Technology Engagement Program |
CITI | CHAMPVA In-house Treatment Initiative |
CITL | Center for Information Technology Leadership |
CITN | Critical Incident Tracking Notification |
CITPO | Clinical Information Technology Program Office |
CIWA | Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment |
CIWD | Condition Interfered With Duty |
CKD | Chronic kidney disease |
CLABSI | Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection |
CLA | Customer License Agreement |
CLASS | Community Living Assistance Services and Supports |
CLC | Community Living Center |
CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment |
CLIM | Common Logical Information Model |
CLIN | Contract Line Item Number |
CLIO | Clinical Observations |
CLOB | Character Large Object |
CLO | Chief Logistics Officer |
CLO | Committee Liaison Office |
CLP | Campaign Landing Page |
CLS | Clinical Lexicon Consortium |
CMAC | CHAMPUS Maximum Allowable Charges |
CMA | Change Management Agent |
CM | Case Manager |
CMC | Consolidated Medical Center |
CM | Change Management |
CMCHS | Civilian Military Contingency Hospital System |
CMCOM | Configuration Management Process Committee |
CM | Configuration Management |
CM | Contact Management |
CMDB | Configuration Management Database |
CMD | Chief Medical Director |
CME | Continuing Medical Education |
CMHC | Community Mental Health Center |
CMI | Chronic Mental Illness |
CMIO | Chief Medical Information Officer |
CMIT | Current Medical Information and Terminology |
CMM | Capability Maturity Model |
CMMI | Capability Maturity Model Integration |
CMO | Chief Medical Officer |
CMOP | Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy |
CMOR | CIRN Master of Record (replaced by PV) |
CMP (Labs) | Comprehensive Metabolic Panel |
CMP | Centralized Mail Portal |
CMP | Configuration Management Plan |
CMR | Consolidated Memorandum of Receipt |
CMRS | Continuous Monitoring and Risk Scoring |
CMS | Card Management System |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (previously HCFA) |
CMS | Central Medical Supply |
CMS | Content Management Services |
CMSTP | Circulation Motor Sensation Temperature Pulse |
CM/SWS | Care Management and Social Work Services |
CMT | Centralized Means Test |
CMTRA | Care Management Tracking and Reporting Application |
C/MU | Certification/Meaningful Use |
CNBD | Could Not Be Determined |
CN | Cranial Nerve |
CNE | Certified Network Engineer |
CNHC | Community Nursing Home Care |
CNH | Community Nursing Home |
CNH | Contract Nursing Homes |
CNIO | Chief Nursing Informatics Office |
CNO | Chief Network Officer |
CNP | Controlled national policy |
CNS | Central Nervous System |
CNS | Clinical Nurse Specialist |
CNSD | Clinical Nurse Staff Development |
COAS | Clinical Observation Access Control |
COB | Close of Business |
COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language |
COBRA | Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
CO | Central Office |
CO | Change Order |
CO | Close Observation |
C/O | Complains Of |
CO | Constant Observation (for pts with SI/HI concerns) |
CO | Contracting Officer |
COD | Character of Discharge |
C.O.D. | Contract on Delivery |
COE | Centers of Excellence |
COE | Certificate of Eligibility |
COFC | Court of Federal Claims |
COG | Clinical Oversight Group |
COG | Continuity of Government |
COHIC | National Center for Occupational Health and Infection Control |
COHRS | Central Office Human Resources Service |
COI | Communities of Interest |
COI | Conflict of Interest |
COIN | Center of Innovation |
COLA | Cost Of Living Adjustment |
COLLAGE | Communities On-line Learning About Guidelines |
COLMR | Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research |
COLT | Clinical Online Training |
Columbia HCA | Columbia Health Care Corporation |
COM+ | Component Object Model + |
Comms & PR | Communications and Public Relations |
comp & pen | Compensation And Pension |
COMS | Cloud Operations Migration Service |
COMSEC | Computer Security |
CONOPS | Concept of Operations |
CONUS | Continental United States |
COO | Chief Operations Officer |
COOP | Continuity of Operations (Plan) |
COP | Community of Practice |
COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
COPS | Community Outpatient Services |
CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
CORBA/OMA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture/Object Management Architecture |
COR | Contracting Officer's Representative |
COR | Copy of Record |
CORE | Clinical Observations Recording and Encoding |
COREFLS | Core Financial and Logistics System |
CORI | Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative |
CORK | Conference Oversight and Reporting Knowledgebase |
COS | Chief of Staff |
COSG | Collaborative Opportunities Steering Group |
COSVA | Chief of Staff |
COTR | Contracting Officer's Technical Representative |
COTS | Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (applications) |
COVERS | Control of Veterans Records System |
COVR | Control of Veteran Records |
COWC | Committee on Waivers and Compromise |
COW | Computer on Wheels |
CPAC | Consolidated Patient Account Center |
CPAP | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
CPARS | Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System |
CPC | Comprehensive Primary Care |
CP | Ceiling Price |
CP | Chest pain |
C&P | Compensation & Pension |
C&P | Compensation & Physical |
CP | Contingency Plan |
CP | Counseling Psychologist |
C&P | Credentialing & Privileging |
CPE | Claims Processing and Eligibility |
CPE | Clinical Pastoral Education |
CPE | Clinical Practice Environment |
CPE | Continuing Professional Education |
CPEP | Compensation and Pension Examination Project |
CPFF | Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee |
CPG | Clinical Practice Guideline |
CPGI | Clinical Practice Guidelines Index |
CPIC | Capital Planning and Investment Control |
CPI | Cost Performance Index |
CPIF | Cost Plus Incentive Fee |
CPKM | Compensation Pension Knowledge Management |
CPMB | Clinical Proponents' Management Board |
CPM | Continue Prescribed Medication(s) |
CPM | Continuous Passive Motion |
CPM | COVID-19 Patient Manager |
CPM | Critical Path Method |
CPMP | Contractor Program Management Plan |
CPO | Certification Program Office |
CPO | Chief of Purchasing Office |
CPOE | Clinician Pharmacy Order Entry |
CPOE | Computerized Physician Order Entry |
CPP | Consumer Preferences and Policy |
CPR | Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation |
CPR | Computer Patient Record |
CPRI | Computer-Based Patient Record Institute |
CPRI-HOST | Computer-based Patient Record Institute - Healthcare Open Systems and Trials |
CPRR | Cost per [Patient] Reportable Result |
CPRS | Computerized Patient Record System |
CPRS-R | Computerized Patient Record System Reengineered |
CPSC | Cardiac Pacemaker Surveillance Center |
CPS | Certified Peer Specialist |
CPS | Claims Processing Style |
CPS | Claims Processing System |
CPS | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist |
CPS | Clinical Product Support |
CPS | Contractor Performance System |
CPS | Core Products and Services |
CP/SOB/N/V/D/F/C/HA | Chest pain/shortness of breath/nausea/vomiting/diarrhea/fever/chills/head ache |
CPSR | Contractor Procurement System Review |
CPT | Cognitive Processing Therapy |
CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
CPTMS | Corporate Performance and Talent Management System |
CPTMS | CSEMO Performance and Talent Management System |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CPWM | Compensation and Pension Worksheet Module |
CQ | Clear Quest |
CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement |
CQL | Clinical Quality Language |
CQM | Clinical Quality Measures |
CRADA | Collaborative Research and Development Agreements |
CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development |
CRADO | Chief Research and Development Officer |
C/R | Call Reference |
CRC | Certified Rehabilitation Counselor |
CRC | Community Residential Care Program |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Checks |
CR | Change Request |
CR | Clinical Reminders |
CRDC | Capital Region Data Center |
CRDP | Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment |
CREW Initiative | Civility, Respect and Engagement in the Workplace |
CRISP | Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects |
CRISP | Continuous Readiness in Information Security Program |
CRM-UD | Customer Relationship Management - Unified Desktop |
CRNA | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
CRO | Chief Risk Officer |
CRP | Capabilities Requirement Proposal |
CRQS | Chief Residency in Quality and Patient Safety |
CRRC | Capital Region Readiness Center |
CRRC | Community Resource and Referral Center |
CRRN | Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse |
CRS | Care Record Summary |
CRSC | Combat-Related Special Compensation |
CRS | Chronic Rhinosinusitis |
CRS | Converged Registries Solution |
CRSP | Centralized Regional Scheduling Program |
CRT | Contract Review Team |
CRT | Crisis Response Team |
CRUD | Creation, Retrieval, Updating, and Deletion |
CSAC | Certified Substance Abuse Counselor |
CSA | Common Services Architecture |
CSB | Case Storage Branch |
CSCA | Contractor Security Control Assessment |
CS | Caregiver Support |
CSC | Caregiver Support Coordinator |
CSCIS | Computer Software Configuration Items |
CS | Common Service |
CS | Compensation Services |
CS | Controlled Substances |
C-SCOPE | Colonoscopy |
CS | Cost Sharing |
CSCS | Computer Software Components |
C&S | Culture and Sensitivity |
C/S | Culture and Sensitivity |
CSE | Customer Service Environment |
CSEM | Common Security Employee Manager |
CSEMO | Corporate Senior Executive Management Office |
CSF | Common Security Framework |
CSF | Critical Success Factors |
CSI | Clinical Specific Improvements |
CSL | Customer Service Liaison |
CSM | Circulation Sensation Movement |
CSN | Category Stock Number |
CSNF | Contract Skilled Nursing Facility |
CSNTC | Compensation Service National Training Curriculum |
CSO | Cyber Security Office |
CSP | Cloud Service Provider |
CSP | Cooperative Studies Program |
CSP | Credential Service Provider |
CSP | Cyber Security Professional |
CSPIVR | Clear or Set Personal Identification Verification Required |
CSRA | Civil Service Reform Act |
CSR | Continuous Survey Readiness |
CSRDF | Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund |
CSRS | Civil Service Retirement System |
CSS | Cascading Style Sheet |
CSS | Common Security Services |
CSST | Capability Specialized Support Team |
CSSU | Clinical Services Support Unit |
CST | Collaboration Strategies Team |
CSUM | Common Security User Manager |
CSV | Code Set Versioning |
CSWRI | Center for the Study of War Related Injuries |
CSWS | Community Social Work Supervisor |
CTAB | Clear To Auscultation Bilaterally |
CTA | Chief Technical Analyst |
CTA | Clear To Auscultation |
CTA | Computed Tomography Angiography |
CTAP | Career Transition Assistance Plan |
CTBIE | Comprehensive Traumatic Brain Injury Evaluation |
CT | Claims Tracking |
CT | Commercial Technology |
CT | Component Testing |
CT | Computed Tomography |
CTF | Chloracne Task Force |
CTI | Category Type Item |
CTI | Computer/Telephone Integration |
CTI | Critical Time Intervention |
CTO | Chief Technology Officer |
CTOP | Competency, Training, Orientation, Performance |
CTR | Congressional Tracking Report |
CTS | Common Terminology Services |
CTS | Contingency Tracking System |
CTS | Correspondence Tracking System |
CTTDM | Collaborative Terminology Tooling & Data Management |
CTVHCS | Central Texas Veterans Health Care System |
CUE | Clear and Unmistakable Error |
CUI | Clinician User Interface |
CUI | Concept Unique Identifier |
CUI | Controlled Unclassified Information |
CUPS | Customer User Provisioning System (CUPS) |
CURR | Center for Unit Records Research |
CUSS | Clinical Utilization Statistical Summary Report |
CVA | Cerebral vascular accident |
CVA | Costovertebral Angle |
CVC | Central Venous Catheter |
C&V | Construction & Valuation |
CV | Cost Variance |
CVE | Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures |
CVI | Converged Virtualization Infrastructure |
CVIX | Centralized VistA Imaging Exchange |
CVS | Conformance Validation Statement |
CVSO | County Veteran's Service Office(r) |
CVT | Clinical Video Telehealth |
CVX | Codes for Vaccine Administered |
CWAD | Crisis Notes, Warning Notes, Allergies and Directives |
CWINRS | Corporate Waco-Indianapolis-Newark-Roanoke-Seattle |
CWM | Common Warehouse Meta-model |
CWS | Contract Writing System |
CWT/IT | Compensated Work Therapy/Incentive Therapy |
CWTS | Cross Word Training System |
CWV | Center for Women Veterans |
CWW | Compressed Work Week |
CX | Canceled |
CX | Customer Experience (sometime shown as Cx) |
CxDW | Customer Experience Data Warehouse |
CXR | Chest X-Ray |
CY | Calendar Year |
D2D | Digits-to-Digits |
D&A | Data and Analytics |
DAA | Designated Accreditation Authority |
DAA | Designated Approval Authority |
DaaS | Data as a Service |
DABMSP | Diplomate, American Board Multiple Specialties in Podiatry |
DACA | Distributed Access Control and Authorization |
DAC | Discretionary Access Control |
DAD | Decision Assessment Document |
DA | Drug Accountability/Inventory Interface |
DAEO | Designated Agency Ethics Official |
DAIC | Division of Audits and Internal Controls |
DAIS | Development and Infrastructure Support |
DALC | Denver Acquisition and Logistics Center |
DAO | Data Access Object |
DAP | Digital Analytics Program |
DAPL | Data Analytics Product Line |
DAR | Data Architecture Repository |
DAR | Designated Agency Representative |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DART | Data Access Request Tracker |
DAS | Data Access Service(s) |
DAS | Data Architecture Subcommittee |
DASD | Direct Access Storage Device |
DAS | Decision Assignment Sheet |
DAS | Deputy Assistant Secretary |
DASHO | Designated Agency Safety and Health Official |
DAT | Digital Audio Tape |
DAT | Domain Action Team |
DATUP | Data Update (Pharmacy) |
DAV | Disabled American Veterans |
DBAC | Deep Bleeder Acoustic Coagulation |
DBA | Data Base Administrator |
DBAT | Desktop Baseline Assessment Toolkit |
DBC | Database Container |
DBC | Disruptive Behavior Committee |
DBCT | Data Breach Core Team |
DB | Database |
DBIA | Database Integration Agreement |
DBIC | Data Base Integration Committee |
DBM | Disruptive Behavior Management |
DBMS | Database Management System(s) |
DBQ | Disability Benefits Questionnaire |
DBRS | Data of Breach response Service |
DBRS | Disruptive Behavior Reporting System |
DBS | Database Server |
DBSS | Defense Blood Standard System |
DBT | Dialectical Behavior Therapy |
DCA | Delayed Continuing Accreditation |
DCAP-BTLS | Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Penetrations, Burns, Tenderness, Lacerations, Swelling |
DCBE | Double Contrast Barium Enema |
DCBI | Data Centralization and Business Intelligence |
DCC | Deputy Chief Counsel |
DC | Data Consortium |
DCD | Data Collection Division |
DC'D | Discharge(d) |
D/C | Discharge |
DC | Discharge(d) |
D/C | Discontinue Medication |
DC | Domain Controllers |
DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
DCEP | Data Collection and Extraction Program |
DCFSA | Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account |
DCHV | Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans |
DCIA | Debt Collection Improvement Act |
DCIO | Deputy Chief Information Officer |
DCM | Department Cost Manager |
DCMO | Deputy Chief Management Officer |
DCMS | Document Correspondence Management System |
DCO | Data Center Operations (Formerly CDCO) |
DCO | Defense Connect Online |
DCOI | Data Center Optimization Initiative |
DCOM | Distributed Component Object Model |
DCPS | Defense Civilian Pay System |
DCR | Design Change Requirement |
DD214 | DOD Form 214 |
DD4CNP | Direct Deposit for Compensation and Pension Benefits |
DD4EDU | Direct Deposit for Education Benefits |
DDC | Denver Distribution Center |
DDCSS | Drug Dependence Clinical Support System |
DD | Data Dictionary |
DD | Desired Date |
D/D | DNR/DNI (Do Not Resuscitate Do Not Intubate) |
DD&R | Document Development and Review |
DEA | Dependents Educational Assistance |
DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
DEAP | Disability Examination (assessment?) Program |
DECC | Defense Enterprise Computing Center |
DEC | Dental Education Center |
DEERS | Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System |
DEMO | Disability Examination Management Office |
DEMPS | Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System |
DENTT | Disability Evaluation Narrative Text Tool |
DEP | Delayed entry program |
DEPO | Digital Experience Product Office |
DEPSECDEF | Deputy Secretary of Defense |
DEPSECVA | Deputy Secretary |
DES | Dental Encounter System |
DES | Digital Encryption Standard |
DES | Disability Evaluation System |
DES | DMIX Exchange Services |
DEU | Delegated Examining Unit |
DFAR | Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation |
DFAS | Defense Finance and Accounting System |
DFC | Discharge From Clinic |
D&F | Determination and Finding |
DFI | Document, Forms, & Images |
DFN | Data File Number |
DFO | Director of Field Operations |
DFS | Distributed File System |
DGB | Data Governance Board |
DGC | Data Governance Council |
DG | Data Governance |
DHA | Defense Health Agency |
DHCP | Decentralized Hospital Computer Program |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Control Protocol |
DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
DHIMS | Defense Health Information Management System |
DHMSM | DoD Health(care) Management System Modernization |
DHP | Digital Health Platform |
DHPO | Distance Health Program Office |
DHT | Dobhoff tube |
DIACAP | DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process |
DIB | Data Integrity Board |
DIBR | Deployment, Installation, Back-out, Rollback |
DIBRG | Deployment, Installation, Back-Out, and Rollback Guide |
DIC | Dependency and Indemnity Compensation |
DIC | Dependency Indemnity Claims |
DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
DID | Data Item Description |
DI | Delivery Infrastructure |
DI | Diabetes insipidus |
DIGA | Diabetic Intensive Group Appointment |
DIGMA | Drop-In Group Medical Appointment |
DIMA | Disability ??? |
DIMHRS | Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System |
DIRT | Diagnostic Imaging Radiological Imaging |
DISA | Defense Information Systems Administration |
DISA | Defense Information Systems Agency |
DIT | Development Integration Testing |
DIT | Domain Implementation Team |
DIV | Data and Information View |
DJD | Degenerative Joint Disease |
DKA | Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
DLC | Development Life Cycle |
DL | Distribution List |
D/L | Download |
DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
DLO | Designated Learning Officer |
DLP | Date Last Paid |
DMA | Data Management and Analytics |
DMA | Department of Memorial Affairs |
DMA | Disability and Medical Assessment |
DMC | Debt Management Center |
DMDC | Defense Manpower Data Center |
DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
DM | Diversity Management |
DMED | Defense Medical Epidemiology Database |
DME | Development, Maintenance, and Enhancement |
DME | Development, Modernization, and Enhancement |
DME | Diabetic Macular Edema |
DME | Durable Medical Equipment |
DMI | Data Migration Initiative |
DMII | Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 |
DMIM | Defense Medical Information Management |
DMIM | Domain Message Information Model |
DMIX | Defense Medical Information Exchange |
DMLSS | Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support |
DMLT | Division Leadership and Management Training (DMLT) |
DMMSC | Defense Medical Systems Support Center |
DMMS | Decentralized Medical Management System |
DMO | Data Management Organization |
DMO | Directives Management Officer |
DMRIS | Defense Medical Regulating Information System |
DMS | Document Management System |
DMSS | Defense Medical Surveillance System |
DMU | Dataless Management Utility |
DMV | Department of Motor Vehicles |
DMZ | Demilitarized Zone |
DNBI | Lowest Disease to Non-Battle Injury |
DNR | Do Not Respond |
DNR | Do Not Resuscitate |
DNS | Deviated Nasal Septum |
DNS | Domain Name Server or Domain Name System |
DNVF | Distal NeuroVascular Function |
DNVFI | Distal NeuroVascular Function Intact |
DOA | Date of Access |
DOB | Date of Birth |
DOBI | Department of Defense Instruction |
DOC | Date of Claim |
DOC | Department Operations Council |
DODAF | Department of Defense Architecture Framework |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DO | Delivery Order |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DOE | Dyspnea on Exertion |
DOEHDR | Defense Occupational Exposure Health Data Repository |
DOI | Date of injury |
DOJ | Department of Justice |
DOLAP | Desktop On-Line Analytical Processing |
DOL | Department of Labor |
DOMP | Delivery Order Management Plan |
DOO | Difference Of Opinion |
DOORS | Distribution of Operational Resources System |
DOORS | Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System |
DORA | DevOps Research and Assessments |
DORS | Department Of Rehabilitation Service |
DoS | Denial-of-Service |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DOTSD | DevOps Team Service Desk |
DOTS | DevOps Transformation Services |
DPB | Death Pension Benefits |
DPC | Data Processing Center |
DPC | Drug Program Coordinator |
DPDB | Division of Practitioner Data Banks |
DP | Dorsalis Pedis |
DPEO | Deputy Program Executive Officer |
DPOA | Durable Power of Attorney |
D&PPM | Drug & Pharmaceutical Products Management |
DPRIS | Defense Personnel Records Image Retrieval System |
DPT | Doctor of Physical Therapy |
DPU | Discharge Placement Unit |
DQA | Division of Quality Assurance |
DQDB | Distributed Queue Dual Bus |
DQM | Data Quality Monitoring |
DQS | Data Quality Service |
DRACMB | Data Resources and Analytics Capability Management Board |
DRAS | Disability Rating Activity Site |
DR | Data Repository |
DR | Disaster Response |
DRE | Digital Rectal Exam |
DRG | Diagnosis Related Group |
DRM | Dental Record Manager |
DRMO | Division Records Management Officer |
DRMROL | Deployment Related Medical Record Online |
DRO | Decision Review Officer |
DRP | Disaster Recovery Plan |
DRR | Development Readiness Review |
DRR | Division of Research Resources |
D-RRTP | Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation and Treatment Programs |
DRRTP | Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program |
DRS | Dispute Resolution Specialist |
DRSG | Dressing, as in wound coverage |
DS3 | Disabled Soldier Support System |
DSAP | Domiciliary Substance Abuse Program |
DS-ASC | Data Security - Assessment and Strengthening of Controls |
DSCC | Documentation Standards and Conventions Committee |
DSC | Data Security Categorization |
DSCMB | (DoD) Data Standards Configuration Management Board |
DSCM | Data Standardization Configuration Management (Board) |
DSCU | Dementia Specialty Care Unit |
DS | Data Science |
DS | Data Standardization |
DS | Delivery Services |
DSI | Data Sharing Interface (Currently BHIE) |
D-SIDDOMS II | Defense Medical Information Management/Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services II (DoD related) |
DSMB | Data Safety Monitoring Board |
DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) |
DSM | Digital Standard Mumps |
DSM | Direct Secure Messaging |
DSOB | Data Standardization Oversight Board |
DSO | Decision Support Objects |
DSO | Decision Support Office |
DSO | DevSecOps |
DSOIRM | Designated Senior Official for IRM |
DSS ROI | Data Storage System, Inc Record of Information |
DSS | Decision Support Systems |
DSS | Demo Sites Subgroup |
DSS | Document Storage Systems |
DST | Decision Support Tool |
DSTU | Data Standard for Trial Use |
DSVA | The United States Digital Service team at the VA |
DSVM | Data Science Virtual Machine |
DSVT | Data Submission and Validation Tool |
DTAC | Development Technology Advisory Committee |
DTA | Data Transfer Agreement |
DTA | Duty To Assist |
DTAP | Disability Transition Assistance Program |
DTC | Day Treatment Center |
DTC | Development and Test Center |
DTC | Digital Transformation Center |
DTD | Document Type Definition |
D/T | Due To |
DTE | Development and Test Environment |
DT&E | Development Test & Evaluation |
DTP | Data Transfer Program |
DTS | Document Tracking System (OCIO controlled correspondence) |
DTV | Digital Television |
DUNS | Data Universal Numbering System |
DUR | Drug Utilization Review |
DURSA | Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement |
DUSB | Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits |
DUSH | Deputy Under Secretary for Health |
DUSHOM | Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management (10N) |
DUV | Dual Use Vehicle |
DUZ | Designated User |
DVA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
DVA | Dishonorable for VA Purposes |
DVC | Deputy Vice Chairman |
DVEIVR | Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry |
DVP | Digital Veterans Platform |
DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis |
DX | Developer Experience |
DX | Diagnosis or disease |
E2E | End-to-end (as in tests) |
E3R | Electronic, Error and Enhancement Report |
EAA | Employment Adjustment Allowance |
EAAS | Emergency Alerting Accountability System |
EAC | Enterprise Architecture Council |
EAC | Estimate At Completion |
EA | Enterprise Architecture |
EAJA | Equal Access to Justice Act |
EAM | Enterprise Asset Management |
EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
EAS | Employee Accountability System |
EAS | Environmental Agents System |
EAS | External Assessment Services |
EASR | Enterprise Architecture Segment Report |
EBAC | Entity-Based Access Control |
EBB | Executive Briefing Book |
EBDI | Enterprise Business and Data Integration |
EBE | Enterprise Backup with Encryption |
EBERS | Enhanced Biomedical Engineering Resource Survey |
EB | Executive Board |
EBF | Entity Business Function |
EBN | eBenefits |
EBP | Evidence-Based Psychotherapy |
EBRI | Employee Benefit Research Institute |
EBS | Enterprise Business Strategies |
EBUS | Endobronchial Ultrasound |
EC CCB | Emergency Care Change Control Board |
EC PAT | Ethics Consultation Proficiency Assessment Tool |
ECAP | Enrollment Certification Automated Processing |
ECAR | Electronic Computer Access Request |
ECAT | Electronic Catalog |
ECC | Enterprise Command Center |
ECC | Ethics Consultation Coordinator |
ECCF | Enterprise Conformance and Compliance Framework |
ECCO | Essentials of Critical Care Orientation |
EC | Electronic Commerce |
EC | Emerging Care |
EC | Ethics Consultation |
EC | Event Capture |
ECFCDP | Executive Career Field Career Development Program |
ECF | Executive Career Field |
ECF | Extended Care Facility |
ECFT | Electronic Case File Transfer |
ECG | Electrocardiogram |
ECHO | Echocardiogram |
ECM | Education Case Manager |
eCME | Electronic Claims Management Engine |
ECM | Energy Conservation Measures |
ECM | Essentials of Clinical Medicine |
ECMO | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
ECMS | Electronic Contract Management System |
ECMS | Enterprise Content Management System |
ECOE | Epilepsy Centers of Excellence |
ECO | Enterprise Command Operations |
ECOG | ECOG Performance Status |
ECP | Engineering Change Proposals |
ECQAC | Extended Care Quality Assurance Committee |
ECR | Executive Conference Room |
ECRUD | Enterprise Create Read Update Delete |
ECSBAP | Enterprise Cyber Security Business Assurance Program |
ECS | Enterprise Class Storage |
ECS | Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy |
ECS | Ethics Consultation Service |
ECS | Event Capture System |
ECSIP | Enterprise Cyber Security Infrastructure Project |
ECSO | Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office |
ECSS | Education Compliance Survey Specialist |
ECST | Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy Team |
ECT | Electroconvulsive Therapy |
ECTM | Executive Chief Technology Manager |
EDA | Enterprise Data Analytics |
EDAS | Enterprise Data Architecture Services |
EDB | Enrollment Database |
EDD | Electronic Data Dictionary |
EDE | Enterprise Development Environment |
ED | Emergency Department |
EDI PN ID | Electronic Data Interface Person Identifier (DoD term) |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
EDIFACT | Electronic Data Interchange Fir Administration, Commerce, and Transport |
EDI/MRA | Electronic Data Interchange/Medical Reform Act |
EDI/MRA | Electronic Data Interchange/Medicare Remittance Advice |
EDIPI | (DoD's) Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier |
EDI_PN_IDS | Electronic Data Interface Person Identifiers |
EDIS | Emergency Department Information System |
EDM | Executive Decision Memorandum |
EDMS | Electronic Data Management System |
EDO | Emergency Detention Order |
EDP | Electronic Data Processing |
EDR | Education(al) Data Repository |
EDR | Event Driven Reporting |
EDRP | Education Debt Reduction Program |
EDRP | Exercise Disaster Recovery Plan |
EDS | Electronic Data Systems |
EDSS | Expanded Disability Status Scales |
ED&T | Employee Development and Training |
EDW | Enterprise Data Warehouse |
EE | External Environment |
EEG | Electroencephalogram |
E&E | Health Care Applications(HCA) Enrollment & Eligibility |
EE | Health Care Applications(HCA) Enrollment & Eligibility |
EELS | Enterprise Exception Log Service |
EEOB | Electronic Explanation Of Benefits |
EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity |
EES | Employee Education System |
EEU | Enterprise Exchange Upgrade |
EFAV | Enhanced Failsoft Access for VISTA |
EFDA | Expanded Function Dental Auxiliaries |
EF | Ejection Fraction |
E&F | Enrollment and Forecasting |
EFFECT | ER Frequent Flyer; Education, Coordination & Timely Treatment |
EFP | Explosively Formed Penetrator/Projectile |
EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
EGT | Enrollment Group Threshold |
EGUI | electronic Graphical User Interface |
EHBD | Enterprise Health Benefits Determination |
EHCPM | Enrollee Health Care Projection Model |
EHISN | eHealth Information Support Network |
EHMP | Enterprise Health Management Platform |
EHPDP | Employee Health Promotion Disease Prevention |
EHRA | Electronic Health Record Architecture |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
EHRI | Electronic Health Records Interoperability |
EHRI | Enterprise Human Resources Integration |
EHRM | Electronic Health Record Modernization |
EHRP | Electronic Health Records Plan |
EHR-S | Electronic Health Record System |
EHRS-FM | Electronic Health Record System - Functional Model |
EHRWA | Electronic Health Record Way Ahead |
EHRWG | Electronic Health Record Working Group |
EHTAC | Emerging Health Technology Advancement Center |
EHT | Emerging Health Technologies |
EHX | eHealth Exchange |
EIB | Enterprise Information Board |
EIC | Electronic Information Carrier |
EIC | Executive in Charge |
EIE | Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering (See ESE as of 12/10) |
EIL | Equipment Inventory Listing |
EIN | Employer Identification Number |
EISA | Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
EIS | Enterprise Infrastructure Support |
EIS | Executive Information Systems |
EISWG | Enterprise Information Systems Work Groups |
E&IT | Electronic & Information Technology |
EIV | Electronic Insurance Verification |
EJB | Enterprise JavaBean |
EKG | Electrocardiogram |
ELB | Executive Leadership Briefing |
ELC | Ethical Leadership Coordinator |
ELC | Executive Leadership Conference |
EL | Ethical Leadership |
ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays |
ELMS | Equipment Lease Management Service |
ELNEC | End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium |
ELR | Education Liaison Representatives |
ELT | Executive Leadership Team |
E&M CODES | Evaluation and Management Codes |
eMASS | Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service |
EMC | Enterprise Management Committee |
EMC | Enterprise Management Concept |
EMDR | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing |
EME | Electronic Medical Evidence |
E/M | Evaluation And Management |
EMFSO | Engineering Management and Field Support Office |
EMG | Electromyography |
EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
eMI | Enterprise Messaging Infrastructure |
eMIS | Enterprise Military Information Service |
EMME | Engineering Acquisition Material Management & Equipment |
EMM | Enterprise Mobility Management |
EMPB | Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Board |
EMPI | Enterprise Master Patient Index |
EMRA | Electronic Medicare Remittance Advice - ANSI X12 835 |
EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
EMRSS | Emergency Management and Resource Sharing Service |
EMS | Emergency Medical Services |
EMS | Environmental Management Service |
EMS | Exam Management System |
EMSHG | Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group |
EMT | Executive Management Team |
ENT | Ear Nose & Throat |
ENTSR | Enterprise Service Request Schema |
EOAM | End of Accounting Month |
EOAS | Eligibility Office Automation System |
EOB | Explanation of Benefits |
EOC | Emergency Operations Center |
EOC | Environment of Care |
EOC | Episode of Care |
EOD | Entered On Duty |
EO | Enterprise Operations |
EO | Executive Order |
EOFD | Enterprise Operations and Field Development |
EOL | End Of Life |
EOM | End of Month |
eOPF | electronic Official Personnel Folder |
EOS | End of Service |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
ePAS | Electronic Permission Access System |
EPCS | Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances |
EP | End Product |
EPER | Electronic Patient Event Reporting |
EP | Expert Panel |
EPG | Enterprise Process Group |
EPHI | Electronic Personal Health Information |
EPHRA | EOB Payment Healthcare Remittance Advice |
EPIC | Electronic Privacy Information Center |
EPI | Emerging Pathogens Initiative |
EPIP | Existing Product Intake Program |
EPIR | Electronic Performance Improvement Record |
EPMD | Enterprise Portfolio Management Division |
EPM | Electronic Performance Measurement |
EPM | Enterprise Project Management |
EPMO | Office of Policy & Planning, Enterprise Program Management Office |
EPMS | Enterprise Project Management Software |
EPP | Enterprise Privacy Program |
EPR | Electronic Patient Record |
ePrescribing | Electronic prescriptions |
EPRI | Electronic Patient Record Interface |
EPRP | External Peer Review Program |
EPRS | Enterprise Program Reporting System |
EPS | Enterprise Product Support |
EPS | Enterprise Project Structure |
EPTS | Existing Prior To Service |
EQ | Emotional intelligence Quotient |
eQIP | Electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing |
EQM | Electronic Quality Measurement |
ER7 | Encoding Rules Seven |
ERA | Electronic Remittance Advice |
ERANGE | Enhance Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement |
ERC | Executive Resources Council |
ERCP | Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography |
ER | Electronic Record |
ER | Emergency Room or Emergency Department |
E/R | Entity Relationship |
ERF | Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE) Request Form |
ERM | Enterprise Risk Management |
ERMIS | External Review Management Information System |
ERRA | Examination Request Routing Assistant |
ERT | Enterprise Reference Terminology |
ERX | Electronic Prescription |
ESA | Enterprise Systems Architecture |
ESAM | Enterprise Software Asset Management |
ESB | Enterprise Service Bus |
ESCCB | Enterprise Security Change Control Board |
ESC | Executive Steering Committee |
ESCP | Enterprise Services Collaboration Portal |
ESDD | Enterprise Solution Design Document |
ESD | Enterprise Service Desk |
ESECC | Enterprise Security External Change Council |
ESE | Enterprise Systems Engineering |
ES | Employment Specialist |
ES | Enrollment System |
ES | Enterprise Services |
ES | Enterprise Strategy |
ES | Environmental Services |
ESG | Environmental Support Group |
ESLD | End Stage Liver Disease |
ESMC | Enterprise System Management Committee |
ESM | Enterprise System Manager or Management |
ESPD | Electronic Support for Patient Decisions |
ESRD | End Stage Renal Disease |
ESR | Enrollment System Redesign |
ESSENCE | Electric Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics |
ESS | Enterprise Support Solution |
ESSS | VA Enterprise Security Solution Service |
EST | Eastern Standard Time |
EST | Enterprise System Testing |
ETA | Edifecs Transaction Management/Analysis Tool |
ETA | Enhanced Time and Attendance System |
ETA | Enterprise Technical Architecture |
ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival |
ETC | Education and Training Center (for engineering and construction management) |
ETC | Engineering Training Centers |
ETC | Estimate To Completion |
ETCS | Electronic Transactions and Code Sets |
ETL | Extract, Transform, Load |
ETMR | Electronic Theater Medical Record |
ETOH | Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol |
ETR | Estimated Time of Restoration |
ETS | End Time in Service |
ETS | Enterprise Tactical Support |
ETS | Enterprise Terminology Services |
ETS | Enterprise Testing Service |
EUD | External Urinary Device |
EUL | Enhanced Use Lease |
EUROREC | European Institute for Health Records |
EUS | Endoscopic Ultrasound |
EVA | Electronic VA |
EVEAH | Enhance the Veteran Experience and Access to Healthcare |
EV | Earned Value |
EVH | Eliminate Veterans Homelessness |
EVMS | Earned Value Management System |
EVN | Enterprise Video Network |
eVPR | Enterprise Virtual Patient Record |
EVR | Eligibility Verification Report |
EVS | Enterprise VistA Support |
EVSS | Electronic Veterans Self Service |
EVSS | Enterprise Veterans Self Service Portal Platform |
EVTN | Enterprise Video Teleconferencing Network |
EWIS | Enterprise Web Infrastructure Support |
EWL | Electronic Wait List |
EXP | Expiratory, as in lung sound assessment |
EXS | Exchange Server Support |
F2F | Face-to-Face Meeting |
FAADS | Federal Assistance Award Database System |
FAB | Field Advisory Board |
FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
FAC-C | Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting |
FAC-COR | Federal Acquisition Certification - Contract Officer's Representatives |
FACCT | Foundation for Accountability |
FACHE | Fellow in American College of Healthcare Executives |
FAC-P/PM | Federal Acquisition Certification Program/Project Management |
FA | Forearm |
FAIN | Federal Award Identifier Number |
FAM | Financial Audit Manual |
FAPA | Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association |
FAP | Fixed Asset Subsystem |
FAP | Full Account Profile |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
FARC | Federal Archives and Records Centers |
FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
FASAB | Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board |
FASA | Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act |
FAS | Finance and Accounting System |
FAS | Fiscal Accounting Services |
FATKAAT | Fat-Client Kernel Authentication & Authorization Tool |
FATO | Final Authority to Operate |
FBCS | Fee Basis Claim System |
FB | Foreign body |
FBG | Fasting Blood Glucose |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FBS | Fiduciary-Beneficiary System |
FCA | Facility Condition Assessment |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FCC | Federal Coordinating Center |
FCDM | Financial and Clinical Data |
FC | Finance Center |
FCG | First Consulting Group |
FCG | Functional Capabilities Group |
FCIO | Facility Chief information Officer |
FCIP | Federal Career Intern Program |
FCMT | Federal Case Management Tool |
FCP | Federal Credentialing Program |
FCP | Fund Control Point |
FCRA | Fair Credit Reporting Act |
F/C/S | Fever Chills Sweats |
FCW | Federal Computer Week |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FDB | First Databank |
FDCC | Federal Desktop Core Configuration |
FDCCI | Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative |
FDC | Fully Developed Claim |
FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
FD | Fill Date |
FDP | Facility Development Plan |
FDS | Field Developed Software |
FEA | Federal Enterprise Architecture |
FECA | Federal Employees' Compensation Act |
FEDRAMP | Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) |
FEDSIM | Federal Systems Integration and Management Center |
FEDSMR | Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness |
FED-STD | Federal Standard |
FE | Field Examiner |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FEPAC | Facility Engineering, Planning and Construction Office |
FERCCA | Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act |
FERET | Formal Event Review and Evaluation Tool |
FERS | Federal Employee Retirement System |
FFATA | Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency |
FFB | Franchise Fee Board |
FFMIA | Federal Financial Management Improvement Act |
FFP | Firm-Fixed-Price |
FFP | Fugitive Felon Program |
FFP | Funding Fee Payment |
FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
FHA | Federal Health Architecture |
FHA | Federal Housing Administration |
FHCC | Federal Health Care Center |
FHCRS | Federal Health Care Resources Sharing (database) |
FHIE | Federal Health Information Exchange (formerly GCPR) |
FHIL | Federal Health Informatics Leadership |
FHIL | Field Health Informatics Leadership |
FHIM | Federal Health Information Model |
FHIR | Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources |
FICAM | Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management |
FICWG | Federal Internal Control Working Group |
FI | Fiscal Intermediary |
FIFO | First in First Out |
FIM | Functional Independence Measure |
FIP | Federal Information Processing |
FIPS | Fair Information Practices |
FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
FIRMAC | Field Information Resources Management Advisory Council |
FIRMR | Federal Information Resources Management Regulations |
FIRP | Federal Individualized Recovery Plan |
FIRST | Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams |
FIRSWG | Federal Information Resources Sharing Work Group |
FISCAM | Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual |
FIS | Field Implementation Services |
FISI | Facility Infrastructure Standards and Improvement |
FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act (2002) |
FISMA | Federal Information Security Modernization Act (2014) |
FISO | Facility Information Security Officer |
FIST | Federal Information Sharing Technologies |
FITARA | Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act |
FIT | Financial Innovation and Transformation |
FITSAF | Federal IT Security Assessment Framework |
FIX | Flow Improvement Inpatient Initiative |
FL | Fast Letter |
FLITE | Financial and Logistics Integrated Technology Enterprise |
FLM | Front Line Manager |
FLOPS | Floating Point Operations Per Second |
FLP | Fasting Lipid Profile |
FLTCI | Federal Long Term Care Insurance |
FLTCIP | Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program |
FMEA | Failure Modes and Effects Analysis |
FMFIA | Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
FM | Functional Model |
FMLA | Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 |
FMOSC | Financial Management Oversight Steering Committee |
FMS | Facility Management Support |
FMS | Fecal Management System |
FMS | Financial Management System |
FNOD | First Notice of Death |
FOB | Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy |
FOBT | Fecal Occult Blood Test |
FOCAS | Education - Flight, On-the-Job Training, Correspondence, and Apprenticeship System |
FOC | Final Operating Capability |
FOC | Full Operating Capability |
FOD | Field Operations and Development |
FOEs | Fiscal Notice of Expectations |
FO | Field Operations |
FOH | Federal Occupational Health |
FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
FOI | Field Office of Investigation |
FOLA | Fact of Life Adjustment |
FOR | Foundations of Recovery |
FORUM | Not an acronym. The national electronic information (e-mail) system |
FOS | Financial Operations Services |
FOSIM | Family of Services Initiative Management |
FOUO | For Official Use Only |
FPC | Function Point Count |
FPDS | Federal Procurement Data System |
FPE | Family Psychoeducation |
FP | Fixed Price |
FP | Function Point |
FPIAR | Financial Policy Improvement and Audit Readiness |
FPIF | Fixed Price Incentive Fee |
FPLOE | Fixed Price Level of Effort |
FPMR | Federal Property Management Regulations |
FPO | Fleet Post Office |
FPOV | Fee Purpose of Visit |
FPOW | Former Prisoner of War |
FPPE | Focused Professional Practice Evaluation |
FPPS | Fee Basis Payment Processing System |
FPS | File and Print Services |
FQAM | Financial Quality Assurance Manager |
FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Centers |
FRC | Federal Recovery Coordinator |
FRCP | Federal Recovery Coordination Program |
FRD | Financial Review Division |
FRD | Functional Requirements Document |
FR | Facility Revenue |
FR | French |
FRI | Friday |
FRM | Financial Resources Manager |
FRS | Financial Reports System |
FRTIB | Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board |
FSA-DC | Flexible Spending Account-Dependent Care |
FSAG | Financial System Advisory Group |
FSA-HC | Flexible Spending Account-Healthcare |
FSAM | Federal Segment Architecture Methodology |
FSC | Financial Services Center |
FSD | Financial Services Division |
FS | Finger Stick |
FSFM | File Server File Management |
FSMB | Federation of State Medical Boards |
FSOD | Functional Status and Outcomes Database |
FSO | Facility Sustainability Officers |
FSP | Family Services Program |
FSR | Financial Status Report - form 5655 |
FSS | Federal Supply Schedule |
FSS | Field Security Service |
FSSI OS | Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative for Office Supplies |
FST | Functional System Testing |
FTA | Failure to appear |
FTAM | File Transfer, Access and Management |
FTC | Facility Telehealth Coordinator |
FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
FTD | Fort Thomas Domiciliary |
FTEE | Full-time Employee Equivalent |
FTE | Full-time Equivalent |
FTI | Federal Tax Information Match |
FTNGD-OS | Full-Time National Guard Duty for Operational Support |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
FTR | Failed To Report |
FTS | Folder Tracking System |
F/U | Follow Up |
FUO | Fever of Unknown Origin |
FW&A | Fraud Waste and Abuse |
FWA | Fraud Waste and Abuse |
FWIW | For what it's worth |
FWS | Federal Wage System |
FWW | Front Wheeled Walker |
FX | Fracture |
FX | Functional |
FYA | For your action |
FY | Fiscal Year |
FYFP | Five year facility plan |
FYSA | For Your Situational Awareness |
FYTD | Fiscal Year to Date |
G2B | Government to Business |
G2C | Government to Consumer |
G2G | Government to Government |
GAD | General Anxiety Disorder |
GAF | Global Assessment of Function (score) |
GAGAS | Generally Accepted Government Accounting Standards |
G&A | General and Administrative |
GAL | Global Address List |
GAO | General Accounting Office (used BEFORE 7/04) |
GAO | Government Accountability Office (Updated 7/04) |
GAP | Generate and Process |
GAPS CENTER | Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center |
GBC | Government Business Council |
GBL | Government Bill of Lading |
GCC | Government Community Cloud (see MAG and MAC) |
GC | General Counsel |
GCID | Get Corresponding IDs |
GCM | General Court Martial |
GCP | Good Clinical Practice |
GCP | Google Cloud Platform |
G-CPR | Government-Computer-based Patient Record (See FHIE) |
GCPR | Government-Computer-based Patient Record (See FHIE) |
GCS | Glasgow Coma Scale |
GCS | Government Consulting Services |
GDIT | General Dynamics Information Technology |
GDX | Graphical Distribution of VA eXpenditures |
GEC | Geriatrics and Extended Care |
GED | General Eligibility Determination |
GEHA | Government Employees Health Association |
GEHR | Good Electronic Health Record |
GEM | Geriatric Evaluation and Management |
GEMS | Green Environmental Management System |
GERD | Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease |
GETS | Government Emergency Telecommunications Service |
GEU | Geriatric Evaluation Unit |
GFE | Government Furnished Equipment |
GFI | Government Furnished Information |
GGAC | Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee |
G | Gauge |
GHATP | Graduate Healthcare Administration Training Program |
GHELP | Geriatric High Risk Evaluation and Liaison Program |
GIAT | Government Installation Acceptance Test |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
GI | Gastrointestinal |
GIGO | Garbage In Garbage Out |
GI | Government Issue |
GILS | Government Information Locator System |
GIP | Generic Inventory Package |
GIPSE | Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange |
GIS | Generic Interface System |
GIS | Geographic Information System |
GISRA | Government Information Security Reform Act |
GITSS | Global Information Technology Support Services |
G&L | Gains & Losses |
GLIF | GuideLine Interchange Format |
GLU | Glucose or glucose check |
GMDN | Global Medical Device Nomenclature |
GME | Graduate Medical Education |
GM | Gluteus Maximus |
GM | Gram |
GMI | General Mental Illness |
GMR | General Medical Record |
GMS | Genomic Medicine Service |
GMT | Geographic Means Test |
GOE | General Operating Expenses |
GOE | Government Operating Expenses |
GOHR | Good Electronic Health Record |
GORP | Geriatric Ongoing Readiness Program |
GOSIP | Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile |
GOT | Government-Off-The-Shelf |
GOTS | Government Off-the-Shelf (applications) |
GOV | Government Owned Vehicle |
GPD | Grant and Per Diem |
GPDP | Grant and Per Diem Program |
GPEA | Government Paperwork Elimination Act |
GP | Government Property |
GPL | General Public License |
GPM | Group Practice Management |
GPMRC | Global Patient Movement Requirements Center |
GPO | Geographic Provider Organization |
GPO | Government Printing Office |
GPRA | Government Performance & Results Act |
GPRAMA | Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010 |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GRB | Government Retirement Benefits |
GRC | Governance, Risk and Compliance |
GRECC | Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center |
GRM | Government Reference Information Model |
GSA | General Services Administration |
GSBCA | General Services Board of Contract Appeals |
GSF | Gross Square Feet |
G-SIG | Government Special Interest Group |
GSS | General Support System |
GTN | Gross to Net |
GUDI | Global Unique Device Identification |
GU | Genitourinary |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
GWAC | Government Wide Area Contract |
GWN | Gateway North |
GWN | GetWellNetwork |
GWOT | Global War On Terrorism (see Overseas Contingency Operation) |
HAC | Health Administration Center |
HAC | Housekeeping Aide Closet |
HA | Headache |
HAIG | Health Architecture Interagency Group |
HAIG | Healthcare Analysis and Information Group |
HAIISS | Healthcare Acquired Infection and Influenza Surveillance System |
HAIMS | Health(care) Artifact and Image Management Solution |
HAISS | Healthcare Associated Infection and Influenza Surveillance System |
HAMP | Home Affordable Modification Program |
HAND | Human Assisted Neural Devices |
HAPE | Health Administration Project Enhancement |
HAPI | HL7 Application Programming Interface |
HARB | Health Architecture Review Board |
HAS | Health Administration Services |
HBC | Health Behavior Coordinator |
HB&E | Health Benefits & Enrollment |
HBHC | Hospital Based Home Care is now HBHC |
HBIPS | Hospital Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services |
HBOC | (One of the largest vendors of hospital system information software) |
HBPC | Home Based Primary Care |
HBP | Health Benefit Plans |
HBP | High Blood Pressure |
HBSS | Host Based Security System |
HC IDM | Healthcare Identity Management |
HCA E&E | Health Care Applications Enrollment & Eligibility |
HCA EE | Health Care Applications Enrollment & Eligibility |
HCA | Heads of Contracting Activity |
HCA | Health Care Applications |
H&CBC | Home and Community Based Care |
HCBC | Home and Community Based Care |
HCC | Health Care Center |
HCCSL | Home and Community Care Service Line |
HCEC | Health Care Ethics Consultant |
HCEF | Health Care Executive Fellowship |
HCERA | Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act |
HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration (CMS as of 7/01) |
HCG | Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, As In Pregnancy Testing |
HCHV | Healthcare for Homeless Veterans |
HC-ISAC | HealthCare Information Sharing and Analysis Center |
HCLDP | Health Care Leadership Development Program |
HCLI | Health Care Leadership Institute |
HCM | Human Capital Management |
HCMI | Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill |
HCPCS | Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
HCP | Healthcare Claims Processing |
HCPM | Health Care Planning Model |
HCPOA | Health Care Power Of Attorney |
HCPS | Health Claims Processing System |
HCPS | Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
HCR | HealthCare Repository |
HCRV | HealthCare Reentry Veterans |
HCSDRO | Health Care Staff Development and Retention Office |
HCS | Health Care System |
HCSS | Human Capital Systems and Services Office |
HCTZ | Hydrochlorothiazide |
HCV | Hepatitis C Virus |
HDAP | VA Enterprise Cloud Health Data and Analytics Platform (aka Rockies) |
HDD | Health Data Dictionary |
HD | Hemodialysis |
HDI | Health Data and Informatics |
HDL | High Density Lipoprotein |
HDP | Health Data Platform |
HDR | Health Data Repository |
HDR-L | Health Data Repository-Local |
HDR-N | Health Data Repository - National |
HDR-P | Health Data Repository Prototype |
HDS-DE | Health Data Systems-Data Exchange |
HDS | Health Data Systems |
HEA | Health Enterprise Architecture |
HEC HDS-BL | Health Executive Council Health Data Sharing-Business Line |
HEC IM/IT WG | Health Executive Council Information Management/Information Technology Work Group |
HEC | Health Eligibility Center |
HEC | Health Executive Council (VA/DoD) |
HECMS | Health Eligibility Case Management System |
HEDIS | Health Plan and Employer Data and Information Set |
HERC | Health Economics Resource Center |
HERL | Human Engineering Research Laboratories |
HES | Health Enterprise Strategy |
HEV | HealtheVet |
HF | Heart Failure |
HFMEA | Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis |
HFR | Hold for Review |
HFS | Host File System |
HHA | Homemaker Home Health Aide |
HHAS | Headquarters Health Administration Services |
HHC | Home Health Care |
HH | Home Health |
HHS | Hand Held Shower |
HHS | Health and Human Services |
HHV | Help Hospitalized Veterans |
HI2 | Health Informatics Initiative |
HIAC | HIPAA Implementation Advisory Council |
HIA | Health Information Architecture |
HIC | Health Information Committee |
HIC | Hospital Incident Command |
HICR | Hosted Intelligent Call Routing |
HIDS | Host Based Intrusion Detection System |
HIDU | Health Information Development Unit |
HIEA | Health Interoperability Exchange Alliance |
HIE | Health Information Exchange |
HIG | Health Information Governance |
H/I | Homicidal Ideation |
HIIR | Health Information Integration and Resources |
HILS | Heterogeneous Information Locator Service |
HIM | Health Information Management |
HIMS | Health Information Management Service |
HIMSS | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
HINQ | Hospital Inquiry |
HIOT | High Intensity Outpatient Treatment |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HIPDB | Health Integrity & Protection Data Bank |
HIP | Health Improvement Program |
HIPS | Host-based Intrusion Prevention System |
HIRS | Health Information Resources Service |
HISA | Home Improvement Structural Alterations |
HISB | Healthcare Informatics Standards Board |
HISD | Health Information Security Division |
HISEB | Health Information Systems Executive Boards |
HIS | Health Informatics Specialist |
HIS | Health Informatics Strategy |
HIS | Health Information Sharing |
HIS | Hospital Information System |
HISP | Healthcare Internet Service Provider |
HISPP | Health Care Informatics Standards Planning Panel |
HISS | Health Information Security Service |
HITAG | Health Information Technology Advisory Committee |
HITC | Hines Information Technology Center |
HITECH | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health |
HIT | Health Information Technology |
HITIDE | Health Information Technology Innovation and Development |
HITSC | Health Information Technology Standards Committee |
HITS | Health Information Technology Systems |
HITS | Health IT Sharing |
HIT(S) | HIPAA Implementation Team(s) |
HITSP | Health Information Technology Standards Panel |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HL7 RIM | Health Level 7 Reference Information Model |
HL7 | Health Level 7 (standard for electronic data exchange/messaging protocol) |
HLA | HealtheLiving Assessment |
HLD | Hyperlipidemia |
HLM | Healthy Living Messages |
HLO | HL7 Optimized |
HLR | Higher Level Review |
HMIS | History Management Information System |
HMP | Health Management Platform |
HNL | Non Hodgkins Lymphoma |
HOB | Head of Bed |
HOH | Hard Of Hearing |
H/O | History of |
HOLAP | Hybrid On-Line Analytical Processing |
HOMES | Homeless (Veterans) Operations Management and Evaluation System |
HON | Honorable |
HOPTEL | Hospital Hotel |
HOR | Home of Record |
HOST (Federal) | Healthcare Open Systems and Trials |
HOST | Hybrid Open Systems Technology |
HOTN | Hypotension |
HPACT | Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team |
HPCC | High Performance Computing and Communications |
HPC | Hospice Palliative Care |
HPD | Health Provider Directory |
HPDM | High Performance Development Model |
HPDP | Health Promotion Disease Prevention |
H&PE | History and Physical Examination |
HP | Hewlett Packard |
H&P | History and Physical |
HPID | Health Plan Identifier |
HPMO | Health Program Management Office |
HPOES | Health Plan and Other Entity Enumeration System |
HPPD | Hours Per Patient Day |
HPS | Health Provider Systems |
HPSO | Health Program Support Office |
HQ | Headquarters (used by VHA only) |
HRAC | Healthcare Resource Access Control |
HRA | Health Risk Assessment |
HR&A | Human Resources and Administration |
HRA | Human Resources and Administration |
HRC | Health Resource Center |
HRF | Human Readable Form |
HR | Hour |
HR | Human Resources |
HRIS | Human Resources Information Service |
HRMACS | Human Resources Management and Consulting Services |
HRM | Human Resources Management |
HRML | Human Resources Management Letter |
HRPP | Human Research Protection Programs |
HRQoL | Health Related Quality of Life |
HRR | High Risk Report |
HRSA | Health Resources Services Administration |
HR&SS | Human Resources and Staffing Services |
HRT | Harassment Reporting Tool |
HSC | Health Systems Committee |
HSD&A | Health Systems Data and Analysis |
HSD&D | Health Systems Design & Development |
HSES | Health Systems Executive Service |
HSHC | Hawaii State Healthcare Corporation |
HSITES | Health Systems Implementation, Training, and Enterprise Support |
HSM | Health Solutions Management |
HSPC | Healthcare Services Platform Consortium |
HSPD-12 | Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 |
HSP | Health Standards Profile |
HSR&D | Health Services Research and Development |
HSRM | HealthShare Referral Manager |
HSRO | Health Systems Review Organization |
HSSI | High Speed Serial Interface |
HTH | Home Telehealth |
HT | Home Telehealth |
HTM | Healthcare Talent Management |
HTM | Healthcare Technology Management |
HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
HTN | Hypertension |
HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure |
HUBZONE | Historically Underutilized Business Zone |
HUCARES | Health Undersecretary's Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services |
HUD/VASH | Department of Housing and Urban Development/Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing |
HUD-VASH | Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supported Housing |
HUG | Human User Group |
HUGN | Human Gene Nomenclature |
HVAC | House Veterans Affairs Committee |
HVA | Hazards Vulnerability Analysis |
HVCC | Home Valuation Code of Conduct |
HVCES | Homeless Veteran Community Employment Services |
HVLT | Hopkins Verbal Learning Test |
HVRP | Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program |
HVSEP | Homeless Veterans Supported Employment programs |
HVT | HealtheVet |
HWBP | Heparin Weight Based Protocol |
HWSC | HealtheVet Web Service Client |
HWY | Hallway |
HX | History or History of |
I2TP | Joint DoD/VA Healthcare Information Interoperability Technical Package |
IAA | Identification, Authentication, and Authorization |
IAA | Inter-Agency Agreement |
IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
IAB | Initial Assessment and Briefing |
IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Program |
IADL | Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
IADS | Initial Architecture and Interface Design Strategy |
IADT | Initial Active Duty for Training |
IAE | Interim Address Enhancements |
IAF | Interoperability Alignment Framework |
IA | Identification, Authentication |
IA | Information Assurance |
IA | Information Assurance Analyst |
IA | Integration Agreement |
IA | Interagency Agreement |
IAM | Identity and Access Management |
IAP | Information Access and Privacy |
IAS | Internal Audit Service |
IASR | integrated Architecture Summary Report |
IATO | Interim Authority to Operate |
IAW | In Accordance With |
IBBA | Intranet BDN/BIRLS Access |
IB | Incident Briefing |
IB | Insurance Buffer |
IB | Integrated Billing |
IBM | International Business Machines |
IBPE | Internal Business Partner Extranet |
IBRD | integrated Business Requirements Document |
IBR | Integrated Baseline Review |
IBRM | integrated Business Reference Model |
ICAM | Identity, Credential, and Access Management |
ICARE | Integrity, Compassion, Advocacy, Respect & Excellence |
ICB | Information Collection Budget |
ICB | Insurance Capture Buffer |
ICB | Insurance Card Buffer |
ICCD | International Change Control Board |
ICD-10 CM | International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modifications |
ICD-9, ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth or Tenth Revision |
ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases--9th edition--Clinical Modification |
ICDB | Interoperative Clinical Database |
ICD | Informed Consent Document |
ICD | Insurance Claims Division |
ICD | Interface Control Document |
ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
ICD | ISO Consultation Division |
ICDR | Interactive Clinical Data Repository |
ICE | In Case Of Emergency |
ICFM | Integrated Collections Forecasting Model |
ICFS | Infrastructure, Common Services, and Foundations |
ICIB | Interagency Clinical Informatics Board |
ICIDH-2 | International Classification of Impairments, Activities & Participation |
ICIDH | International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities & Handicaps |
ICL | Isolated Customer LAN |
ICMHS | Intake Conversion Mail Handling Services |
ICN | Integration Control Number |
ICOM | Inputs, controls, outputs and mechanisms |
ICOO | Internal Controls over Operations |
ICP | Infection Control Professional |
ICP | Interagency Comprehensive Plan |
ICP | Intermittent Catheterization Protocol |
ICPT | Integrated Clinical Program Review Team |
ICRA | Infection Control Risk Assessment |
ICR | Immunology Case Registry |
ICR | Integration Control Registration |
ICR | Intelligent Character Recognition |
ICS | Incident Command System |
ICS | Integrated Campus Support |
ICS | Internal Controls Service |
ICTAP | Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
ICWG | Internal Control Work Group |
IDC | Interim Data Center |
IDCU | Integrated Data Communications Utility |
IDD | Interface Design Document |
IDE | Integrated Development Environment |
IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics |
IDES | Integrated Disability Evaluation System |
ID | Identification |
I&D | Incision and drainage |
ID | Incision and drainage |
IDIQ | Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity |
IDL | Interface Definition Language |
IDL | Iterative Development Lifecycle |
IDMC | Informatics & Data Management Committee |
IDM | Identity Management |
IDM | Independent Domiciliary (independently operated and non managed by MC) |
IDMS | Identity Management System |
IDP | Individual Development Plan |
IDPO | Infectious Disease Program Office |
IDRP | Innovation and Development Request Portal |
IDS | Intrusion Detection Systems |
IDT | Interactive Decision Template |
IDT | Interdisciplinary Team |
IDTP | Intensive Day Treatment Program |
IE POC | IntegratedEthics Point of Contact |
IEAB | IntegratedEthics Advisory Board |
IEC | IntegratedEthics Council |
IED | Improvise Explosive Device |
IEDS | Investment & Enterprise Development Service |
IEEE1073 | Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1073 |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
iEHR | integrated Electronic Health Record(s) |
IE | Interface Engine |
IEN | Internal Entry Number |
IEPD | Information Exchange Package Documentation |
IEPO | IntegratedEthics Program Officer |
IER | Information Exchange Requirements |
IESS | IntegratedEthics Staff Survey |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
iFAMS | Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System |
IFAS | Integrated Financial Accounting System |
IFB | Invitation for Bids |
IFCAP | Integrated Funds Control, Accounting, and Procurement |
IFC | Interfacility Consult |
IFC | Interferential Current |
IFMB | Integrated Financial Management Board |
IFMC | Iowa Foundation for Medical Care |
IFM | Ineligible due to Forms Missing |
IFMS | Integrated Financial Management Standard |
IFMT | Integrated Flow Management Tool |
IFN | Item(s) For Negotiation |
IFR | Institution File Redesign |
IFR | Interim Final Rule |
IGCE | Independent Government Cost Estimate |
IG | Inspector General |
IGUI | integrated Graphical User Interface |
IHDR | Interactive Health Data Repository |
IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise |
IHI | Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
IH | Industrial Hygienist |
IHOP | Integrated Health Operating Plan |
IHP | Informal Hearing Presentation |
IHP | Internal High Priority |
IHS | Indian Health Service |
IHS | Integrated Hospital System |
IHSS | In-Home Supportive Services |
IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization |
I&I Laboratory | Integration and Interoperability Laboratory |
IIA | Institute of Internal Auditors |
IICU | Intermediate Intensive Care Unit |
IIHI | Individually Identifiable Health Information |
IIMR | integrated Information Model Report |
IIOP | Internet Inter-ORB Protocol |
IIP | Informatics Innovation Project |
IIP | Information Interoperability Plan |
IIP | VA Innovation Intern Program |
IIS | Immunization Information System |
IIS | Information Infrastructure Systems |
IIS | Internet Information Servers |
IITMB | Integrated Information Technology Management Board |
II&V | Insurance Identification and Verification |
IIV | Insurance Identification and Verification |
IKE | Internet Key Exchange |
ILER | Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record |
IL | Information Letter |
ILL | Interlibrary Loan |
ILN | Incidental Lung Nodules |
ILO | In lieu of |
ILSM | Interim Life Safety Measures |
ILSP | Integrated Logistics Support Plan |
ILT | Instructor Led Training |
IMACD | Install, Move, Add, Create, Delete |
IMC | Intermediate Care |
IMDQ | Identity Management Data Quality |
IM/DQ | Identity Management/Data Quality |
IMHO | In my humble opinion |
IM | Information Management |
IM | Intramuscular |
IM/IT | Information Management/Information Technology |
IMM | Integration Medication Manager |
IMO | Inpatient Medications for Outpatients |
IMPAC | International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card |
IMPACT | Intensive Management Patient Aligned Care Teams |
IMP | Integrated Master Plan |
IMRB | Internet Management Review Board |
IMR | Individual Medical Readiness |
IMR | Inpatient Medication Requests |
IMS | Instant Messaging Server |
IMS | Integrated Master Schedule |
IMS | Interim Messaging Solution |
IMSR | Information Model Summary Report |
IMT&R | Information Management, Technology and Reengineering |
IND | Investigational New Drug |
INH | Inhale or Inhalation |
INS | Immigration and Naturalization Service |
INSP | Inspiratory, as in lung sound assessment |
INTMED | Internal Medicine |
IOC | Independent Outpatient Clinic |
IOC | Initial Operating Capabilities |
IOC | Integrated Operations Center |
I&O | Intake and output |
IO | Intake and output |
IOM | Institute of Medicine |
IOM | Integrated Operating Model |
IOP | Intensive Outpatient Program |
IORBA | Inter-Organizational Role-Based Access |
IORM | Integrated Organizational Role Models |
IOT | In order to |
IOWG | Interoperability Work Group |
IPAC | Intra-governmental Payment and Collection |
IPA | In Depth Pain Assessment |
IPA | In-Person Authentication |
IPA | Intergovernmental Personnel Act |
IPC | Intake Processing Center |
IPDB | Integrated Patient Database |
IPD | Intermediate Product Department |
IPEC | Inpatient Evaluation Centers |
IPERA | Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act |
IPERIA | Improper Payments Elimination & Recovery Improvement Act |
IPF | Integrated Patient Funds |
IPIA | Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 |
IP | Inpatient |
IP | Intelligent Properties |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IPL | Initial Program Load |
IPLRD | integrated Project Level Requirements Document |
IPM | Inpatient Medications |
IPN | Incidental Pulmonary Nodules |
IPO | Input Process Output |
IPO | Interagency Program Office |
IPPS | Invoice Payment and Processing System |
IPR | In-Process Review (or In-Progress/DoD acronym) |
IPRM | Information Protection and Risk Management |
IPRO | Improper Payments Reporting and Oversight |
IPSEC | Internet Protocol Security |
IPS | Informatics Patient Safety |
IPS | Innovation & Procurement Service |
IPS | Intrusion Protection System |
IPT | Integrated Process Teams |
IPT | Integrated Product Team |
IPT | Integrated Project Team |
IPT | Interpersonal Therapy |
IPU | Inpatient Psychiatric Unit |
IPV4 | Internet Protocol Version 4 |
IPV6 | Internet Protocol Version 6 |
IPV | Intimate Partner Violence |
IQ | Intranet Quorum |
IR5 | Iterative Release 5 |
IRAC | Information Resources Advisory Council |
IRA | Initial Requirements Analysis |
IRATIP | Intranet Remote Access Transport Improvement Project |
IRB | Institutional Review Board |
IRC Lab | Integration and Research Center Laboratory |
IRC | Internal Readiness Committee |
IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
IRCN | Interagency Reports Control Number |
IRCT | Incident Resolution Core Team |
IRDC | Informatics Research Design Center |
IRF-PAI | Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument |
IRGB | VA Incident Response Governance Board |
IR | Incident Report |
IR | Increased Rating |
I&R | Information and Referral |
IR | Insurance Review |
IR | Interventional Radiology |
IRIS | Inquiry Routing and Information System |
IRMCO | Interagency Resources Management Conference |
IRMFO | Information Resources Management Field Office |
IRM | Incident Response Message |
IRM | Information Resources Management |
IRMS | Information Resource Management Systems |
IRP | Incident Response Plan |
IRR | Individual Ready Reserve |
IRSD | IAM Integration Requirements Specification Document |
IRT | In Reference to |
IRT | Incomplete Records Tracking |
IRWG | Investment Review Working Group |
ISAAC | Informatics Architecture Acceleration |
ISA | Industry Standard Architecture |
ISA | Information Security Agreement |
ISA | Interagency Service Agreement |
ISA | Interconnection Security Agreement |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
ISBT | International System of Bar Code Technology |
ISCH | Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
ISC | Information Systems Center |
ISC | Integrated Steering Committee |
ISC | Intermittent Self Catheterization |
ISCM | Information Security Continuous Monitoring |
ISCPA | Information Systems Contingency Plan Assessment |
ISCP | Information Systems Contingency Plan |
ISCSI | Internet Small Computer System Interface |
ISD | Instructional System Design |
ISD | Integrated Systems Deployment |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISI | Information Sharing Initiative |
ISIL | Interagency Software Integration Lab |
ISITE | Integrated Self-Instructive Test Equipment |
ISMS | Integrated Supply Management System |
ISO | Information Security Officer |
ISO | Information System Owner |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
ISO-TC | International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee |
ISPAW | Information Security and Privacy Awareness Week |
ISP | Individual Service Plan |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
ISSE | Information Systems Security Engineering |
ISSL | Information Systems Service Line |
ISSO | Information Systems Security Officer |
ISSUES | Identify, Study, Select Strategy, Undertake Plan, Evaluate & Adjust, Sustain & Spread |
IT MYP | Information Technology Multi-Year Programming |
ITAAC | IT Acquisition Advisory Council |
ITAAG | Information Technology Asset Allocation Group |
ITAC | Information Technology Advisory Committee |
ITA | Information Technology Architecture (VHA) |
ITAM | Information Technology Account Manager |
ITAM | IT Asset Management |
ITARG | Integration and Technology Application Requirements Group |
ITARP | IT Activity Resource Proposal |
ITARS | IT Acquisition Request System |
ITBAT | IT Budget Analysis Team |
ITB | Information Technology Board |
ITC | Information Technology Center |
ITC | Information Technology Conference |
ITC | The Information Technology Committee |
ITDB | Interim Theater Database |
ITEAM | Information Technology Enterprise Architecture Management |
ITE | In the Ear |
ITE | Independent Test and Evaluation |
ITF | Intent to File |
ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
IT&IMS | Information Technology & Management Sharing (VHA/DoD) |
IT | Information Technology |
I-TIPS | Information Technology Investment Portfolio System |
ITLB | Information Technology Leadership Board |
ITLO | Information Technology Logistics Office |
ITMP | Information Technology Management Program |
ITMRA | Information Technology Management Reform Act |
ITN | Incident Ticket Number |
ITOC | Information Technology Oversight and Compliance |
ITOP | Integrated IT and Operations |
ITOPS | Integrated IT and Operations |
ITP | Intent to Proceed |
ITPROG | Information Technology Program Manager |
ITPT | Information Technology Process Team |
ITRM | IT Resource Management |
ITRP | Information Technology Request Portal |
ITSCAP | Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Program |
ITS | Implementation and Training Services |
ITS | Information Technology Specialist |
ITSL | Information Technology Service Line |
ITSM | IT Service Management |
ITSR | Information Technology Service Request |
ITSS | VACO campus information security people |
ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
ITWD | IT Workforce Development |
IU | Individual Unemployability |
IVA | Integrated VistA Adapter |
IVAP | Income for VA Purposes |
IV | Insurance Verification |
IV | Intravenous |
IVMC | Income Verification Match Center |
IVMH | Improve Veterans Mental Health |
IVM | Income Verification Match |
IVN | Interactive visual navigator |
IVPB | Intra Venous Piggy Back |
IVP | Insurance Verification Processor |
IVP | Intra Venous Push |
IVSP | Intravenous Slow Push |
IV&V | Independent Verification and Validation |
IVV | Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) |
J2CA | Java 2 Connector Architecture |
J2EE | Java 2 Enterprise Edition |
J2SE | Java 2 Standard Edition |
JAAS | Java Authentication and Authorization Service |
JACC | Joint Ambulatory Care Center |
JAD | Joint Application Development |
JAD | Judicial Applications Design |
JALFHCC | James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center |
JAR | Java Archive |
JAWS | Job Access With Speech |
JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (See TJC) |
JCIB | Joint Clinical Information Board (ICIB replaces JCIB) |
JCIDS | Joint Capabilities Integration and Development Systems |
JDBC | Java Database Connectivity |
JEC | Joint Executive Council (VA/DoD) |
JEHRI | Joint Electronic Health Records Interoperability (Program) |
JEMR | Joint Electronic Medical Record |
JET | Joint Exploratory Team |
JFSG | Joint Health Care Facility Operations Steering Group |
JHITA | Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance |
JIF | Joint Incentive Fund |
JITC | Joint Integration and Test Center |
JITC | Joint Interoperability Test Command |
JIT | Just-in-Time |
JIV | Joint Interoperability Ventures |
JLC | Joint Leadership Council |
JLV | Joint Legacy Viewer |
JMS | Java Message Service |
JNDI | Java Naming Directory Interface |
JOTFOC | Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition |
JPEG | Joint Pictures Expert Group |
JP | Jackson-Pratt (drain) |
JPO | Joint Project Office |
JPTA | Joint Patient Tracking Application (DoD application) |
JRD | Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development |
JSI | Job Satisfaction Inventory |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
JSP | Java Server Pages |
JSP | Joint Strategic Plan |
JSRRC | Joint Services Records Research Center |
JTCC | Joint Transportation Corporate Information Management Center |
JTPO | Joint Technology Program Office (VA/DoD) |
JVBOC | Joint Venture Business Operations Committee |
JV | Journal Vouchers |
JVM | Java Virtual Machine |
JVS | Joint Venture Sites |
KAAJEE | Kernel Authentication & Authorization for J2EE |
KBI | Knowledge Based Information |
KB | Knowledge Base |
KBS | Knowledge-Based System |
KEF | Key Enabling Function |
KHA | Killed in Hostile Action |
KIDS | Kernel Installation & Distribution System |
KPI | Key Performance Index |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
KP | Kaiser Permanente |
KSA | Knowledge, Skills, Abilities |
KSAO | Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other |
KT | Knowledge Transfer |
KWAPI | Kernel Windows Application Program Interface |
KWIC | Key Word In Context (KWIC) |
L32 | Lightweight C32 Implementation |
LAB | Laboratory or Laboratory Value |
LACAS | Licensing and Certification Approval System |
LAD | Left Anterior Descending Artery |
LA | Loan Administration |
LAMP | Low ADL Monitoring Program |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LAPP | Lender Appraisal Processing Program |
LAQ | Long Arc Quad |
LAS | Legal Administrative Specialist |
LBGT | Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender |
LBP | Lighthouse Backend Project |
LBP | Low Back Pain |
LBX | Lockbox First Party |
LCC | Life Cycle Costs |
LCFR | Lifecycle Funding Requirement |
LCM | Legacy Content Manager |
LCP | Letter Change Proposal |
LCS | Lung Cancer Screening |
LCSP | Lung Cancer Screening Platform |
LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker |
LCTA | Lungs clear to auscultation |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LDCT | Low-dose CT Scan |
LDIF | Lightweight Directory Interchange Format |
LDI | Leadership Development Institute |
LDL | Low Density Lipoprotein |
LDO | Like Duh Obviously |
LDQT | Logistics Data Query Tool |
LDSI | Lab Data Sharing and Interoperability |
LEAD | Leadership Effectiveness and Development |
LEAF | Light Electronic Action Framework |
LEAF | Logistics, Engineering, Acquisition, and Finance |
LEA | Law Enforcement Agency |
LEDI | Laboratory Electronic Data Interchange |
LEIE | List of Excluded Individuals and Entities |
LEIPR | Longitudinal Enterprise Integrated Patient Record |
LE | Local Environment |
LE | Lower extremity |
LENS | Life Event Notification System |
LEP | Limited English proficiency |
LES | Leave and Earnings Statement |
LF | Life Flight |
LFT | Limited Field Test |
LFT | Liver Function Tests |
LGBT | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender |
LG | Loan Guarantee |
LGY | Loan Guaranty Service |
LHDI | Lighthouse Delivery Infrastructure |
LHI | VBA contracted vendor that provides DBQs |
LH | Lighthouse |
LH | Luteinizing Hormone |
LHS | Lighthouse |
LIE | Legal Instruments Examiner |
LIMS | Laboratory Information Management System |
LIP | Licensed Independent Practitioner |
LIS | Laboratory Information System |
LJWG | Laboratory Joint Working Group |
L | Left |
LLQ | Left lower quad of abdomen |
LMA | Laryngeal Mask Airway |
LMFT | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist |
LMIP | Laboratory Management Index Program |
LM | Left Message |
LMN | Letter of Medical Necessity |
LMOM | Left Message on Machine |
LMS | Learning Management System |
LMVM | Left Message Voice Mail |
L/NC | Liters per Nasal Cannula |
LN | Liquid Nitrogen |
LNO | Library Network Office |
LOA | Line Of Action OR Level of Assurance |
LOB | Line of Business |
LOC | Level Of Care |
LOC | Loss of Consciousness |
LOD | Line of Duty |
LOE | Level Of Effort |
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes |
LOL | Loss Of Limb |
LO | Lot |
LOROTA | Low Risk One Time Authentication |
LPC | Licensed Professional Counselor |
LPES | Legacy Product Enhancement Service |
L&P | Load & Performance |
LP | Loan Production |
LP | Locality Pay |
LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse |
LPOP | Lung Precision Oncology Program |
LQS | Lexicon Query Service |
LRAC | Local Reasonable Accommodations Coordinator |
LRC | Learning Resources Center |
LRC | Local Recovery Coordinator |
LR | Lactate Ringers |
LRRP | Long-range Reconnaissance Patrol |
LRRPS | Long-range Reconnaissance Patrols |
LSC | Logistic Support Chief |
LSRI | Laboratory System Re-engineering Initiative |
LSRP | Laboratory System Re-Engineering Project |
LSTAT | Life Support for Trauma and Transport |
LST | Life-Sustaining Treatment |
LTACH | Long Term Acute Care Hospital |
LTCI | Long Term Care Institute |
LTC | Long Term Care |
LTP | Legacy Transition Plan |
LTR SNT | Letter Sent |
LTS | Long Term Solution |
LUE | Left Upper Extremity |
LUM | Low-Unit-of-Measure Distribution |
Lung-RADS | Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System |
LUN | Logical Unit Number |
LUQ | Left Upper Quadrant Of Abdomen |
LUTS | Lower urinary tract symptoms |
LVER | Local Veteran Employee Representative |
LVH | Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
LV | Low Vision |
LVS | Legacy Viewer Service |
LWBS | Left Without Being Seen |
LWOP | Leave Without Pay |
M21 | M21 Compensation and Pension Manual |
MAAG | MHS Application Access Gateway |
MAA | Medical Administration Assistant |
MABPR | Management Analysis/Business Process Reengineering Program |
MACE | Military Acute Concussions Evaluation |
MAC | Management Advisory Consortium |
MAC | Mandatory Access Control |
MAC | Media Access Control |
MAC | Medicare and Medicaid Analysis Center |
MAC | Messaging Authentication Code |
MAC | Microsoft Azure Commercial |
MACPAC | Mid-Atlantic Consolidated Patient Account Center |
MADM | Milestone Acquisition Decision Memorandum |
MADSS | Management and Decision Support System |
MAE | Mobile Application Environment |
MAE | Moving All Extremities |
MAF | MUMPS AudioFax |
MAG | Major Accounts Group |
MAG | Microsoft Azure Government (see VAEC) |
MALE | Memorial Affairs Letters Enhancements |
MA | Major Application |
MA | Management Analyst/Analysis |
MAMC | Madigan Army Medical Center |
MA | Medical Assistant |
MAMOE | Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses |
MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
MAPD | Modern Award Processing Development |
MAP-D | Modern Award Processing Development |
MAPR | Maximum Annual Pension rate |
MAPR | Mission Assurance Planning Repository |
MAPUE | Memorial Affairs Performance and Usability Enhancements |
MARC | Multi-Technology Automated Reader Card |
MARG | Management Applications Requirements Group |
MAR | Medical Administration Record |
MAR | Memorial Affairs Re-design |
MAS | Medical Administration Service |
MASS | Medical Appointment Scheduling System |
MATMO | Medical Advanced Technology Management Office |
MAVERIC | Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center |
MBI | Maslach Burnout Inventory |
MBI | Moderate Background Investigation |
MBM | Meds by Mail |
MBMS | Memorials Business Management System |
MBS | Modified Barium Swallow |
MBSR | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction |
MCAO | Managerial Cost Accounting Office |
MCAP | Managerial Cost Accounting Program |
MCCF | Medical Care Collections Fund |
MCCF | Medical Care Cost Fund |
MCCR | Medical Care Cost Recovery |
MCG | Medical Care Group |
MCIS | MHS CyberInfrastructure Services |
MC | Medical Center |
MCM | Medical Center Memorandum |
M-Code | Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System Code |
MCO | Managed Care Organizations |
MCS | Managed Care System |
MCUS | Multipoint Control Units |
MD FIRE | Medical Device Free Interoperability Requirements for the Enterprise |
MDA | Milestone Decision Authority |
MDC | M Development Committee |
MDCR | Modular Data Collection & Recording |
MDD | Major Depressive Disorder |
MDDS | Medical Device Data Systems |
MDE | M Data Extraction |
MDHT | Model-Driven Health Tools |
MDIA | Medical Device Isolation Architecture |
MDI | Medical Device Integration |
MDISS | Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium |
MD | Medical Doctor |
MDO | Medical Domain Objects |
MDP | Mail Drop Point |
MDRC | Management Decision and Research Center |
MDR | Meta Data Registry |
MDR | Mortality Data Repository |
MDRO | Multiple Drug Resistant Organism(s) |
MDS-HC | Minimum Data Set Home Care |
MDWS | Medical Domain Web Services |
MEAV | Medical Equipment Asset Value |
MEB | Medical Executive Board |
MEDIPRO | Medical District Initiated Peer Review Organization |
MED | Medical Electronic Documentation |
MED | Medication or Medicine or Medicine Team |
MED | Mobile Electronic Documentation |
MEDNET | Medical Network |
MEFS | Management, Enrollment and Financial Systems |
MEG | Mid Epigastric quadrant of Abdomen |
MEL | Medicare Exclusion Letter |
ME/NILCO | Code ME/NILCO |
MEO | Most Efficient Organization |
MEP | Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing |
MERRT | Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team |
MET | Motivational Enhancement Therapy |
MFD | Multi-Functional Device |
MFH | Medical Foster Home |
MF | Medical Facilities |
MFS | Management and Financial Systems |
MFS | Master File Server |
MGIB | Montgomery GI Bill |
MGT | Management |
MHACC | Mental Health Ambulatory Care Clinic |
MHAC | Mental Health Assessment Clinic |
MHA | Mental Health Assistant |
MHBSS | Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service |
MHC | Mental Health Clinic |
MHEC | Mental Health Evaluation Clinic |
MHICM | Mental Health Intensive Care Management |
MHI | Mental Health Issue(s) |
MH | Mental Health |
MHRRTP | Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program |
MHS | Mental Health Suite |
MHS | Military Health System |
MHTC | Mental Health Treatment Coordinator |
MHVAC | MyHealtheVet Account Creation |
MHVC | MyHealtheVet Coordinator |
MHV | My HealtheVet |
MHZ | Megahertz |
MIB | Management Information Base |
MIB | Medical Information Bus (standard) |
MICHM | Mental Health Intensive Case Management |
MICU | Medical Intensive Care Unit |
MID | Middle |
MIL | Medication Image Library |
MI | Major Initiative |
MIMC | Medical Information Management Committee |
MIME | Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions |
MI | Motivational Interviewing |
MI | Myocardial Infarction |
MIN | Minute |
MINX | Management Information Exchange System (Delta Solutions Inc.) |
MIO | Medical Informatics Office |
MIPR | Military Interdepartmental Purchasing Request |
MIRECC | Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center |
MIRMO | Medical Information Resources Management Office |
MISD | Management Information Software Development |
MIS | Management Information Systems |
M&IS | Messaging and Interface Services |
MISN | Memorial Integrated Service Network |
MISS | Medical Information Security Service |
MITA | Medicaid Information Technology Architecture |
MIT | Means Indicator Test |
MIX | Medical Imaging Exchange |
MLDS | Machine Learning/Data Science |
MLLP | Minimum Lower Layer Protocol |
ML | Machine Learning |
M/L | Message Left |
ML | Milliliter |
MLQ | Mid lower quadrant of abdomen |
MMAD | Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter |
MMI | Master Member Index |
M&M | Morbidity and Mortality |
MMPI | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory |
MMP | Medical Monitoring Project |
MMP | Multiple medical problems |
MMS | Medical Media Service |
MMSO | Military Medical Support Office |
MMU | Mobile Medical Unit |
M | MUMPS (Massachusetts General Utility Multi-Programming System) |
MNE | Military Noise Exposure |
MOA | Memorandum of Agreement |
MOB | Make-or-Buy |
MOCHA | Medication Order Check Healthcare Application |
MODEM | Modulator/Demodulator |
MOD | Medical Officer of the Day |
MOD | Month Of Death |
MOE | Measures of Effectiveness |
MOF | Meta-Object Facility |
MOLAP | Multidimensional On-Line Analytical Processing |
MO | Medical Officer |
MOM | Message Oriented Middleware |
MO. | Month |
MON | Monday |
MOPH | Military Order of the Purple Heart |
MOP | Measures of Performance |
MORC | Mobile Outreach Clinic |
MOR | Missed Opportunity Rate |
MOS | Military Occupational Specialty |
MOSS | Microsoft Office SharePoint Server |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MOW | Meals On Wheels |
MPA | Merit Promotion Announcement |
MPCR3 | Monthly Program Cost Report 3 |
MPCR | Monthly Program Cost Report |
MPD | Minimal Patient Dataset |
MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group |
MPHISE | Medical Public Health Information Sharing Environment (Work Group) |
MPI/CIRN-PD | Master Patient Index/CIRN Patient Demographics |
MPI/DQ (OLD) | Master Patient Index/Data Quality (See IM DQ) |
MPI | Lexiscan MPI |
MPIL | Master Patient Information Locator |
MPI | Master Patient Index |
MPI | Master Person Index |
MPI/PD | Master Patient Index/Patient Demographics |
MPL | Master Patient Locator |
MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching |
MP | Manual Part |
MP | Medication Profile |
MPR | Medication Possession Ratio |
MPR | Monthly Performance Report |
MPR | Monthly Progress Review |
MPS | Memorial Programs Service |
MQAS | Management Quality Assurance Service |
MRA | Medicare Remittance Advice |
MRB | Merit Review Board |
MRCP | Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography |
MRDD | Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities |
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
M&ROC | Medical and Regional Office Center |
MR&OP | Mission Requirements & Performance Outcomes |
MRP | My Recovery Plan |
MRR | Medical Record Request |
MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
MRS | Medical Research Service |
MRS | Military Records Specialist |
MRT | Moral Reconation Therapy |
MRTS | Message Routing and Translation System |
MRWG | Medical Records Working Group |
MS IE | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
MS IIS | Microsoft Internet Information Server |
MSAC | Medical Situational Awareness & Command and Control |
MSA | Medical Support Assistant |
MS&C | Medical Support and Compliance |
MSC | Military Service Coordinator |
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
MSDS | Medical Supply Distribution Section |
MSDS | Military Service Data Sharing |
MSE | Managed Self-Enrollment |
MSF | Managing Scanning Failures |
MSICU | Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit |
MSI | Master Subject Index |
MS | Microsoft |
MS&N | Medical Surgical & Neurological |
MSN | Memorial Service Network |
MSOC | Multi-Specialty Outpatient Clinic |
MSO | Medical Sign-On |
MSPB | Merit Systems Protection Board |
MSPE | Medical Student Performance Evaluation |
MSP | Motor, Sensory & Pulses |
MSPV | Med/Surg Prime Vendor |
MSQCSR | Milestone Schedule Quarterly Congressional Status Report |
MSR | Medical Speech Recognition |
MSR | Monitoring Service Registry |
MST | Military Sexual Trauma |
MSV | Maintenance and Support of VistA |
MSW | Master of Social Work |
MTC | Major Transaction Class |
MTFB | Mean Time Between Failures |
MTF | (DoD) Military Treatment Facility |
MTF | Medical Treatment Facility/Facilities |
MTM | Medication Therapy Management |
MTP | Master Test Plan |
MTSA | Master Telehealth Service Agreement |
MTX | Methotrexate |
MUCMI | Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illnesses |
MUGA | Multiple Gated Acquisition |
MU | Meaningful Use |
MU | Monitoring Unit |
MUMPS | Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System |
MUQ | Mid upper quadrant of abdomen |
MVAC | Medical VA Center |
MVAC | MyVA Advisory Committee |
MVAHCS | Minneapolis Veterans Administration Health Care System |
MVA | Motor Vehicle Accident |
MVC | Mobile Vet Centers |
MVC | MyVeHU Campus |
MVI | Master Veteran Index |
MVP | Million Veteran Program |
MVP | Minimum Viable Product |
MVR | Master Veteran Record |
MWAPI | M Windows Application Program Interface |
MWB | Messaging Work Bench |
MWRS | Material Weakness Remediation Support |
MYP | Multi-year Programs |
NAA | National Association of Area Agencies on Aging |
NAA | Next Available Appointment |
NABS | Normal Active Bowel Sounds |
NACI | National Agency Check w/Inquiries |
NAC | National Acquisition Center |
NACVSO | National Association of County Veteran Service Officers |
NADL | Native American Direct Loan |
NAD | No acute distress |
NAGE | National Association of Government Employees |
NAGIS | National Advisory Group for Information Security |
NAGMA | Non anion gap metabolic acidosis |
NAII | National Artificial Intelligence Institute |
NAI | Network Associates Incorporated |
NAMMCAL | North American Medical Management California |
NANP | North American Numbering Plan |
NAO | Network Authorization Office |
NAOU | Narcotics Area Of Use |
NAPA | National Academy of Public Administration |
NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
NARS | National Automated Response System |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
NAS | Network-addressable Storage |
NASUA | National Association of State Units on Aging |
NASVH | National Association of State Veterans Homes |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
NATREM | NATional REMinders Development Account |
NATS | Network Action Tracking System |
NAVACOS | National Association of VA Chiefs of Staff |
NAVAP | National Association of VA Physicians |
NBC | National Biodefense Campus |
NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
NCA | National Capital Area |
NCA | National Cemetery Administration |
NCAO | National Cemetery Area Office |
NCAT | Neurocognitive Assessment Tool |
NCCAM | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
NCCC | National Center for Cost Containment |
NCCC | National Clozapine Coordinating Center |
NCCHV | National Call Center for Homeless Veterans |
NCCIP | National Cardiovascular Care Improvement Program |
NCCMH | North-side Community Care Mental Health |
NCC | National Call Center |
NCCPAC | North Central Consolidated Patients Account Center |
NCD | National Center for Documentation |
NCFC | National Customer Feedback Center |
NCHC | National Criminal History Check |
NCHCS | Northern California Health Care System |
NCHPDP | National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics |
NCIC | National Crime Information Center |
NCID | Numeric Concept Identifier |
NCI | National Cancer Institute |
NCIS | National Center for Information Security |
NCITS | National Committee For Information Technology Standards |
NCL | National Control Listing |
NCMD | National Card Management Directory |
NCMHC | National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
NCM | Nurse Care Manager |
NC | Nasal Cannula |
NC | National Cemetery |
N/C | Non-Covered |
NCOA | National Change of Address |
NCOD | National Center for Organization Development |
NCOF | No Claim On File |
NCO | Network Contracting Office |
NCPDP | National Council for Prescription Drug Programs |
NCP | National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
NCPS | National Center for Patient Safety |
NCQA | National Committee for Quality Assurance |
NCS | National Cemetery System |
NCS | National Contract Service |
NCVHS | National Committee on Vital & Health Statistics |
NDAA | National Defense Authorization Act |
NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
NDBI | National Data Base Integration (Team) |
NDC | National Data Center |
NDC | National Drug Code |
NDCP | National Data Center Program |
NDE | National Data Extract |
NDF | National Drug File |
NDF-RT | National Drug File-Reference Terminology |
NDI | Non-Developmental Item |
NDMS | National Disaster Medical System |
ND | National Director |
ND | Network Director |
NDNQI | National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators |
NDPP | National Director's Performance Plan |
NDR | National Drug File |
NDS | Naming Directory Service |
NDS | National Data Systems |
NEAR | New Enrollee Appointment Request |
NECC | Nurse Educator Caritas Coach |
NEC | Naval Enlisted Code |
NEDSS | National Electronic Data Surveillance System |
NEG | Negative |
NeHC | National eHealth Collaborative |
NEMRT | National Emergency Management Response Team |
NEMT | National Emergency Management Team |
NEO | New Employee Orientation |
NEPEC | Northeast Program Evaluation Center |
NEURO | Neurology or Neurologic |
NEWT | Nessus Enterprise Web Tool |
nexus statement | Evidence Of Service Connection |
NFFE | National Federation of Federal Employees |
NF | National Formulary |
NFPO | National Fee Program Office |
NFR | National Recommendations and Findings |
NF/SG | North Florida/South Georgia |
NFS | Network File System |
NFS | Nutrition and Food Service |
NGI | Next Generation Internet |
NGIT | Northrop Grumman Information Technology |
NGL | Nationwide Gravesite Locator |
NG | Nasogastric |
NGTD | No Growth To Date |
NHCC | Naval Health Clinic Charleston |
NHC | Nursing Home Care |
NHCPD | National Health Care Practitioners Database |
NHCU | Nursing Home Care Unit |
NHD | National Help Desk |
NHE | National Health Exchange |
NHE | Network Health Exchange |
NHIE | National Health Information Exchange |
NHII | National Health Information Infrastructure (WG of NCVHS) |
NHI | Nationwide Health Information |
NHIO | National Health Information Organization |
NHPI | National Health Plan Identifier |
NHPPD | Nursing Hours Per Patient Day |
NHPP | National Health Physics Program |
NHRIC | National Health Related Items Code |
NHSN | National Healthcare Safety Network |
NICMO | Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
NIC | Non-Institutionalized Care |
NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
NIEM | National Information Exchange Model |
NIF | National Item File |
NIGMS | National Institute General Medicine Service |
NIHI | National Initiative for Health Care Informatics |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NII | National Information Infrastructure |
NIIS | Nursing Integrated Information System |
NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
NIMS | National Incident Management System |
NIPRNet | Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network |
NIPRNET | uNclassified Internet Protocol Router Network |
NIRC | Non-Institutional Respite Care |
NIRMO | National Initiative to Reduce Missed Opportunities |
NISO | (Network) Information Security Officer |
NIS&T | National Institute for Science and Technology |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NIT | Nursing Intervention Team |
NITRD | Networking and Information Technology Research and Development |
NKDA | No Known Drug Allergies |
NLB | National Leadership Board |
NLC | National Leadership Council |
NLM | National Library of Medicine |
NLN | National League for Nursing |
NLP | Natural Language Processing |
NLTF | VA National Laboratory Test File |
NLT | National Laboratory Test |
NLT | No Later Than |
NMCSD | Naval Medical Center San Diego |
NMDC | National Media Development Center |
NMDD | Networked Medical Device Database |
NMDS | National Mobile Device Support |
NMEA | Non Mail Enabled Administrator |
NME | National Medical Enterprises |
NMHIP | National Mental Health Improvement Program |
NMIMC | Naval Medical Information Management Center |
NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
NMS | NeuroMusculoSkeletal |
NNEI | National Nursing Education Initiative |
NNMC | National Naval Medical Center |
NNPO | National Non-VA Program Office |
NNTP | Network News Transport Protocol |
NOAC | Nature of Action Code |
NOA | Notice of Appeal |
NOA | Notice of Awards |
NOAVA | Nationwide Office Automation for Veterans Affairs |
NOC | Network Operations Center |
NOD | Notice of Death |
NOD | Notice of Disagreement |
NOD | Nursing Officer of the Day |
NOI | No Other Inquiries |
NOI | Notification of Interest |
NOIS | National On-line Information System |
NOK | Next of Kin |
NOPP | Notice of Privacy Practices |
NOSB | Nurse Order Status Board |
NOS | Not Otherwise Specified |
NOV | Notice of Value |
NPA | Nasal Pharyngeal Airway |
NPCDB | National Patient Care Database |
NPCD | National Patient Care Database |
NPDB | National Practitioner Data Bank |
NPDR | Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy |
NPI | National Provider Identifier |
NPM | National Patch Module |
NP | Nurse Practitioner |
NPOD | Night Psychiatrist on duty, usually for ER eval of pt |
NPO | Nothing by mouth, pt may not eat or drink |
NPPD | National Prosthetic Patient Database |
NPPES | National Plan and Provider Enumeration System |
NPRC | National Personnel Records Center |
NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
NPR | National Performance Review |
NPSB | Nurse Professional Standards Board |
NPS | Nursing Professional Services |
NPS/SRD | National Provider System/System Requirements Definition |
NPTF | New Patient Treatment File |
NQC | National Quality Council |
NRB | Not Receiving Benefits |
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRDC | National Rural Development Council |
NRD | National Resource Directory |
NRD | Next Review Date/Due |
NREN | National Research and Education Network |
NRMIS | National Resources Management Information System |
NRM | Non-recurring Maintenance |
NRSC | National Radiation Safety Committee MML |
NRT | Near Real Time |
NR/T | Not Related To |
NSA | National Security Agency |
NSC | Network Support Center |
NSC | Non-Service Connected |
NSC | Nuclear Sclerotic Cataract |
NSD | National Service Desk |
NSLI | National Service Life Insurance |
NS | Normal Saline IV fluid |
NSOC | Network Security Operations Center |
NSO | National Surgery Office |
NSPD | National Security Presidential Directive |
NSP | Not Separately Priced |
NSQIP | National Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
NSR | New Service Request |
NSR | Normal Sinus rhythm |
NSS | Network Security Services |
NSTIC | National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace |
NTA | National Training Academy |
NTE | Network Health Exchange |
NTE | Not-to-Exceed |
NTEO | National Training & Education Office |
NTF | No Trouble Found |
NTIA | National Telecommunications Information Administration |
NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
NT | New Technology |
NTP | National Teleradiology Program |
NTP | National Training Priorities |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NTR | Notice to Report |
NTRT | New Term Rapid Turnaround |
NTS | Near-Term Solution |
NUCC | National Uniform Claim Committee |
NUMI | National Utilization Management Integration |
NVCC | Non-VA Care Consult |
NVCC | Non-VA Care Coordination |
NVC | National Verification Center |
N/V/D | Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea |
NVDRS | National Violent Death Reporting System |
NVLD | Non-Verbal Learning Disability |
N/V | Nausea/Vomiting |
NVO | National Veterans Outreach |
NVSAAB | National Veterans Service Advocates Advisory Board |
NVSBE | National Veterans Small Business Engagement |
NVS | National VISTA Support |
NVSO | National Veteran Service Organization |
NVW | National VistA Web server |
NwHIN | Nationwide Health Information Network |
NWIHCS | Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System |
NWQ | National Work Queue |
NYHHCS | New York Harbor Healthcare System |
O2 SAT | Oxygen Saturation |
O2 | Oxygen |
OAA | Office of Academic Affairs |
OAA | Office of Academic Affiliations |
OAB | Overactive Bladder |
OAEM | Office of Asset Enterprise Management |
OA&F | The Office of Administration and Facilities |
OAIC | Office of Accountability, Integrity and Compliance |
OAI | Organizational Assessment Inventory |
OALC | Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction |
OAL | Office of Acquisition and Logistics |
OA&L | Office of Acquisitions and Logistics |
OA | Office Automation |
OA | Office of Audit |
OAO | Office of Acquisition Operations |
OA | Operational Analytics |
OAP | Operational Acceptance Plan |
OASD(HA) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs |
OASDI | Old Age, Survivors & Disability Insurance |
OASIS | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
OAS | Office of Acquisition SharePoint - MOSS 2010 |
OAuth2 | Open Authorization 2 |
OAWP | Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection |
OBC | Office of Business Continuity |
OBE | Online Booking Engine |
OBE | Overcome By Events |
OBI | Office of Business Integration |
OBO | Office of Business Oversight |
OBPI | Office of Business Process Integration |
OBP | Optimized Business Process |
OBRA | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
OBS | Observation |
OBS | Offboard Server |
OBS | Organizational Breakdown Structure |
OCCC | Office of Clinical Consultation & Compliance |
OCCM | Office of Communications and Case Management |
OCC | Office of Care Coordination |
OCC | Office of Connected Care |
OCC | VHA Office of Community Care |
OCIOII | Office of the CIO Infrastructure Improvements |
OCIO | Office of Chief Information Officer |
OCI | Organizational Conflict Of Interest |
OCIS | Office of Cyber and Information Security |
OCLA | Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs |
OCMO | Office of the Chief Medical Officer (DoD) |
OCM | Organizational Change Management |
OCM | Outlines in Clinical Medicine |
OCN | Oncology Certified Nurse |
OC | Office of Construction |
OCONUS | Outside Continental United States |
OCO | Overseas Contingency Operation |
OCP | Oral Contraceptive Pill |
OCR | Office for Civil Rights |
OCR | Optical Character Reader |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
OCS | Office Communicator Server |
OCS | Office of Cyber Security |
OCTODE | Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Digital Experience (formerly DEPO) |
OCTO | Office of the Chief Technology Officer |
OCWG | Organizational Consistency Working Group |
ODA | Operating Division of Audit |
ODBC | Open Database Connectivity |
ODC | Other Direct Costs |
OD&E | Office of Organization Development and Engagement |
ODI | Office of Diversity and Inclusion |
ODM&T | Office of Data Management and Telecommunications |
OD | Oculus Dexter (right eye) |
ODS | Office of Dietary Supplements |
ODS | Operational Data Store |
OEA&I | Office of the Enterprise Architecture and Innovation |
OEAM | Office of Enterprise Architecture Management |
OEA | Office of Enterprise Architecture |
OEC | Office of Enterprise Communications |
OEDCA | Office of Employment Discrimination Adjudication |
OED | Office of Enterprise Development (see PD) |
OEF/OIF | Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom |
OEF | Operation Enduring Freedom |
OEHRM | Office of Electronic Health Record Management |
OEI | Office of Enterprise Integration |
OEM | Office of Emergency Management |
OEMP | Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness |
OEO | Office of Economic Opportunity |
OE | Other Equipment |
OERR | Order Entry Results Reporting |
OE/RR | Order Entry/Results Reporting |
OERS | Officer Evaluation Reports |
OESS | Office of E-Health Standards and Services |
OFA&A | Office of Facilities Access and Administration |
OFFM | Office of Federal Financial Management |
OFIRM | Office of Finance and Information Resources Management |
OFMR | Office of Financial Management Reports |
OF | Office of Facilities |
OFO | Office of Field Operations |
OF | Optional Form |
OFPIAR | Office of Financial Process Improvement and Audit Readiness |
OFPP | Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
OFP | The Office of Financial Policy |
OGA | Other Government Agencies |
OGC | Office of General Counsel |
OGD | Open Government Directive |
OG | Orogastric |
OHI | Office of Health Information |
OHRA | Office of Human Resources and Administration |
OHRM | Office of Human Resources Management |
OHRO | Office of Human Research Oversight |
OHRS | Occupational Health Record-keeping System |
OHS | Office of HIPAA Standards |
OHT | Office of Health Care Transformation |
OHT | Open Health Tools |
OIA | Office of Informatics and Analytics |
OIA | Office of Information Assurance |
OID | Organizational Identifier |
OIFO | Office of Information Field Office |
OIF | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
OIG | Office of the Inspector General |
OIIG | Office of the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Informatics and Information Governance |
OINQ | Outpatient Inquiry |
OI | Office of Information (see OHI) |
OIPT | Overarching Integrated Product Team |
OIRA | Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (in OMB) |
OIRM | Office of Information Resource Management |
OIS | Office of Information Security |
OITC | Office of Information Technology and Communications |
OI&T | Office of Information & Technology |
OIT | Office of Information and Technology |
OITSC | OI Tactical Space Committee |
OKR | Objectives and Key Results |
OLAF | On-Line Approval File |
OLA | Operation Level Agreement |
OLAP | Online Analytical Processing |
OLCS | On-Line Certification System |
OLE | Object Linking and Embedding |
OLTP | On-Line Transaction Processing |
O'MAT | ORH Management & Analysis Tool |
O-MAT | ORH Management & Analysis Tool |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
OMC | Operations Management Center |
OMDP | Operating Model Design Procedure |
OMELOS | Observed minus expected length of stay |
OMG | Object Management Group |
OMHO | Office of Mental Health Operations |
OMHS | Office of Mental Health Services |
OMHSP | Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention |
OMI | Office of Medical Inspector |
OMM | Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine |
OM | Office of Management |
OMO | Outside Medical Opinion |
O&M | Operations and Maintenance |
OM | Operations Management |
O&M | Orientation and Mobility |
OMPF | Official Military Personnel Files |
OMR | Office of Media Relations |
OMR | Operational Management Review |
OMT | Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment |
ONCHIT | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
ONC | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
OND | Operation New Dawn |
ONE | Occupational Noise Exposure |
ONSI | The Office of Nursing Services Informatics |
ONS | Oral Nutritional Supplement |
OOB | Out Of Bed, Pt Is Safely Out Of Bed |
OOO | Out Of Office |
OOORAM | Out Of Operating Room Airway Management |
OOP | Object-Oriented Programming |
OOP | Out Of Pocket |
OOPSS | Out On Pass |
OOR | Office of Responsibility |
OOS | Occasion of Service |
OOS | Other Outpatient Services |
OPAI | Outpatient Automation Interface |
OPA&I | VBA Office of Performance Analysis & Integrity |
OPA | Office of Public Affairs |
OPA | Oral Pharyngeal Airway |
OPC (CBC) | Outpatient Clinic (Community-Based Clinic) |
OPCA | Office of Public and Consumer Affairs |
OPCM | Outpatient Clinic (Mobile Outpatient Clinic) |
OPC(ORC) | Outpatient Clinic (Outreach Clinic) |
OPC(ROC) | Outpatient Clinic (Outpatient Clinic located at Veterans Benefit Regional Office) |
OPCS-4 | Office of Population, Censuses and Survey Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures - 4th revision |
OPC(SOC) | Outpatient Clinic (Satellite Outpatient Clinic) |
OPD | Outpatient Department |
OPECC | Outpatient Pharmacy Electronic Claims Coordinators |
OPES | Office of Productivity, Efficiency, and Staffing |
OPF | Official Personnel Folder |
OPHSR | Office of Public Health Surveillance & Research |
OPIA | Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs |
OPIM | Other Potentially Infectious Materials |
OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
OPOC | Oakland Park Outpatient Clinic, Florida |
OPO | Organ Procurement Organizations |
O&P | Orthotics & Prosthetics |
OP | Outpatient |
OP | Outpatient Pharmacy |
OP | Over Payment |
OPPE | Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation |
OPP | Office of Planning and Programs |
OPP | Office of Policy and Planning |
OPP&P | Office of Policy, Planning and Preparedness |
OPPS | Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
OPQM | Office of Performance and Quality Measures |
OPT | Out Patient Treatment (Records) |
OPTR | Outpatient Treatment Record |
OQL | Object Query Language |
OQP | Office of Quality and Performance |
ORB | Object Request Broker |
ORCA | Office of Research Compliance and Assurance |
ORC | Outreach Clinic (outpatient clinic under the management of an MC but not physically located in an MC, less than 3,000 visits per year) |
ORDMI | Office of Resolution Management, Diversity & Inclusion |
ORD | Office of Research and Development |
ORD | Optional Requirements Document |
ORH | Office of Rural Health |
ORH | Operation Ranch Hand |
ORM | Object-Relational Mapping |
ORM | Office of Resolution Management |
ORO | Office of Research Oversight |
ORR | Operational Readiness Review |
ORTHO | Orthopedic (s), or Positional |
ORTHOSTATIC(S) | Vital sign changes, possibly relating to or caused by positional changes or erect posture. |
ORTHOSTATS | Pertaining to BP changes with position changes |
ORT | Operational Readiness Testing |
ORT | Outreach Reporting Tool |
OSA | Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
OSDBU | Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
OSDEBU | Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
OSD | Operating System Deployment |
OSEHRA | Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance/Agent |
OSE | Open Systems Environment |
OSERA | Open Source E-Gov Reference Architecture |
OSF | Open Systems Foundation |
OSGLI | Office of Servicemembers Group Life Insurance |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OSHCA | Open Source Health Care Alliance |
OSH | Outside hospital |
OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
OS&LE | Office of Security and Law Enforcement |
OSL | Operating Staff Level |
OS | Oculus Sinister (left eye) |
OS | Open System |
OS | Operating System |
OSPA | Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis |
OS&P | Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness |
OSP | Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness |
OSP | Office of Strategic Planning |
OSS | Open Source Software |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
OSVA | Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
OTA | Office of Technology Assessment |
OTA | Open To Air |
OTA | Opioid Treatment Agreement |
OTC | Over-The-Counter (herbals/non-VA meds) |
OT&E | Operation Test & Evaluation |
OTJ | On The Job |
OT | Occupational Therapist |
OTP | One Time Password |
OTP | Opioid Treatment Program |
OTS | Off The Shelf |
OUD | Opioid Use Disorder |
OU | Oculus Uterque (both eyes) |
OU | Organizational Unit |
OVAC | Office of Veteran Access to Care |
OVHC | Office of Veterans Health Communications |
OVH | Ohio Veterans Home |
OV | Operational View |
OWAS | Overwhelmed With Acronym Stress |
OWCP | Office of Workers' Compensation Programs |
P2P | Peer-To-Peer |
PaaS | Platform as a Service |
PAB | Policy Advisory Board |
PACE | Performance Analysis Center for Excellence |
PACMEDNET | Pacific Medical Network |
PAC | Premature Atrial Contraction |
PACS | Physical Access Control System |
PACS | Picture Archiving Communication Systems |
PACT | Patient-Aligned Care Teams |
PACT | Preservation-Amputation Care and Treatment |
PACT | Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation |
PACU | Patient Acute Care Unit |
PACU | Post Anesthesia Care Unit |
PADE | Pharmacy Automated Dispensing Equipment |
PAD | Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data |
PAD | Planning Analysis Document |
PADP | Patient Assessment Document Package |
PADRECC | Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers |
PAE | Pharmacy Application Environment |
PAF | Patient Assessment File |
PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
PAIC | Prosthetics Assessment Information Center |
PAID | Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data System |
PAI | Patient Assessment Instrument |
PA&I | Performance Analysis & Integrity |
PAIRS | Procurement of Automation Information Resource Solutions |
PAIT | Patient Appointment Information Transmission |
PALT | Procurement Acquisition Lead Time |
PAL | VA Process Asset Library |
PAO | Program Administration Office |
PA | Physician Assistant |
PA | Privacy Act |
PA | Program Analyst |
PAPR | Powered Air Purifying Respirator |
PARMIN | Population and Resource Management Information Network |
PAR | Performance and Accountability Report |
PART | Program Assessment Rating Tool |
PAS | Personnel Accountability System |
PAS | Planning and Analysis Service |
PAS | Program Application Specialist |
PASS | Pull Aim Squeeze Sweep |
PATS | Patient Advocate Tracking System |
PATS | Planning, Architecture, Technology and Services |
PAVE | Prevention of Amputation in Veterans Everywhere |
PAVIR | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
PAVs | Price Adjustment Vouchers |
PBC | Provided by Client |
PBI | Performance Base Interview |
PBI | Power BI Reporting Tool |
PBIRS | Power BI Reporting Server |
PBM | Pharmacy Benefits Management |
PBM | Policy Based Management |
PBMS | Performance-based Management System |
PBO | PMAS Business Office |
PB | Petabyte |
PBP | Performance Based Payments |
PBRN | Practice-Based Research Networks |
PBS | Personal Benefit Services |
PBX | Private Branch Exchange |
PCAC | Program Contracting Activity-Central |
PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board |
PCA | Patient-Controlled Analgesia |
PCA | Primary Care Annex |
PCAS | Patient Care Administrative Service |
PCAS | Patient Care Assessment System |
PCCN | Progressive Care Certified Nurse |
PCC | Patient Care Component |
PCC | Patient Care Coordinator |
PCC | Patient Centered Care |
PCC | Policy Coordinating Committee (Agent Orange-VA) |
PCC | Polytrauma Call Center |
PCD | Privacy Communications Data |
PCE | Patient Care Encounter |
PCE | Primary Care Encounter |
PCGL | Personal Computer Generated Letter |
PCGL | Personal Computer Guided Letters |
PCHS | Procurement for Computer Hardware and Software |
PCI DSS | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard |
PCIOL IN GOOD ORDER | Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens In Good Order |
PCI | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
PCI | PIV Card Issuance |
PCIU | Personal Contact Information (Update). via EVSS service. |
PCL PMO | Prosthetics and Clinical Logistics Program Management Office |
PC-MHI | Primary Care - Mental Health Integration |
PCMHI | Primary Care Mental Health Integration |
PCMH | Patient Centered Medical Home |
PCMM | Primary Care Management Module |
PCM | Plexis Claims Manager |
PCM | Polytrauma Case Manager |
PCN | Patient Control Number |
PCN | Processor Control Number |
PCO | Procuring Contracting Officer |
PCO | Publications Control Officer |
PCORI | Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute |
PCOS | Public Contact and Outreach Specialist |
P&C | Pension & Compensation |
PC | Personal Computer |
PC | Policy Council |
PCP | Primary Care Provider |
P&C | Purchasing and Contacting |
PCR | Public Contact Representatives |
PCS | Patient Care Services |
PCSW | Primary Care Social Worker |
PCTOC | Primary Care Telehealth Outreach Clinic |
PCT | PTSD Clinical Team |
PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
PDA | Project Decision Authority |
PDAS I&T | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information & Technology |
PDAS | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary |
PDAT | Position Designation System and Automated Tool |
PDD | Patient Desired Date |
PDD | Presidential Decision Directive |
Portable Document Format | |
PDHRA | Post-Deployment Health Reassessment |
PDI | Personnel Daily Interface |
PDI | Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor |
PDI | Program Document Identifier |
PDLC | Program Development Life Cycle |
PDL | Personnel Distribution List |
PDM | Pharmacy Data Management |
PD | Police Department |
PD | Position Description |
PD | Preferred Date |
PD | Product Development (replaces OED) |
PD | Public Domain |
PDQ | Physician's Data Query |
PDRECC | Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center |
PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
PDSA | Plan, Do, Study, Act |
PDTS | Pharmacy Data Transaction System (DoD Pharm System) |
PDUSB | Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits |
PDUSH | Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Health |
PDWS | Patient Discovery Web Service |
PDX | Patient Data Exchange |
PEBKAC | Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair |
PEBLO | Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer |
PEB | Physical Evaluation Board |
PEC | Pre-Existing Condition |
PEC | Preventive Ethics Coordinator |
PEC | Psychiatric Emergency Clinic |
PECS | Pharmacy Enterprise Customization System |
PEMS | Patient Education Management System |
PENTAD | VA medical center executive leadership |
PEO | Program Executive Office |
PEP | Project Execution Plan |
PE | Preventive Ethics |
PE | Prolonged Exposure Therapy |
PEPS | Pharmacy Enterprise Product System |
PE | Pulmonary Embolism |
PERC | Patient Education Resource Center |
PERC | Program Evaluation Resource Center |
PERRL | Pupils equal round and reactive to light |
PERT | Program Evaluation Review Technique |
PES | Psychiatric Emergency Service |
PET | Position Electron Transformation |
PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
P&F | Pension & Fiduciary |
PF | Performance Factor |
PFSS | Patient Financial Services System |
PGD | paged, as in paged MD |
PGD | Patient-Generated Data |
PGD | Program Director |
PGEC | Palliative and Geriatrics and Extended Care |
PGHD | Patient-Generated Health Data |
PGM | Program Manager |
PGY | Post Graduate Year |
PHA | Public Housing Authority |
PHCA | Preventive Health Care Application |
PHF | Patient History File |
PHIN | Public Health Information Network |
PHI | Personal Health Identifiers |
PHI | Protected Health Information |
PHIS | Pharmacy Hospital Information System |
PHP | Partial Hospitalization Program |
PHP | Personalized Health Plan |
PHR | Personal Health Record |
PHRSS | Payroll and Human Resource Systems Service |
PHS | Public Health Service |
PHST | Public Health Surveillance & Research |
PIA | Primary Insurance Amount |
PIA | Privacy Impact Assessment |
PIB | Performance Improvement Board |
PICC | Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter |
PICD | Property Inventory Control Division |
PIC | Performance Improvement Counsel |
PIC | Personal Information Carrier |
PICS | Patient Image Capture Software |
PICU | Patient Intensive Care Unit |
PICU | Pediatric intensive care unit |
PID | Patient Identification |
PID | Process Identification |
PIDS | Person Identification Service |
PIE | Personal Information Exchange |
PIES | Personnel Information Exchange System/Service |
PIF | Pending Issue File |
PIF | Presidential Innovation Fellows |
PIFS | Presidential Innovation Fellows |
PIHCP | Pacific Island Health Care Project |
PIICS | VBA Program Integrity & Internal Controls |
PII | Patient Information Integration |
PII | Personally Identifiable Information |
PIMS | Patient Information Management System |
PIN | Personal Identification Number |
PIO | Process Improvement Opportunity |
PI | Partner Integration |
PIP | Productivity Improvement Program |
PIP | Prosthetics Inventory Package |
PI | Prevention Index |
PI | Program Increment |
PIR | Post Implementation Review |
PIR | Project Initiation Request |
PITC | Philadelphia Information Technology Center |
PIT | Postgraduate and In-service Training |
PIT | Program Integrity Tool |
PIUC | Patient Information Unspecified Content |
PIVMATE | Personal Identity Verification Multi Authentication Technical Enforcement (PIVMATE) |
PIV | Personal Identity Verification |
PJM | Project Manager |
PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
PLAN | Plain Language Action Network |
PLCP | Paperless Claim |
PLE | Pharmacy Legacy Enhancement |
PLM | Product Line Management |
P&LMS | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service |
PLMS | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service |
P&LO | Procurement and Logistics Office |
PLOU | Portfolio Loan Oversight Unit |
PL | Poet Laureate |
PL | Policy Letter |
PL | Public Law |
PLQE | Pharmacy Legacy Quarterly Enhancements |
PLTIB | Planning and Long-Term Issues Board |
PM PAR | Program Management Policy, Assessment, and Reporting |
PMAC | Project Management Advisory Committee |
PMAP | Pain Management Assessment Project |
PMAS | Project Management Accountability System |
PMAT | Program Management Accountability Tool |
PMB | Performance Measurement Baseline |
PMB | Postmenopausal bleeding |
PMC | Pension Management Center |
PMDB | Prevention & Management of Disruptive Behavior |
PMDD | Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder |
PMD | Privacy Management Data |
PMEF | Primary Mission Essential Function |
PMF | Presidential Management Fellow |
PMHX | Prior or previous medical history |
PMI | Patient Medication Information |
PMIP | Practice Management Implementation Plan |
PMI | Preventive Maintenance Inspection |
PMI | Project Management Data |
PMI | Project Management Institute |
PMIS | Project Management Information System |
PMO | Portfolio Management Office |
PMO | Program Management Office |
PMOU | Property Management Oversight Unit |
PMP | Project Management Plan |
PMP | Project Management Professional |
PM | Preventative Maintenance |
PM | Program Manager |
PM | Project Manager |
PMRF | Performance Measure Reporting Foundation |
PMRF | Performance Measurement Reporting Platform |
PM&R | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
PMR | Private Medical Records |
PM&R | Productivity Measurement and Reporting |
PMR | Program Management Review |
PMRS | Patient Movement Request System |
PMSC | Project Management Steering Committee |
PMS | Project Management Service |
PMSR | Process Model Summary Report |
PNA | Pneumonia |
PNB | Prostate needle biopsy |
PNC | Penicillin |
PNCS | Progress Note Construction Set |
PND | Post Nasal Drip |
PNM | Price Negotiation Memorandum |
PN | Progress Notes |
PNS | Polytrauma Network Sites |
PO2 | Pulse Oxygen |
POAG | Primary open-angle glaucoma |
POAM | Plan of Action and Milestones |
POA&M | Plans of Action & Milestones |
POA | PIV Only Authentication |
POA | Power of Attorney |
POCC | Process of Clinical Care Clerkship |
POC | Plan of Care |
POC | Point of Care |
POC | PTSD Outpatient Clinic |
POCs | Points of Contact |
POCT | Point of care testing |
POCUS | Point-of-Care Ultrasound |
POD | Position on Duty |
POD | Psychiatrist on Duty |
POE | Personally Owned Equipment |
POE | Pharmacy Order Enhancement |
POE | Post Occupancy Evaluation |
POE | Power Over Ethernet |
POID | Personnel Office ID |
POI | Program Oversight and Informatics |
POJO | Plain Old Java Object |
POLARIS | Planning On-Line Access, Release and Integration Scheduler |
POMA | Patient-Oriented Management Architecture |
POM | Production Operations Manual |
POM | Program Operations Manual |
POMS | Purchase Order Management System |
POP Server | Post Office Protocol Server |
POP | Period of Performance |
PO | Privacy Officer |
PO | Program Office |
PO | Purchase Order |
POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface |
POS | Period of Service |
POS | Place Of Service |
POS | Point of Sale |
POS | Positive |
POST-MI | Post-Myocardial Infarction |
POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service |
POV | Purpose of Visit |
POW | Prisoner of War |
PPACA | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 |
PPBE | Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution |
PPBPL | Patients Pending Bed Placement List |
PP&C | Program Plans & Controls |
PPDHA | Pre- and Post-Deployment Health Assessments |
PPD | Pack Per Day (as in smoking) |
PPD | Product Planning Document |
PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
PPE | Property, Plant and Equipment |
PPI | Privacy-Protected Information |
PPIU | Personal Payment Information (Update). via EVSS service. |
PPL | Providers/Patient Linkage EP |
PPM | Permanent Pace Maker |
PPM | Personal Property Management |
PPM | Product and Platform Management |
PPMS | Provider Profile Management System |
PP&O | Program Planning and Oversight |
PPO | Program Planning and Oversight |
PPP | Pharmacy Prescription Practices |
PPP | Point to Point Protocol |
PPR | Per Patient Request |
PPR | Periodic Performance Review |
PPS-N | Pharmacy Product System - National |
PPS | Pharmacy Product System |
PPT | Provider Performed Testing |
P | Pulse |
PPV | Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor |
PQRI | Physician Quality Reporting Initiative |
PRA | Paperwork Reduction Act |
PRA | Patient Record Architecture |
PRB | Project Review Board |
PRC | Peer Review Committee |
PRC | Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center |
PRDC | Prosthetics Research and Development Center |
PRD | Product Requirements Document |
PRE | Pharmacy Re-engineering |
PREP | Post Deployment Rehabilitation and Evaluation Program |
PRF | Patient Record Flag |
PRIME | Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education |
PRM | Partner Relationship Management |
PRM | Private Medical Records |
PR&MS | Physical Rehabilitation and Medical Services |
PRN | Pro Re Nata |
PROMOTE | Predictive Outcome Model Over Time for Employment |
PR | Paperless Reimbursement |
PR | Payer Relations |
PRPO | Pacific Regional Program Office |
PRP | Pro-Rated Person |
PR | Purchase Requests |
PRRC | Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center |
PRRO | Pharmacy Recruitment and Retention Office |
PRR | Product Readiness Review |
PRRTP | Psychiatric Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program |
PRSS | Prosthetic Statistical System |
PRTR | Potentially Ready to Rate |
PSA | Patient Services Assistant |
PSA | Primary Service Area |
PSA | Program Support Assistant |
PSA | Prostate-specific antigen |
PSA | Public Service Announcement |
PSAS | Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service |
PSB | Professional Standards Board |
PSCC | Posterior Subcapsular Cataract |
PSCPIM | Surgical Provider Staff Cost and Productivity Investment Model |
PSCT | Polytrauma Support Clinic Team |
PSD | Person Service Demographics |
PSETS | Privacy and Security Event Tracking System |
PSF | Project Special Forces |
PSHC | Purchased Skilled Home Care |
PSIM | Person Service Identity Management |
PSI | Patient Safety Issue |
PSI | Performance Systems International |
PSI | Potentially Shippable Increment |
PSL | Patient Service Line |
PSMSL | Primary and Specialty Medicine Service Line |
PS | Person Served |
PSPO | Patient Safety Program Office |
PS | Provider Systems |
PSRO | Professional Services Review Organization |
PSR | Patient Service Representative |
PSSG | Planning Systems Support Group |
PSS | Patient Satisfaction Survey |
PST | Preliminary System Testing |
PSWG | Patient Safety Work Group |
PSWN | Public Safety Wireless Network |
PSYCH | Psychiatry or Psychiatric assessment, history, admit, personnel, or medications |
PTA | Prior To Arrival |
PTA | Privacy Threshold Analysis |
PTC | Patient Transfer Center |
PTC | Prosthetic Treatment Center |
PTD | Project Tracking Database |
PTE | Peace Time Enlisted |
PTF | Patient Treatment File |
PTF | President's Task Force |
PT/INR | Prothrombin Time/International Normalized Ratio |
PTI | Permanent Transfer In |
PTO | Permanent Transfer |
PT | Patient |
P&T | Permanent and Total |
P&T | Pharmacy and Therapeutics |
PT | Physical Therapist |
PTRP | Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program |
PTRS | Private Treatment Records |
PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
PTT | Partial Thromboplastin Time |
PUB. L. | Public Law |
PUMA | Physician Utilization Management Advisor |
PUM | Pharmacy Utilization Management |
PUMT | Pressure Ulcer Monitoring Tool |
PUPP | Pressure Ulcer Prevention Protocol |
PVA | Paralyzed Veterans of America |
PVA | Power Virtual Agent |
PVAP | Pre-Vocational Apprenticeship Program |
PVC | Premature Ventricular Contraction |
PVD | Peripheral Vascular Disease |
PVHCA | Pacific Virtual Healthcare Application |
PVOD | Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Disease |
PV | Planned Value |
PVP | Permanent Virtual Pipe |
PV | Primary View |
PVTS | Privacy Violation Tracking System |
PWA | Project Web Access |
PWBA | Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration |
PWGH | Principal Working Group on Health |
PWS | Performance Work Statement |
PWW | Patient Weighted Work |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QAR | Quality Assurance Review |
QASP | Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan |
QBE | Query by Example |
QBL | Qualified Bidders List |
QCP | Quality Control Plan |
qCSI | Quick COVID-19 Severity Index |
QD | Daily |
QGNC | Quasi-Government Non-Profit Corporation |
QID | Four times daily |
QIO | Quality Improvement Organization |
QIS | QuIC Information Systems (Workgroup) |
QITC | Quantico Information Data Center |
QLE | Qualifying Life Event |
QMAS | Quality Measurement Advisory Service |
QMI | Quality Management Institute |
QML | Qualified Manufacturers List |
QMO | Quality Management Officer |
QMP | Quality Management Plan |
QoS | Quality of Service |
QPL | Qualified Parts List |
QPO | Quality, Performance and Oversight |
QRDA | Quality Reporting Document Architecture |
QR | Quality Review |
QRT | Quality Review Team |
QSI | Quality Step Increase |
QSPP | Quadrennial Strategic Planning Process |
QSV | Office of Quality, Safety, & Value |
QTC | Quality. Timeliness. Customer Service.:contracted company that performs disability exams |
QUAD | Quadrant |
QUAD | Quadriplegic |
QUASAR | Quality Audiology and Speech Analysis and Reporting |
QUERI | Quality Enhancement Research Initiative |
QUIC | Quality Improvement Checklist |
QuIC | Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force |
RACC | Restricted Access Claims Center |
RACE | Rescue Activate Confine Extinguish |
RACI | Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed |
RAC | Resource Allocation Committee |
RadLex | Radiology Lexicon |
RAD | Rapid Application Development |
RAD | Release from Active Duty |
RAD | Resource Access Design |
RAEM | Requirements Analysis and Engineering Management |
RAFT | Reporting and Analytics Field Training |
RAG | Research Advisory Group |
RAID | Rapid Application Interface Development |
RAID | Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks |
RAI/MDS | Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set |
RAMMP | Red Tape Reduction |
RAMP | Rapid Appeals Modernization Program |
RAMP | Reports and Measures Portal |
RAM | Resource Allocation Model |
RAN | Regional Area Network |
RAPM | Reverse Auction Program manager |
RAP | Radiology Protocol Tool Recorder (RAPTOR) |
RAPTOR | Radiology Protocol Tool Recorder |
RA | Requirements Analysis |
RA | Room Air |
RASCI | Responsible, Accountable, Support, Consulted, Informed |
RAS | Referral and Authorization System |
RAS | Remote Access Service |
RAS | Remote Authentication Service |
RATS | Recertification Accounting Tracking System |
RATSR | ESE Risk Analysis and Testing Scope Report |
RBAC | Role-Based Access Control |
RBA | Record Before the Agency |
RBC | Relationship Based Care |
RBD | Risk-Based Decision |
RBPS | Rules Based Processing System |
RB | Rating Board |
RBRVS | Resource Based Relative Value Schedule |
RC CAS | Resource Committee Capital Asset Subcommittee |
RCA | Root Cause Analysis |
RCE | Responsible Conference Executive |
RCET | Revenue Cycle Enhancement Team |
RCF | Residential Care Facility |
RCH | Residential Care Home |
RCIT | Rapid Cycle Improvement Team |
RCN | Reports Control Number |
RCO | Research Compliance Officer |
RC | Regional Counsel |
RC | Reserve Component |
RC | Resident Commissioner |
R/C | Return Call |
RCS | Readjustment Counseling Service |
RCS | Records Control System |
RC | The Resource Committee |
RCT | Religious Compensation Time |
RDA | Registered Dental Assistant |
RDAT | Request Remote Patient Data |
RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
RDC | Rating Decision Complete |
R&DC | Receiving & Distribution Center |
RDC | Remote Desktop Connection |
RDI | Remote Data Interoperability |
RDM | Requirements Development and Management |
RDN | Registered Dietitian Nutritionist |
RDO | Regional Division Office |
RDPC | Regional Data Processing Center |
RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
RD | Rating Decision |
RD | Regional Director |
RD | Registered Dietitian |
R&D | Research and Development |
RDS | Remote Dispensing System |
RDV | Remote Data View |
RDW | Regional Data Warehouse |
REACHVET | Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health – Veterans Enhanced Treatment |
REAP | Research Enhancement Award Program |
RECERT | Recertification |
REC | Regional Extension Center |
REDI | Resuscitation Education Initiative |
RED | Requirements Elaboration Document |
R/E/E M/E | Registration/Eligibility/Enrollment Maintenance/Enhancement (Project) |
REEM&E | Registration/Eligibility/Enrollment Maintenance & Enhancements (Project) |
REE | Registration, Eligibility & Enrollment |
REF | Reference |
REGO II | Reinventing Government -- Phase II |
REMS | Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies |
RE | (One VA) Registration & Enrollment |
REPS | Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors |
R&E | Registration and Eligibility |
RE | Requirements Engineering |
RESCUE | Remote Enterprise Security Compliance Update Environment |
RESP | Respirations |
RES | Requirements Elaboration Specification |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
RFA | Request For Application |
RFCC | Request for Contract Change |
RFCI | Request for Contract Increase |
RFC | Request For Change |
RFC | Request for Comments |
RFD | Ready For Decision |
RFE | Request for Evaluation |
RFE | Routine Future Exam |
RFID | Radio Frequency Identification |
RFI | Request For Information |
RFP | Request for Proposal |
RFQ | Request for Quotation |
RFTOP | Request for Task Order Proposal |
RHC | Rural Health Clinic |
RHIA | Registered Health Information Administrator |
RHIO | Regional Health Information Organization |
RHIT | Registered Health Information Technician |
RHPI | Rural Health Professions Institute |
RHVHH | Rocky Hill Veteran's Home & Hospital |
RIC | Receiver In the Canal |
RIDES-E | Remote Information Data Entry System - Enhanced |
RIF | Reduction in Force |
RILO | Region IT Logistic Officer |
RIM | Reference Information Model |
RIM | Research in Motion |
RIMS | Records Inventory Management System |
RISE | Revenue Improvement and Systems Enhancements |
RISO | Regional Information Security Officer |
RITPO | Resources Information Technology Program Office (DoD acronym) |
RIV | Remote Image Views |
RLC | Regional Loan Centers |
RLQ | Right lower quadrant of abdomen |
RLS | Record Locator Service |
RM PLAN | Risk Management Plan |
RMC | Records Management Center |
RMC | Resource Management Council |
RMEC | Regional Medical Education Center |
RME | Reusable Medical Equipment |
RM-ES | Record Management - Evidentiary Support |
RMF | Risk Management Framework |
RMI | Remote Method Invocation |
RMIR | OI&T Risk Management and Incident Response |
RMIT | Resource Management Information Technology |
RMON | Remote Monitor |
RMO | Records Management Officer |
RMP | Release Management Process |
RMP | Risk Management Plan |
RM | Requirements Management |
RM | Risk Management |
RMRS | Regenstrief Medical Record System |
RMS | Release Management Service |
RMS | Rights Management Services |
RMT | Release Management Team |
RNB | Reason Not Billable |
RNE | Recreational Noise Exposure |
RNFL | Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer |
RNM | Radiology Nuclear Medicine |
RN | Registered Nurse |
ROADS | Registry Operations And Data Standards |
ROB | VA National Rules of Behavior |
ROC | Readiness Operations Center |
ROC | Regional Operations Center |
ROC | Rehearsal of Concept |
ROC | Report of Contact |
ROE | Rules of Engagement |
ROES | Remote Order Entry System |
RO&IC | Regional Office and Insurance Center |
ROI | Release of Information |
ROI | Return On Investment |
ROJ | Regional Office of Jurisdiction |
ROLAP | Relational On-Line Analytical Processing |
ROM | Range of motion |
ROM | Resource and Organizational Management |
ROM | Rough Order of Magnitude |
ROM | Rough Order of Merit |
RONA | Release of Names and Addresses |
RON | Rest Over Night |
RO-OC | Regional Office-Outpatient Clinic |
ROP | Reordering Points |
ROQ | Reordering Quantities |
ROQ | Review of Quality |
RORC | Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center |
RO | Regional Office |
R/O | Rule Out |
ROS | Report of Survey |
ROS | Results of Sale |
ROS | Review of Systems |
ROVAS | Refusal of VA Services |
RPA | Robotic Process Automation |
RPC Broker | Remote Procedure Call Broker |
RPC | Radiation Policy Council |
RPC | Regional Processing Center |
RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
RPG | Rocket Propelled Grenade |
RPIW | Rapid Process Improvement Workshop |
RPL | Restricted Patient List |
RPM | Resource Planning and Management (Committee) |
RPM | Resource Planning Model |
RPMS | Resource and Patient Management System |
RPN | Risk Priority Number |
RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
RPO | Regional Processing Office |
RQST | Request |
RR&D | Rehabilitation Research and Development |
R | Respiration(s) |
R | Right |
RR | Respiratory Rate |
RR | Responsible Role |
RRR | Regular rate rhythm |
RRS | Records Retrieval System |
RRTP | Residential Rehab Treatment Program |
RRT | Rapid Response Team |
RRT | Registered Respiratory Therapist |
RSA | Replacement Scheduling Application |
RSA | Resource Scheduling Allocation |
RSAT | Residential Substance Abuse Treatment |
RSC | Radiation Safety Committee |
RSC | Regional Support Center |
RSC | Resolution Support Center |
RSC | Revenue Source Code |
RSD | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy |
RSD | Report System Distribution |
RSD | Requirements Specification Document |
RSD | Roger Software Development |
RSF | Rentable Square Footage |
RSLSP | Retroactive Stop Loss Pay |
RSNA | Radiological Society of North America |
RSO | Radiation Safety Officer |
RS | Rescheduled |
R/S | Respectfully Submitted |
R&SS | Recruitment and Staffing Services |
RTCIS | Remote Telepathology Consultation and Imaging System |
RTC | Return To Clinic |
RTEP | Request for Task Execution Plan |
RTF | Rich Text Format |
RTIS | Responding To Internal Stimuli |
RTLS | Real-Time Location System |
RTM | Reference Terminology Model |
RTM | Requirement Traceability Matrix |
RTNPC | Return To Nurse Procedure Clinic |
RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
RT | Reference Terminology |
R/T | Related To |
RT | Related To |
RT | Respiratory Therapist |
RTR | Ready-to-Rate |
RTSUB | Rational Tools Service Request database name |
RTT | OED Rational Tools Team |
RUG | Resource Utilization Groups |
RUM | Resource Usage Monitor |
RUP | Rational Unified Process |
RUQ | Right Upper Quadrant |
RUQ | Right Upper Quadrant Of Abdomen |
RUR | Revenue Utilization Review |
RVEC | Regional Veterans Employment Coordinator |
RVN | Republic of Vietnam |
RVR | Rapid Ventricular Response |
RVS | Relative Value Scale |
RVSR | Rating Veterans Service Representative |
RVU | Relative Value Unit |
RVW | Review |
RXCOTS | Pharmacy Commercial Off the Shelf |
RxNORM | Normalized naming system for generic and branded drugs |
RX | Prescription |
SAAG | Serum-ascites albumin gradient |
SAAN | Supply Automation Advisory Network |
SAA | Same As Above |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
SAA | State Approving Agency |
SAB | Standards Advisory Board |
SACC | Standards & Conventions Committee |
SAC | Senate and Appropriations Committee |
SAC | Special Agreement Check |
SAC | Standards and Conventions |
SAC | Strategic Acquisition Center |
SADR | Standard Ambulatory Data Record |
SAD | Software Architecture Document |
SAEAF | Service Aware Enterprise Architecture Framework |
SAE | Serious Adverse Event |
SAFe | Scaled Agile Framework |
SAGG | Statistical Analysis Global Growth |
SAH | Special Adaptive Housing |
SAH | Strength at Home |
SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
SAIF | Service Aware Interoperability Framework |
SAIL | Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning |
SAIM | Supporting All Improvement Methodologies |
SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
SAM | Secured administrative message |
SAM | Strategic Asset Management |
SAM | Subsistence Allowance Module |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
SANVR | Salvation Army Northport Veterans Residence |
SAO | Senior Accountable Official |
SAO | Service Area Office |
SAO | Service Area Organization |
SAO | Supervisory Administrative Officer |
SAPP | Servicer Appraisal Processing Program |
SAP | Simplified Acquisition Procedures |
SAQ | Short Arc Quad |
SARP | Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program |
SARRTP | Substance Abuse Residential Recovery Treatment Program |
SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SAR | Staff Appraisal Reviewer |
SA | Security Architecture |
SASE | Self Addressed Stamped Envelope |
SAS | Statement on Auditing Standards |
SAS | Statistical Analysis System |
SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
SATCOM | Satellite Communications Unit/Terminal |
SATP | Substance Abuse Treatment Program |
SATRWG | Software Application Testing and Review Workgroup |
SAT | Saturday |
SAT | Senior Assessment Team |
SAT | Simplified Acquisition Threshold |
SAT | Special Assistance Team |
SATT | Substance Abuse Treatment Team |
SAVE | Signs Ask Validate Encourage |
SAVES | Suicidal Alert Veterans Emergency System |
SAW | School At Work |
SBAR | Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation |
SBA | Small Business Administration |
SBA | Standby Assistance |
SBC | Survivor Benefits Center |
SBOM | Software Bill of Materials |
SBR | Suicide Behavior Report |
SB/SDB | Small Business/Small Disadvantaged Business |
SB | Sinus Bradycardia |
SBU | Sensitive But Unclassified |
SCAMC | Symposium On Computer Applications In Medical Care |
SCAMPI | Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement |
SCAMP | Security Configuration And Management Program |
SCAN-ECHO | Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes |
SCAP | Security Content Automation Protocol |
SCA | Security Controls Assessment |
SCA | Special Contribution Award |
SCCM | System Center Configuration Manager |
SCC | Scope Change Control |
SCD | Service Computation Date |
SCD | Service Connected Disease |
SCD | Spinal Cord Dysfunction Registry |
SCEM | Standards, Criterion, Evaluative Algorithms and Measuring Instruments |
SCEP | Student Educational Employment Program |
SCGP | State Cemetery Grants Program |
SCG | Senior Coordinating Group |
SCHCS | Small Composite Health Care System (DoD) |
SCI HC | Spinal Cord Injury Home Care Program |
SCIDO | Spinal Cord Injury Disorder |
SCIFD | Standardization, Compatibility, Interoperability and Fiscal Discipline |
SCIF | Secure Compartment Information Facility |
SCIP | Spinal Cord Injury Program |
SCIP | Strategic Capital Investment Process |
SCIP | Surgical Care Improvement Project |
SCI | Spinal Cord Injury |
SCM | Security Configuration and Management (Program) |
SCM | Source Code Management |
SCM | Supply Chain Management |
SCNR | Site Clear Nonred |
SCORM | Sharable Content Object Reference Model |
SCQC | Software Code Quality Checking |
SCRA | Servicemember Identification for Servicemember Civil Relief Act |
SCRIPT | Suicidal Caller Response Incident Protocol Training |
SCR | Serum Creatinine |
SC | Service Connected |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SCS | Subscription Control Service |
SC | Subcutaneous |
SC | Supplemental Claim |
SCUNA | Service-Connected Unauthorized |
SCVTS | Switch Compressed Video Transmission Service |
SDC | Same Day Clinic |
S&DC | Service and Distribution Center |
SDC | Strategic Directions Committee |
SDC | System Development Center |
SDD | Software Design and Development |
SDD | System Design Document |
SD&D | Systems Design and Development |
SD&E PAO | Service Delivery and Engineering (SD&E) Program Administration Office (PAO) |
SD&E | Service Delivery and Engineering |
SDE | Service Delivery and Engineering |
SDK | Software Development Kit |
SDLC | System Development Life Cycle |
SDM | Service Desk Manager |
SDN | Software Defined Network |
SDO | Standards Development Organization(s) |
SDP | Supervised Direct Pay |
SDS | Standard Data Service |
SDS | System Development Support |
S&D | Storage and Distribution |
SDVCS | Self-Directed Violence Classification System |
S-DVI | Service-Disabled Veterans' Insurance |
SDVOSB | Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business |
SDV | Self-Directed Violence |
SEC | Screening and Evaluation Committee |
SECVA | Secretary |
SEDR | Systems Engineering and Design Review |
SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Reporting |
SEES | Survey Evaluation Exam System |
SEI | Self Entered Information |
SE&I | Software Engineering & Integration |
SEI | Software Engineering and Integration |
SEPG | Software Engineering Process Group |
SEPS | Space & Equipment Planning System |
SEP | Stakeholder Enterprise Platform |
SEP | Systems Engineering Plan |
SERP | Systematic External Review Program |
SE | Side Effects |
SES | Senior Executive Review Program |
SES | Senior Executive Service |
SE | Supported Employment |
SEWP | Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement |
SFA | Strategic Focus Area |
SFDI | Space and Functional Deficiency Identification System |
SFFX | Shared Folder and File Exchange |
SF | Standard form |
SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
SFT | Store Forward Technology |
SGLI | Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance |
SGL | Standard General Ledger |
SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
SG | Surgeon General |
SHAD | Shipboard Hazard and Defense |
SHAI | Secure Hash Algorithm |
SHARE | Application that allows regional office employees to inquiry against legacy information |
SHA | Separation Health Assessment |
SHCGP | State Home Construction Grant Program |
SHEP | Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients |
SHG | Strategic Healthcare Group |
SHRAC | Strategic Human Resource Advisory Committee |
SHS | Secure Hash Standard |
SHS | Society for Health Systems |
SHT | Shift Handoff Tool |
SIA | System Interconnection Agreement |
SIB | Self Injurious Behavior |
SIC | Security and Investigations Center |
SIC | System Integration Center |
SICU | Surgical Intensive Care Unit |
SIDR | Standard Inpatient Data Record |
SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
SIG | Signa (Latin) |
SIG | Special Interest Group |
SI/HI | Suicidal Ideation/Homicidal Ideation |
SIIT | Surgical Infrastructure Inventory Tool |
SIM | Stakeholder Information Management |
SIM | Strategic Investment Management |
SIO | System Integration Office |
SIPRNET | Secret Internet Protocol Router Network |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
SIP | Strategic Implementation Plan |
SIP | Supplier Idea Portal |
SIPU | Specialized Intensive PTSD Unit |
SIR | Systematic Internal Review |
SI | Seriously Injured |
SI/SI | Severely Injured/Seriously Ill |
SISP | Strategic Information Systems Plan |
S/I | Suicide Ideation |
SI | System Implementation |
SIT | Systems Integration Test |
SIUG | Special Interest Users Group |
SIWG | Scheduling Interoperability Workgroup |
SKIPPES | Skills, Knowledge, Insurance Procedures and Practices Embedded in Systems |
SKU | Stock Keeping Unit |
SLAB | Service Level Approval Board |
SLAM | Service Level Agreement Modification |
SLAP | Service Level Approval Process |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
SLC | Special Law Code |
SLIMS | Summary List Management Service |
SLIP | Serial Line Interface Protocol |
SLIP | Shortest Life Into Production |
SLMB | Service Level Management Board |
SLP | Speech-Language Pathologist |
SLP | Station Level Project |
SLRP | Student Loan Repayment Program |
SLR | Service Level Requirement |
SLR | Straight Leg Raise |
SL | Saline Lock |
SL | Service Line |
SL | Sick leave |
SLT | Service Level Target |
SMAG | Special Medical Advisory Group |
SMART | Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation |
SMART | Security Management and Reporting Tool |
SMART | Site Monitoring, Auditing and Resource Team (VA Cooperative Studies Program) |
SMA | Shared Medical Appointment |
SMBG | Self-Monitored Blood Glucose |
SMC | Special Monthly Compensation |
SMC | Strategic Management Council |
SMDS | Switched Multimegabit Data Services |
SME | Subject Matter Expert |
SMG | Strategic Management Group |
SMIB | Supplemental medical Insurance Benefit |
SMIME | Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
SMI | Serious Mental Illness |
SMI-S | Storage Management Initiative Specification |
SMITREC | Serious Mental Illness Research and Evaluation Center |
SMMR2 | Six Month Maintenance Release 2 |
SMOCTA | Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992 |
SMP | Strategic Management Process |
SMP | Symmetric Multiprocessing |
SMR | Scope Modification Request |
SMR | Standardized Mortality Ratio |
SMRTS | Service Medical Records Tracking System |
SM | Scope Management |
SM | Secure Message |
SM | Service Members |
SMS | Shared Medical Systems (one of the largest hospital software vendors) |
SMS | Software Management Server |
SMS | System Management Software |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNAC | Systems and Network Attack Center |
SNAP | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
SNA | Systems Network Architecture |
SNF | Skilled Nursing Facility |
SNI | Standardized Numeric Identifier |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNOD | Standardized Notice of Disagreement |
SNOMED CT | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms |
SNOMED | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
SNOW | ServiceNow |
SNTP | Soft Nontender to palpation |
SNT | Student Nurse Technician |
SNV | Skilled Nursing Visit |
SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
SOAP | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan |
SOARS | System-wide Ongoing Assessment and Review Strategy |
SOAR | Strategic Objective annual review |
SOA | Service Oriented Architecture |
SOA | System-Oriented Architecture |
S.O.B. | Shortness Of Breath |
SOB | Shortness of Breath |
SOC | Satellite Outpatient Clinic |
SOC | Security Operations Center |
SOC | Senior Oversight Committee |
SOC | Statement of Case |
SOE | Service Oriented Enterprise |
SOE | Survey of Enrollees |
SOFC | SMART on FHIR Container |
SOF | SMART on FHIR |
SOGI | Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity |
SOG | Standard Operating Guideline |
SOI | Security Office Identifier |
SOI | Service Oriented Infrastructure |
SOJ | System of Jurisdiction |
SONP | Satellite Overlay Network Project |
SON | Submitting Office Number |
SOO | Statement of Objective |
SOO | Station Of Origin |
SOPC | Satellite Outpatient Clinic |
SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
SORN | System of Record Notice |
SOR | System of Record |
SO | Service Operations |
SOS | Scrum of scrums |
SOTA | State of the Art Conferences |
SOW | Statement of Work |
SPAN | Suicide Prevention Application Network |
SPARQ | Specialty Productivity - Access Report and Quadrant Tool |
SPAR | Sensitive Patient Access Report |
SPAWARS | Space and Naval Warfare Systems |
SPCM | Suicide Prevention Case Manager |
SPC | Suicide Prevention Coordinator |
SPDAT | Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool |
SPDMP | State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program |
SPD | Sterile Processing Department |
SPD | Supply, Processing, and Distribution |
SPES | Single Photon Emission Scanning |
SPHM | Safe Patient Handling and Movement |
SPI | Schedule Performance Index |
SPI | Sensitive Personal Information |
SPI | Spend Plan Identification |
SPI | Spend Plan Item |
SPMI | Serious and Persistent Mental Illness |
SPML | Service Provisioning Markup Language |
SPMP | State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs |
SPNEGO | Simple and Protected Negotiation Mechanism |
SPOC | Service Point of Contact |
SPORTS | DoD system for STR monitoring and reporting |
SPP | IT Enterprise Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs |
SPP | Scalable Parallel Processing |
SP | ScriptPro |
SP | Special Publication |
SP | Spouse |
SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
SPS | Sterile Processing Services |
SPS | Strategic Planning Service |
SP | Standards of Profile |
S/P | Status Post |
SPV | Supervision |
SQA | Safety Quality Assurance |
SQA | Software Quality Assurance |
SQAS | Systems Quality Assurance Service |
SQC | Statistical Quality Control |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
SQN | Surgical Quality Nurse |
SQ | Subcutaneous |
SQWM | Surgical Quality Workflow Manager |
SRA | State Regulation Agencies |
SRC | Systems Resources Corporation |
SRM | Service Reference Model |
SRO | Single Room Occupancy |
SRR | System Requirements Review |
SRSBS | Subcommittee on Research Safety, Biosafety and Security |
SR | Service Request |
SR | Sinus rhythm |
SRS | Software Requirements Specification |
SR | Systems Redesign |
SRTP | Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol |
SRT | Special Response Team |
SRT | System Review Team |
SSAA | System Security Authorization Agreement |
SSAC | Source Selection Advisory Council |
SSA | Social Security Administration |
SSB | Special Separation Benefit |
SSC | Support Services Centers |
SSC | Surviving sepsis campaign |
SSDI | Social Security Disability Insurance |
SSD | Service Support Division |
SSEB | Source Selection Evaluation Board |
SSH | Secure Shell |
SSIS | SQL Server Integration Services |
SSI | Supplemental Security Income |
SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
SSL/TLS | Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Security Layer |
SSM | Software Service Manager |
SSMS | SQL Server Management Studio |
SSN | Social Security Number |
SSO-CM | Single Sign-On and Context Management |
SSOC | Supplemental Statement of the Case |
SSOI | Single Sign-On Integration |
SSO | Single Sign-On |
SSP | System Security Plan |
S/S | Signs or Symptoms |
SS | Sliding Scale |
SSS | Sick Sinus Syndrome |
SSVF | Supportive Services for Veterans Families |
STA3N | Station Number Identifier |
STAIR | Sites of Temporarily Augmented Ionizing Radiation |
STAP | Sustainment Transition Acceptance Plan |
STAR | Servicemember Transitional Amputation Rehabilitation program |
STAR | Statistical and Technical Accuracy Report |
STAT | Strategic Technology Alignment Team |
STAT | Supported Treadmill Ambulation Training |
STC | Service Transition Charter |
STC | Sunshine Training Center |
STDP | System To Drive Performance |
STD | Standard |
STEMI | ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
STEPPS | Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety |
STEP | Secure Technology Evaluation Project |
STEP | Student Temporary Employment Program |
STICC | Seamless Transition Integrated Care Clinic |
STIG | Security Technical Implementation Guides |
STI | Sexually Transmitted infection |
STM | Short Term Model |
STORM | Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Management |
STO | Seamless Transition Office |
STP | Software Test Plan |
STP | Stress Treatment Program |
STR | Service Training Record |
STR | Service Treatment Record |
STR | Short Term Rehab |
STR | Software Test Report |
STRS | Service Treatment Records |
ST | Sinus Tachycardia |
ST | Sore throat |
ST | Speech therapist |
STS | Soft Tissue Sarcoma |
STS | Standards & Terminology Services |
STVHCS | South Texas Veterans Health Care System |
SUDEP | Substance Use and Dependence Education Program |
SUDEP | Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy |
SUDS | Substance Use Disorder Service |
SUD | Substance Use Disorders |
SUDTP | Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program |
SUN | Sunday |
SVAC | Senate Veterans Affairs Committee |
SVH CAP | State Veterans Home Corrective Action Plan |
SVH | State Veterans Homes |
SVR | Sustained Virologic Response |
SV | Schedule Variance |
SV | Service Voucher |
SVSO | State Veteran Service Office |
SVSR | Senior Veteran Service Representatives |
SV | Systems View |
SV | Systems Viewpoint |
SVT | Supraventricular Tachycardia |
SWAG | Smart Wild Ass Guess |
SWARS | Social Work Automated Reporting System |
SwA | Software Assurance |
SWAT | SWift Action and Triage |
SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats |
SWRI | Southwest Research Institute |
SW | Social Worker |
SWS | Social Work Service |
SX | Symptom |
T2P2 | Theater Telemedicine Prototype Project |
T4 | Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology |
TAC | Technology Acquisition Center |
TAC | Technology Assessment Committee |
TAC | Test and Certification (OED ProPath) |
TAFMS | Total active federal military service date |
TAG | Technical Advisory Group |
TAMC | Tripler Army Medical Center |
TAP | Transition Assistance Program |
TAR-TAS | Technical Analysis Review - Technical Analysis Summary |
TAR | Technical Agreements Repository |
TAR | Technical Analysis Review |
TAR | Test Analysis Report |
TAS | Technical Analysis Summary |
TAS | The Appraisal System |
TAS | Transaction Application Suite |
TAS | Treasury Account Symbol |
TA | Technology Assessment |
T&A | Time & Attendance |
TATO | Temporary Authority to Operate |
TAT | Turn Around Time |
TAVR | Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement |
TBA | To Be Announced |
TBD | To Be Determined |
TBE | The Benchmarking Exchange |
TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
TBO | Telecommunications Business Operations |
TB | Travel Board |
TB | Tuberculosis |
TCCB | Technical Change Control Board |
TCDB | Turn, Cough, Deep Breath |
TCF | Technical Career Field |
TCHP | Twin Cities Health Professionals (Education Consortium) |
TCMP | Technology Change Management Plan |
TCM | Transition & Care Management |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TCPR | Transportable Computer-based Patient Record |
TCP | Telephone Care Program |
TCSC | Telecommunications Customer Service Council (formerly TOB) |
T&C | Terms and Conditions |
TC | Training Coordinator |
TCT | Telehealth Clinical Technician |
TCT | Telephone Call To |
TCU | Transitional Care Unit |
TDA | Temporary Duty Assignment |
TDA | Transfer of Disbursing Authority |
TDE | Terminology Development Environment |
TDE | Transparent Data Encryption |
TDIP | Total Disability Income Provision |
TDIU | Totally Disabled based on Individual Unemployability |
TDP | Testing Designated Positions |
TDRL | Temporary Disability Retired List |
TDrugs | Notification of Teratogenic Drugs |
TDS | Terminology Deployment Server |
TD | Tetanus Diphtheria, as in immunization |
TDY | Temporary Duty |
TEEI | Office of Transition, Employment and Economic Impact |
TEFSC | Toxic Embedded Fragment Surveillance Center |
TEMPO | Training Education Management Program Office |
TEMP | Temperature |
TEMP | Temporary |
TEP | Training Event Package |
TERA | Temporary Early Retirement Act |
T&E | Test and Evaluation |
TEVAS | Technical Excellence Value Added Service |
TFS | Team Foundation Server |
TF | Timely Filing |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TF | Treating Facility |
TFT | Thyroid Function Tests |
TG | Triglycerides |
THA | Telemental Health Assistant |
TH | Transaction History |
THURS | Thursday |
TIAG | The Informatics Applications Group |
TIBOD | Technical Integration Board of Directors |
TICC | Transformation Initiative Collaboration Cell |
TIC | Trusted Internet Connection |
TIDES | Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions |
TID | Three times daily |
TIGR Team | Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform Team |
TIMPO | Tri-Service Infrastructure Management Program Office |
TIMS | The Image Management System |
TIM | Total Inventory Management |
TINA | Truth in Negotiations Act |
TINQ | Treasury Inquiry |
TIN | Tax Identification Number |
TIPO | Technology Innovation Program Office |
TIP | Technology Innovation Program |
TIP | Telecommunications Infrastructure Project |
TIP | Transformation Initiatives and Pilots |
TIU | Text Integration Utility |
TIWG | Technical Integration Working Group |
TJC | The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) |
TJEB | Transformation Joint Execution Board |
TKO | To Keep Open |
TKR | Total Knee Replacement |
TLCP | Telephone Liaison Care Program |
TLS | Transitional Living Services |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
TLS | Tumor Lysis Syndrome |
T&L | Time & Leave |
TL | Training Letter |
TMA | Transmetatarsal Amputation |
TMA | TRICARE Management Activity |
TMC | Training Management Committee |
TMC | Travel Management Center |
TMDQ | Terminology Model Data Quality |
TMDS | Theater Medical Data Store (DoD acronym) |
TMED | Telemedicine |
TMH | Telemental Health |
TMII | Theater Medical Information Infrastructure |
TMIP | Theater Medical Information Program |
TMJ | Temporomandibular joint |
TMOP | TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy |
TMO | Telework Managing Officer |
TMP | Telecommunication Modernization Project |
TMS | Talent Management System |
TMS | Telepresence Management Suite |
TM | Technology Management |
T&M | Time and Materials |
TMT | Transition Management Team |
TOB | Telecommunications Oversight Board (now TCSC as of 7/99) |
TOC | Transfer of Care |
TOD | Tour of Duty |
TOP | Treasury Offset Program |
TORB | Telephone order read back |
TO | Task Order |
TPA | Third Party Administrator |
TPA | Trading Partner Agreement(s) |
TPA | Transferring Patient Advocate |
TPA | Transition Patient Advocate |
TPI | Two Person Integrity |
TPJI | Third Party Joint Inquiry |
TPN | Total Parenteral Nutrition |
TPR | Temperature, Pulse, Respiration |
TPSS | Training Performance Support System |
TPS | Team Puget Sound |
TP | Technical Proposal |
TPWG | Testing Process Work Group |
TQCVL | Trainee Qualifications and Credentials Verification Letter |
TQM | Total Quality Management |
TQS | Terminology Query Services |
TQT | Tourniquet |
TRAAC | Telehealth and Rural Access Advisory Committee |
TRAC2ES | TRANSCOM Regulating and Command Control Evacuation System |
TRACS | Total Record Archive Communication Systems |
TRAIT | Transparency, Accountability, Innovation, and Teamwork |
TRAP | Telehealth and Rural Access Program |
TRA | To run at, as in speed of medication |
TRFC | Treasury Regional Financial Center |
TRIMIS | Tri-Services Medical Information System (DoD) |
TRI | Teleretinal Imaging |
TRM/SP | Technical Reference Model and Standards Profile |
TRM | Technical Reference Model |
TRO | To Run Over, as in intravenous fluids to run over 1 hour |
TRR | Test Readiness Review |
TRS | TRICARE Reserve Select |
TR | Transitional Residence |
TRUS | Transrectal ultrasound |
TSA | Telehealth Service Agreement |
TSA | Test Site Agreement |
TSI | Transition Systems, Inc. |
TSO | Technical Support Office |
TSO | Telecommunications Support Office |
TSPR | Technical Services Project Repository |
TSP | Thrift Savings Plan |
TSP | Tuition Support Program |
TSS | Telecommunications Support Service |
TSS | Telehealth Scheduling System |
TSS | Total Supply Support |
TST | Touch Screen Technology |
TTB | Tub Transfer Bench |
TTD | Technology Transfer Division |
T | Temperature |
TT&E | Technical Training and Evaluation |
TTE | transthoracic Echocardiogram |
TTF | Transformation Task Force |
TTO | Temporary Transfer |
TTSI | Technology Tools Solution Identification |
TTWB | Toe-Touch Weight Bearing |
TUD | Test User Dashboard |
TUES | Tuesday |
TURP | Transurethral Resection of the Prostate |
TVCS | Trend Virus Control Software |
TVC | Texas Veterans Commission |
TVC | Traveling Veteran Coordinator |
TVO | Telephone Verbal Order |
TWD | Total Weekly Dose |
TWE | Transitional Work Experience |
TWIG | Technical Working Integration Group |
TW | Transitional Work |
TX | Treatment |
U3P | Unauthorized Third Party |
UAT | User Acceptance Testing |
UA | Urinalysis |
UBS | Universal Billing System |
UCC | Uniform Commercial Code |
UCC | Urgent Care Center |
UCI | User Class Identifier |
UCS | Universal Character Set |
UCUM | Unified Codes for Units of Measure |
UC | Underpinning Contract |
UDDI | Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration |
UDI | Unique Device Identifier |
UDI | Usage demand item |
UDO | Undelivered Orders |
UDS | Urinary Drug Screen |
UDS | Urodynamics Study |
UD | Unit Dose |
UE | Upper extremity |
UFH | Unfractionated Heparin |
UFR | Unfunded Request |
UFR | Unfunded Requirement |
UFT | User Functional Test |
UGI | Upper Gastrointestinal |
UHCG | Urine pregnancy test |
UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
UHID | Universal Healthcare Identifier |
UI | Universal Interface |
UI | User Interface |
UMC | Universal Master Catalog |
UMDNS | Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System |
UME | Unreimbursed Medical Expenses |
UMLS CUI | Unified Medical Language System Concept Unique Identifier |
UMLS | Unified Medical Language System |
UML | Unified Modeling Language |
UM | Utilization Management |
UOR | Uniform Offense Report |
U/O | Urinary output |
UO | Urinary output |
UPC | Unit Production Cost |
UPIN | Unique Physician Identification Number |
UPM | Universal Project Milestone |
UPN | Universal Principal Name |
UPN | Universal Product Number |
UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
UPT | Urine Pregnancy Test |
URAC | Utilization Review Accreditation Commission |
URF | Unsuspected Radiological Findings |
URI | Unique Record Identifier |
URI | Upper Respiratory Infection |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
URL | Universal Record Location |
UR | Utilization Review |
USAF | United States Air Force |
USA | United States Army |
USB | Under Secretary for Benefits |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
USCG | United States Coast Guard |
U.S.C. | United States Code |
USC | United States Code |
USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
USD(P&R) | Under Secretary for Defense for Personnel and Readiness |
USGLI | U.S. Government Life Insurance |
USG | United States Government |
USHIK | United States Health Information Knowledgebase |
USH | Under Secretary for Health |
USMC | United States Marine Corps |
USMS | U.S. Marshal Service |
USN | United States Navy |
USOC | U.S. Olympic Committee |
USPHS | U.S. Public Health Service |
USPS | United States Postal Service |
USPTF | United States Preventative Services Task Force |
USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
USUHS | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
US | United States |
USVETS | United States Veterans Eligibility Trends and Statistics |
UTC | Unable to Contact |
UTD | Up To Date |
UTF | UCS Transformation Format |
UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
UTP | Unit Test Plan |
UTSWMC | University of Texas South West Medical Center |
UTT | Unable to Test |
UX | User eXperience |
V FIB | Ventricular Fibrillation |
VA STVHCS | VA South Texas Veterans Health Care System |
VAAA | Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy |
VAAFI | Veterans Affairs Authentication Federation Infrastructure |
VAAR | VA Acquisition Regulations |
VAAS | VA Assignment System |
VAAS | VA Automated Appraisal Assignment System |
VAB | VHA As-Is Baseline |
VACAA | Veterans Access Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 |
VACERT | Veterans Affairs Certification |
VACHCS | VA Connecticut Health Care System |
VACIB | VA Capital Investment Board |
VA-CIRC | Veterans Affairs Central Incident Response Capability |
VACIRC | Veterans Affairs Central Incident Response Capability |
VACM | Veterans Affairs Capabilities Model |
VACOLS | Veterans Appeals Control and Location System (or Service) |
VACO | Veterans Affairs Central Office |
VAC | Variance At Completion |
VAC | Veterans Assistance Center |
VA | Department of Veterans Affairs (never use DVA) |
VADIR | VA Department of Defense Identity Repository |
VADS | Veterans Assistance at Discharge System |
VAEAS | VA Enterprise Archiving Solution |
VAEB | VA Executive Board |
VAEC | Veterans Affairs Enterprise Cloud |
VA-ETP | Veterans Affairs Enterprise Transition Plan |
VAE | Veterans Affairs Examination |
VAE | VistA Access Enhancements (VAE) |
VAF | Veterans Affairs Form |
VAGFE | VA-owned Government Furnished Equipment |
VAHCPOA | VA Health Care Power of Attorney |
VAHCS | Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System |
VAIIP | VA Innovation Intern Program |
VAIL | VA Interoperability Leadership team |
VAIMA | Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 |
VAIOC | VA Integrated Operations Center |
VAIQ | VA Intranet Quorum (replaced WEBCIMS) |
VAI | Veterans Assistance Inquiry |
VAKN | VA Knowledge Network |
VALERI-R | VA Loan Electronic Reporting Interface - Re-engineering |
VALERI | VA Loan Electronic Reporting Interface |
VA-LMS | VA Learning Management System |
VALNET | VA Library Network |
VALOR | Veterans Affairs Learning Opportunities Residency Program |
VALO | VA Learning Online |
VALUE | Veterans Affairs Longitudinal Undergraduate medical Education |
VALU | VA Learning University |
VAMAN | Voice Assisted Manikin |
VAMC | VA Medical Center |
VAMC | Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
VA-MDNS | VA Medical Device Nomenclature System |
VAMF | VA Mobile Framework |
VAMHCS | VA Maryland Health Care System |
VAMROC | Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center |
VAMS | VistA Automated Monitoring System |
VAM | Vehicle Allocation Methodology |
VAM | Voice Access Modernization |
VANAP | VA Nursing Academic Partnership |
VANCHCS | VA Northern California Health Care System |
VANDI | VA National Database of Interns |
VANEEP | Veterans Affairs National Education for Employees Program |
VANOD | VA Nursing Outcomes Database |
VANPC | VA National Partnership Council |
VA-NSOC | VA Network and Security Operations Center |
VANS | VA Notification System |
VANTS | VA Nationwide Teleconferencing System |
VAN | Value Added Network |
VAONCE | VA Online Certification of Enrollment |
VAOS | VA Online Scheduling |
VAO | VA Office |
VAO | Virtual Acquisition Office |
VAPAHCS | VA Palo Alto Health Care System |
VA-PALS | VA Partnership to increase Access to Lung Screening |
VAPA | Veterans Affairs Palo Alto |
VAPD | VA Police Department |
VAPIHCS | Veterans Affairs Pacific Island Health Care System |
VAPI | VA Protected Information |
VAPOR | Veterans Affairs Pharmacists Organized for Research |
VAPSHCS | VA Puget Sound Health Care System |
VAPS | Veterans Administration Police System |
VAP | VA Police |
VAP | VA Profile Service (formerly Vet360) |
VAP | Value Added Process |
VAP | Ventilator associated pneumonia |
VAP | Veterans Authorizations and Preferences |
VARA | Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis |
VARC | Veterans Addiction Recovery Center |
VARI | Veterans Administration Revenue Information |
VARO | Veterans Affairs Regional Office |
VAR | Veteran Appointment Request |
VASC | Vascular |
VASH | VA Supported Housing |
VASI | VA Sensitive Information |
VASI | VA Systems Inventory |
VASQIP | VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
VASQUIP | Veteran Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
VAST | Veteran Affairs Site Tracking |
VATAMMCS | Vision Analysis Team Aim Map Measure Change Sustain |
VA-TAMMCS | Vision-Analysis-Team-Aim-Map-Measure-Change-Sustain/Spread |
VATAS | VA Time and Attendance System |
VATS | VistA Automated Testing Suite |
VAUSH | Veterans Affairs Under Secretary of Health |
VAVS | VA Voluntary Service |
VBAFS | VBA Finance Staff |
VBASLCY | VBA Salt Lake City |
VBAT | Veterans Benefits Audit Team |
VBA | Veterans Benefits Administration |
VBC | Veterans Benefits Counselor |
VBECS | VistA Blood Establishment Computer Software |
vBE | Virtual Back End |
VBIT | Veterans Benefits Information Technology |
VBMAP | Veterans Benefits Management Assistance Program |
VBMS-A | Veterans Benefits Management System - Awards |
VBMS-CORE | Veterans Benefits Management System-Core |
VBMS-C | Veterans Benefits Management System - Correspondence |
VBMS-R | Veterans Benefits Management System - Rating |
VBMS | Veterans Benefits Management System |
VBRS | Veterans Benefits Reference System |
VB | Visual Basic |
VCAA | Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 |
VCAC | Veterans Claims Adjudication Commission |
V-CAMP | Veterans' Cognitive Assessment and Management Program |
VCED | Veterans Community Employment Development |
VCE | Veterans Claims Examiner |
V/CHIO | Veteran/Consumer Health Informatics Office |
VCHIO | Veteran/Consumer Health Informatics Office |
VCHI | VISN Chief of Health Informatics |
V-CHI | VISN-CHIO Subcommittee |
VCIOC | VHA VISN CIO Council |
VCIP | Veterans Claims Intake Program |
VCJCS | Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
VCL | Veterans Choice List |
VCL | Veterans Crisis Line |
VCP | Veteran-Community Partnership |
VCSB | Voluntary Consensus Standards Bodies |
VCSFC | Veterans Canteen Service Finance Center |
VCSRO | Veterans Canteen Service Regional Office |
VCS | Veterans Canteen Service |
VCS | Video Communication Server |
VCS | Virtual Collaboration Site (IPO) |
VCS | VistA Contracting Services |
V/C | Verbal Cues |
VC | Veterans Center |
VCWG | VValeo Conveners Working Group |
VDA | VistA Data Access |
VDBSS | VISTA/Defense Blood Standard System |
VDC | VONAPP Direct Connect |
VDD | Version Description Document |
VDEF | VistA Data Extraction Framework |
VDEM | VistA Data Extraction Mapping |
VDF | VistA Data Feeds |
VDIF | Veterans Data Integration and Federation |
VDIM | VHA Dynamic Integration Model |
VDI | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
VDL | VA Software Document Library |
VDL | Virtual Due List |
VDL | VistA Documentation Library |
VDR | VA/DoD Identity Repository |
VDR | Virtual Data Repository |
VDR | Virtual Disaster Recovery |
VDSI | VistA Data Systems & Integration |
VDS | VistA Data Service |
VDS | Vocational Development Specialist |
VDT | Veteran Delegation Tool |
VDVS | Virginia Department of Veterans Services |
VDW | VISN Data Warehouse |
VEAP | Veterans Education Assistance Program |
VEAR | VA Enterprise Architecture Repository |
VEHU | VHA eHealth University |
VEIN | Veterans Educators Integrated Network |
VEIP | VistA Evolution Interoperability Plan |
VEI | Veterans Employment Initiative |
VEMS | Veterans Enterprise Management System |
VEOA | VEOA Eligibles |
VEOA | Veterans Employment Opportunity Act |
VERA | Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation |
VERA | Voluntary Early Retirement Authority |
VERC | Veterans Engineering Resource Center |
VERDICT | Veterans Evidence-Based Research Dissemination and Implementation Center |
VERIS | Veterans Exam Request Information System |
VERP | Veterans Enrollment Rework Project |
VESO | Veterans Employment Service Office |
VES | Veterans Evaluation Services |
VETSNET | Veterans Service Network |
VETS | VHA Enterprise Terminology Services |
VE | Veterans Experience |
VE | Vietnam Era |
VE | VistA Evolution |
VEV | Vietnam Era Veterans |
VFA | Veterans Financial Assessment |
VFE | Virtual Front End |
VFIB | Ventricular Fibrillation |
VFIRP | Veteran-Focused Internet Redesign Project |
VFS | Veteran-facing Services |
VFT | Veterans-Facing Tools |
VF | Ventricular Fibrillation |
VFW | Veterans of Foreign Wars |
VGIA | Veteran-Guest Internet Access |
VGLI | Veterans Group Life Insurance |
VG | Ventrogluteal |
VHACO | Veterans Health Administration Central Office |
VHAIP | VHA Innovation Program |
VHA | Veterans Health Administration |
VHEC | Veterans Health Education Coordinator |
VHEI | Veterans Health Education and Information |
VHF | Very High Frequency |
VHIC | Veteran Health Identification Card |
VHIE | Veterans Health Information Exchange |
VHIM | VHA Health Information Model |
VHIT | Veterans Health Information Technology |
VHL | Veterans Health Library |
VHP | Veterans Health Plan |
VHS | Veterans Health Study |
VH | Veterans Home |
V/H | Visual Hallucinations |
VIA | VistA Integration Adapter |
VICCS | Veteran Intake Conversion and Communication Services |
VICTARS | Veterans Insurance Claims Tracking and Response System |
VICTORS | Visual Impairment Services to Optimize Remaining Sight |
VIC | Veteran Identification Card |
VIDC | VistA Imaging Display Client |
VIERS | Veteran Identity/Eligibility Reporting System |
VIE | VistA Interface Engine |
VIE | Vitria Interface Engine |
VIF | VHA Information Factory |
VIMM | VistA Immunization Enhancements |
VIMM | VistA Immunizations |
VIM | Veterans Information Model |
VINCI | VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure |
VIPR | Veteran-Focused Integration Process Request |
VIP | Very Important Person |
VIP | Veteran Information Portal |
VIP | Veteran-focused Integration Process |
VIP | VistA Intake Program |
VIP | Vocational Integration Program |
VIQ | VA Intranet Quorum |
VIREC | VA Information Resource Center |
VIRMSS | VHP Information Resources Management Support Service |
VIRO | Veterans Informatics Resource Office |
VISN | Veterans Integrated Service Network. Responsible for managing VA Medical Centers (VAMC) within a region. |
VISOR | Visual Impairment Services Outpatient Rehabilitation |
VI-SPDAT | Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assessment Tool |
VistA 4 | VistA version 4 |
VistA | Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture |
VIST | Visual Impairment Services Team |
VIS | Veteran's Information Solution |
VIS | Veterans Information System |
VITALS | Veterans Information Technology Acquisition of Lifecycle Solution |
VITAS | Veterans Implant Tracking & Alert System |
VIVA | Veterans Information and Verification Access |
VI | Veteran Industries |
VIX | VistA Imaging Exchange |
VJO | Veterans Justice Outreach |
VLER | Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record |
VLJ | Veterans Law Judge |
VLSN | VISN Lead Surgical Nurse |
VM MSG | Voice Mail Message |
VMEC | VistA Maintenance & Expertise Center |
VMIT | VA OED Memorial Affairs Information Technology |
VMLI | Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance |
VMM | Value Measuring Methodology |
VMP | VistA Maintenance Project |
VMS | Virtual Memory System |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VNA | Visiting Nurse Association |
VOA | Veteran's On-Line Application |
VOA | Virtual Office Acquisition |
VOB | Versioned Object Base (IBM Rational ClearCase Tool) |
VOIP | Voice Over Internet Protocol |
VONAPP | Veterans Online Application |
VORP | VISN Ongoing Readiness Program |
VORS | Veterans Outreach Reporting System |
VOR | Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Obligation Report |
VOR | Vetsnet Operational Report |
VOSB | Veteran-Owned Small Business |
VOVA | Voice of VA |
VOW | Veterans Opportunity to Work |
VOXML | Voice XML |
VPAT | Voluntary Product Accessibility Template |
VPA | VIERS Person Adapter |
VPC | Virtual Private Cloud |
VPFS | Veterans Personal Finance System |
VPID | Veterans Affairs Person Identifier |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
VPR | Virtual Patient Record |
VPS | Veteran Point of Service |
VP | Veteran Programs |
VRAM | VistA Remote Access Management |
VRAP | Veterans Retraining Assistance Program |
VRB | Value Review Board |
VRC | Veteran Recovery Center |
VR&C | Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling |
VRC | Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor |
VR&E | Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment |
VRHAC | Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee |
VRHRC | Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers |
VRI | Veterans Reopened Life Insurance |
VRM | Veteran Resource Management |
VRM | Veterans Record Management |
VRM | Veterans Relationship Management |
VRSS | Veteran Re-Entry Search Service |
VRS | Vendor Registration System |
VRS | VLER Read Service |
VRS | Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist |
VRUM | VistA Resource Utilization Management |
VRU | Veterans Relationship Management |
VSAC | Value Set Authority Center |
VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
VSA | Veteran-facing Services Applications |
VSA | VistA Service Assembler |
VSB | Virtual Suggestion Box |
VSCM | Veteran Service Center Manager |
VSC | Veteran Service Commission |
VSC | Veterans Service Center |
VSE | VistA Scheduling Enhancements |
VSHO | VHA Servicing Human Resources Office |
VSH | Virtual Server Hosts |
VSIP | Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments |
VSI | Very Seriously Injured |
VSI | Voluntary Separation Incentive |
VSLI | Veterans' Special Life Insurance |
VSO | Veterans Service Officer |
VSO | Veterans Service Organization |
VSP | Veteran-facing Services Platform |
VSP | Virtual Storage Platform |
VSR | Veterans Service Representative |
VSSC | VHA Support Service Center |
VSS | Vital Signs Stable |
VSS | Voluntary Service System |
VS | Vital Signs |
VSV | Veterans Serving Veterans |
VTACH | Ventricular Tachycardia |
VTA | Veterans Tracking Application |
VTC | Veterans Treatment Court |
VTC | Video Teleconferencing |
VTE | Venous Thromboembolism |
VTE | Virtual Terminal Emulator |
VTN | Veterans Transportation Network |
VTS | Veterans Transportation Service |
VTS | Virtual Tape Subsystem |
VUID | Veterans Health Administration Unique Identifier |
V/U | Verbalizes and Understands |
VVA | Virtual VA |
VVC | VA Video Connect |
V. | Versus |
VVO | Verified verbal order |
VVS | Video Visits Service |
VWM | VHA Work Measurement |
Vx | VistA Exchange |
W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
WAFPS | Web Automated Folder Processing Systems |
WAH | Work At Home |
WAIS | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
WAIS | Wide Area Information Service (Web indexing & searching) |
WAMC | Womack Army Medical Center |
WAM | Web Access Manager |
WAN FOG | Wide Area Network Follow-on Work Group |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
WARM | Web Automated Reference Material System |
WARTAC | Warrior Training Advancement Course |
WASA | Web Application Security Assessment |
WASR | Web Application Status Report |
WATCH | Women's Assessment Tool for Comprehensive Health |
WAVE | Web Automated Verification of Enrollment |
WBLS | Web Based Loan Summary |
WBNB | Wideband Narrowband |
WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
WBT | Web-Based Training |
WB | Weight Bearing |
WC DI | Workforce Committee Diversity and Inclusion Sub-committee |
WC LOT | Workforce Committee Learning Organization Transformation Subcommittee |
WCCC | Woman's Comprehensive Care Center |
WCHIP | Women's Comprehensive Health Care Implementation Plan |
WCNC | Washington Crossing National Cemetery |
WC/OSH MIS | Workers Comp/Occupational Safety Health Management Information System |
WCO | Web Communications Officer |
WCP | Workers Compensation Program |
W/C | Wheel Chair |
W/C | Workers' Compensation |
WDDE | Ward Drug Dispensing Equipment |
WDDX | Web Dynamic Data Exchange |
WEAMS | Web Enabled Approval Management System |
WEBALPS | WEB based Automated Loan Processing System |
WEBCIMS | Web Correspondence & Issues Management System |
WEBTA | Web-based Time and Attendance |
WEDI | Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange |
WED | Wednesday |
WFL | Within Functional Limits |
WFM | Work Force Management |
WH PCP | Women's Health Primary Care Provider |
WHEC CES | Whole Health Experience Committee Communication and Education Subcommittee |
WHEI | Women's Health Evaluation Initiative |
WHEN | Weekends, holidays, evenings, nights |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WHYMPI | Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory |
WIGI | Within-Grade Increase |
Windows NT | Windows New Technology |
WIPT | Working Integrated Project Team |
WIP | Work in Process |
WIR | Wireless Infrastructure Replacement |
WITS | Work Intake and Tracking Systems |
WITS | Workforce Information Systems (PAID) |
WK | Week |
WLA | West Los Angeles |
WMCO | Workforce Management and Consulting Office |
WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
WMIS | Wireless Controlled Substances |
WML | Wireless Markup Language |
WMTS | Wireless Medical Telemetry Services |
WM | With Meals |
WNL | Within Normal Limits |
WNR | Will Not Reimburse |
WOC | Without Compensation |
WOFT | Warrant Officer Flight Training |
W/O | With Out |
WO | Write Off |
WPI | Wholesale Price Index |
WPMEA | Workforce Planning, Management and Employee Administration |
WRAH | Walter Reed Army Hospital |
WRAMC | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
WRAP | Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
WRIISC | War-related Illness and Injury Study Centers |
WRT | With Regards To |
WSCR | Web Service Change Request |
WSDL | Web Services Description Language |
WSIP | (VA) Web Search Improvement Project |
WSRR | WebSphere Registry and Repository |
WTEMS | What The Evidence Must Show |
WT | Weight |
WVCS | Women Veterans Cohort Study |
WVHSHG | Women Veterans Health Strategic Healthcare Group |
WVPM | Women Veterans Program Manager |
WWII | World War II |
WWI | World War I |
WWP | Wounded Warriors Project |
WWU | Weighted Work Unit |
WWW | World Wide Web |
WYSIWYG | What you see is what you get |
X11 | An implementation of X-Windows System |
X12 | Identification number for ANSI standard committee and the standards the committee issues |
XACML | Extensible Access Control Markup Language |
XDR | External Data Representation |
XLA | eXecutable Library Architecture |
XMI | XML Metadata Interchange |
XML XQL | Extensive Markup Language XML Query Language |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
XRT | Radiation therapy |
XSL | Extensible Stylesheet Language |
XUA | Cross Enterprise User Assertion |
Y2K | Year 2000 |
YO | Year Old |
ZIFA | Zachman Institute for Framework |
ZIP | Common File format for Data Compression |
ZIP | Zone Improvement Program |
VA staff should use the VA Glossary. This and other resources are listed on the Employee Resource Center.