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VA Acronyms 2010 List #4

  • Monday, March 22, 2010 14:14
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    G&4 General and Administrative (cost)
    G&A G&A General and Administrative (cost) Integration,
    Design, Development, Operations
    G2B Government to Business 07/09/04
    G2C Government to Consumer 07/09/04
    GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
    GAAS Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
    GAF Global Assessment of Functioning 07/09/04
    GAGAS Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards
    GAO General Accounting Office An organization that reviews and evaluates federal
    programs for Congress.
    06/27/07
    GASB Government Accounting Standards Board
    GBL GBL Government Bill of Lading
    GC General Council 07/09/04
    GCP Good Clinical Practice 07/09/04
    GCPR Government Computer-Based Patient Record A collaborative partnership (VA, DoD, IHS) to improve
    public and individual health status.
    06/27/07
    GCPR or G-CPR Government-Computer-based Patient Record (See
    FHIE)
    07/09/04
    GCS Government Consulting Services 07/09/04
    GEC Geriatrics and Extended Care 06/22/07
    GEHR Good Electronic Health Record A major part of the work of the open EHR Foundation, is
    an evolving electronic health record architecture
    designed to be comprehensive, portable and medicolegally
    robust.
    06/20/07
    GERD Gastroesophogeal Reflex Disease Results from a greater than normal degree of reflux of
    acid contents of the stomach upward through the
    esophagogastric sphincter, which can lead to
    inflammation of the esophagus (reflux esophagitis).
    06/25/07
    GETS Government Emergency Telecommunications Service 07/09/04
    GEU Geriatric Evaluation Unit 07/09/04
    GFE Government Furnished Equipment 07/09/04
    GFE/GFI Government Furnished Equipment/Information 07/09/04
    GFI Government Furnished Information 07/09/04
    GFP Government Furnished Property
    GGAC Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee 07/09/04
    GHC Group Health Cooperative GHC is a not-for-profit health maintenance organization
    (HMO). It is a staff-model HMO, meaning that its
    physicians are salaried employees.
    GIAT Government Installation Acceptance Test 07/09/04
    GIDEP Government-Industry Data Exchange Program
    GIGO garbage in garbage out 07/09/04
    GILS Government Information Locator System 07/09/04
    GIP Generic Inventory Package An automated supply accounting system. 06/20/07
    GIS Generic Interface System 07/09/04
    GISRA Government Information Security Reform Act 07/09/04
    GITSS Global Information Technology Support Services 06/22/07
    GLIF Guideline Interchange Format 07/09/04
    Acronym Full Term Description
    Date
    Updated
    Glossary of Acronyms
    We in the Federal Government tend to use terms and abbreviations a great deal in our conversations or correspondence and sometimes we forget that not everyone knows what the
    mean! Here are some commonly used terms and acronyms in Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that may be unfamiliar to you.
    GMC General Medical Clinic 07/09/04
    GMDN Global Medical Device Nomenclature 06/13/07
    GMT Geographic Means Test 07/09/04
    GOCO Government-Owned/Contractor-Operated
    GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile The U.S. government's OSI protocols that address
    communication and inter-operation of computer
    systems across government agencies.
    06/20/07
    GOT Government-Off-The-Shelf 07/09/04
    GOTS Government Off The Shelf Refers to items produced for the Government that are
    available for general use within Government programs
    that were developed by or for the Government, passed
    acceptance testing, and be operating under government
    control.
    06/20/07
    GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act Agencies must generally provide for the optional use
    and acceptance of electronic documents and signatures,
    and electronic record keeping where practicable, by
    October 2003.
    06/20/07
    GPMRC Global Patient Movement Requirements Center 07/09/04
    GPO Geographic Provider Organization 07/09/04
    GPO Government Printing Office
    GPRA Government Performance & Results Act To provide for the establishment of strategic planning
    and performance measurement in the Federal
    Government, and for other purposes.
    06/20/07
    GRECC Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center 07/09/04
    GRM Government Reference Information Model 07/09/04
    GRM Government Furnished Material
    GSA General Services Administration 07/09/04
    GSA Government Services Administration
    G-SIG Government Special Interest Group 07/09/04
    GUI Graphic User Interface 07/09/04
    GUIDE Policy Guidance and Development Center 06/13/07
    GWOT Global War on Terrorism Campaign which includes various military, political, and
    legal actions to curb the spread of terrorism.
    09/17/07
    H&PE History and Physical Examination 07/09/04
    H)IQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (contract)
    HA/OA HA/OA Health Affairs/Office Automation
    HA/OQ Health Affairs/Office Automation
    HAC Health Administration Center 07/09/04
    HAD Health Administration Service (Formerly MAS) 06/13/07
    HAIG Healthcare Analysis Information Group 06/13/07
    HANDS Hand-On Automated Nursing Data System An electronic syste for care planning that maintains
    stadardization of documentation and communication of
    the plan of care, while supporting the interdisciplinary
    team in monitoring patient problems, interventions and
    progress towards outcomes.
    08/05/08
    HAS Health Administration Services 07/09/04
    HAZDAT Hazardous Substance Release and Health Effects
    Database
    A database of information on the release of hazardous
    substances from Superfund sites or from emergency
    events, and on the effects of hazardous substances on
    the health of human populations.
    07/12/07
    HB&P Health Budget and Programs Healthcare Organizations
    HBA Health Benefits Advisor
    HBHC Hospital Based Home Care is now HBHC 07/09/04
    Acronym Full Term Description
    Date
    Updated
    Glossary of Acronyms
    We in the Federal Government tend to use terms and abbreviations a great deal in our conversations or correspondence and sometimes we forget that not everyone knows what the
    mean! Here are some commonly used terms and acronyms in Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that may be unfamiliar to you.
    HBOC (One of the largest vendors of hospital system
    information software)
    07/09/04
    HBPC Home Based Primary Care 07/09/04
    HCC Health Care Center
    HCF Health Care Finder K Contract (symbol for)
    HCFA Health Care Financing Administration As of July 1, 2001, HCFA was renamed the Centers for
    Medicare and Medicaid Services. See the entry for CMS.
    07/09/04
    HCFA Health Care Financing Administration KO Contracting
    Officer (also referred to as CO)
    HCFE Health Care Financing & Economics Studies health care costs, cost effectiveness of care and
    methods of financing health services delivery.
    12/17/04
    HCHV Health Care for Homeless Veterans 07/09/04
    HCIL Health Care Information Line KR Contractor
    HC-ISAC HealthCare Information Sharing and Analysis Center 07/09/04
    HCMI Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill 07/09/04
    HCN Health Care Network
    HCP Health Care Provider LA Lead Agent
    HCPCS Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System 06/13/07
    HCPR Health Care Provider Record
    HCQCUS Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization
    Studies
    06/13/07
    HCRIS Healthcare Cost Report Information System 06/13/07
    HCS Health Care System
    HCSCLA Health Care Studies and Clinical Investigation Activity
    LOE Level of Effort
    HCSDRO Health Care Staff Development and Retention Office 07/09/04
    HCSPO Health Care Systems Program Office, DMSSC
    (contracting method where hours are purchased)
    HCSR Health Care Service Record LOS Length of Stay
    HCSSA Health Care Systems Support Activity
    HCUP Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project HCUP is a family of healthcare databases and related
    software. HCUP databases bring together the data
    collection efforts of state data organizations, hospital
    associations, private data organizations, and the federal
    government to create a national information resource of
    patient-level healthcare data.
    06/13/07
    HDD Health Data Dictionary 06/22/07
    HDI Health Data Informatics This office is VHA's subject matter and policy expert
    regarding data contained in veterans' electronic health
    records and in national data systems
    01/15/09
    HDR Health Data Repository (formerly: Clinical Data
    Repository CDR)
    A repository of clinical information normally residing on
    one or more independent platforms for use by clinicians
    and other personnel in support of patient- centric care.
    06/20/07
    HDS Health Data Systems 06/22/07
    HEA Health Enterprise Architecture 06/22/07
    HEAR Health Evaluation and Assessment of Risk
    HEC Health Eligibility Center 07/09/04
    HEDIS Health Plan and Employer Data and Information Set 07/09/04
    Acronym Full Term Description
    Date
    Updated
    Glossary of Acronyms
    We in the Federal Government tend to use terms and abbreviations a great deal in our conversations or correspondence and sometimes we forget that not everyone knows what the
    mean! Here are some commonly used terms and acronyms in Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that may be unfamiliar to you.
    HERC Health Economics Resource Center A national center that assists VA researchers in
    assessing the cost-effectiveness of medical care,
    evaluating the efficiency of VA programs and providers,
    and conducting high-quality health economics research.
    12/02/04
    HFMEA Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Identifies and improves steps in a process ensuring a
    safe and clinically desirable outcome. A systematic
    approach to identify and prevent product and process
    problems before they occur.
    06/20/07
    HFPA Health Facilities Planning Agency
    HHA Home Health Agency 05/30/07
    HHAS Headquarters Health Administration Services 07/09/04
    HHC Home Health Care
    HHS Health and Human Services 07/09/04
    HHS Department of Health and Human Services
    HHSC Healthcare Information Integration Support Committee
    HIA Health Information Architecture A comprehensive and integrated framework designed to
    facilitate achievement of the Administration's business
    objectives that also provides the context for making
    effective decisions regarding information resources
    throughout VHA.
    06/25/07
    HIAA Health Insurance Association of America
    HILS Heterogeneous Information Locator Service An interface specification addressing the location of
    information from across potentially heterogeneous
    sources and returning those locations so that calling
    applications can request their desired information.
    06/25/07
    HIM Health Information Management 07/09/04
    HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems
    Society
    07/09/04
    HINN Hospital Issued Notices on Non-Coverage
    HINQ Hospital Inquiry 07/09/04
    HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
    1996
    A law passed by Congress in 1996 that requires the
    Department of Health and Human Services to
    implement regulations that will require the use of
    specific standards related to health care claims, code
    sets, identifiersand security.
    06/20/07
    HIPDB Health Integrity and Protection Data Bank Helps to counter fraud and abuse in health insurance
    and health care delivery. A flagging system to alert
    users that a more comprehensive review of a
    practitioner’s, provider’s, or supplier’s past actions may
    be prudent.
    06/20/07
    HIRS Health Information Resources Service 07/09/04
    HIS Hospital Information System 07/09/04
    HIS Indian Health Service 07/09/04
    HIS Indian Health Service or Integrated Hospital System
    HISB Healthcare Informatics Standards Board 07/09/04
    HISBA Health Information Standards Board 07/09/04
    HISEB Health Information Systems Executive Board 06/13/07
    HISPP Health Care Informatics Standards Planning Panel 07/09/04
    HISS Health Information Security Service 07/09/04
    HITS Health IT Sharing Provides programmatic, analytical, and administrative
    support to enable real-time, seamless sharing of critical
    health data between VA and DoD’s Military Health
    System.
    01/15/09
    HITSP Health Information Technology Standards Panel 06/22/07
    Acronym Full Term Description
    Date
    Updated
    Glossary of Acronyms
    We in the Federal Government tend to use terms and abbreviations a great deal in our conversations or correspondence and sometimes we forget that not everyone knows what the
    mean! Here are some commonly used terms and acronyms in Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that may be unfamiliar to you.
    HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus 07/09/04
    HL7 Health Level 7 (standard for electronic data
    exchange/messaging protocol)
    HL7 is a standards organization primarily focused on
    message- oriented middleware for healthcare
    06/20/07
    HL7 RIM Health Level 7 Reference Information Model Serves as the foundation to both identify the classes
    and attributes being addressed by HL7 standards, and
    to ensure that each has semantic consistency whenever
    they are referenced as part of HL7 activities.
    06/20/07
    HMO Health Maintenance Organization
    HOLAR Hearing Officer Letters and Reports Database system used to maintain hearing officer
    schedules and data and permits automatic letter and
    report generation.
    06/25/07
    HOST Healthcare Open Systems and Trials 07/09/04
    HOST Hybrid Open Systems Technology 07/09/04
    HOST
    (Federal)
    Healthcare Open Systems and Trials 07/09/04
    HOST (VA
    Program)
    Hybrid Open Systems Technology 07/09/04
    HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications 07/09/04
    HPDM High Performance Development Model Provides a framework for the Veterans Health
    Administration to develop a highly skilled, customercentered
    workforce by focusing on eight core
    competencies.
    06/20/07
    HPMO Health Information Technology Project Management
    Office
    06/13/07
    HPS Health Provider Systems 06/22/07
    HQ Headquarters (used by VHA only) 07/09/04
    HR Human Resources 07/09/04
    HRAC Healthcare Resource Access Control 07/09/04
    HRD Health Data Repository 06/13/07
    HRM Human Resources Management 07/09/04
    HRML Human Resources Management Letter 07/09/04
    HRMS Human Resources Management Service 07/09/04
    HRPP Human Research Protection Program 07/09/04
    HRQoL Health Related Quality of Life 07/09/04
    HRSA Health Resources Services Administration 07/09/04
    HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
    HS&FO Health Science and Force Optimization Develops policy for, and oversees health research and
    clinical investigations conducted under the Defense
    Health Program
    07/12/07
    HSC Health Systems Committee 07/09/04
    HSD&D Health Systems Design and Development Focuses on the design, development, and maintenance
    of the VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems
    Technology Architecture) system.
    06/25/07
    HSES Health Systems Executive Service 07/09/04
    HSHC Hawaii State Healthcare Corporation 07/09/04
    HSO Healthcare Support Office
    HSPMO Health Systems Procurement Management Office
    HSPO Health Systems Program Office
    HSR&D Health Services Research and Development 06/13/07
    HSRDATA Health Services Research Data 06/13/07
    HSRO Health Systems Review Organization Performed internal review processes in VA medical
    centers (VAMCs), as well as external reviews of VAMCs.
    06/25/07
    HSRS Human Subjects Research 06/13/07
    Acronym Full Term Description
    Date
    Updated
    Glossary of Acronyms
    We in the Federal Government tend to use terms and abbreviations a great deal in our conversations or correspondence and sometimes we forget that not everyone knows what the
    mean! Here are some commonly used terms and acronyms in Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs that may be unfamiliar to you.
    HSSPO Health Support Systems Program Office, DMSSC MHS
    Military Health System
    HTML Hypertext Markup Language 07/09/04
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol 07/09/04
    HUG Human User Group 07/09/04
    HVAC House Veterans Affairs Committee The committee in the U.S. House of Representatives
    that is responsible for veterans benefits legislation.
    06/27/07
    HVT HealtheVet 06/13/07

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