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10-10 EZ VA Form 10-10 EZ Application for Health Benefits July 13, 2004
10N Washington DC VACO June 11, 2014
1U4N 1st letter last name + last 4 of SSN November 22, 2005
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2FA 2-Factor Authentication April 17, 2014
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3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard Added prior to March 2003
3GL 3rd Generation Language July 26, 2004
3R Recruitment, Retention and Relocation Allowances February 04, 2010
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4WW Four Wheeled Walker May 07, 2014
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776 VHA CIO Administration System November 08, 2005

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A&A Aid and Attendance April 03, 2014

A&A Advisory & Assistance May 17, 2004

A&A Assessment and Authorization October 29, 2015

A&A LETTER Aid & Attendance Letter November 29, 2012

A&MMS Aquisitions and Materials Management Service January 11, 2005

A&PC Ambulatory and Primary Care December 14, 2016

A/D alcohol and drug June 16, 2015

A/E Architect/Engineer November 22, 2005

A/H Auditory Hallucinations October 31, 2007

A/O Administrative Offices February 04, 2010

A/OPC Agency/Organization Program Coordinator May 02, 2007

A/R Accounts Receivable November 22, 2005

AA Attorney-Adviser July 13, 2004

AAA Authentication, Authorization & Access July 13, 2004

AAA Area Agencies on Aging Added prior to March 2003

AAA Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm June 09, 2010

AAALAC American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care March 18, 2009

AAAPS Automatic Appraiser Assignment Processing Center April 03, 2014

AABB American Association of Blood Banks November 22, 2005

AAC Austin Automation Center (3/08 See AITC) March 13, 2008

AACS Automated Allocation & Control System Added prior to March 2003

AADF Activation Advance Development Fund November 22, 2005

AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service December 15, 2016

AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians May 09, 2007

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AAGP American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry March 17, 2009

AAH Academy on Architecure for Health November 22, 2005

AAH Account Activity History December 15, 2016

AAHRPP

Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection

Programs

March 18, 2009

AAIP Authorization and Authentication Infrastructure Program September 24, 2004

AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges Added prior to March 2003

AAMI Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation November 29, 2012

AAMS Automated Acquisition Management System February 18, 2010

AAR After Action Report November 05, 2008

AARP Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons February 18, 2010

AASLD American Academy for the Study of Liver Disease October 20, 2006

AB antibiotic October 10, 2006

ABC Activity Based Costing November 22, 2005

ABD OR ABD Abdomen August 04, 2014

ABEND Abnormal End February 18, 2010

ABG Arterial Blood Gas November 29, 2012

ABI Analytics and Business Intelligence April 09, 2014

ABO Absent Bed Occupant November 29, 2012

ABOI Administrative Board of Investigation (ABOI) April 30, 2014

ABR Annual Benefits Report April 23, 2014

ABX Antibiotics April 17, 2014

AC Ambulatory Care Added prior to March 2003

AC Actual Cost July 13, 2004

AC Associate Chief of Staff November 22, 2005

AC Acceleration Clause November 22, 2005

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AC anticubital June 16, 2015

ACA Advanced Clinic Access April 27, 2004

ACA Affordable Care Act March 21, 2014

ACAP Access and Clinic Administration Program April 03, 2015

ACBE Air Contrast Barium Enema June 08, 2012

ACC Ambultory Care Center December 08, 2011

ACC Accounting Classification Code November 22, 2005

ACCME Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education July 10, 2007

ACD Automated Call Distributor November 22, 2005

ACDF Antreior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion April 21, 2016

ACE Accountable Customer Experience February 06, 2015

ACE Acceptable Clinical Evidence April 03, 2015

ACEC American Consulting Engineers Council November 22, 2005

ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians Added prior to March 2003

ACES Attendance and Cost Estimation System May 07, 2014

ACG Ambulatory Care Group Added prior to March 2003

ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Added prior to March 2003

ACH Automated Clearing House November 22, 2005

ACHE American College of Health Executives Added prior to March 2003

ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation November 22, 2005

ACI American Concrete Institute November 22, 2005

ACI Accelerating Care Initiative September 23, 2014

ACI Accelerated Care Initiative September 23, 2014

ACIO Associate Chief Information Officer July 13, 2004

ACL Access Control List March 23, 2007

ACL Audit Command Language December 15, 2016

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ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support October 01, 2003

ACM Audit Compliance Module April 10, 2014

ACMD Assistant Chief Medical Director Added prior to March 2003

ACMIS Acquisition Career Management Information System February 18, 2010

ACNS Associate Chief Nursing Service July 12, 2006

ACO Administrative Contracting Officer November 22, 2005

ACOA Adult Children of Alcoholics November 22, 2005

ACOE Accreditation Council on Optometric Education November 22, 2005

ACOE Agile Center of Excellence April 01, 2021

ACOM Associate Chief of Medicine May 07, 2014

ACOS Associate Chief of Staff Added prior to March 2003

ACOS American College of Surgeons Added prior to March 2003

ACOS/E Associate Chief of Staff for Education Added prior to March 2003

ACOS/EC Associate Chief of Staff for Extended Care Added prior to March 2003

ACOVE Assessing Care Of Vulnerable Elders December 13, 2006

ACP American College of Physicians May 09, 2007

ACPE American Council for Pharmaceutical Education July 10, 2007

ACP-GV Advance Care Planning via Group Visits April 01, 2021

ACR American College of Radiology August 10, 2010

ACRB Architectural Change and Review Board November 22, 2005

ACRE Artifact Central Repository October 04, 2010

ACRP Ambulatory Care Reporting Program Added prior to March 2003

ACRS Accelerated Cost Recovery System November 22, 2005

ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome February 22, 2005

ACS Access Services December 15, 2016

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ACSC ambulatory care sensitive conditions March 09, 2021

ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy April 23, 2014

ACWP Actual Cost for Work Performed July 22, 2003

AD Assistant Director July 13, 2004

AD Active Directory June 08, 2005

AD Advanced Directive February 18, 2010

ADA Antideficiency Act September 20, 2010

ADA Associate Deputy Administrator Added prior to March 2003

ADA American Diabetes Association May 19, 2015

ADAAA Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act March 02, 2009

ADAAG Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines November 22, 2005

ADAD After Date of Award Document May 10, 2010

ADAPT Ambulatory Detoxification and Preparation for Treatment April 23, 2014

ADAS Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary Added prior to March 2003

ADC Average Daily Census November 22, 2005

ADC Average Days to Complete April 23, 2014

ADC Active Dual Consumer December 15, 2003

ADC Alzheimer's Disease Center March 17, 2009

ADC Application Development Competency February 06, 2015

ADCC Alzheimer's Disease Core Center November 22, 2005

ADCIO Assistant Deputy Chief Information Officer February 01, 2010

ADCMD Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director Added prior to March 2003

ADDM Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping March 23, 2015

ADDP Assistant Director Development Program December 10, 2014

ADE Adverse Drug Event November 09, 2004

ADERS Adverse Drug Event Reporting System December 18, 2007

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ADFS Active Directory Federated Services April 06, 2006

ADHC Adult Day Health Care November 22, 2005

ADHF Acute decomensated heart failure October 22, 2015

ADI Awaiting Development initiation October 22, 2015

ADL Automated Decision Letter June 16, 2015

ADL Activities of Daily Living March 17, 2009

ADM Acquisition Decision Memorandum May 01, 2014

ADP Average Days Pending June 16, 2015

ADPAC Automated Data Processing Application Coordinator Added prior to March 2003

ADPSO Automated Data Processing Security Officer Added prior to March 2003

ADR Average Daily Rate November 22, 2005

ADR Administrative Data Repository June 08, 2005

ADR Adverse Drug Event November 09, 2004

ADR Adverse Drug Reaction July 13, 2004

ADR Additional Development Review October 12, 2010

ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution February 13, 2006

ADRADA Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association Added prior to March 2003

ADS Average Daily Salary November 22, 2005

ADSM Active Duty Service Member June 21, 2010

ADT Automated Data Transfer July 13, 2004

ADT Admission/Discharge/Transfer Added prior to March 2003

ADT/R Admissions, Discharge, Transfer/Registration Added prior to March 2003

ADUSH VHA Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health (ADUSH) March 26, 2009

AE Application Entity April 23, 2014

AECGIS Automated Electrocardiographic Interpretive Systems Added prior to March 2003

AECO A/E Change Order November 22, 2005

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AED Automated External Defibrillator November 29, 2012

AED Anti-Epileptic Drug December 15, 2016

AEIC Advanced Earned Income Credit July 06, 2010

AEM Area Emergency Manager May 13, 2003

AEMAS Affirmative Employment Monitoring and Analysis System November 22, 2005

AEMS/MERS

Automated Engineering Management System/Medical Equipment

Reporting

Added prior to March 2003

AEO Assistant Education Officer July 23, 2021

AEPS Affiliated Education Programs Service Added prior to March 2003

AERB Architecture Engineering Review Board June 11, 2014

AES Advanced Encryption Standard June 21, 2010

AES Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron May 26, 2011

AES All Employee Survey February 25, 2008

AES American Epilepsy Society December 15, 2016

AEU Affected End User June 25, 2014

AEW Audit Error Worksheet June 22, 2015

AF/SC Air Force Surgeon General November 22, 2005

AF/SG Air Force Surgeon General May 26, 2011

AFB Allocated Functional Baseline July 13, 2004

AFC Austin Finance Center November 22, 2005

AFCEA Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Added prior to March 2003

AFEB Armed Forces Epidemiological Board Added prior to March 2003

AFGE American Federation of Government Employees Added prior to March 2003

AFGE-NVAC

American Federation of Government Employees-National Veterans

Affairs Council

October 01, 2008

AFHCAN Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network Added prior to March 2003

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AFHCP Alaska Federal Healthcare Partnership Added prior to March 2003

AFHRA Air Force Historical Research Agency December 15, 2016

AFIB Atrial Fibrilation August 14, 2014

AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Added prior to March 2003

AFMA Automated Fabrication of Mobility Acts November 22, 2005

AFNOC Air Force Network Operation Center Added prior to March 2003

AFO Ankle-Foot Othosis Added prior to March 2003

AFPS Automated Folder Processing System July 13, 2004

AFRRI Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Added prior to March 2003

AFSN Air Force Systems Network Added prior to March 2003

AFVSS afebrile, vital signs stable May 01, 2014

AGC Associated General Contractors of America November 22, 2005

AGE ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS April 01, 2014

AGI Adjusted Gross Income November 22, 2005

AGO Agent Orange November 22, 2005

AGS Adjacent Gravesite Set-Aside July 13, 2004

AH/VH Auditory Hallucinations/Visual Hallucinations June 01, 2010

AHA American Hospital Association Added prior to March 2003

AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (see AHRQ) Added prior to March 2003

AHE Associated Health Education November 22, 2005

AHERA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act July 05, 2011

AHHA American Holistic Health Association August 14, 2008

AHIC American Health Information Community (Now NeHC) February 03, 2009

AHIMA American Health Information Management Association Added prior to March 2003

AHIP America's Health Insurance Plans May 27, 2016

AHIS Automated Hospital Information System May 19, 2015

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AHJ Authority Having Jurisdiction November 22, 2005

AHLTA Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (DoD) March 21, 2014

AHPA American Health Planning Association Added prior to March 2003

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR) Added prior to March 2003

AHSE American Society for Health Care Engineering Added prior to March 2003

AHTLA AHLTA - Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology April 23, 2014

AI Artificial Intelligence July 13, 2004

AIA American Institute of Architects November 22, 2005

AIB Administrative Investigation Board May 07, 2014

AIBS American Institute for Biological Sciences November 22, 2005

AIC Automated Information Center Added prior to March 2003

AIC Ambulatory Infusion Center October 03, 2011

AIC Architecture and Infrastructure Committee October 04, 2010

AICC Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee October 11, 2011

AICD Automated Impmlantable Cardiovascular Defibrillator November 22, 2005

AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants April 17, 2014

AICS Automated Information Collection Systems Added prior to March 2003

AICUZ Airport Clear Zones and Accident Potential Zones November 22, 2005

AID Applied Informatics Deployment July 18, 2014

AIDE Agile Integrated Development Environment June 14, 2011

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Added prior to March 2003

AIFPS Automated Insurance Folder Processing System July 13, 2004

AIM Applied Informatics Management April 23, 2014

AIS Automated Information System Added prior to March 2003

AITBMR Annual Information Technology Budget and Management Report August 04, 2014

AITC Austin Information Technology Center March 13, 2008

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AJCC American Joint Commission on Cancer Added prior to March 2003

AJN American Journal of Nursing November 22, 2005

AKA above the knee amputation October 25, 2011

AKA Also Known As May 12, 2010

AKC Artificial Kidney Center May 01, 2014

AKI Acute Kidney Injury October 27, 2009

AL Annual Leave November 17, 2008

AL Assisted Living March 17, 2009

AL American Legion Added prior to March 2003

ALA American Legion Auxiliary October 20, 2011

ALAC Administrative and Loan Accounting October 04, 2010

ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable April 25, 2011

ALB Account Level Budgeter April 23, 2014

ALBCC Account Level Budget Cost Center July 06, 2009

ALC Agency Location Code November 22, 2005

ALCON All Concerned March 23, 2015

ALF assisted living facility December 14, 2016

ALJ Administrative Law Judge November 22, 2005

ALOC altered level of consciousness September 23, 2014

ALOS Average Length of Stay October 18, 2005

ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis November 08, 2010

ALTA American Land Title Transfer November 22, 2005

AMA Against Medical Advice January 25, 2008

AMA American Medical Association Added prior to March 2003

AMA Appeals Management Act April 01, 2021

AMA Appeals Modernization Act April 01, 2021

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AMA CPT American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology May 07, 2014

AMAS Automated Monument Application System March 15, 2010

AMAS Automated Management Application System Added prior to March 2003

AMB Ambulance August 14, 2014

AMB SURG Ambulatory Surgery April 10, 2014

AMC appeals management center April 23, 2014

AMEDD Army Medical Department August 17, 2005

AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction April 16, 2003

AMIA American Medical Informatics Association Added prior to March 2003

AMIE Automated Medical Information Exchange Added prior to March 2003

AMIS Automated Management Information System Added prior to March 2003

AMMS Aquisition and Material Management Services April 18, 2014

AMO Account Management Office December 15, 2016

AMOD Admiting Officer of the Day October 31, 2007

AMR Automated Maintenance Reporting July 28, 2003

AMS Accu-Med Services July 28, 2003

AMS Automated Methadone System July 15, 2004

AMS altered mental status September 23, 2014

AMS Asset Management Service Added prior to March 2003

AMSA Advanced Medical Support Assistant October 22, 2015

AMSUS Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Added prior to March 2003

AMT amount December 15, 2016

AMVAD Automated Masterfile of VA Directives November 22, 2005

AMVETS American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam Added prior to March 2003

ANA American Nurses Association November 22, 2005

ANACE American Nursing Association Code of Ethics April 11, 2007

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ANCC American Nurses Credentialing Center July 10, 2007

ANG Air National Guard April 21, 2011

ANOVA Analysis of Variance November 22, 2005

ANR Automated Notification Reporting July 22, 2003

ANSI American National Standards Institute Added prior to March 2003

ANT Another Neat Tool January 25, 2006

AO Authorizing Official January 15, 2009

AO Administrative Officer July 20, 2010

AO Agent Orange Added prior to March 2003

AOA Analysis of Alternatives July 15, 2004

AOA American Osteopathic Association November 22, 2005

AOC alteration of consciousness April 23, 2014

AOCC Annual Oversight Compliance Certificate April 17, 2014

AOD Administrative Officer of the Day Added prior to March 2003

AOD Administrator On Duty May 07, 2014

AODL Accounting of Disclosure Log September 04, 2015

AONE American Organization of Nurse Executives May 03, 2011

AOPO Agent Orange Projects Office Added prior to March 2003

AOR Agent Orange Registry Added prior to March 2003

AOR Area Of Responsibility December 13, 2006

AOTA American Occupational Therapy Association Added prior to March 2003

AOU Area of Use October 31, 2007

AOWG Agent Orange Working Group (White House) Added prior to March 2003

AP Ankle Pumps September 23, 2008

AP Apical Pulse July 30, 2015

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AP Advanced Payment March 09, 2021

AP NUMBER Acquisition Plan Number April 01, 2021

APA American Psychological Association March 17, 2009

APCW ADULT PROTECTIVE CASE WORKER March 09, 2021

APEC Asian Pacific Economic Cooperative Added prior to March 2003

APEO Associate Deputy Program Executive Officer January 09, 2006

APF Advance Planning Fund November 22, 2005

APG Agency Priority Goal April 30, 2014

API Application Programming Interface March 12, 2009

APM Application Performance Management December 15, 2016

APMF ACQUISITION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK October 27, 2017

APN Advance Practice Nurse June 08, 2010

APO Area Processing Office November 22, 2005

APO Army Post Office September 04, 2015

APOC Administrative Point of Contact June 27, 2011

APP Alternating Pressure Pad February 02, 2011

APP Application Portability Profile July 15, 2004

APP Advanced Practice Professional December 15, 2016

APPS Advanced Practice ProfessionalS April 21, 2016

APPT. appointment October 21, 2014

APRD Accounting Policy & Reporting Division August 03, 2011

APTA American Physical Therapy Association Added prior to March 2003

APU Acute Psychiatric Unit April 01, 2021

APW Architecture Planning Workgroup Added prior to March 2003

AQRS Authorization Quality Review Specialist December 14, 2016

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AR Accounts Receivable Added prior to March 2003

AR Architecture Requirements July 15, 2004

AR/WS Automatic Replinishment/Ward Stock October 31, 2007

ARA Automated Risk Assessment Added prior to March 2003

ARAMIS American Rheumatology Associates Medical Information System Added prior to March 2003

ARB Architecture Review Board February 25, 2008

ARB Accident Review Board June 23, 2008

ARBA Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA) July 12, 2021

ARC American Red Cross June 06, 2006

ARC Amputation Rehabilitation Coordinator September 23, 2011

ARC Adult Rehabilitation Center October 30, 2014

ARC Allocation Resource Center Added prior to March 2003

ARCA Aggregated Root Cause Analysis October 20, 2011

ARCH Access Received Closer to Home April 30, 2014

ARF Acute Renal Failure February 06, 2015

ARF Animal Research Facilities Added prior to March 2003

ARG Application Requirements Group Added prior to March 2003

ARIWG Architecture Requirements and Investment Working Group December 10, 2014

ARK Anesthesia Record Keeper October 15, 2009

ARM Automated Reference Manual July 15, 2004

ARM Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan November 22, 2005

ARM Acquisition Review Module April 01, 2021

ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators July 20, 2009

ARNG ARMY NATIONAL GUARD April 21, 2011

ARNP Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner May 13, 2003

ARO After Receipt of Order May 12, 2010

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ARO After Receipt of Order May 10, 2010

AROM active range of motion March 09, 2021

ARPA Automated Request for Personnel Action November 22, 2011

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act June 21, 2010

ARRT American Registry of Radiologic Technologists February 18, 2010

ARS Automated Response System Added prior to March 2003

ART Adverse Reaction Tracking Added prior to March 2003

ARTS Adverse Reaction Tracking System June 29, 2005

ARU Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit May 24, 2004

AS Application Server February 10, 2004

AS I&T Assistant Secretary for Information & Technology May 07, 2014

AS/IT Assistant Secretary for Office of Information and Technology June 11, 2014

ASA Aspirin Added prior to March 2003

ASA Acetyl Salicylic Acid July 20, 2010

ASAF Automated System Access Forms October 23, 2014

ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine August 09, 2007

ASB Ambulatory Surgery Basic April 10, 2014

ASB Acquisitions Service Bus April 01, 2021

ASC Additional Service Code October 11, 2011

ASC X12 Accredited Standards Committee X12 July 15, 2004

ASCD Automated Service Connection Designation May 30, 2007

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange July 15, 2004

ASCIP Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals April 04, 2011

AsCMD Associate Chief Medical Director Added prior to March 2003

ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology March 16, 2009

ASCVD atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease August 14, 2014

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ASD Architecture, Strategy and Design October 04, 2010

ASD/HA Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs May 07, 2014

ASDP American Society of Dermatopathology April 30, 2014

ASE Application Security Engine July 15, 2004

AS-F Acquisition Service - Frederick April 15, 2014

ASHRM American Society for Healthcare Risk Management November 29, 2012

ASIA American Spinal Injury Association April 04, 2011

ASIH Absent Sick In Hospital Added prior to March 2003

ASIM Automated Security Incident Measurement Added prior to March 2003

ASIS Application Structure and Integration Support July 15, 2004

ASISTS Automated Safety Incident Surveillance and Tracking System Added prior to March 2003

ASLM Application Service Line Manager February 04, 2010

ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One July 27, 2009

ASO arteriosclerosis obliterans April 01, 2021

ASOC Amputee System of Care February 18, 2010

ASP Accrued Services Payable March 31, 2010

ASP Application Service Provider July 15, 2004

ASP Active Server Pages Added prior to March 2003

ASP Antimicrobial Stewardship Program April 23, 2014

ASPEN Automated Standardized Performance Elements Nationwide April 23, 2014

ASPEN Advanced Sites, Planning and Engineering Network July 27, 2009

ASPEN Access Standardized Performance Elements Nationwide April 30, 2014

ASSESS Application Self-Scoring Evaluation Support System Added prior to March 2003

ASSIST Automated Safety Incident Surveillance System November 24, 2010

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials Added prior to March 2003

ASU Authorization Subscription Utility Added prior to March 2003

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ASVAB Armed Service VCocational Aptitude Battery April 10, 2014

ASW Architect Solution Worksheet December 19, 2013

AT Assisitive Technology September 23, 2014

AT Addiction Therapist October 25, 2006

ATA Advanced Technology Attachment February 02, 2006

ATAA ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm July 23, 2021

ATC Attempt To Contact April 16, 2008

ATC Attempted to Contact November 30, 2009

ATIC Advanced Technology Integration Center Added prior to March 2003

ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode Added prior to March 2003

ATO Authority To Operate July 29, 2004

ATOC Authority To Operate with Conditions October 29, 2015

ATOMS Acquisition Task Order Management System April 10, 2014

ATP Acquisition Training Program July 15, 2004

ATRA American Therapeutic Recreation Association May 28, 2009

ATS Artificial Tears October 28, 2011

ATS Addiction Treatment Services October 29, 2015

ATSD Authority To Transmit Sensitive Data September 08, 2011

AUD Alcohol Use Disorder July 31, 2017

AV Architecture View April 23, 2014

AV Atrioventricular August 04, 2014

AVA Anthrax Vaccine Absorbed April 11, 2007

AVANTI Alpha VistA NT Implementation February 01, 2005

AVH Audio Visual Hallucinations June 14, 2011

AVHE Application Virtualization and Hosting Environment December 15, 2016

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AVIVA A Virtual Installation of VistA Architecture April 08, 2010

AVO Appraised Value Offer December 14, 2016

AWE Alternative Work Environment March 09, 2021

AWE Annual Workplace Evaluation March 08, 2011

AWIV Advanced Web Image Viewer October 21, 2009

AWOL Absent Without Leave Added prior to March 2003

AWS Alternate Work Schedule November 22, 2005

AX assessment December 14, 2016

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B Bilateral or Both August 14, 2014

B&D Birch and Davis Associates, Inc. Added prior to March 2003

B&P Bid and Proposal May 12, 2010

B/A Basic Agreement May 12, 2010

B/C because August 27, 2021

B/L Bilateral May 07, 2014

B/L Bilateral May 01, 2014

B/S Benefits/Services Added prior to March 2003

BA Business Architecture April 15, 2010

BAA Business Associate Agreement(s) April 27, 2004

BABOK Business Analysis Body of Knowledge May 07, 2014

BAC Budget At Completion July 22, 2003

BAFO Best of Final Order May 12, 2010

BAH Basic Allowance for Housing December 01, 2010

BAH Booz-Allen & Hamilton Added prior to March 2003

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BAS Benefits Assistance Service February 14, 2012

BBB Bundle Branch Block August 14, 2014

BBM Blood Bank Modernization Added prior to March 2003

BBS Bulletin Board System Added prior to March 2003

BC blood culture June 16, 2015

BC Business Continuity January 21, 2016

BCA Business Continuity Plan July 15, 2004

BCA Board of Contract Appeals May 12, 2010

BCAG Business Community Advisory Group February 06, 2015

BCAG Business Community Advisory Group April 11, 2007

BCBS Blue Cross Blue Shield April 15, 2010

BCC Board Certified Chaplain July 31, 2017

BCE Bar Code Expansion March 08, 2006

BCE-PPI Bar Code Enhancement - Positive Patient Identification October 12, 2010

BCL bar code letter December 15, 2016

BCMA Bar Code Medication Administration Added prior to March 2003

BCMB Business Capability Management Board June 16, 2015

BCP Business Continuity Planning June 22, 2016

BCR Baseline Change Request April 11, 2007

BCRO Bar Code Resource Office August 06, 2007

BCS Business Case Study July 28, 2004

BCVA Best Corrected Visual Acuity December 15, 2016

BCWP Budgeted Cost for Work Performed July 22, 2003

BCWS Budgeted Cost for Work Scheduled July 22, 2003

BDC Boston Development Center Added prior to March 2003

BDC Benefits Delivery Center Added prior to March 2003

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BDD Benefits Delivery at Discharge November 09, 2004

BDI Biological Defense Initiative Added prior to March 2003

BDL Borderline December 15, 2016

BDN Benefits delivery network April 17, 2015

BDN Benefits Delivery Network Added prior to March 2003

BDOC Bed Days of Care Added prior to March 2003

BEC Benefits Executive Council Added prior to March 2003

BEDB Basic Employee Death Benefit May 11, 2011

BESS Biomedical Engineering Support Specialist August 08, 2011

BEST Business Enterprise Solutions and Technologies Added prior to March 2003

BFA Battlefield Acupuncture April 21, 2016

BFELOB Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business December 14, 2016

BFF Business Function Framework May 07, 2014

BFFS Beneficiary Fiduciary Field System April 17, 2015

BG blood glucose May 19, 2015

BGM Blood Glucose Monitor April 01, 2008

BGS Benefits Gateway Service April 01, 2021

BH Behavioral Health November 08, 2010

BHAP Behavior Health Autopsy Program January 21, 2016

BHCG Blood pregnacy test August 14, 2014

BHIE Bidirectional Health Information Exchange (Formerly DSI) December 04, 2007

BHIP Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program April 23, 2014

BHL Behavioral Health Lab March 09, 2021

BI Background Investigation April 28, 2010

BIA Business Impact Analysis February 14, 2012

BIBA Brought in by ambulance, denotes how pt arrived to ER July 25, 2014

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BIBA brought in by ambulance July 25, 2014

BICP BIRLS ICP Update April 17, 2014

BID twice daily August 14, 2014

BIM Business Implementation Manager February 06, 2015

BIN Banking Identification Number August 11, 2006

BINQ BIRLS Inquiry April 17, 2014

BIOS Basic Input Output System October 13, 2022

BIOS Business Integration and Outcomes Services October 13, 2022

BIPAP Bilevel positive airway pressure August 04, 2014

BIPOC black and Indigenous people of color July 12, 2021

BIRLS Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator System March 15, 2010

BISL Business Intelligence Service Line June 11, 2014

BJP Business Justification Package May 07, 2014

BKA Below Knee Amputation March 13, 2006

BLOB Binary Large Object February 07, 2005

BLS Basic LIfe Support March 21, 2014

BLUF Bottom Line Up Front June 06, 2014

BM Boewl movement August 14, 2014

BME Biomedical Engineering February 24, 2004

BMI Body Mass Index Added prior to March 2003

BMI Best Medical Interest April 01, 2021

BMP Basic Metabolic Panel July 20, 2009

BMS Bed Management System August 10, 2010

BMS Bed Management Solution July 30, 2015

BMT Bone Marrow Transplantation Added prior to March 2003

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BMW Bedside Mobile Workstation December 08, 2011

BNI Business Needs and Investment April 16, 2008

BNIB Business Needs and Investment Board October 14, 2008

BNP B-type Natriuretic Peptide August 04, 2014

BNS Business Needs Statement May 07, 2014

BOA Basic Ordering Agreement May 10, 2010

BOC Budget Object Code January 23, 2007

BOC Business Operations Committee February 14, 2012

BOC Buckey of Circuits December 15, 2016

BOP Budget Operating Plan April 23, 2014

BOP Bureau of Prisons Added prior to March 2003

BOP Budget Operating Plan April 23, 2014

BOP Budget Operating Plan April 18, 2014

BOSS Burial Operations Support System Added prior to March 2003

BP Blood Pressure April 23, 2014

BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement Added prior to March 2003

BPC Budget Policy Consultant July 15, 2004

BPE Business Partner Extranet April 03, 2014

BPG Business Partner Gateway October 08, 2003

BPG Business Process Group May 07, 2014

BPH Benign prostatic hyperplasia June 08, 2012

BPIC Business Performance Improvement Committee April 02, 2007

BPMN Business Process Model and Notation May 07, 2014

BPMN Business Process Model and Notation April 23, 2014

BPR Business Process Re-engineering February 10, 2004

BPRA Business Process Re-engineering and Analysis May 07, 2014

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BPRC Budget Planning Review Council Added prior to March 2003

BPSD Benefits Product Support Division October 23, 2014

BQ Best Qualified July 06, 2010

BR OR B/R bathroom August 14, 2014

BRBPR BRIGHT RED BLOOD PER RECTUM April 23, 2014

BRC Blind Rehabilitation Centers November 24, 2010

BRCD Business Requirements Change Document July 18, 2014

BRCD BRCD April 23, 2014

BRD Business Requirements Document August 17, 2011

BRD Business Requirements Document October 31, 2007

BRD Business Requirements Division July 12, 2021

BRECC Baltimore VA Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center (BRECC) October 04, 2004

BREP Business Requirements Engineering Process October 16, 2006

BRH Bureau of Radiological Health Added prior to March 2003

BRIDG Biomedical Research Integrated Domain Group December 15, 2008

BRM Business Relationship Meeting May 12, 2010

BRM Business Reference Model July 15, 2004

BRMO Business Relationship Management Office April 15, 2014

BRO Behavioral Recovery Outreach October 27, 2017

BROS Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialists August 12, 2009

BRP Business Process Re-Engineering July 29, 2004

BRS Blind Rehabilitation Specialist June 15, 2009

BRS Breath Sounds January 26, 2011

BRSV5 Blind Rehabilitation Service Version 5 April 09, 2014

BS BLOOD SUGAR March 09, 2021

BS Business Sponsor June 16, 2015

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BSAD Baseline System Architecture Document October 18, 2005

BSC Balanced Score Card July 15, 2004

BSE Broker Security Enhancement September 23, 2014

BSN Bachelor [or Baccalaureate] of Science in Nursing July 28, 2010

BSOD Blue Screen of Death Added prior to March 2003

BTA Business Transformation Agency March 02, 2009

BTE Behind the Ear April 23, 2014

BTFU bladder tumor follow up July 23, 2021

BTL Bilateral Tubal Ligation April 23, 2014

BTP Beneficiary Travel Program April 15, 2014

BTRF Blood Transfusion Request Form March 14, 2011

BTS Business Transaction Service April 23, 2014

BTSSS Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System July 12, 2021

BTT Budget Tracking Tool October 14, 2010

BUC BUC April 23, 2014

BUM Bed Utilization Management November 05, 2008

BUPD BIRLS UPDATE June 15, 2009

BURR Building Utilization Review and Repurposing June 27, 2011

BVA Blinded Veterans of America Added prior to March 2003

BVA Board of Veterans' Appeals Added prior to March 2003

BVAC Behavioral VA Center April 23, 2014

BVAMC Boise VA Medical Center December 03, 2014

BVAMC Birmingham VA Medical Center December 15, 2016

BVM bag valve mask August 04, 2014

BVO Buyer Value Option July 31, 2017

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BX biopsy October 21, 2014

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C C, a general-purpose programming language Added prior to March 2003

C & P Compensation and Pension Examinations April 21, 2016

C&A Certification and Authority July 15, 2004

C&C Confirmed and Continued December 15, 2016

C&P Compensation & Physical Added prior to March 2003

C&P Credentialing & Privileging Added prior to March 2003

C&P Compensation & Pension Added prior to March 2003

C&S OR C/S cultur and sensitivity August 14, 2014

C&V Construction & Valuation October 04, 2010

C.O.D. Contract on Delivery May 12, 2010

C/B Call Back November 05, 2019

C/F concern for April 01, 2021

C/O complains of December 15, 2016

C/O OR C/O Complaint of August 04, 2014

C/R call reference December 15, 2016

C32 Construct 32 June 21, 2010

C3PO Chief, Policy, Planning and Performance Office Added prior to March 2003

C4 Colorectal Cancer Care Continuum June 12, 2007

CA Certificate Authority July 15, 2004

CA Claims Assistant December 15, 2016

CA cancer October 27, 2017

CA&E Corporate Analysis and Evaluation April 17, 2014

CAAD Central Acquisition Analysis Division February 20, 2007

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CAATS Centralized Administrative Accounting Transaction System February 23, 2011

CAB Clinical Advisory Board May 19, 2006

CAB Combat Action Badge December 14, 2016

CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft December 15, 2008

CABIG Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid November 27, 2007

CAC Common Access Card June 27, 2011

CAC Clinical Application Coordinator July 15, 2004

CACP Computer Application Change Plan April 23, 2014

CACP Computer Application CHange Plan April 23, 2014

CACP Computer Application Change Plan April 03, 2014

CAD Computer-Aided Design July 15, 2004

CAD Coronary artery disease December 28, 2005

CADHC Contract Adult Day Health Care May 19, 2006

CADRE COMPREHENSIVE ACCESS & DELIVERY RESEARCH & EVALUATION April 30, 2014

CAEC Centralization of Authorized Emergency Care July 12, 2021

CAF Customer Acceptance Form June 14, 2011

CAG Citrix Access Gateway July 27, 2011

CAG-20

Consensus Audit Guidelines - 20 Critical Security Controls for

Effective Cyber Defense

April 03, 2015

CAH Critical Access Hospital February 07, 2011

CAI Center for Acquisition Innovation April 27, 2009

CAIP Cross-Application Integration Protocol July 15, 2004

CAIRO Center for Applied Informatics Research and Operations February 25, 2008

CALM Centralized Accounting for Local Management Added prior to March 2003

CAMPS Capital Asset Management and Planning Service January 11, 2010

CAMS Capital Asset Management System October 29, 2003

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CANX cancelled, cancel February 06, 2015

CAO Chief Acquistition Officer May 12, 2010

CAO Contract Administration Office May 12, 2010

CAO Competency Aligned Organization May 09, 2006

CAO Chief Administrative Officer Added prior to March 2003

CAP Capital Assessment Process April 10, 2014

CAP College of American Pathologists Added prior to March 2003

CAP Combined Assessment Program December 01, 2006

CAP Corrective Action Plan October 06, 2011

CAP Capital Assessment Process April 23, 2014

CAPA Corrective and Preventative Action Added prior to March 2003

CAPE Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation May 07, 2014

CAPER Compensation And Pension Evaluation Redesign Added prior to March 2003

CAPOC Computer Assisted Practice of Cariology (DoD) Added prior to March 2003

CAPPS Computer Assisted Payments Processing System Added prior to March 2003

CAPPS Capital Asset Policy, Planning, and Strategy Service April 03, 2014

CAPRES Capital Resource (Survey) January 24, 2007

CAPRI Compensation and Pension Record Interchange April 15, 2010

CAPS Computerized Accounts Payable System July 15, 2004

CAPS Capabilities Assessment Program Survey November 05, 2008

CAR Combat Action Ribbon December 14, 2016

CAR Collection, Analysis, and Reporting tool December 14, 2016

CARA Criticality Analysis and Risk Assessment June 27, 2011

CARC Claim Adjustment Reason Code April 01, 2021

CARD Cost Analysis Requirements Description April 30, 2014

CARDS Cardiology August 14, 2014

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CARE Continuity Assessment Records and Evaluation March 02, 2009

CARES Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Added prior to March 2003

CARF Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities Added prior to March 2003

CARF Computer Access Request Form May 09, 2011

CARG Clinical Application Requirements Group Added prior to March 2003

CAROLS Centralized Accounts Receivable On-Line System Added prior to March 2003

CART Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking October 01, 2014

CART Cardiovascular Assessment Reporting and Tracking July 06, 2009

CART-CL

Cardiovascular Assessment Reporting and Tracking -

Catheterization Lab

July 06, 2009

CAS Cost Accounting Standard May 12, 2010

CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board May 12, 2010

CASE Computer Assisted Software Engineering July 15, 2004

CASES Clarify, Assemble, Synthesize, Explain and Support April 23, 2014

CASS Computer Assisted System Staff May 19, 2015

CAT Computerized Aril Topography Added prior to March 2003

CAT Computerized Axial Tomography Added prior to March 2003

CAT Computer Audio Teleconferencing Added prior to March 2003

CAT Computer Access Training May 07, 2014

CATH Catheter, as in Urinary Catheter or Cardiac Catheterization August 14, 2014

CATS Compliance and Tracking System April 23, 2014

CATS Complaints Automated Tracking System October 22, 2015

CAU Clinical Access Unit May 01, 2014

CAUTI Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infection March 28, 2011

CAVC Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims October 28, 2011

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CAVHCS Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System December 15, 2016

CAVHS Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System May 20, 2010

CB Care Bereavement July 21, 2010

CBA Cost Benefit Analysis July 15, 2004

CBA Clinical Business Area Added prior to March 2003

CBA Centrally Billied Account December 12, 2014

CBC Community Based Outpatient Clinic July 21, 2004

CBC Complete Blood Count May 26, 2010

CBCMC Clinical Bar Code Multidisciplinary Committee August 17, 2009

CBCT Community Based Care Team June 30, 2021

CBD Chief Benefits Director Added prior to March 2003

CBES Community Based Employment Services March 09, 2021

CBHCO Community-Based Health Care Organization June 10, 2004

CBI Compliance and Business Integrity Added prior to March 2003

CBIR Call Bell In Reach March 23, 2015

CBO Congressional Budget Office Added prior to March 2003

CBO Chief Business Office November 15, 2010

CBOC Community-Based Outpatient Clinic November 29, 2012

CBOPC Chief Business Office Purchased Care April 23, 2014

CBR Can Be Reached July 31, 2017

CBRRP Community Based Residential Recovery Program January 03, 2007

CBSE Component Based Software Engineering July 15, 2004

CBT Computer-Based Training July 15, 2004

CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy September 23, 2008

CC Celing Cost May 12, 2010

CC Configuration Control July 15, 2004

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CC Complains of August 04, 2014

CC Care Coordinator January 21, 2016

CC Chief Counsel April 21, 2016

CC Community Care July 12, 2021

CCA CA Configuration Automation March 09, 2021

CCA Clinger-Cohen Act Added prior to March 2003

CCA Consolidated Contracting Activity June 29, 2007

CCB Change Control Board Added prior to March 2003

CCC Cost Containment Center Added prior to March 2003

CCCA Community Care Contract Administration April 01, 2021

CCD Centralized Contracting Division July 15, 2004

CCD Continuity of Care Document December 14, 2005

CCDA Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture February 06, 2015

C-CDA Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture April 17, 2014

CCDOR Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research June 08, 2009

CCDSS Clinical Care Delivery Support System April 28, 2009

CCEP Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program July 10, 2007

CCHHIP Care Coordination Home Health Infrastructure Project July 17, 2003

CCHIT Certification Commission for Health Information Technology April 24, 2006

CCHT Care Coordination Home Telehealth October 10, 2006

CCI Correct Coding Initiative April 01, 2021

CCIP Coordinated Care Implementation Project October 01, 2003

CCITT

Consultative Committee for International Telephone and

Telegraphy

July 15, 2004

CCL Community Care Living July 12, 2021

CCM Community Care Network April 01, 2021

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CCM Commitments, Calls, and Milestones March 09, 2021

CCM Coding Compliant Module April 10, 2014

CCM Certified Case Manager March 05, 2009

CCMB CLINICAL CARE MANAGEMENT BOARD December 10, 2014

CCMD Call Center MD/ Physicians July 30, 2015

CCNE Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education April 11, 2007

CCO Community Collaboration Office Added prior to March 2003

CCO&TPS Charge Card Oversight and Travel Policy Services March 31, 2010

CCOD Charge Card Operations Division December 15, 2016

CCOW Clinical Context Object Workgroup Added prior to March 2003

CCPC Consolidated Co-payment Processing Center Added prior to March 2003

CCQAS Centralized Credentials and Quality Assurance System Added prior to March 2003

CCR Central Contractor Register February 18, 2010

CCR Clinical Case Registry December 14, 2005

CCR Continuity of Care Record December 14, 2005

CCR&A Community Care Referral and Authorization July 12, 2021

CCRS Code Change Requests April 23, 2014

CCS CHDR Common Service October 22, 2003

CCS Care Coordination Services January 06, 2009

CCSP Child Care Subsidy Program December 21, 2011

CCT Critical Care Transport August 14, 2014

CCT Community Care Team December 15, 2016

CCU Consolidated Classification Unit December 12, 2014

CD Catastrophic Disability July 15, 2004

CD ROM Compact Disk Read-Only Memory Added prior to March 2003

CDA Clinical Documentation Architecture June 27, 2005

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CDA Contract Disputes Act May 12, 2010

CDA Certified Dental Assistant June 10, 2008

CDASH Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization December 15, 2008

CDB Cough, Deep Breath May 20, 2010

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Added prior to March 2003

CDCI Corporate Data Center COOP Initiative Added prior to March 2003

CDCO Corporate Data Center Operations (formerly CFDC) March 13, 2008

CDD Capabilities Development Document May 07, 2014

CDDT Capability Deep Dive Team May 07, 2014

CDE Clinical Data Enhancement March 08, 2007

CDF Corporate Data Franchise Center February 25, 2008

CDF Capability Development Framework May 07, 2014

CDHA chronic daily headaches April 01, 2021

CDI Customer Data Integration January 21, 2016

CDI Clostridium difficile infection April 17, 2014

CDI Clinical Documentation Improvement April 10, 2014

CDI clean, dry and intact December 15, 2004

CDIS Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist April 10, 2014

CDIS Clinical Documenation Improvement Specialist April 17, 2014

CDISC Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium February 25, 2008

CDM Chronic Disease Management April 25, 2011

CDM canonical data model April 18, 2014

CDM Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring January 21, 2016

CDN Content Distribution Network February 10, 2004

CDP Concurrent Disability Pay April 17, 2014

CDQR Clinical Data Quality Review Added prior to March 2003

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CDR Clinical Data Repository July 15, 2004

CDR Cost Distribution Report Added prior to March 2003

CDR Commission on Dietetic Registration July 10, 2007

CDR Critical Design Review August 10, 2010

CDS Clinical Decision Support May 07, 2014

CDS Clinical Decision Support April 10, 2014

CDS Clinical Data Services June 10, 2004

CDSS Clinical Decision Support System Added prior to March 2003

CDT Current Dental Terminology July 15, 2004

CDW Corporate Data Warehouse July 15, 2004

CE Continuing Education Added prior to March 2003

CEA Chief Enterprise Architect July 15, 2004

CEAT Centralized Eligiblity and Appeals Team July 23, 2021

CEB Clinical Executive Board April 23, 2014

CEC Clinical Ethics Consultation April 23, 2014

CEC Continuing Education Center Added prior to March 2003

CEC VA Commodities Enterprise Contract April 21, 2016

CEC Community Employment Coordinator December 14, 2016

CEFU Continuing Education Field Unit March 27, 2006

CEHIST

Center for Evaluation of Healthcare Information Systems &

Technology

Added prior to March 2003

CEIS Corporate Executive Information System Added prior to March 2003

CELO Chief Education Liaison Officers September 23, 2014

CEMP Comprehensive Emergency Management Program April 17, 2014

CEMP Comprehensive Emergency Management Program May 28, 2009

CEN Committee European de Normalisation July 15, 2004

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CEO Chief Executive Officer Added prior to March 2003

CEOSH Center for Engineering & Occupational Safety and Health December 22, 2009

CER Counseling/Evaluation/Rehabilitation July 12, 2021

CERME CareEnhance Review Manager Software March 23, 2007

CERME Care Enhanced Review Management Enterprise April 30, 2014

CERS Community Engagement and Reintergration Services April 21, 2016

CERT Computer Emergency Response Team April 02, 2007

CES Coordinated Entry System October 27, 2017

CESAMH Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health October 09, 2007

CESATE Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education April 30, 2014

CEST Claims Establishment February 18, 2010

CF correction factor March 09, 2021

CFC Court of Federal Claims May 12, 2010

CFC Combined Federal Campaign January 11, 2005

CFD Corporate Franchise Datacenter (3/08 see CDCO) March 13, 2008

CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance April 23, 2014

CFI Claim for Increase May 19, 2015

CFID Change of Fiduciary April 17, 2014

C-FILE Claims File October 22, 2015

CFIM Customer Facing Incident Management Dashboard December 14, 2016

CFM Construction & Facilitiies Management February 06, 2015

CFO Chief Financial Officer Added prior to March 2003

CFOC Chief Financial Officers Council May 12, 2010

CFP Clinical Financial Planner Added prior to March 2003

CFR Code of Federal Regulations Added prior to March 2003

CGA contact guard assist April 23, 2014

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CGMP Certified Government Meeting Professional April 03, 2014

CHADS2 CHADS2 score April 18, 2014

CHALENG

Community Homeless Assessment Local Education Networking

Groups

August 07, 2008

CHAMPUS Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Uniformed Services Added prior to March 2003

CHAMPVA

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of

Veterans Affairs

Added prior to March 2003

CHAP chaplain May 01, 2014

CHB COMPLETE HEART BLOCK October 29, 2015

CHCS Composite Health Care System (DoD) Added prior to March 2003

CHDR Clinical/Health Data Repository April 15, 2010

CHEC Community Health Education Center Added prior to March 2003

CHEP Cooperative Health Manpower Education Programs Added prior to March 2003

CHERP Center for Health Research Equity and Promotion July 28, 2008

CHF Congestive Heart Failure January 23, 2008

CHI Consolidated Health Informatics May 21, 2003

CHIM Center for Healthcare Information Management Added prior to March 2003

CHIME College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Added prior to March 2003

CHIN Community Health Information Network Added prior to March 2003

CHIO Chief Health Informatics Office(r) June 19, 2007

CHIP Collaborative Health Information Partners December 14, 2005

CHIPS Consumer Health Information & Performance Set Added prior to March 2003

CHIR Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research March 15, 2010

CHIS Center for Healthcare Information Security Added prior to March 2003

CHISS Common Health Information Security Service Added prior to March 2003

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CHO carbohydrate February 06, 2015

CHOMP Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula October 14, 2008

CHPPM U. S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine November 05, 2008

CHR Consolidated Health Record July 15, 2004

CHS Columbus House Shelter February 16, 2011

CHSS Certified HIPAA Security Specialist Certification December 04, 2008

CHUI Character-based User Interface December 11, 2007

CI Contract Item/Control Item May 12, 2010

CI Configurable Item May 07, 2014

CI Commercial Integrator Added prior to March 2003

CI/ST Component integration/system test April 17, 2015

CIC Clean Intermittent Catheterization June 16, 2015

CICA Competition in Contracting Act May 12, 2010

CICSP Continuous Improvement In Cardiac Surgery Program April 10, 2003

CID Criminal Investigation Division March 28, 2011

CID Clinically Indicated Date December 10, 2014

CIDC Clinical Indicators Data Capture August 29, 2005

CIDD Common Intrusion Detection Director Added prior to March 2003

CIDMO Clinical Informatics and Data Management Office July 12, 2021

CIDP Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy April 21, 2016

CIF Code In flight October 30, 2014

CIIF Common Information Interoperability Framework May 03, 2011

CIIRP Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program April 04, 2011

CIM Corporate Information Model July 15, 2004

CIO Chief Information Officer Added prior to March 2003

CIO NTEO Chief Information Office National Training and Education Office Added prior to March 2003

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CIOFO Chief Information Office Field Office July 15, 2004

CIP Capital Investment Proposal Added prior to March 2003

CIP Capital Investment Process February 18, 2010

CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection December 14, 2016

CIPP/G Certified Information Privacy Professional/Government February 18, 2010

CIPT Capability Integrated Project Team October 27, 2017

C-IPT Capability Integrated Project Team May 07, 2014

CIRC Central Incident Response Capability Added prior to March 2003

CIRD Clinical Informatics and Requirements Division April 23, 2014

CIRD Clinical Informatics & Requirements Directorate April 23, 2014

CIRN Clinical Information Resources Network Added prior to March 2003

CIRN-CR CIRN-Clinical Respository Added prior to March 2003

CIRT Critical Incident Response Team July 15, 2004

CIS Clinical Information System Added prior to March 2003

CIS/ARK

ICU Clinical Information System and Anesthesia Record Keeping

System

April 30, 2014

CISS Clinical Information Support System February 25, 2008

CISS-OHRS

Clinical Information Support System - Occupational Health

Record-keeping System

January 11, 2010

CISSP Certified Information System Security Professional May 22, 2003

CITC Care In The Community July 31, 2017

CITE Community Information Technology Engagement Program June 11, 2014

CITI CHAMPVA In-house Treatment Initiative Added prior to March 2003

CITL Center for Information Technology Leadership October 16, 2006

CITN Critical Incident Tracking Notification April 17, 2015

CITPO Clinical Information Technology Program Office Added prior to March 2003

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CIWA Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment June 14, 2011

CIWD Condition Interfered With Duty December 03, 2009

CKD Chronic kidney disease December 22, 2005

CLA Customer License Agreement Added prior to March 2003

CLABSI Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection April 25, 2011

CLASS Community Living Assistance Services and Supports July 06, 2010

CLBP Chronic Lower Back Pain April 01, 2021

CLC Community Living Center July 30, 2008

CLCW Camp Lejeune contaminated water March 09, 2021

CLCW Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water March 09, 2021

CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment Added prior to March 2003

CLIN Contract Line Item Number March 27, 2007

CLIO Clinical Observations October 15, 2009

CLO Committee Liaison Office March 08, 2010

CLO Chief Logistics Officer March 09, 2009

CLOB Character Large Object January 27, 2005

CLP CLP April 01, 2021

CLS Clinical Lexicon Consortium Added prior to March 2003

CM Case Manager June 11, 2014

CM Configuration Management July 15, 2004

CM Change Management July 15, 2004

CM Contact Management July 15, 2004

CM/SWS Care Management and Social Work Services July 30, 2015

CMAC CHAMPUS Maximum Allowable Charges Added prior to March 2003

CMC Consolidated Medical Center Added prior to March 2003

CMCHS Civilian Military Contingency Hospital System Added prior to March 2003

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CMCOM Configuration Management Process Committee June 02, 2006

CMD Chief Medical Director Added prior to March 2003

CMDB Configuration Management Database May 01, 2014

CME Continuing Medical Education January 10, 2006

CMHC Community Mental Health Center February 07, 2011

CMI Chronic Mental Illness July 08, 2008

CMIO Chief Medical Information Officer May 07, 2014

CMIT Current Medical Information and Terminology Added prior to March 2003

CMM Capability Maturity Model July 15, 2004

CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration March 27, 2007

CMO Chief Medical Officer July 06, 2009

CMOP Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy Added prior to March 2003

CMOR CIRN Master of Record (replaced by PV) October 02, 2007

CMP Configuration Management Plan July 15, 2004

CMP Centralized Mail Portal March 23, 2015

CMP (Labs) Comprehensive Metabolic Panel July 20, 2009

CMR Consolidated Memorandum of Receipt Added prior to March 2003

CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (previously HCFA) Added prior to March 2003

CMS Content Management Services October 11, 2011

CMS Central Medical Supply July 31, 2017

CMS Card Management System October 26, 2017

CMSTP circulation motor sensation temperature pulse April 23, 2014

CMT Centralized Means Test Added prior to March 2003

CMTRA Care Management Tracking and Reporting Application December 15, 2008

CN Cranial Nerve October 27, 2017

CNBD COULD NOT BE DETERMINED April 03, 2006

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CNE Certified Network Engineer Added prior to March 2003

CNH Community Nursing Home August 11, 2006

CNH Contract Nursing Homes May 19, 2015

CNHC Community Nursing Home Care Added prior to March 2003

CNIO Chief Nursing Informatics Office July 18, 2014

CNL Clinical Nurse Leader March 09, 2021

CNO Chief Network Officer Added prior to March 2003

CNP Controlled national policy July 30, 2015

CNS Central Nervous System December 15, 2016

CNS Clinical Nurse Specialist April 04, 2011

CNSD Clinical Nurse Staff Development April 23, 2014

CO Central Office Added prior to March 2003

CO Contracting Officer April 23, 2014

CO close observation August 04, 2014

CO Change Order February 22, 2010

CO OR C.O. Constant Observation (for pts with SI/HI concerns) August 04, 2014

COAS Clinical Observation Access Control Added prior to March 2003

COB Close of Business April 09, 2009

COB Coordination of Benefits April 01, 2021

COBOL Common Business Oriented Language April 17, 2015

COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act September 23, 2014

COBRA Common Object Request Broker Architecture July 15, 2004

COD Character of Discharge April 23, 2014

COE Certificate of Eligibility July 15, 2004

COE Centers of Excellence May 25, 2006

COFC Court of Federal Claims May 12, 2010

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COG Coninuity of Government Added prior to March 2003

COG Clinical Oversight Group Added prior to March 2003

COHIC National Center for Occupational Health and Infection Control April 30, 2014

COHRS Central Office Human Resources Service March 31, 2009

COI Conflict of Interest May 12, 2010

COI Communities of Interest November 16, 2004

COIN Center of Innovation April 23, 2014

COLA COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT April 23, 2014

COLLAGE Communities On-line Learning About Guidelines January 23, 2007

COLMR Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research November 04, 2011

COLT Clinical Online Training October 16, 2008

Columbia HCA Columbia Health Care Corporation Added prior to March 2003

COM+ Component Object Model + July 15, 2004

COMSEC Computer Security July 15, 2004

CONOPS Concept of Operations Added prior to March 2003

CONUS Continental United States November 05, 2008

COO Chief Operations Officer Added prior to March 2003

COOP Continuity of Operations Plan December 21, 2010

COOP Continuity of Operations April 17, 2014

COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease April 25, 2011

COPS Community Outpatient Services April 21, 2010

COR Contracting Officer's Representative May 12, 2010

COR Copy of Record Added prior to March 2003

CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture Added prior to March 2003

CORBA/OMA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture/Object Management

Architectur

Added prior to March 2003

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CORE Clinical Observations Recording and Encoding June 02, 2010

COREFLS Core Financial and Logistics System February 24, 2004

CORI Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative ( CORI ) January 11, 2010

CORK Conference Oversight and Reporting Knowledgebase April 21, 2016

COS Chief of Staff Added prior to March 2003

COSG Collaborative Opportunities Steering Group August 26, 2005

COSVA Chief of Staff January 29, 2009

COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative May 12, 2010

COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative Added prior to March 2003

COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (applications) Added prior to March 2003

COVERS Control of Veterans Records System July 05, 2011

COVID Corona Virus Disease July 12, 2021

COVID-19 Corona Virus 2019 April 01, 2021

COW Computer on Wheels May 06, 2009

CP Celing Price May 12, 2010

CP Chest pain August 04, 2014

CP Contingency Plan July 15, 2004

CP Counseling Psychologist July 15, 2004

CP/SOB/N/V/D/F/C/HA

Chest pain/shortness of

breath/nausea/vomiting/diarrhea/fever/chills/head ache

July 25, 2014

CP/SOB/N/V/D/F/C/HA

Chest pain/shortness of

breath/nausea/vomiting/diarrhea/fever/chills/head ache

July 25, 2014

CPAC Consolidated Patient Account Center January 22, 2009

CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure April 30, 2014

CPARS Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System May 12, 2010

CPC Comprehensive Primary Care April 23, 2014

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CPE Clinical Pastoral Education June 14, 2011

CPE Claims Processing and Eligibility September 23, 2014

CPE Continuing Professional Education September 23, 2014

CPE Clinical Practice Environment February 21, 2007

CPEP Compensation and Pension Examination Project Added prior to March 2003

CPFF COST-PLUS-FIXED-FEE September 04, 2015

CPG Clinical Practice Guideline April 10, 2014

CPGI Clinical Practice Guidelines Index February 20, 2007

CPGI Clinical Practice Guidelines Index March 14, 2011

CPI Cost Performance Index July 22, 2003

CPIC Capital Planning and Investment Control May 12, 2003

CPIF COST PLUS INCENTIVE FEE September 04, 2015

CPKM Compensation Pension Knowledge Management July 30, 2015

CPM Continue Prescribed Medication(s) December 14, 2016

CPM Critical Path Method Added prior to March 2003

CPM Continous Passive Motion September 18, 2008

CPMB Clinical Proponents' Management Board May 27, 2016

CPMP Contractor Program Management Plan June 25, 2014

CPO Certification Program Office April 03, 2014

CPO Chief of Purchasing Office May 12, 2010

CPOE Computerized Physician Order Entry Added prior to March 2003

CPP Consumer Preferences and Policy June 14, 2011

CPP Community Provider Portal March 09, 2021

CPR Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation July 14, 2003

CPR Computer Patient Record Added prior to March 2003

CPRI Computer-Based Patient Record Institute Added prior to March 2003

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CPRI-HOST Computer-based Patient Record Institute - Healthcare Open

Systems and Trials

July 15, 2004

CPRR Cost per [Patient] Reportable Result April 01, 2014

CPRS Computerized Patient Record System Added prior to March 2003

CPRS-R Computerized Patient Record System Reengineered July 15, 2004

CPS Certified Peer Specialist April 23, 2014

CPS Claims Processing Style Added prior to March 2003

CPS Claims Processing System Added prior to March 2003

CPS Core Products and Services October 04, 2010

CPS Clinical Product Supoort October 21, 2009

CPS Contractor Performance System February 18, 2010

CPS clinical pharmacy specialist April 21, 2016

CPSC Cardiac Pacemaker Surveillance Center Added prior to March 2003

CPSR Contractor Procurement System Review May 12, 2010

CPT Current Procedural Terminology Added prior to March 2003

CPT Cognitive Processing Therapy September 04, 2015

CPTMS Corporate Performance and Talent Management System April 23, 2014

CPTMS CSEMO Performance and Talent Management System April 23, 2014

CPU Central Processing Unit Added prior to March 2003

CPWM Compensation and Pension Worksheet Module August 30, 2004

CQ Clear Quest June 02, 2006

CQI Continuous Quality Improvement July 15, 2004

CR Clinical Reminders April 17, 2014

CR Change Request March 27, 2007

CRADA Collaborative Research and Development Agreements Added prior to March 2003

CRADA Cooperative Research and Development April 27, 2004

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CRADA Cooperative Research and Development April 27, 2004

CRADO Chief Research and Development Officer February 25, 2008

CRC Community Residential Care Program January 03, 2007

CRC Certified Rehabilitation Counselor April 07, 2011

CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checks July 15, 2004

CRDC Capital Region Data Center November 19, 2008

CRDP Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment March 15, 2010

CREW Initiative Civility, Respect and Engagement in the Workplace September 13, 2005

CRISP Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects November 08, 2010

CRISP Continuous Readiness in Information Security Program June 04, 2012

CRM-UD Customer Relationship Management - Unified Desktop April 17, 2014

CRM-UDO Unfied Desktop Optimization April 01, 2021

CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist August 19, 2011

CRO Chief Risk Officer June 11, 2014

CRP Capabilities Requirement Proposal April 30, 2014

CRQS Chief Residency in Quality and Patient Safety April 23, 2014

CRRC Community Resource and Referral Center April 17, 2014

CRRC Capital Region Readiness Center March 24, 2011

CRRN Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse April 04, 2011

CRS Converged Registries Solution October 25, 2011

CRS Care Record Summary December 14, 2005

CRS Chronic Rhinosinusitis April 17, 2015

CRSC Combat-Related Special Compensation May 06, 2009

CRSP Centralized Regional Scheduling Program Added prior to March 2003

CRT Crisis Response Team Added prior to March 2003

CRT Contract Review Team May 07, 2014

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CRUD Creation, Retrieval, Updating, and Deletion July 15, 2004

CS Controlled Substances July 15, 2004

CS Compensation Services April 30, 2014

CS Cost Sharing May 12, 2010

CS Common Service April 11, 2007

CS Caregiver Support May 19, 2015

CSA Common Services Architecture July 15, 2004

CSAC Certified Substance Abuse Counselor October 25, 2006

CSC Caregiver Support Coordinator December 21, 2011

CSCA Contractor Security Control Assessment July 05, 2011

CSCIS Computer Software Configuration Items July 28, 2004

C-SCOPE Colonoscopy April 23, 2014

CSCS Computer Software Components July 28, 2004

CSE Customer Service Environment Added prior to March 2003

CSEMO Corporate Senior Executive Management Office October 14, 2010

CSF Common Security Framework April 23, 2014

CSF Critical Success Factors July 15, 2004

CSI Clinical Specific Improvements October 05, 2009

CSI Case Severity Index March 09, 2021

CSL Customer Service Liaison December 14, 2016

CSM circulation sensation movement August 04, 2014

CSN Category Stock Number December 15, 2016

CSNF CONTRACT SKILLED NURSING FACILITY November 18, 2015

CSNTC Compensation Service National Training Curriculum December 14, 2016

CSO Cyber Security Office Added prior to March 2003

CSOC Cybersecurity Operations Center April 01, 2021

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CSP Cooperative Studies Program July 15, 2004

CSP Cyber Security Professional April 27, 2004

CSP Credential Service Provider October 21, 2014

CSPIVR Clear or Set Personal Identification Verification Required December 15, 2016

CSR Continuous Survey Readiness October 20, 2010

CSRA Civil Service Reform Act Added prior to March 2003

CSRDF Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund January 20, 2011

CSRS Civil Service Retirement System July 06, 2010

CSS Cascading Style Sheet January 11, 2005

CSS Common Security Services October 27, 2017

CSS Centralized Scheduling Solution April 01, 2021

CSST Capability Specialized Support Team May 07, 2014

CSSU Clinical Services Support Unit September 20, 2010

CST Collaboration Strategies Team December 14, 2016

CSUM Common Security User Manager July 15, 2004

CSV Code Set Versioning July 28, 2003

CSWRI Center for the Study of War Related Injuries August 26, 2004

CSWS COMMUNITY SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISOR November 18, 2015

CT Component testing April 17, 2015

CT claims tracking December 15, 2016

CT Commercial Technology August 17, 2004

CT Computerised Tomography July 06, 2009

CT Computed Tomography April 13, 2010

CT OR CT SCAN Computerized tomography (CT scan) August 14, 2014

CTA Chief Technical Analyst April 18, 2014

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CTA clear to auscultation January 12, 2009

CTAB Clear To Auscultation Bilaterally January 04, 2012

CTAP Career Transition Assistance Plan November 04, 2009

CTB Consult Toolbox July 12, 2021

CTBIE Comprehensive Traumatic Brain Injury Evaluation April 03, 2014

CTCP Complex Transitional Care Program July 12, 2021

CTF Chloracne Task Force Added prior to March 2003

CTI Computer/Telephone Integration Added prior to March 2003

CTI Category Type Item January 23, 2007

CTI Critical Time Intervention October 31, 2011

CTO Chief Technology Officer July 15, 2004

CTOP competency, training, orientation, performance December 03, 2014

CTR Congressional Tracking Report April 21, 2016

CTS Contingency Tracking System June 30, 2005

CTVHCS CENTRAL TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM August 16, 2005

CUE Clear and unmistakable error April 01, 2021

CUI Concept Unique Identifier July 15, 2004

CUPS Customer User Provisioning System (CUPS) January 15, 2009

CURR Center for Unit Records Research July 15, 2004

CUSS Clinical Utilization Statistical Summary Report June 25, 2014

CV Cost Variance July 22, 2003

CV Community Viewer March 09, 2021

CVA Cerebral vascular accident August 14, 2014

CVA costovertebral angle August 14, 2014

CVC Central Venous Catheter September 27, 2010

CVI converged virtualization infrastructure December 15, 2016

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CVIX Centralized VistA Imaging Exchange October 22, 2009

CVS Conformance Validation Statement April 23, 2014

CVSO County Veteran's Service Officer April 18, 2014

CVT CLINICAL VIDEO TELEHEALTH November 17, 2011

CWAD Crisis Notes, Warning Notes, Allergies and Directives Added prior to March 2003

CWINRS Corporate Waco-Indianapolis-Newark-Roanoke-Seattle April 23, 2014

CWM Common Warehouse Meta-model July 15, 2004

CWS Contract Writing System March 01, 2010

CWT/IT Compensated Work Therapy/Incentive Therapy Added prior to March 2003

CWT/TR ?combination of CWT and TR March 09, 2021

CWTS Cross Word Training System June 21, 2010

CWV Center for Women Veterans October 22, 2015

CWW Compressed Work Week October 27, 2017

CX cancelled October 21, 2014

CXR chest x-ray August 04, 2014

CY Calender Year May 12, 2010

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D&F Determination and Finding May 12, 2010

D&PPM Drug & Pharmaceutical Products Management Added prior to March 2003

D/C Discontinue Medication June 10, 2010

D/CED OR D/C Discharge July 20, 2011

D/D DNR/DNI February 10, 2004

D/L Download July 15, 2004

D/T due to April 17, 2014

D2D Digits-to-Digits April 23, 2014

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DA Drug Accountability/Inventory Interface December 11, 2007

DAA Designated Accreditation Authority October 06, 2011

DAA Designated Approval Authority June 30, 2003

DABMSP Diplomate American Board Multiple Specialties in Podiatry January 15, 2009

DACA Distributed Access Control and Authorization Added prior to March 2003

DAD Decision Assessment Document May 08, 2008

DAEO Designated Agency Ethics Official June 27, 2011

DAIC Division of Audits and Internal Controls April 23, 2014

DAIS Development and Infrastructure Support July 15, 2004

DALC Denver Acquisition and Logistics Center April 27, 2009

DAO Data Access Object November 22, 2004

DAP Digital Analytics Program August 22, 2015

DAR Designated Agency Representative April 21, 2016

DAR Data Architecture Repository March 31, 2010

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency March 31, 2010

DART Data Access Request Tracker October 12, 2010

DAS Data Architecture Subcommittee March 31, 2010

DAS Deputy Assistant Secretary Added prior to March 2003

DAS Data Access Service(s) February 06, 2015

DASD Direct Access Storage Device March 31, 2010

DASHO Designated Agency Safety and Health Official Added prior to March 2003

DAT Digital Audio Tape July 15, 2004

DAT Domain Action Team December 14, 2005

DAV Disabled American Veterans Added prior to March 2003

DBA Data Base Administrator Added prior to March 2003

DBAC Deep Bleeder Acoustic Coagulation April 03, 2006

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DBAT Desktop Baseline Assessment Toolkit December 14, 2016

DBC Disruptive Behavior Committee December 13, 2006

DBCT Data Breach Core Team March 31, 2010

DBIA Database Integration Agreement July 15, 2004

DBIC Data Base Integration Committee Added prior to March 2003

DBM Disruptive Behavior Management May 03, 2011

DBMS Database Management System(s) February 06, 2015

DBMS Data Base Management System Added prior to March 2003

DBQ Disability Benefits Questionnaires July 20, 2011

DBRS Data of Breach response Service December 15, 2016

DBRS Disruptive Behavior Reporting System December 15, 2016

DBS Database Server December 11, 2007

DBSS Defense Blood Standard System Added prior to March 2003

DBT Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), April 23, 2014

DC Data Consortium March 31, 2010

DC Domain Controllers March 31, 2010

DC OR DC'D discharge or discharged January 21, 2016

DCA Delayed Continuing Accreditation Added prior to March 2003

DCAP-BTLS

Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Penetrations, Burns,

Tenderness, Lacerations, Swelling

August 11, 2015

DCBE Double Contrast Barium Enema December 14, 2010

DCC Deputy Chief Counsel April 21, 2016

DCD Data Collection Division December 15, 2016

DCE Distributed Computing Environment July 15, 2004

DCEP Data Collection and Extraction Program July 30, 2015

DCFSA Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account March 31, 2010

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DCHV Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans November 24, 2010

DCIA Debt Collection Improvement Act March 31, 2010

DCIO Deputy Chief Information Officer July 15, 2004

DCM Department Cost Manager Added prior to March 2003

DCMO Deputy Chief Management Officer May 07, 2014

DCMS Document Correspondence Management System March 19, 2007

DCO Defense Connect Online May 07, 2014

DCO Data Center Operations (Formerly CDCO) April 17, 2014

DCOI Data Center Optimization Initiative January 16, 2018

DCOM Distributed Component Object Model July 15, 2004

DCPS Defense Civilian Pay System February 18, 2010

DCR Design Change Requirement April 20, 2010

DD Desired Date October 21, 2011

DD Data Dictionary July 15, 2004

DD&R Document Development and Review September 08, 2011

DD214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty April 01, 2021

DD214 Defense Department 214 December 15, 2016

DDC Denver Distribution Center Added prior to March 2003

DDCSS Drug Dependence Clinical Support System Added prior to March 2003

DDD Degenerative disc disease April 01, 2021

DEA Dependents Educational Assistance July 30, 2015

DEA Drug Enforcement Administration October 20, 2011

DEC Dental Education Center Added prior to March 2003

DECC Defense Enterprise Computing Center June 12, 2003

DEERS Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System April 11, 2003

DEMO Disability Examination Management Office December 08, 2010

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DEMPS Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System Added prior to March 2003

DENTT Disability Evaluation Narrative Text Tool December 21, 2011

DEP Delayed entry program December 15, 2016

DEPSECDEF Deputy Secretary of Defense May 07, 2014

DEPSECVA Deputy Secretary January 29, 2009

DES Disability Evaluation System November 25, 2008

DES Dental Encounter System December 11, 2007

DES Digital Encryption Standard July 15, 2004

DEU Delegated Examining Unit October 22, 2008

DEVSECOP Development Security Operations July 23, 2021

DFAR Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation May 07, 2014

DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting System February 02, 2009

DFC Discharge From Clinic Added prior to March 2003

DFI Document, Forms, & Images October 02, 2007

DFN Data File Number July 15, 2004

DFO Director of Field Operations October 05, 2009

DFS Distributed File System September 04, 2015

DGB Data Governance Board February 18, 2010

DGC Data Governance Council June 14, 2011

DHA Defense Health Agency November 05, 2019

DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol January 25, 2005

DHCP Decentralized Hospital Computer Program Added prior to March 2003

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services Added prior to March 2003

DHIMS Defense Health Information Management System April 23, 2014

DHMSM DoD Health Management System Modernization April 23, 2014

DHPO Distance Health Program Office April 23, 2014

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DHSS DIVISION OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES March 09, 2021

DHT Dobhoff tube February 27, 2006

DI Diabetes insipidus September 23, 2014

DIACAP DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process April 23, 2014

DIAM DEFIBRILLATE IN ANALYZE MODE March 09, 2021

DIB Data Integrity Board Added prior to March 2003

DIC Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Added prior to March 2003

DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Added prior to March 2003

DID Data Item Description May 12, 2010

DIGA Diabetic Intensive Group Appointment April 23, 2014

DIGMA Drop-In Group Medical Appointment October 03, 2005

DIMHRS Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System March 19, 2009

DIRT DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING April 30, 2014

DISA Defense Information Systems Administration Added prior to March 2003

DIT Development Integration Testing Added prior to March 2003

DIT Domain Implementation Team December 14, 2005

DIV Data and Information View April 23, 2014

DJD Degenerative Joint Disease November 06, 2007

DKA Diabetic Ketoacidosis May 19, 2015

DL Distribution List August 16, 2011

DLC Development Life Cycle October 27, 2017

DLL dynamic link library July 30, 2015

DLO Designated Learning Officer October 14, 2008

DLP Date Last Paid December 14, 2016

DM diabetis Melitis September 23, 2014

DM Diabetes April 25, 2011

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DM Diversity Management July 15, 2004

DMA Department of Memorial Affairs May 01, 2014

DMA Disability and Medical Assessment April 23, 2014

DMC Debt Management Center Added prior to March 2003

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center Added prior to March 2003

DME Development/Maintenance/Enhancement Added prior to March 2003

DME Development, Maintenance, and Enhancement April 23, 2014

DME Durable Medical Equipment December 12, 2014

DME Development, Modernization and Enhancements March 31, 2009

DME Durable Medical Equipment February 18, 2010

DME Diabetic Macular Edema December 22, 2005

DMED Defense Medical Epidemiology Database October 29, 2003

DMI Data Migration Initiative July 12, 2006

DMII Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 June 08, 2010

DMIM Domain Message Information Model March 07, 2008

DMIM Defense Medical Information Management Added prior to March 2003

DMIX Defense Medical Information Exchange April 23, 2014

DMLSS Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Added prior to March 2003

DMLT Division Leadership and Management Training (DMLT) April 23, 2014

DMMS Decentralized Medical Management System Added prior to March 2003

DMMSC Defense Medical Systems Support Center Added prior to March 2003

DMO Directives Management Officer Added prior to March 2003

DMO Data Management Organization April 21, 2016

DMRIS Defense Medical Regulating Information System Added prior to March 2003

DMS Document Management System May 05, 2010

DMSS Defense Medical Surveillance System July 28, 2003

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DMU Dataless Management Utility July 15, 2004

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles June 16, 2015

DMZ Demilitarized Zone July 15, 2004

DNBI Lowest Disease to Non-Battle Injury April 11, 2007

DNR Do Not Respond Added prior to March 2003

DNR Do Not Resuscitate Added prior to March 2003

DNR Do Not Recall March 09, 2021

DNS Domain Name Server or Domain Name System Added prior to March 2003

DNS Deviated Nasal Septum March 08, 2010

DNVF Distal NeuroVascular Function February 06, 2015

DNVFI Distal NeuroVascular Function Intact February 06, 2015

DO Delivery Order Added prior to March 2003

DOA Date of Access April 17, 2014

DOA Delegation of Authority April 01, 2021

DOB Date of Birth June 09, 2008

DOBI Department of Defense Instruction May 12, 2010

DOC Department Operations Council May 04, 2006

DOC Date of Claim April 17, 2015

DoD Department of Defense Added prior to March 2003

DODAF Dept. of Defense Architecture Framework April 18, 2014

DODAF Dept. of Defense Architectural Framework April 23, 2014

DOE Department of Energy July 15, 2004

DOE Dyspnea on Exertion December 22, 2005

DOE Dyspenic on exertion December 15, 2016

DOEHDR Defense Occupational Exposure Health Data Repository July 26, 2004

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DOI DATE OF INJURY December 15, 2016

DOJ Department of Justice July 15, 2004

DOL Department of Labor Added prior to March 2003

DOLAP Desktop On-Line Analytical Processing July 15, 2004

DOMA DOMA Technologies March 09, 2021

DOMP Delivery Order Management Plan Added prior to March 2003

DOORS Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System June 03, 2005

DOORS Distribution of Operational Resources System June 27, 2011

DORS Department Of Rehabilitation Service Added prior to March 2003

DoS Denial-of-Service February 02, 2011

DOT Department of Transportation July 15, 2004

DP dorsalis pedis October 27, 2017

DPB Death Pension Benefits November 06, 2017

DPC Data Processing Center December 15, 2016

DPC Drug Program Coordinator Added prior to March 2003

DPDB Division of Practitioner Data Banks Added prior to March 2003

DPEO Deputy Program Executive Officer January 09, 2006

DPOA Durable Power of Attorney April 23, 2014

DPRIS Defense Personnel Records Image Retrieval System March 02, 2009

DPRIS Defense Personnel Records Information Retrieval System April 01, 2021

DPT Doctor of Physical Therapy October 27, 2017

DPU Discharge Placement Unit June 10, 2010

DQA Division of Quality Assurance Added prior to March 2003

DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus July 15, 2004

DQM Data Quality Monitoring November 24, 2010

DQS Data Quality Service October 04, 2010

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DR Data Repository July 15, 2004

DRAS Disability Rating Activity Site December 15, 2016

DRE Digital Rectal Exam September 23, 2014

DRF DevSecOps Release Framework July 12, 2021

DRG Diagnosis Related Group Added prior to March 2003

DRM Dental Record Manager Added prior to March 2003

DRMO Division Records Management Officer October 22, 2015

DRMROL Deployment Related Medical Record Online July 28, 2003

DRO Decision Review Officer July 15, 2004

DRP Disaster Recovery Plan April 10, 2014

DRP Disaster Recovery Plan April 23, 2014

DRR Division of Research Resources Added prior to March 2003

DRR Development Readiness Review July 31, 2017

DRRTP Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program April 06, 2006

D-RRTP Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation and Treatment Programs December 14, 2010

DRS Dispute Resolution Specialist February 13, 2006

DRSG dressing, as in wound coverage July 25, 2014

DRSG Dressing July 18, 2014

DRSG Dressing, as in wound coverage July 25, 2014

DS Data Standardization January 30, 2006

DS Delivery Services March 23, 2007

DS3 Disabled Soldier Support System June 03, 2004

DSAP Domiciliary Substance Abuse Program December 14, 2016

DS-ASC Data Security - Assessment and Strengthening of Controls June 21, 2010

DSCC Documentation Standards and Conventions Committee Added prior to March 2003

DSCM Data Standardization Configuration Management (Board) Added prior to March 2003

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DSCMB (DoD) Data Standards Configuration Management Board Added prior to March 2003

DSCU Dementia Specialty Care Unit April 15, 2014

DSI Data Sharing Interface (Currently BHIE) October 04, 2004

D-SIDDOMS II

Defense Medical Information Management/Systems Integration,

Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services II

(DoD related)

Added prior to March 2003

DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) Added prior to March 2003

DSM Digital Standard Mumps Added prior to March 2003

DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Added prior to March 2003

DSMB Data Safety Monitoring Board March 18, 2009

DSO Decision Support Office July 10, 2007

DSO Decision Support Objects Added prior to March 2003

DSOB Data Standardization Oversight Board June 28, 2004

DSOIRM Designated Senior Official for IRM Added prior to March 2003

DSS Document Storage Systems Added prior to March 2003

DSS Demo Sites Subgroup July 27, 2006

DSS Decision Support Systems April 15, 2010

DSS ROI Data Storage System, Inc Record of Information October 16, 2008

DSVT Data Submission and Validation Tool February 18, 2010

DT&E Development Test & Evaluation Added prior to March 2003

DTA Data Transfer Agreement January 12, 2012

DTAC Development Technology Advisory Committee October 01, 2003

DTAP Disability Transition Assistance Program July 15, 2004

DTC Day Treatment Center Added prior to March 2003

DTC Development and Test Center May 07, 2014

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DTD Document Type Definition Added prior to March 2003

DTE Development and Test Environment April 18, 2014

DTP Data Transfer Program July 15, 2004

DTS Document Tracking System (OCIO controlled correspondence) Added prior to March 2003

DTV Digital Television Added prior to March 2003

DUNS Data Universal Numbering System May 12, 2010

DUR Drug Utilization Review Added prior to March 2003

DURSA Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement May 07, 2009

DUSB Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits December 15, 2008

DUSH Deputy Under Secretary for Health April 11, 2007

DUSHOM

Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and

Management (10N)

November 18, 2003

DUV Dual Use Vehicle December 14, 2016

DUZ Designated User June 04, 2009

DVA Dishonorable for VA Purposes February 06, 2015

DVA Department of Veterans Affairs December 15, 2016

DVEIVR DVEIVR April 23, 2014

DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis July 30, 2015

DX Diagnosis or disease August 04, 2014

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E&F Enrollment and Forecasting March 24, 2011

E&IT Electronic & Information Technology April 15, 2010

E&M CODES Evaluation and Management Codes April 23, 2014

E/M evaluation and management August 30, 2011

E/R Entity Relationship July 15, 2004

E3R Electronic, Error and Enhancement Report Added prior to March 2003

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EA Enterprise Architecture Added prior to March 2003

EAA Employment Adjustment Allowance September 23, 2014

EAC Enterprise Architecture Council Added prior to March 2003

EAC Estimate At Completion July 22, 2003

EAJA Equal Access to Justice Act September 04, 2015

EAM Enterprise Asset Management February 06, 2015

EAP Employee Assistance Program April 23, 2014

EARR Encounter Action Required Report June 30, 2021

EAS Environmental Agents System October 25, 2011

EAS Employee Accountability System June 27, 2011

EAS External Assessment Services April 23, 2014

EASR Enterprise Architecture Segment Report August 12, 2009

EB Executive Board Added prior to March 2003

EBAC Entity-Based Access Control July 15, 2004

EBB Executive Briefing Book March 15, 2004

EBDI Enterprise Business and Data Integration April 23, 2014

EBE Enterprise Backup with Encryption May 10, 2010

EBERS Enhanced Biomedical Engineering Resource Survey October 30, 2014

EBF Entity Business Function July 15, 2004

EBN eBenefits October 25, 2011

EBP Evidence-Based Psychotherapy November 18, 2010

EBRI Employee Benefit Research Institute March 31, 2010

EBS Enterprise Business Strategies July 15, 2004

EBUS Endobronchial Ultrasound April 23, 2014

EC Electronic Commerce July 15, 2004

EC Ethics Consultation April 23, 2014

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EC Emerging Care Added prior to March 2003

EC Event Capture Added prior to March 2003

EC CCB Emergency Care Change Control Board Added prior to March 2003

EC PAT Ethics Consultation Proficiency Assessment Tool April 23, 2014

ECAMS within electronic Claims Adjudication Management System July 12, 2021

ECAP Enrollment Certification Automated Processing July 15, 2004

ECAR Electronic Computer Access Request May 19, 2015

ECAT Emergency Care Authorization Tool July 12, 2021

ECAT Electronic Catalog Added prior to March 2003

ECC Ethics Consultation Coordinator April 23, 2014

ECC Enterprise Command Center July 12, 2021

ECCF Enterprise Conformance and Compliance Framework April 23, 2014

ECCO Essentials of Critical Care Orientation December 01, 2006

ECF Executive Career Field October 04, 2005

ECF Extended Care Facility October 02, 2007

ECFCDP Executive Career Field Career Development Program October 11, 2007

ECFT Electronic Case File Transfer April 23, 2014

ECG Electrocardiogram November 22, 2004

ECHO Echocardiogram June 21, 2010

ECM Energy Conservation Measures December 02, 2011

ECM Education Case Manager July 15, 2004

ECM Essentials of Clinical Medicine January 21, 2016

eCME Electronic Claims Management Engine April 13, 2010

ECMO Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation December 20, 2005

ECMS Electronic Contract Management System April 13, 2010

ECMS Executive Committee of the Medical Staff March 09, 2021

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ECO Enterprise Command Operations October 27, 2017

ECOE Epilepsy Centers of Excellence December 15, 2016

ECOG ECOG Performance Status April 15, 2014

ECP Engineering Change Proposals Added prior to March 2003

ECQAC Extended Care Quality Assurance Committee April 21, 2016

ECR Executive Conference Room February 04, 2010

ECS Enterprise Class Storage May 10, 2010

ECS Event Capture System May 30, 2007

ECS Ethics Consultation Service April 23, 2014

ECS Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy January 21, 2016

ECSBAP Enterprise Cyber Security Business Assurance Program July 15, 2004

ECSIP Enterprise Cyber Security Infrastructure Project Added prior to March 2003

ECSO Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office August 27, 2021

ECSS Education Compliance Survey Specialist July 15, 2004

ECST Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy Team January 21, 2016

ECT Electroconvulsive Therapy April 23, 2014

ECTM Executive Chief Technology Manager April 23, 2014

ED Emergency Department August 22, 2011

ED&T Employee Development and Training July 15, 2004

EDAS Enterprise Data Architecture Services October 04, 2010

EDB Enrollment Database Added prior to March 2003

EDC Electronic Data Capture June 30, 2021

EDD Electronic Data Dictionary Added prior to March 2003

EDE (Enterprise Development Environment April 23, 2014

EDI Electronic Data Interchange Added prior to March 2003

EDI PN ID Electronic Data Interface Person Identifier (DoD term) November 07, 2007

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EDI/MRA Electronic Data Interchange/Medical Reform Act Added prior to March 2003

EDI/MRA Electronic Data Interchange/Medicare Remittance Advice Added prior to March 2003

EDI_PN_IDS electronic data interface person identifiers July 11, 2007

EDIFACT

Electronic Data Interchange Fir Administration, Commerce, and

Transport

July 15, 2004

EDIPI (DoD's) Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier August 12, 2010

EDIS Emergency Department Integration Software July 12, 2021

EDM Executive Decision Memorandum May 08, 2003

EDMS Electronic Data Management System Added prior to March 2003

EDO Emergency Detention Order January 21, 2016

EDP Electronic Data Processing July 15, 2004

EDR Event Driven Reporting Added prior to March 2003

EDR Educational Data Repository April 17, 2014

EDR Education Data Repository April 23, 2014

EDRP Exercise Disaster Recovery Plan October 30, 2014

EDRP Education Debt Reduction Program July 30, 2015

EDS Electronic Data Systems Added prior to March 2003

EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scales Added prior to March 2003

EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse July 15, 2004

EE External Environment July 15, 2004

EE EQUIPMENT ENTRY July 23, 2021

EEG Electroencephalogram March 24, 2011

EELS Enterprise Exception Log Service August 28, 2008

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity Added prior to March 2003

EEOB Electronic Explanation Of Benefits January 04, 2012

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission May 12, 2010

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EES Employee Education System Added prior to March 2003

EEU Enterprise Exchange Upgrade May 10, 2010

EF ejection fraction May 19, 2015

EFAV Enhanced Failsoft Access for VISTA Added prior to March 2003

EFDA Expanded Function Dental Auxiliaries Added prior to March 2003

EFFECT ER Frequent Flyer; Education, Coordination & Timely Treatment May 02, 2007

EFIC EHRM Facilities Implementation Center August 27, 2021

EFP Explosively Formed Penetrator/Projectile July 31, 2017

EFT Electronic Funds Transfer February 13, 2006

EGT Enrollment Group Threshold July 15, 2004

EGUI electronic Graphical User Interface May 07, 2014

EHBD Enterprise Health Benefits Determination October 21, 2014

EHCPM Enrollee Health Care Projection Model March 26, 2009

EHISN eHealth Information Support Network February 18, 2010

EHMP Enterprise Health Management Platform December 03, 2014

EHPDP Employee Health Promotion Disease Prevention March 15, 2010

EHR Electronic Health Record Added prior to March 2003

EHRA Electronic Health Record Architecture July 15, 2004

EHRI Electronic Health Records Interoperability Added prior to March 2003

EHRI Enterprise Human Resources Integration August 17, 2011

EHRM Enterprise Health Record Modernization July 12, 2021

EHRP Electronic Health Records Plan Added prior to March 2003

EHR-S Electronic Health Record System October 27, 2009

EHRS-FM Electronic Health Record System - Functional Model May 27, 2016

EHRWA Electronic Health Record Way Ahead May 07, 2014

EHRWG Electronic Health Record Working Group May 17, 2004

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EHT Emerging Health Technologies March 07, 2008

EHTAC Emerging Health Technology Advancement Center May 28, 2009

EHX eHealth Exchange January 21, 2016

EIB Enterprise Information Board March 20, 2003

EIC Electronic Information Carrier October 18, 2005

EIC Executive in Charge February 06, 2015

EIE Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering (See ESE as of 12/10) December 01, 2010

EIL Equipment Inventory Listing Added prior to March 2003

EIN Employer Identification Number Added prior to March 2003

EIS Executive Information Systems July 15, 2004

EIS Enterprise Infrastructure Support December 15, 2016

EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture February 02, 2006

EISWG Enterprise Information Systems Work Groups December 02, 2003

EIV Electronic Insurance Verification April 15, 2010

EJB Enterprise JavaBean October 01, 2003

EKG Electrocardiogram July 15, 2004

EL Ethical Leadership April 23, 2014

ELB Executive Leadership Briefing March 03, 2009

ELC Executive Leadership Conference December 01, 2006

ELC Ethical Leadership Coordinator April 23, 2014

ELISA Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays Added prior to March 2003

ELMS Equipment Lease Management Service October 22, 2015

ELNEC End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium May 07, 2014

ELR Education Liaison Representatives September 23, 2014

ELT Executive Leadership Team March 01, 2011

EMC Enterprise Management Committee Added prior to March 2003

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EMC Enterprise Management Concept Added prior to March 2003

EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing April 30, 2014

EME Electronic Medical Evidence July 20, 2005

EMFSO Engineering Management and Field Support Office Added prior to March 2003

EMG Electromyography March 23, 2015

EMI Electromagnetic Interference July 15, 2004

EMI Enterprise Messaging Infrastructure September 23, 2014

EMM Enterprise Mobility Management March 23, 2015

EMME Engineering Acquisition Materiel Management & Equipment Added prior to March 2003

EMPB Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Board Added prior to March 2003

EMPI Enterprise Master Patient Index July 15, 2004

EMR Electronic Medical Record Added prior to March 2003

EMRA Electronic Medicare Remittance Advice - ANSI X12 835 July 27, 2009

EMRSS Emergency Management and Resource Sharing Service Added prior to March 2003

EMS Environmental Management Service January 11, 2005

EMS Emergency Medical Services March 23, 2015

EMSHG Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group Added prior to March 2003

EMT Executive Management Team Added prior to March 2003

ENT Ear Nose & Throat April 17, 2014

ENTSR Enterprise Service Request Schema June 02, 2006

EO Enterprise Operations May 07, 2014

EO Executive Order July 15, 2004

EO Education Officer July 23, 2021

EOAM End of Accounting Month October 01, 2003

EOB Explanation of Benefits September 12, 2007

EOC Environment of Care June 23, 2008

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EOC Emergency Operations Center September 12, 2006

EOC Episode of Care Added prior to March 2003

EOD Entered On Duty August 04, 2008

EOFD Enterprise Operations and Field Development December 21, 2010

EOL end of life March 23, 2015

EOM End of Month April 27, 2009

eOPF electronic Official Personnel Folder April 14, 2009

EP Expert Panel Added prior to March 2003

EP End Product April 23, 2014

EPA Environmental Protection Agency Added prior to March 2003

EPAS Electronic Permission Access System February 06, 2015

EPCS Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances May 07, 2014

EPER electronic patient event reporting December 15, 2016

EPG Enterprise Process Group April 11, 2007

EPHI electronic Personal Health Information June 11, 2014

EPHI Electronic Protected Health Information July 31, 2017

EPHRA EOB Payment Healthcare Remittance Advice November 15, 2010

EPI Emerging Pathogens Initiative Added prior to March 2003

EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Center May 01, 2014

EPIP Existing Product Intake Program April 21, 2016

EPIR Electronic Performance Improvement Record June 22, 2015

EPM Electronic Performance Measurement December 10, 2014

EPM Enterprise Project Management Added prior to March 2003

EPMD Enterprise Project Management Division October 27, 2017

EPMO

Office of Information and Technology Enterprise Program

Management Office

May 28, 2016

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EPMS Enterprise Project Management Software Added prior to March 2003

EPP Enterprise Privacy Program April 27, 2004

EPR Electronic Patient Record Added prior to March 2003

EPRI Electronic Patient Record Interface Added prior to March 2003

EPRP External Peer Review Program August 25, 2011

EPS Enterprise Project Structure January 11, 2011

EPS Enterprise Product Support August 06, 2007

EPTS Existing Prior To Service December 03, 2009

EQ emotional intelligence quotient April 23, 2014

EQIP Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing July 23, 2021

E-QIP Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing November 17, 2011

ER Emergency Room or Emergency Department August 14, 2014

ER Electronic Record Added prior to March 2003

ER7 Encoding Rules Seven April 15, 2010

ERA Electronic Remittance Advice April 01, 2008

ERANGE Enhance Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement July 20, 2011

ERB Exam Request Builder July 12, 2021

ERC Executive Resources Council December 15, 2016

ERCP Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography October 21, 2014

ERF Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE) Request Form January 21, 2016

ERM Enterprise Risk Management April 03, 2014

ERMIS External Review Management Information System Added prior to March 2003

ERRA Examination Request Routing Assistant July 30, 2015

ERT Enterprise Reference Terminology Added prior to March 2003

ERX Electronic Prescription June 21, 2010

ES Employment Specialist December 14, 2016

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ES Enterprise Strategy July 15, 2004

ES Environmental Services December 14, 2016

ES Enrollment System January 21, 2016

ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture January 10, 2006

ESB Enterprise Service Bus August 27, 2007

ESCCB Enterprise Security Change Control Board February 16, 2006

ESCIP Enterprise Cyber Security Infrastructure Project September 24, 2004

ESCP Enterprise Services Collaboration Portal April 01, 2021

ESDD Enterprise Solution Design Document January 21, 2016

ESE Enterprise Systems Engineering December 01, 2010

ESG Environmental Support Group Added prior to March 2003

ESLD End Stage Liver Disease September 05, 2011

ESM Enterprise Systems Management Added prior to March 2003

ESMC Enterprise System Management Committee Added prior to March 2003

ESPD Electronic Support for Patient Decisions May 24, 2004

ESR Enrollment System Redesign March 23, 2007

ESRD End Stage Renal Disease November 04, 2009

ESS Enterprise Support Solution Added prior to March 2003

ESSENCE

Electric Surveillance System for the Early Notification of

Community-based Epidemics

October 18, 2007

ESSS VA Enterprise Security Solution Service January 20, 2011

EST Eastern Standard Time October 21, 2011

EST Enterprise System Testing May 08, 2014

ETA Enterprise Technical Architecture April 18, 2014

ETA Edifecs Transaction Management/Analysis Tool October 25, 2011

ETA Enhanced Time and Attendance System June 27, 2011

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ETA Estimated Time of Arrival November 30, 2007

ETC Estimate To Completion July 22, 2003

ETC Engineering Training Centers Added prior to March 2003

ETC

Education and Training Center (for engineering and construction

management)

Added prior to March 2003

ETCS Electronic Transactions and Code Sets Added prior to March 2003

ETEM Enterprise Telecommunications Expense Management April 01, 2021

ETEMS VA Enterprise Telecommunications Expenses Management July 23, 2021

ETL Extract, Transform and Load November 30, 2009

ETMR Electronic Theater Medical Record Added prior to March 2003

ETOH

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or

drinking alcohol

August 04, 2014

ETOH Abbreviation for ethyl alcohol. Per MediLexicon.com August 04, 2014

ETR Estimated Time of Restoration April 09, 2014

ETS Enterprise Tactical Support Added prior to March 2003

ETS Enterprise Terminology Services October 22, 2003

ETS Enterprise Testing Service July 06, 2009

ETS End Time in Service April 21, 2016

EUD External Urinary Device February 06, 2015

EUL Enhanced Use Lease August 19, 2010

EUO End User Operations April 01, 2021

EUROREC European Institute for Health Records December 15, 2008

EUS endoscopic ultrasound October 27, 2017

EV Earned Value July 15, 2004

EVA Electronic VA Added prior to March 2003

EVEAH Enhance the Veteran Experience and Access to Healthcare March 24, 2011

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EVH Eliminate Veterans Homlessness April 23, 2014

EVMS Earned Value Management System July 22, 2003

EVN Enterprise Video Network May 07, 2014

EVR Eligibility Verification Report March 15, 2010

EVS Enterprise VistA Support January 25, 2005

EVSS Enterprise Veterans Self Service Portal Platform April 17, 2014

EVTN Enterprise Video Teleconferencing Network April 23, 2014

EWI Enterprise-Wide Initiative July 23, 2021

EWIS Enterprise Web Infrastructure Support March 21, 2014

EWL Electronic Wait List September 28, 2005

EWR Enterprise Work Requests May 19, 2022

EXP Expiratory, as in lung sound assessment August 14, 2014

EXS Exchange Server Support August 22, 2011

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F/C/S Fever Chills Sweats April 17, 2015

F/U follow up October 21, 2014

F2F Face-to-Face Meeting April 09, 2014

FA Forearm September 23, 2014

FAADS Federal Assistance Award Database System February 18, 2010

FAB Field Advisory Board Added prior to March 2003

FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act September 21, 2010

FAC-C Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting February 18, 2010

FAC-COR

Federal Acquisition Certification - Contract Officer's

Represenatatives

July 31, 2017

FACCT Foundation for Accountability Added prior to March 2003

FACHE Fellow in American College of Healthcare Executives May 07, 2007

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FAC-P/PM Federal Acquisition Certification Program/Project Management June 21, 2010

FAIN Federal Award Identifier Number February 18, 2010

FAM Financial Audit Manual September 29, 2010

FAP Fixed Asset Subsystem April 23, 2014

FAP Full Account Profile April 15, 2010

FAPA Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association June 11, 2014

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions April 27, 2004

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations Added prior to March 2003

FARC Federal Archives and Records Centers June 16, 2015

FAS Finance and Accounting System March 15, 2010

FAS Fiscal Accounting Services March 15, 2010

FASA Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act May 12, 2010

FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board April 17, 2014

FATKAAT Fat-Client Kernel Authentication & Authorization Tool March 14, 2005

FATO Final Authority to Operate Added prior to March 2003

FB FOREIGN BODY October 27, 2017

FBCS Fee Basis Claim System February 25, 2008

FBG fasting blood glucose May 19, 2015

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation June 06, 2006

FBS Fiduciary-Beneficiary System April 23, 2014

FBS Fiduciary Beneficiary System April 23, 2014

FC Finance Center Added prior to March 2003

FCA Facility Condition Assessment April 21, 2016

FCC Federal Coordinating Center December 28, 2011

FCC Federal Communications Commission October 31, 2011

FCDM Financial and Clinical Data July 21, 2004

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FCG First Consulting Group Added prior to March 2003

FCG Functional Capabilities Group May 07, 2014

FCIO Facility Chief Information Officer April 23, 2014

FCIP Federal Career Intern Program October 01, 2008

FCMT Federal Case Management Tool November 30, 2009

FCP Fund Control Point March 12, 2009

FCP Federal Credentialing Program Added prior to March 2003

FCR Functional Change Request July 23, 2021

FCRA Fair Credit Reporting Act October 04, 2010

FCW Federal Computer Week Added prior to March 2003

FD Fill Date April 15, 2010

FDA Food and Drug Administration Added prior to March 2003

FDB First Data Bank April 23, 2014

FDC Fully Developed Claims April 23, 2014

FDCC Federal Desktop Core Configuration March 05, 2009

FDCCI Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative December 14, 2010

FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface March 23, 2007

FDP Facility Development Plan Added prior to March 2003

FDS Field Developed Software May 08, 2008

FDSS Forward Deployed Soln Set July 12, 2021

FE Field Examiner July 21, 2004

FEA Federal Enterprise Architecture July 21, 2004

FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Act July 21, 2004

FEDRAMP Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) April 15, 2014

FEDSIM Federal Systems Integration and Management Center Added prior to March 2003

FEDSMR Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness Added prior to March 2003

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FED-STD Federal Standard May 12, 2010

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency Added prior to March 2003

FEPAC Facility Engineering, Planning and Construction Office Added prior to March 2003

FERCCA Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act December 01, 2010

FERET Formal Event Review and Evaluation Tool May 29, 2007

FERS Federal Employee Retirement System April 30, 2007

FFATA Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency February 18, 2010

FFB Franchise Fee Board May 09, 2011

FFMIA Federal Financial Management Improvement Act July 21, 2004

FFP Fugitive Felon Program November 01, 2005

FFP Firm-Fixed-Price May 12, 2010

FFP Funding Fee Payment October 27, 2017

FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center April 15, 2014

FHA Federal Housing Acdministration July 21, 2004

FHA Federal Health Architecture April 11, 2007

FHCC Federal Health Care Center April 04, 2008

FHCRS Federal Health Care Resources Sharing (database) Added prior to March 2003

FHIE Federal Health Information Exchange (formerly GCPR) Added prior to March 2003

FHIL Federal Health Informatics Leadership April 15, 2010

FHIL Field Health Informatics Leadership March 23, 2015

FHIM Federal Health Information Model May 07, 2014

FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources April 03, 2015

FI Fiscal Intermediary Added prior to March 2003

FICAM Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management January 21, 2016

FICWG Federal Internal Control Working Group February 22, 2010

FIFO First in First Out December 14, 2016

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FIM Functional Independence Measure March 08, 2010

FIP Federal Information Processing Added prior to March 2003

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards Added prior to March 2003

FIPS Fair Information Practices January 10, 2011

FIRMAC Field Information Resources Management Advisory Council Added prior to March 2003

FIRMR Federal Information Resources Management Regulations Added prior to March 2003

FIRP Federal Individualized Recovery Plan July 21, 2008

FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams April 23, 2014

FIRSWG Federal Information Resources Sharing Work Group Added prior to March 2003

FIS Field Implementation Services March 14, 2011

FISCAM Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual July 21, 2004

FISI Facility Infrastructure Standards and Improvement December 08, 2009

FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act April 27, 2004

FISMA Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 April 21, 2016

FISO Facility Information Security Officer March 21, 2014

FIST Federal Information Sharing Technologies May 01, 2014

FIT Financial Innovation and Transformation April 18, 2014

FITARA Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act June 10, 2016

FITSAF Federal IT Security Assessment Framework May 21, 2003

FIX Flow Improvement Inpatient Initiative January 03, 2007

FL FAST LETTER April 03, 2015

FLITE Financial and Logistics Integrated Technology Enterprise May 17, 2007

FLM Front Line Manager October 21, 2014

FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second July 21, 2004

FLP fasting lipid profile May 19, 2015

FLTCI Federal Long Term Care Insurance Added prior to March 2003

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FLTCIP Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program November 04, 2009

FM Functional Model December 14, 2005

FMBT Financial Management Business Transformation June 30, 2021

FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis December 14, 2016

FMFIA Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act July 21, 2004

FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 October 21, 2011

FMOSC Financial Management Oversight Steering Committee May 19, 2004

FMS Facility Management Support December 01, 2003

FMS Financial Management System Added prior to March 2003

FMS Fecal Management System June 01, 2010

FNA Fine-needle aspiration April 01, 2021

FNOD First Notice of Death March 08, 2010

FO Field Operations March 24, 2011

FOB Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy April 21, 2016

FOBO Financial Oversight and Business Oversight April 01, 2021

FOBT fecal occlult blood test December 21, 2011

FOC Final Operating Capability February 09, 2009

FOC Full Operating Capability April 23, 2014

FOCAS

Education - Flight, On-the-Job Training, Correspondence, and

Apprencticeship System

May 07, 2014

FOD Field Operations and Development October 05, 2009

FOEs Fiscal Notice of Expectations October 04, 2011

FOH Federal Occupational Health June 11, 2003

FOI Field Office of Investigation Added prior to March 2003

FOIA Freedom of Information Act Added prior to March 2003

FOLA Fact of Life Adjustment July 20, 2009

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FOR Foundations of Recovery October 22, 2015

FORUM

Not an acronym. The national electronic information (e-mail)

system

Added prior to March 2003

FOS Financial Operations Services July 21, 2004

FOSIM Family of Services Initiative Management February 06, 2015

FOUO For Official Use Only April 23, 2014

FP Fixed Price May 12, 2010

FP Function Point December 17, 2007

FP Fiscal Period April 01, 2021

FPC Function Point Count July 21, 2004

FPDS Federal Procurement Data System September 20, 2010

FPE Family Psychoeducation August 18, 2008

FPIAR Financial Policy Improvement and Audit Readiness February 18, 2010

FPIF FIXED PRICE INCENTIVE FEE September 04, 2015

FPLOE Fixed Price Level of Effort Added prior to March 2003

FPMR Federal Property Management Regulations Added prior to March 2003

FPO Fleet Post Office September 04, 2015

FPOV Fee Purpose of Visit November 08, 2010

FPOW Former Prisoner of War January 19, 2010

FPPE FOCUSED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EVALUATION May 03, 2011

FPPS Fee Basis Payment Processing System November 30, 2009

FPS File and Print Services April 30, 2014

FQAM Financail Quality Assurance Manager October 05, 2009

FQAM Financial Quality Assurance Manager January 06, 2010

FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name April 01, 2021

FQHC Federally Qualified Health Centers May 01, 2014

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FR french June 16, 2015

FR facility revenue December 15, 2016

FRC FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER April 01, 2021

FRC Federal Recovery Coordinator August 25, 2009

FRCP Federal Recovery Coordination Program August 25, 2009

FRD Financial Review Division February 18, 2010

FRD Functional Requirements Document Added prior to March 2003

FRDW Financial Reporting Data Warehouse April 01, 2021

FRI Friday August 14, 2014

FRM Financial Resources Manager May 05, 2010

FRS Financial Reports System July 06, 2010

FRT Facility Revenue Technician April 01, 2021

FRTIB Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board May 01, 2014

FS Finger Stick October 10, 2006

FSA-DC Flexible Spending Account-Dependent Care July 06, 2010

FSAG Financial System Advisory Group Added prior to March 2003

FSA-HC Flexible Spending Account-Healthcare July 06, 2010

FSAM Federal Segment Architecture Methodology August 12, 2009

FSC Financial Services Center February 13, 2006

FSD Financial Services Division September 20, 2010

FSFM File Server File Management July 21, 2004

FSMB Federation of State Medical Boards Added prior to March 2003

FSO Facility Sustainability Officers October 22, 2015

FSOD Functional Status and Outcomes Database November 22, 2005

FSP Family Services Program August 18, 2008

FSR Financial Status Report - form 5655 May 07, 2014

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FSS Field Security Service October 25, 2010

FSS Federal Supply Schedule May 20, 2004

FSSI OS Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative for Office Supplies October 20, 2010

FST Functional System Testing Added prior to March 2003

FTA Failure to appear July 25, 2014

FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management July 21, 2004

FTC Federal Trade Commission December 14, 2016

FTC Facility Telehealth Coordinator June 16, 2015

FTD Fort Thomas Domicillary April 21, 2016

FTE Full-time Equivalent Added prior to March 2003

FTEE Full-time Employee Equivalent Added prior to March 2003

FTI Federal Tax Information Match December 14, 2016

FTNGD-OS Full-Time National Guard Duty for Operational Support December 08, 2009

FTP File Transfer Protocol Added prior to March 2003

FTR Failed To Report June 16, 2015

FTS Folder Tracking System April 03, 2014

FUO Fever of Unknown Origin February 06, 2015

FWIW For what it's worth April 21, 2011

FWS Federal Wage System August 16, 2011

FWW Front Wheeled Walker April 17, 2014

FX Fracture August 04, 2014

FX FUNCTIONAL December 15, 2016

FY Fiscal Year July 21, 2004

FYA For your action January 23, 2007

FYFP FIVE YEAR FACILITY PLAN December 08, 2016

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FYSA For Your Situational Awareness May 19, 2015

FYSA For Your Situational Awareness March 09, 2021

FYTD Fiscal Year to Date April 23, 2014

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G Gauge January 21, 2016

G&A General and Administrative May 12, 2010

G&L Gains & Losses April 20, 2009

G2B Government to Business July 21, 2004

G2C Government to Consumer July 21, 2004

G2G Government to Government July 21, 2004

GAD General Anxiety Disorder May 19, 2015

GAF Global Assessment of Function (score) Added prior to March 2003

GAGAS Generally Accepted Government Accounting Standards February 18, 2010

GAL Global Address List March 24, 2011

GAO Government Accountability Office (Updated 7/04) July 15, 2004

GAO General Accounting Office (used BEFORE 7/04) July 15, 2004

GAPS CENTER Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center July 10, 2007

GBC Government Business Council April 18, 2014

GBL Government Bill of Lading April 17, 2014

GC General Counsel August 17, 2009

GCID Get Corresponding IDs January 21, 2016

GCM General Court Martial December 15, 2016

GCP Good Clinical Practice July 31, 2017

GCPR or G-CPR Government-Computer-based Patient Record (See FHIE) Added prior to March 2003

GCS Government Consulting Services Added prior to March 2003

GCS Glascow Coma Scale August 04, 2014

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GDIT General Dynamics Information Technology February 18, 2010

GDX Graphical Distribution of VA eXpenditures June 27, 2011

GEC Geriatrics and Extended Care April 27, 2006

GECDAC Geriatrics and Extended Care Data and Analysis Center April 01, 2021

GED General Eligibility Determination July 21, 2004

GEHA Government Employees Health Association April 23, 2014

GEHR Good Electronic Health Record July 21, 2004

GEM Geriatric Evaluation and Management March 17, 2009

GEMS Green Environmental Management System February 04, 2010

GEMS Green Envronmental Management System January 25, 2006

GERD gastroesophageal reflux disease October 22, 2015

GETS Government Emergency Telecommunications Service Added prior to March 2003

GEU Geriatric Evaluation Unit Added prior to March 2003

GFE/GFI Government Furnished Equipment/Information Added prior to March 2003

GFI Government Furnished Information Added prior to March 2003

GGAC Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee Added prior to March 2003

GHATP Graduate Healthcare Administration Training Program August 09, 2007

GHELP Geriatric High Risk Evaluation and Liaison Program October 05, 2009

GI Government Issue July 21, 2004

GI Gastrointestinal August 04, 2014

GIAT Government Installation Acceptance Test Added prior to March 2003

GIF Graphics Interchange Format June 08, 2005

GIGO garbage in garbage out Added prior to March 2003

GILS Government Information Locator System Added prior to March 2003

GIP Generic Inventory Package Added prior to March 2003

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GIPSE Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange June 21, 2010

GIS Geographic Information System July 21, 2010

GIS Generic Interface System Added prior to March 2003

GISRA Government Information Security Reform Act Added prior to March 2003

GITSS Global Information Technology Support Services January 25, 2007

GIVE Gender Identity Veteran's Experience April 01, 2021

GLIF GuideLine Interchange Format Added prior to March 2003

GLU Glucose or glucose check August 04, 2014

GM gluteus maximus June 16, 2015

GM gram April 21, 2016

GMAIL group mail December 14, 2016

GMDN Global Medical Device Nomenclature October 20, 2003

GME Graduate Medical Education October 22, 2015

GMI General Mental Illness February 16, 2011

GMR General Medical Record June 21, 2010

GMS Genomic Medicine Service July 31, 2017

GMT Geographic Means Test Added prior to March 2003

GNT Graduate Nurse Technician July 12, 2021

GOE General Operating Expenses November 15, 2010

GOHR Good Electronic Health Record July 21, 2004

GORP GERIATRIC ONGOING READINESS PROGRAM April 10, 2014

GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile Added prior to March 2003

GOT Government-Off-The-Shelf Added prior to March 2003

GOTS Government Off-the-Shelf (applications) April 23, 2014

GOTS Government Off-The-Shelf May 07, 2014

GOV Government Owned Vehicle March 18, 2009

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GP Government Property May 12, 2010

GPC Government Purchase Card July 12, 2021

GPD Grant and Per Diem August 14, 2007

GPDP Grant and Per Diem Program April 30, 2014

GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act Added prior to March 2003

GPL General Public License May 01, 2014

GPM Group Practice Management April 21, 2016

GPMRC Global Patient Movement Requirements Center Added prior to March 2003

GPO Geographic Provider Organization Added prior to March 2003

GPO Government Printing Office May 09, 2011

GPRA Government Performance & Results Act Added prior to March 2003

GPRAMA

Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of

2010

September 04, 2015

GPS Global Positioning System April 23, 2014

GRB Government Retirement Benefits December 15, 2016

GRC Governance, Risk and Compliance October 25, 2011

GRECC Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center Added prior to March 2003

GRM Government Reference Information Model Added prior to March 2003

GROW Goal, Reality, Options, Wrap-Up April 01, 2021

GSA General Services Administration Added prior to March 2003

GSBCA General Services Board of Contract Appeals May 12, 2010

GSF Gross Square Feet January 23, 2007

G-SIG Government Special Interest Group Added prior to March 2003

GSS General Support System January 14, 2008

GTN Gross to Net July 14, 2010

GU Genitourinary August 04, 2014

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GUDI Global Unique Device Identification October 22, 2015

GUI Graphic User Interface Added prior to March 2003

GUI Graphical User Interface March 28, 2011

GWAC Government Wide Area Contract July 21, 2004

GWN GetWellNetwork September 23, 2014

GWN Gateway North October 21, 2014

GWOT Global War On Terrorism (see Overseas Contingency Operation) March 25, 2009

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H&CBC Home and Community Based Care November 06, 2007

H&P History and Physical May 19, 2015

H&PE History and Physical Examination Added prior to March 2003

H/I Homicidal Ideation October 31, 2007

H/O History of December 14, 2016

HA heache March 23, 2015

HAC Housekeeping Aide Closet July 17, 2008

HAC Health Administration Center Added prior to March 2003

HAIG Health Architecture Interagency Group June 02, 2006

HAIG Healthcare Analysis and Information Group March 26, 2009

HAIISS Healthcare Acquired Infection and Influenza Surveillance System March 08, 2007

HAIMS Healthcare Artifact and Image Management Solution October 22, 2009

HAIMS Healthcare Artifacts and Images Management Solution December 14, 2016

HAISS

Healthcare Associated Infection and Influenza Surveillance

System

September 23, 2008

HAMP Home Affordable Modification Program August 11, 2015

HAND Human Assisted Neural Devices April 03, 2006

HAPE Health Administration Project Enhancement December 07, 2010

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HAPI HL7 Application Programming Interface April 17, 2015

HARB Health Architecture Review Board April 30, 2014

HAS Health Administration Services Added prior to March 2003

HB&E Health Benefits & Enrollment December 14, 2016

HBC Health Behavior Coordinator October 25, 2010

HBHC Hospital Based Home Care is now HBHC Added prior to March 2003

HBIPS Hospital Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services July 18, 2014

HBOC

(One of the largest vendors of hospital system information

software)

Added prior to March 2003

HBP Health Benefit Plans February 06, 2015

HBP High Blood Pressure October 22, 2015

HBPC Home Based Primary Care Added prior to March 2003

HC IDM Healthcare Identity Management June 04, 2009

HCA Head's of Contracting Activity December 15, 2016

HCBC Home and Community Based Care May 19, 2015

HCC Health Care Center September 23, 2014

HCCSL Home and Community Care Service Line November 01, 2005

HCEC Health Care Ethics Consultant April 23, 2014

HCEF Health Care Executive Fellowship May 24, 2011

HCERA Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act July 06, 2010

HCFA Health Care Financing Administration (CMS as of 7/01) Added prior to March 2003

HCG OR HCG human choriaonic gonadatropin, as in pregnancy testing August 14, 2014

HCHV Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Added prior to March 2003

HC-ISAC HealthCare Information Sharing and Analysis Center May 22, 2003

HCLDP Health Care Leadership Development Program May 24, 2011

HCLI Health Care Leadership Institute February 25, 2008

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HCM Human Capital Management January 21, 2016

HCMI Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill September 23, 2014

HCP Healthcare Claims Processing April 17, 2014

HCPCS Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System July 21, 2004

HCPM Health Care Planning Model March 26, 2009

HCPOA health care power of attorney December 15, 2016

HCPS Health Claims Processing System May 19, 2015

HCR HealthCare Repository December 03, 2014

HCRV HealthCare Reentry Veterans October 22, 2008

HCS Health Care System July 06, 2009

HCSDRO Health Care Staff Development and Retention Office Added prior to March 2003

HCSIF Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund March 09, 2021

HCSS Human Capital Systems and Services Office November 06, 2017

HCTZ hydrochlorothiazide August 14, 2014

HCV Hepatitis C Virus May 01, 2014

HD Hemodialysis October 22, 2008

HDD Health Data Dictionary July 21, 2004

HDI Health Data and Informatics April 15, 2010

HDL High Density Lipoprotein December 15, 2016

HDR Health Data Repository Added prior to March 2003

HDR-L Health Data Repository-Local February 10, 2004

HDR-N Health Data Repository - National July 21, 2004

HDR-P Health Data Repository Prototype July 21, 2004

HDS Health Data Systems July 21, 2004

HDS-DE Health Data Systems-Data Exchange April 05, 2010

HEA Health Enterprise Architecture July 21, 2004

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HEC Health Executive Council (VA/DoD) Added prior to March 2003

HEC Health Eligibility Center Added prior to March 2003

HEC HDS-BL Health Executive Council Health Data Sharing-Business Line July 31, 2017

HEC IM/IT WG

Health Executive Council Information Management/Information

Technology Work Group

May 07, 2014

HECMS Health Eligibility Case Management System September 03, 2008

HEDIS Health Plan and Employer Data and Information Set July 21, 2004

HEFP Healthcare Environment and Facilities Programs July 23, 2021

HERC Health Economics Resource Center March 20, 2008

HERL HUMAN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORIES January 29, 2009

HES Health Enterprise Strategy July 22, 2003

HEV HealtheVet June 19, 2007

HF Heart Failure May 19, 2015

HFMEA Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis August 21, 2008

HFR Hold for Review October 30, 2006

HFS Host File System July 21, 2004

HH Home Health April 23, 2014

HHA Homemaker Home Health Aide February 25, 2008

HHA Hand Held Actuator July 23, 2021

HHAS Headquarters Health Administration Services Added prior to March 2003

HHC Home Health Care April 23, 2014

HHS Health and Human Services Added prior to March 2003

HHS hand held showed September 23, 2008

HHV Help Hospitalized Veterans October 20, 2011

HI2 Health Informatics Initiative April 23, 2014

HIA Health Information Architecture Added prior to March 2003

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HIAC HIPAA Implementation Advisory Council April 27, 2004

HIC Health Information Committee September 20, 2010

HIC Hospital Incident Command September 20, 2010

HICR Hosted Intelligent Call Routing June 27, 2011

HIDS Host Based Intrusion Detection System July 21, 2004

HIDU Health Information Development Unit October 06, 2011

HIE Health Information Exchange January 14, 2008

HIEA Health Interoperability Exchange Alliance January 21, 2016

HIG Health Information Governance April 23, 2014

HIIR Health Information Integration and Resources July 16, 2007

HILS Heterogeneous Information Locator Service July 21, 2004

HIM Health Information Management Added prior to March 2003

HIMS Health Information Management Service July 27, 2009

HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Added prior to March 2003

HINQ Hospital Inquiry April 15, 2010

HIOT High Intensity Outpatient Treatment July 20, 2009

HIP Health Improvement Program June 19, 2006

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Added prior to March 2003

HIPDB Health Integrity & Protection Data Bank October 31, 2007

HIPPS Health Insurance Prospective Payment System April 01, 2021

HIPS Host-based Intrusion Prevention System June 12, 2006

HIRS Health Information Resources Service Added prior to March 2003

HIS Hospital Information System Added prior to March 2003

HIS Health Informatics Strategy July 22, 2003

HIS Health Informatics Specialist April 18, 2014

HIS Health Information Sharing March 31, 2010

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HISA Home Improvement Structural Alterations June 19, 2007

HISB Healthcare Informatics Standards Board Added prior to March 2003

HISD Health Information Security Division September 08, 2008

HISEB Health Information Systems Executive Boards April 15, 2010

HISP Healthcare Internet Service Provider April 23, 2014

HISPP Health Care Informatics Standards Planning Panel Added prior to March 2003

HISS Health Information Security Service Added prior to March 2003

HIT Health Information Technology February 24, 2009

HIT(S) HIPAA Implementation Team(s) April 27, 2004

HITC Hines Information Technology Center April 23, 2014

HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health February 24, 2009

HITIDE Health Information Technology Innovation and Development August 22, 2011

HITS Health Information Technology Systems June 14, 2011

HITS Health IT Sharing April 27, 2004

HITSC Health Information Technology Standards Committee May 07, 2014

HITSP Health Information Technology Standards Panel September 18, 2006

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus July 21, 2004

HL7

Health Level 7 (standard for electronic data exchange/messaging

protocol)

Added prior to March 2003

HL7 RIM Health Level 7 Reference Information Model July 21, 2004

HLA healtheliving assessment September 23, 2014

HLD Hyperlipidemia April 03, 2014

HLM Healthy Living Messages February 02, 2011

HLO HL7 Optimized April 20, 2010

HLR Higher-Level Review July 12, 2021

HMIS History Management Information System April 23, 2014

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HMP Health Management Platform April 23, 2014

HMP Health Management Platform April 17, 2014

HMP Heath Management Platform May 07, 2014

HNL Non Hodgkins Lymphoma November 05, 2019

HOB Head of Bed June 16, 2015

HOH hard of hearing August 04, 2014

HOLAP Hybrid On-Line Analytical Processing July 21, 2004

HOMES

Homeless Veterans Operations Management and Evaluation

System

April 23, 2014

HOMES Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System April 17, 2014

HON HONORABLE April 17, 2015

HOPTEL Hospital Hotel January 03, 2007

HOR Home of Record April 21, 2016

HOST Hybrid Open Systems Technology July 27, 2004

HOST (Federal) Healthcare Open Systems and Trials Added prior to March 2003

HOTN Hypotension February 06, 2015

HP Hewlett Packard July 21, 2004

HPACT Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team April 10, 2014

HPC Hospice Palliative Care May 07, 2014

HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications Added prior to March 2003

HPDM High Performance Development Model Added prior to March 2003

HPDP Health Promotion Disease Prevention November 18, 2010

HPID Health Plan Identifier April 23, 2014

HPID Health Plan Identifier October 27, 2017

HPMO Health Program Management Office January 05, 2006

HPOES Health Plan and Other Entity Enumeration System April 18, 2014

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HPPD Hours Per Patient Day April 23, 2014

HPS Health Provider Systems February 10, 2004

HPSO Health Program Support Office October 30, 2006

HQ Headquarters (used by VHA only) Added prior to March 2003

HR Human Resources July 21, 2004

HR hour August 14, 2014

HR&A Human Resources and Administration July 21, 2004

HR&SS Human Resources and Staffing Services April 23, 2014

HRA Human Resources and Administration April 17, 2014

HRA Health Risk Assessment February 25, 2008

HRAC Healthcare Resource Access Control Added prior to March 2003

HRC Health Resource Center April 20, 2010

HRIS Human Resources Information Service November 30, 2009

HRM Human Resources Management Added prior to March 2003

HRMACS Human Resources Management and Consulting Services April 23, 2014

HRML Human Resources Management Letter Added prior to March 2003

HRO High Reliability Organization April 01, 2021

HRO Highly Reliable Organization April 01, 2021

HRPP Human Research Protection Programs March 18, 2009

HRQoL Health Related Quality of Life Added prior to March 2003

HRR High Risk Report May 03, 2007

HRSA Health Resources Services Administration Added prior to March 2003

HSC Health Systems Committee Added prior to March 2003

HSD&A Health Systems Data and Analysis March 26, 2009

HSD&D Health Systems Design & Development November 18, 2003

HSES Health Systems Executive Service Added prior to March 2003

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HSHC Hawaii State Healthcare Corporation Added prior to March 2003

HSITES Health Systems Implementation, Training, and Enterprise Support October 06, 2003

HSM Health Solutions Management October 22, 2015

HSPC Healthcare Services Platform Consortium February 06, 2015

HSPD-12 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 October 14, 2010

HSR&D Health Services Research and Development Added prior to March 2003

HSRM Health Share Referral Manager July 23, 2021

HSRM HealthShare’s Referral Manager July 23, 2021

HSRO Health Systems Review Organization Added prior to March 2003

HSSI High Speed Serial Interface November 10, 2003

HT/HTH Home Telehealth February 25, 2008

HTH Home Telehealth October 25, 2011

HTH Home Telehealth December 28, 2011

HTM Healthcare Technology Management October 01, 2014

HTM Healthcare Talent Management December 29, 2009

HTML Hypertext Markup Language Added prior to March 2003

HTN Hypertension February 06, 2007

HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol July 21, 2004

HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure December 14, 2009

HUBZONE Historically Underutilized Business Zone May 12, 2010

HUCARES

Health Undersecretary's Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced

Services

April 11, 2007

HUD/VASH

Department of Housing and Urban Development/Department of

Veterans Affairs Supported Housing

August 17, 2010

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HUD/VASH HUD/VA SUPPORTED HOUSING December 14, 2016

HUD-VASH

Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supported

Housing

August 12, 2009

HUG Human User Group Added prior to March 2003

HUGN Human Gene Nomenclature May 07, 2004

HVA Hazards Vulnerability Analysis April 17, 2014

HVAC House Veterans Affairs Committee Added prior to March 2003

HVCC Home Valuation Code of Conduct November 08, 2010

HVCES Homeless Veteran Community Employment Services December 08, 2016

HVLT Hopkins Verbal Learning Test May 01, 2014

HVRP Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program April 21, 2010

HVSEP Homeless Veterans Supported Employment programs April 15, 2014

HVT HealtheVet July 21, 2004

HWBP Heparin Weight Based Protocol April 23, 2014

HWSC HealtheVet Web Service Client April 23, 2007

HWY hallway September 04, 2015

HX OR HX History or History of August 04, 2014

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I&D OR ID Incission and drainage August 14, 2014

I&I Laboratory Integration and Interoperability Laboratory Added prior to March 2003

I&O OR IO In take and out put August 14, 2014

I&R Information and Referral Added prior to March 2003

IA Integration Agreement July 21, 2004

IA Identification, Authentication December 15, 2009

IA Information Assurance Analyst October 27, 2017

IAA Interagency Agreement November 08, 2010

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IAA Identification, Authentication, and Authorization July 21, 2004

IAB Initial Assessment and Briefing April 11, 2007

IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Program March 18, 2009

IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living March 17, 2009

IADS Initial Architecture and Interface Design Strategy July 21, 2004

IADT Initial Active Duty for Training December 08, 2009

IAE Interim Address Enhancements October 01, 2003

IAM Identity and Access Management July 27, 2009

IAP Information Access and Privacy April 15, 2010

IAS Internal Audit Service Added prior to March 2003

IASR integrated Architecture Summary Report May 07, 2014

IATO Interim Authority to Operate Added prior to March 2003

IAW In Accordance With November 21, 2007

IB Insurance Buffer February 18, 2010

IB Integrated Billing Added prior to March 2003

IB Incident Briefing April 03, 2014

IBBA Intranet BDN/BIRLS Access Added prior to March 2003

IBM International Business Machines July 21, 2004

IBR Integrated Baseline Review April 27, 2009

IBRD integrated Business Requirements Document May 07, 2014

IBRM integrated Business Reference Model May 07, 2014

IBW Ideal Body Weight April 01, 2021

ICAM Identity, Credential, and Access Management December 03, 2014

ICARE Integrity, Compassion, Advocacy, Respect & Excellence September 23, 2014

ICARE Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence April 01, 2021

ICB Insurance Capture Buffer May 07, 2009

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ICB Insurance Card Buffer February 18, 2010

ICB Information Collection Budget Added prior to March 2003

ICC Integrated Clinical Community July 23, 2021

ICC Integrated Clinical Council April 01, 2021

ICCD International Change Control Board July 21, 2004

ICD Interface Control Document July 21, 2004

ICD ISO Consultation Division April 23, 2014

ICD International Classification of Diseases Added prior to March 2003

ICD Insurance Claims Division Added prior to March 2003

ICD Informed Consent Document December 15, 2016

ICD-10 CM

International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical

Modifications

April 15, 2010

ICD-9, ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth or Tenth Revision February 06, 2015

ICD-9-CM

International Classification of Diseases--9th edition--Clinical

Modification

Added prior to March 2003

ICDB Interoperative Clinical Database December 15, 2003

ICDR Interactive Clinical Data Repository July 21, 2004

ICE In Case Of Emergency July 10, 2006

ICFM Integrated Collections Forecasting Model May 07, 2014

ICFM Integrated Collections Forecasting Model April 30, 2014

ICFS Infrastructure, Common Services, and Foundations August 25, 2008

ICIB Interagency Clinical Informatics Board September 09, 2008

ICIDH

International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities &

Handicaps

Added prior to March 2003

ICIDH-2

International Classification of Impairments, Activities &

Participation

Added prior to March 2003

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ICL Isolated Customer LAN January 14, 2008

ICN Integration Control Number May 17, 2004

ICOM Inputs, controls, outputs and mechanisms December 01, 2009

ICOO Internal Controls over Operations April 21, 2016

ICP Intermittent Catheterization Protocol April 15, 2010

ICP Infection Control Professional October 14, 2008

ICPT Integrated Clinical Program Review Team January 21, 2016

ICR Integration Control Registration November 16, 2011

ICR Immunology Case Registry Added prior to March 2003

ICRA Infection Control Risk Assessment August 31, 2011

ICS Integrated Campus Support June 27, 2011

ICS Internal Controls Service February 01, 2010

ICS Incident Command System April 17, 2014

ICTAP Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program November 04, 2009

ICU Intensive Care Unit July 21, 2004

ICWG Internal Control Work Group May 11, 2006

ID Identification April 18, 2014

ID10T Individual Developement 10 Training April 01, 2021

IDC Interim Data Center May 12, 2010

IDCU Integrated Data Communications Utility Added prior to March 2003

IDD Interface Design Document November 18, 2003

IDE Integrated Development Environment May 16, 2005

IDE Integrated Drive Electronics February 02, 2006

IDES Integrated Disability Evaluation System December 08, 2010

IDIQ Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Added prior to March 2003

IDL Interface Definition Language Added prior to March 2003

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IDL Iterative Development Lifecycle October 01, 2003

IDM

Independent Domiciliary (independently operated and non

managed by MC)

Added prior to March 2003

IDM Identity Management December 10, 2014

IDMC Informatics & Data Management Committee Added prior to March 2003

IDMS Identity Management System October 06, 2011

IDP Individual Development Plan October 20, 2006

IDPO Infectious Disease Program Office November 16, 2011

IDRP Innovation and Development Request Portal April 23, 2014

IDS Intrusion Detection Systems Added prior to March 2003

IDT Interdisciplinary Team April 23, 2014

IDTP Intensive Day Treatment Program October 30, 2014

IE Interface Engine Added prior to March 2003

IE POC IntegratedEthics Point of Contact April 23, 2014

IEAB IntegratedEthics Advisory Board April 23, 2014

IEC IntegratedEthics Council April 23, 2014

IED Improvise Explosive Device March 09, 2007

IEDS Investment & Enterprise Development Service April 30, 2014

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Added prior to March 2003

IEEE1073 Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1073 March 24, 2003

iEHR integrated Electronic Health Record May 03, 2011

IEN Internal Entry Number July 21, 2004

IEPO IntegratedEthics Program Officer April 23, 2014

IER Information Exchange Requrements March 02, 2009

IESS IntegratedEthics Staff Survey April 23, 2014

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IETF Internet Engineering Task Force July 21, 2004

iFAMS Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System May 30, 2017

IFAS Integrated Financial Accounting System October 31, 2007

IFB Invitation for Bids May 13, 2010

IFC Interfacility Consult November 04, 2009

IFC interferential current October 27, 2017

IFCAP Integrated Funds Control, Accounting, and Procurement April 15, 2010

IFM Ineligible due to Forms Missing November 04, 2009

IFMB Integrated Financial Management Board July 26, 2010

IFMC Iowa Foundation for Medical Care May 07, 2004

IFMS Integrated Financial Management Standard Added prior to March 2003

IFMT Integrated Flow Management Tool December 15, 2016

IFN Item(s) For Negotiation April 15, 2014

IFN Item for Negotiation May 07, 2014

IFR Interim Final Rule February 18, 2010

IFR Institution File Redesign Added prior to March 2003

IG Inspector General Added prior to March 2003

IGA Identity Governance and Administration Solution July 12, 2021

IGCE Independent Government Cost Estimate September 09, 2008

IGUI integrated Graphical User Interface May 07, 2014

IH Industrial Hygienist November 16, 2009

IHDR Interactive Health Data Repository July 21, 2004

IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise December 14, 2005

IHI Institute for Healthcare Improvement November 15, 2010

IHOP Integrated Health Operating Plan April 17, 2014

IHP Internal High Priority Added prior to March 2003

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IHPI Integrated Health Practice & Implementation April 01, 2021

IHS Indian Health Service Added prior to March 2003

IHS Integrated Hospital System Added prior to March 2003

IHSS In-Home Supportive Services April 10, 2014

IHTSDO

International Health Terminology Standards Development

Organization

June 09, 2008

II&V Insurance Identification and Verification October 01, 2003

IIA Institute of Internal Auditors February 18, 2010

IICU Intermediate Intensive Care Unit August 14, 2014

IIHI Individually Identifiable Health Information Added prior to March 2003

IIMR integrated Information Model Report May 07, 2014

IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol Added prior to March 2003

IIP Informatics Innovation Project Added prior to March 2003

IIP VA Innovation Intern Program May 01, 2014

IIP Information Interoperability Plan June 09, 2008

IIRC If I Recall Correctly December 14, 2016

IIS Internet Information Servers Added prior to March 2003

IIS Information Infrastructure Systems July 21, 2004

IITMB Integrated Information Technology Management Board March 31, 2010

IIV Insurance Identification and Verification October 25, 2011

IKE Internet Key Exchange March 23, 2007

IL Information Letter July 06, 2010

ILER Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record November 18, 2015

ILL Interlibrary Loan Added prior to March 2003

ILO In lieu of November 05, 2008

ILSM Interim Life Safety Measures August 31, 2011

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ILSP Integrated Logistics Support Plan October 27, 2017

ILT Instructor Led Training February 06, 2015

IM intramuscular August 04, 2014

IM Information Management Added prior to March 2003

IM/DQ Identity Management/Data Quality February 22, 2005

IM/IT Information Management/Information Technology Added prior to March 2003

IMACD Install, Move, Add, Create, Delete December 15, 2016

IMC Intermediate Care Added prior to March 2003

IMDQ Identity Management Data Quality July 12, 2006

IMHO In my humble opinion October 21, 2014

IMM Integration Medication Manager May 05, 2010

IMO Inpatient Medications for Outpatients April 19, 2005

IMP Integrated Master Plan September 14, 2009

IMPAC International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card Added prior to March 2003

IMPACT Intensive Management Patient Aligned Care Teams April 10, 2014

IMR Inpatient Medication Requests April 27, 2009

IMR Individual Medical Readiness April 11, 2007

IMRB Internet Management Review Board Added prior to March 2003

IMS Interim Messaging Solution May 19, 2004

IMS Integrated Master Schedule September 14, 2009

IMS Instant Messaging Server May 01, 2014

IMSR Information Model Summary Report December 03, 2014

IMT&R Information Management, Technology and Reengineering Added prior to March 2003

IND Investigational New Drug May 03, 2011

INH Inhale or Inhalation August 14, 2014

INS Immigration and Naturalization Service Added prior to March 2003

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INSP Inspiratory, as in lung sound assessment August 14, 2014

INTMED Internal Medicine August 12, 2010

IOC Initial Operating Capabilities January 19, 2010

IOC Integrated Operations Center June 27, 2011

IOC Independent Outpatient Clinic Added prior to March 2003

IOC Integrated Operations Center December 14, 2016

IOM Institute of Medicine July 21, 2004

IOM Integrated Operating Model January 10, 2011

IOP Intensive Outpatient Program April 03, 2014

IORBA Inter-Organizational Role-Based Access Added prior to March 2003

IORM Integrated Organizational Role Models May 07, 2014

IOT In order to September 23, 2014

IOWG Interoperability Work Group October 31, 2006

IP Intelligent Properties March 02, 2009

IP Internet Protocol Added prior to March 2003

IP inpatient October 27, 2017

IPA Intergovernmental Personnel Act April 29, 2010

IPA In-Person Authentication December 21, 2006

IPA In Depth Pain Assessment November 27, 2007

IPAC Intra-governmental Payment and Collection March 20, 2008

IPC Intake Processing Center June 06, 2014

IPD Intermediate Product Department April 23, 2014

IPDB Integrated Patient Database Added prior to March 2003

IPEC Inpatient Evaluation Centers April 17, 2007

IPERA Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act December 07, 2010

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IPERIA Improper Payments Elimination & Recovery Improvement Act April 23, 2014

IPF Integrated Patient Funds April 24, 2003

IPIA Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 February 11, 2009

IPL Initial Program Load May 07, 2014

IPLRD integrated Project Level Requirements Document May 01, 2014

IPM Inpatient Medications December 11, 2007

IPO Interagency Program Office April 29, 2008

IPO Input Process Output November 06, 2017

IPPS Invoice Payment and Processing System February 06, 2015

IPR Initial Product Review March 09, 2021

IPR In-Process Review (or In-Progress/DoD acronym) Added prior to March 2003

IPRM Information Protection and Risk Management December 21, 2010

IPRO Improper Payments Reporting and Oversight April 21, 2016

IPS Informatics Patient Safety December 15, 2016

IPS Intrusion Protection System March 23, 2015

IPS Innovation & Procurement Service January 25, 2005

IPSAW Information Security and Privacy Awareness Week April 19, 2016

IPSEC Internet Protocol Security July 21, 2004

IPT interpersonal therapy April 23, 2014

IPT Integrated Project Team Added prior to March 2003

IPT Integrated Product Team March 31, 2010

IPT Integrated Process Teams February 18, 2010

IPU inpatient psychiatric unit April 10, 2014

IPV Intimate Partner Violence April 21, 2016

IPV4 Internet Protocol Version 4 June 21, 2010

IPV6 Internet Protocol Version 6 June 21, 2010

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IQ Intranet Quorum December 02, 2009

IR Insurance Review April 17, 2014

IR Interventional Radiology August 14, 2014

IR Incident Report July 21, 2004

IR5 Iterative Release 5 July 10, 2006

IRA Initial Requirements Analysis April 16, 2003

IRAC Information Resources Advisory Council Added prior to March 2003

IRATIP Intranet Remote Access Transport Improvement Project July 21, 2004

IRB Institutional Review Board May 05, 2010

IRC Internet Relay Chat July 21, 2004

IRC Internal Readiness Committee December 15, 2016

IRC Lab Integration and Research Center Laboratory Added prior to March 2003

IRCN Interagency Reports Control Number Added prior to March 2003

IRCT Incident Resolution Core Team April 30, 2007

IRDC Informatics Research Design Center February 14, 2012

IRF-PAI Inpatient Rehabilitation Facitility-Patient Assessment Instrument March 02, 2009

IRGB VA Incident Response Governance Board November 05, 2009

IRIS Inquiry Routing & Information System Added prior to March 2003

IRM Information Resources Management Added prior to March 2003

IRM Incident Response Message July 30, 2015

IRMCO Interagency Resources Management Conference October 01, 2003

IRMFO Information Resources Management Field Office Added prior to March 2003

IRMS Information Resource Management Systems January 11, 2005

IRP Incident Response Plan April 17, 2014

IRP Incident Response Plan April 23, 2014

IRR Individual Ready Reserve December 14, 2009

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IRSD IAM Integration Requirements Specification Document April 23, 2014

IRT Incomplete Records Tracking Added prior to March 2003

IRT In Reference to October 29, 2015

IRWG Investment Review Working Group June 19, 2006

ISA Information Security Agreement September 19, 2006

ISA Industry Standard Architecture February 02, 2006

ISA Interconnection Security Agreement April 10, 2014

ISBN International Standard Book Number July 21, 2004

ISBT International System of Bar Code Technology Added prior to March 2003

ISC Information Systems Center Added prior to March 2003

ISC intermittent self catheterizaiton April 23, 2014

ISC Integrated Steering Committee June 11, 2014

ISCH Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus April 21, 2016

ISCP Information Systems Contingency Plan April 23, 2014

ISCPA Information Systems Contingency Plan Assessment June 27, 2011

ISCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface February 02, 2006

ISD Instructional System Design April 05, 2010

ISD Integrated Systems Deployment December 15, 2016

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network Added prior to March 2003

ISI Information Sharing Initiative June 14, 2011

ISIL Interagency Software Integration Lab Added prior to March 2003

ISITE Integrated Self-Instructive Test Equipment June 25, 2014

ISMS Integrated Supply Management System Added prior to March 2003

ISO International Standards Organization Added prior to March 2003

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ISO Information Security Officer July 21, 2004

ISO In support of April 01, 2021

ISO-TC

International Organization for Standardization Technical

Committee

Added prior to March 2003

ISP Internet Service Provider July 21, 2004

ISP Individual Service Plan October 31, 2007

ISPAW Information Security and Privacy Awareness Week May 19, 2015

ISSL Information Systems Service Line February 25, 2008

ISSUES

Identify, Study, Select Strategy, Undertake Plan, Evaluate &

Adjust, Sustain & Spread

April 23, 2014

IT Information Technology Added prior to March 2003

IT MYP Information Technology Multi-Year Programming June 11, 2014

IT&IMS Information Technology & Management Sharing (VHA/DoD) Added prior to March 2003

ITA Information Technology Architecture (VHA) Added prior to March 2003

ITAAC IT Acquisition Advisory Council April 27, 2010

ITAAG Information Technology Asset Allocation Group April 23, 2014

ITAC Information Technology Advisory Committee Added prior to March 2003

ITAM IT Asset Management June 27, 2011

ITAM Information Technology Account Manager May 28, 2016

ITARG Integration and Technology Application Requirements Group Added prior to March 2003

ITARP IT Activity Resource Proposal July 27, 2009

ITARS IT Acquisition Request System July 21, 2009

ITB Information Technology Board July 21, 2004

ITBAT IT Budget Analysis Team March 01, 2010

ITC Information Technology Center July 29, 2009

ITC Information Technology Conference Added prior to March 2003

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ITC The Information Technology Committee October 27, 2017

ITDB Interim Theater Database October 18, 2005

ITE Independent Test and Evaluation April 30, 2014

ITE In the Ear April 23, 2014

ITEAM Information Technology Enterprise Architecture Management August 09, 2004

ITF Intent to File October 22, 2015

ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library March 27, 2007

I-TIPS Information Technology Investment Portfolio System Added prior to March 2003

ITLB Information Technology Leadership Board April 15, 2008

ITLO InformationTechnology Logistics Office January 25, 2008

ITMP Information Technology Management Program Added prior to March 2003

ITMRA Information Technology Management Reform Act Added prior to March 2003

ITN Incident Ticket Number April 21, 2016

ITOC Information Technology and Oversight Compliance October 28, 2009

ITOC Information Technology Oversight & Compliance October 31, 2011

ITOPS IT Operations and Services December 28, 2016

ITP Intent to Proceed January 11, 2006

ITPROG Information Technology Program Manager April 10, 2014

ITPT Information Technology Process Team September 27, 2010

ITRM IT Resource Management September 10, 2008

ITS Information Technology Specialist January 29, 2009

ITS Implementation and Training Services July 21, 2004

ITSCAP

Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation

Program

July 21, 2004

ITSL Information Technology Service Line November 05, 2008

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ITSM IT Service Management April 30, 2014

ITSR Information Technology Service Request April 11, 2007

ITT Instructions To the Traveler April 01, 2021

ITT Instructions To Traveler April 01, 2021

ITU International Telecommunications Union July 21, 2004

ITWD IT Workforce Development March 21, 2014

IU Individual Unemployability December 15, 2016

IUC Indwelling Urinary Catheter March 09, 2021

IV Insurance Verification April 15, 2014

IV Intravenous December 11, 2007

IV&V Independent Verification and Validation Added prior to March 2003

IVA Integrated Vista Adapter August 11, 2015

IVAP Income for VA Purposes April 03, 2015

IVM Income Verification Match Added prior to March 2003

IVMC Income Verification Match Center Added prior to March 2003

IVMH Improve Veterans Mental Health July 26, 2010

IVN Interactive visual navigator April 23, 2014

IVP Intra Venous Push March 20, 2008

IVP Insurance Verification Processor January 21, 2016

IVPB Intra Venous Piggy Back March 20, 2008

IVSP Intravenous Slow Push December 03, 2014

IVV Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) March 27, 2007

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J2CA Java 2 Connector Architecture July 21, 2004

J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition July 21, 2004

J2SE Java 2 Standard Edition July 21, 2004

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JAAS Java Authentication and Authorization Service August 16, 2005

JACC Joint Ambulatory Care Center October 03, 2011

JAD Judicial Applications Design July 21, 2004

JAD Joint Application Development Added prior to March 2003

JALFHCC James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center July 29, 2009

JAR Java ARchive January 11, 2006

JAWS Job Access With Speech April 23, 2014

JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

(See TJC)

May 24, 2010

JCIB Joint Clinical Information Board (ICIB replaces JCIB) September 09, 2008

JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration and Development Systems May 07, 2014

JDBC Java Database Connectivity June 08, 2005

JEC Joint Executive Council (VA/DoD) Added prior to March 2003

JEHRI Joint Electronic Health Records Interoperability (Program) February 28, 2007

JEMR Joint Electronic Medical Record May 20, 2004

JET Joint Exploratory Team January 21, 2016

JFSG Joint Health Care Facility Operations Steering Group October 25, 2006

JHITA Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance Added prior to March 2003

JIF Joint Incentive Fund July 11, 2007

JIT Just-in-Time April 23, 2014

JITC Joint Integration and Test Center May 07, 2014

JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command April 23, 2014

JIV Joint Interoperability Ventures April 15, 2010

JLC Joint Leadership Council July 30, 2015

JLV Joint Legacy Viewer April 23, 2014

JMS Java Messaging Service June 08, 2005

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JNDI Java Naming Directory Interface October 01, 2003

JOTFOC Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition August 12, 2009

JP Jackson-Pratt (drain) April 21, 2016

JPEG Joint Pictures Expert Group June 08, 2005

JPO Joint Project Office Added prior to March 2003

JPTA Joint Patient Tracking Application (DoD application) September 11, 2006

JRD Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development August 30, 2011

JSA joint security architecture June 30, 2021

JSI Job Satisfaction Inventory March 18, 2009

JSON JavaScript Object Notation April 23, 2014

JSP Java Server Pages June 08, 2005

JSP Joint Strategic Plan June 19, 2007

JSRRC Joint Services Records Research Center February 01, 2010

JTCC Joint Transportation Corporate Information Management Center Added prior to March 2003

JTPO Joint Technology Program Office (VA/DoD) August 22, 2007

JV Journal Vouchers October 04, 2010

JVBOC Joint Venture Business Operations Committee Added prior to March 2003

JVM Java Virtual Machine July 21, 2004

JVS Joint Venture Sites Added prior to March 2003

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KAAJEE Kernel Authentication & Authorization for J2EE March 14, 2005

KB Knowledge Base April 21, 2010

KBI Knowledge Based Information April 15, 2010

KEF Key Enabling Function July 21, 2004

KHA Killed in Hostile Action April 10, 2014

KIDS Kernel Installation & Distribution System Added prior to March 2003

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KP Kaiser Permanente June 21, 2010

KPI Key Performance Index February 06, 2015

KPI Key Performance Indicator February 06, 2015

KSA Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Added prior to March 2003

KSAO Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Added prior to March 2003

KT Kinesiotherapy April 01, 2021

KWAPI Kernel Windows Application Program Interface Added prior to March 2003

KWIC Key Word In Context (KWIC) June 16, 2015

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L Left August 14, 2014

L&P Load & Performance March 23, 2015

L/NC liters per nasal cannula November 13, 2015

L32 Lightweight C32 Implementation December 22, 2009

LA Loan Administration October 04, 2010

LAB Laboratory or Laboratory Value August 14, 2014

LAD Left Anterior Descending Artery January 31, 2006

LAN Local Area Network Added prior to March 2003

LAPP Lender Appraisal Processing Program July 14, 2010

LAQ Long Arc Quad September 23, 2008

LAS Legal Administrative Specialist July 30, 2015

LBGT lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender April 23, 2014

LBP low back pain October 22, 2015

LBX Lockbox First Party December 16, 2011

LCC Life Cycle Costs May 13, 2010

LCFR Lifecycle Funding Requirement November 16, 2011

LCP Letter Change Proposal May 13, 2010

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LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker July 06, 2010

LCTA LUNGS CLEAR TO AUSCULTATION December 14, 2016

LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Added prior to March 2003

LDI Leadership Development Institute September 12, 2007

LDIF Lightweight Directory Interchange Format June 14, 2011

LDL Low Density Lipoprotein May 24, 2010

LDQT Logistics Data Query Tool August 14, 2008

LDSI Lab Data Sharing and Interoperability July 10, 2006

LE Lower extremity September 23, 2014

LE Local Environment July 21, 2004

LEA Law Enforcement Agency Added prior to March 2003

LEAD Leadership Effectiveness and Development June 04, 2004

LEAF Logistics, Engineering, Acquisition, and Finance June 02, 2010

LEAF Light Electronic Action Framework March 09, 2021

LEDI Laboratory Electronic Data Interchange Added prior to March 2003

LEIE List of Excluded Individuals and Entities June 08, 2012

LEIPR Longitudinal Enterprise Integrated Patient Record April 23, 2014

LES Leave and Earnings Statement May 10, 2010

LF Life Flight August 14, 2014

LFT liver function tests August 04, 2014

LFT Limited Field Test January 21, 2016

LG Loan Guarantee Added prior to March 2003

LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender October 27, 2017

LGBTQIA+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual plus August 27, 2021

LGY Loan Guaranty Service June 27, 2011

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LH Luteinizing Hormone April 21, 2016

LIE Legal Instruments Examiner March 05, 2009

LIM Laboratory Information Manager March 09, 2021

LIMS Laboratory Information Management System February 25, 2008

LIP Licensed Independent Practitioner March 20, 2008

LITA Lightweight Independent Technical Assessment July 23, 2021

LJWG Laboratory Joint Working Group Added prior to March 2003

LLQ Left lower quad of abdomen August 04, 2014

LM Left Message October 21, 2014

LMA laryngeal mask airway August 04, 2014

LMFT Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist December 15, 2016

LMIP Laboratory Management Index Program September 12, 2007

LMN Letter of Medical Necessity December 15, 2016

LMOM Left Message on Machine October 21, 2014

LMS Learning Management System February 10, 2004

LMVM Left Message Voice Mail December 03, 2014

LN liquid nitrogen December 14, 2016

LNO Library Network Office April 05, 2010

LO LOt June 25, 2014

LOA Line Of Action June 28, 2007

LOB Line of Business July 21, 2004

LOC Loss of Consciousness April 23, 2014

LOC level of care October 27, 2017

LOD Line of Duty December 14, 2016

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LOE Level Of Effort June 04, 2009

LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes Added prior to March 2003

LOL loss of limb July 31, 2017

LP Loan Production October 04, 2010

LP Locality Pay October 04, 2010

LPC Licensed Professional Counselor April 07, 2011

LPES Legacy Product Enhancement Service November 10, 2009

LPN Licensed Practical Nurse January 04, 2012

LQS Lexicon Query Service Added prior to March 2003

LR Lactate Ringers August 14, 2014

LRAC Local Reasonable Accomodations Coordinator April 18, 2014

LRAC Local Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator April 17, 2014

LRAC Local Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator April 23, 2014

LRC Local Recovery Coordinator August 06, 2007

LRC Learning Resources Center Added prior to March 2003

LRRP Long-range Reconnaissance Patrol May 19, 2015

LRRPS Long-range Reconnassaince Patrols May 19, 2015

LSC Logistic Support Chief August 14, 2014

LSRI Laboratory System Re-engineering Initiative February 25, 2008

LSRP Laboratory System Re-Engineering Project May 17, 2007

LST Life-Sustaining Treatment December 14, 2016

LSTAT Life Support for Trauma and Transport Added prior to March 2003

LTACH long term acute care hospital July 31, 2017

LTC Long Term Care Added prior to March 2003

LTCI Long Term Care Institute November 23, 2011

LTP Legacy Transition Plan May 07, 2014

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LTR SNT LETTER SENT August 25, 2011

LTS Long Term Solution December 16, 2011

LUE Left Upper Extremity December 15, 2016

LUM Low-Unit-of-Measure Distribution April 23, 2014

LUN Logical Unit Number June 11, 2014

LUQ left upper quadrant of abdomen August 04, 2014

LUTS Lower urinary tract symptoms June 08, 2012

LV Low Vision December 14, 2010

LVER Local Veteran Employee Representative April 10, 2014

LVH Left Ventricular Hypertrophy October 27, 2017

LVS Legacy Viewer Service October 27, 2017

LWBS Left Without Being Seen August 19, 2011

LWOP Leave Without Pay September 23, 2014

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MUMPS (Massachusetts General Utility Multi-Programming

System)

July 21, 2004

M&IS Messaging and Interface Services July 21, 2004

M&M Morbidity and Mortality December 17, 2007

M&ROC Medical and Regional Office Center Added prior to March 2003

M/L Message Left October 27, 2017

M21 M21 Compensation and Pension Manual December 14, 2016

MA Medical Assistant December 15, 2016

MA Managment Analysis July 21, 2004

MA Management Analyst April 23, 2014

MA Major Application January 06, 2009

MAA Medical Administration Assistant May 01, 2014

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MAAG MHS Application Access Gateway April 18, 2014

MABPR Management Analysis/Business Process Reengineering Program May 24, 2011

MAC Medicare and Medicaid Analysis Center March 26, 2009

MAC Media Access Control June 08, 2005

MAC Mandatory Access Control July 21, 2004

MAC Messaging Authentication Code July 21, 2004

MAC Management Advisory Consortium Added prior to March 2003

MACE Military Acute Concussions Evaluation June 14, 2011

MACPAC Mid-Atlantic Consolidated Patient Account Center February 04, 2010

MADM Milestone Acquisition Decision Memorandum June 25, 2014

MADSS Managment and Decision Support System July 21, 2004

MAE Moving All Extremities May 14, 2007

MAE Mobile Application Environment October 21, 2014

MAF MUMPS AudioFax Added prior to March 2003

MALE Memorial Affairs Letters Enhancements August 19, 2011

MAMC Madigan Army Medical Center September 12, 2007

MAMOE Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses Added prior to March 2003

MAN Metropolitan Area Network July 21, 2004

MAPD Modern Award Processing Development May 26, 2011

MAP-D Modern Award Processing Development June 09, 2010

MAPR Maximum Annual Pension rate March 23, 2015

MAPR Mission Assurance Planning Repository January 21, 2016

MAPUE Memorial Affairs Performance and Usability Enhancements June 14, 2011

MAR Memorial Affairs Re-design June 14, 2011

MAR Medical Administration Record Added prior to March 2003

MARC Multi-Technology Automated Reader Card Added prior to March 2003

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MARG Management Applications Requirements Group Added prior to March 2003

MAS Medical Administration Service Added prior to March 2003

MASS Medical Appointment Scheduling System April 21, 2016

MAT Medication Assisted Treatment April 01, 2021

MATMO Medical Advanced Technology Management Office Added prior to March 2003

MAVERIC

Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information

Center

May 17, 2007

MBC Measurement-Based Care July 12, 2021

MBI Maslach Burnout Inventory March 18, 2009

MBI Moderate Background Investigation June 14, 2011

MBM Meds by Mail November 23, 2011

MBMS Memorials Business Management System February 06, 2015

MBS Modified Barium Swallow September 23, 2014

MBSR Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction August 17, 2010

MC Medical Center Added prior to March 2003

MCAO Managerial Cost Accounting Office April 23, 2014

MCAP Managerial Cost Accounting Program October 21, 2014

MCCF Medical Care Collections Fund August 12, 2009

MCCF Medical Care Cost Fund April 17, 2008

MCCR Medical Care Cost Recovery Added prior to March 2003

MCD Medical Center Director July 12, 2021

MCG Medical Care Group January 11, 2010

MCIS MHS CyberInfrastructure Services May 01, 2014

MCM Medical Center Memorandum March 23, 2005

MCO Managed Care Organizations Added prior to March 2003

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MCS Managed Care System Added prior to March 2003

MCUS Multipoint Control Units July 30, 2015

MD medical doctor October 27, 2017

MDA Milestone Decision Authority May 07, 2014

MDC M Development Committee Added prior to March 2003

MDCR Modular Data Collection & Recording June 23, 2008

MDD Major Depressive Disorder May 19, 2015

MDDS Medical Device Data Systems March 02, 2009

MDE M Data Extraction Added prior to March 2003

MDHT Model-Driven Health Tools October 25, 2010

MDI metered dose inhaler April 01, 2021

MDIA Medical Device Isolation Architecture April 18, 2014

MDISS Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium June 27, 2011

MDM Mobile device management July 12, 2021

MDO Medical Domain Objects November 22, 2004

MDP Mail Drop Point July 31, 2017

MDR Meta Data Registry June 16, 2003

MDRC Management Decision and Research Center Added prior to March 2003

MDRO Multiple Drug Resistant Organism(s) April 04, 2011

MDS-HC Minimum Data Set Home Care Added prior to March 2003

MDWS Medical Domain Web Services March 31, 2009

ME/NILCO Code ME/NILCO February 06, 2015

MEAV Medical Equipment Asset Value September 23, 2014

MEB Medical Executive Board April 17, 2015

MED Mobile Electronic Documentation February 05, 2009

MED Medical Electronic Documentation February 25, 2008

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MED Medication or Medicine Team August 14, 2014

MED Medication or Medicine August 14, 2014

MEDIPRO Medical District Initiated Peer Review Organization Added prior to March 2003

MEDNET Medical Network Added prior to March 2003

MEFS Management, Enrollment and Financial Systems April 23, 2007

MEG Mid Epigastric quadrant of Abdomen August 04, 2014

MEL Medicare Exclusion Letter October 27, 2017

MEO Most Efficient Organization Added prior to March 2003

MEP Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing March 23, 2009

MERRT Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team December 10, 2014

MET Motivational Enhancement Therapy April 23, 2014

MF Medical Facilities June 14, 2011

MFD Multi-Functional Device September 16, 2011

MFH Medical Foster Home March 17, 2009

MFS Management and Financial Systems March 20, 2008

MFS Management and Financial Systems April 15, 2010

MFS Master File Server January 25, 2005

MGIB Montgomery GI Bill Added prior to March 2003

MGT management January 21, 2016

MH mental health August 14, 2014

MHA Mental Health Assistant February 25, 2008

MHAC Mental Health Assessment Clinic September 23, 2014

MHACC MENTAL HEALTH AMBULATORY CARE CLINIC April 17, 2015

MHBSS Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service January 06, 2009

MHC Mental Health Clinic January 03, 2007

MHEC Mental Health Evaluation Clinic April 27, 2010

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MHI Mental Health Issue(s) October 29, 2015

MHICM Mental Health Intensive Case Mangement April 23, 2014

MHICM Mental Health Intensive Care Management Added prior to March 2003

MHRRTP Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program October 22, 2008

MHS Mental Health Suite March 24, 2011

MHS Military Health System Added prior to March 2003

MHTC Mental Health Treatment Coordinator August 23, 2011

MHV My HealtheVet June 30, 2003

MHVC MyHealtheVet Coordinator December 03, 2014

MHZ Megahertz July 21, 2004

MI Major Initiative April 23, 2014

MI motivational interviewing December 15, 2016

MI Myocardial Infarction December 14, 2016

MIB Management Information Base June 08, 2005

MIB Medical Information Bus (standard) Added prior to March 2003

MICHM Mental Health Intensive Case Management May 01, 2014

MICU Medical Intensive Care Unit March 12, 2009

MID Middle August 14, 2014

MIL Medication Image Library July 21, 2014

MIMC Medical Information Management Committee Added prior to March 2003

MIME Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions Added prior to March 2003

MIN minute October 22, 2015

MINX Management Information Exchange System (Delta Solutions Inc.) July 27, 2009

MIO Medical Informatics Office April 27, 2010

MIPR Military Interdepartmental Purchasing Request July 21, 2004

MIRECC Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center Added prior to March 2003

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MIRMO Medical Information Resources Management Office Added prior to March 2003

MIS Management Information Systems Added prior to March 2003

MISD Management Information Software Development Added prior to March 2003

MISN Memorial Integrated Service Network July 30, 2015

MISS Medical Information Security Service Added prior to March 2003

MISSION

Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Outside

Networks (MISSION)

April 01, 2021

MIT Means Indicator Test Added prior to March 2003

MITA Medicaid Information Technology Architecture January 14, 2008

ML milliliter April 21, 2016

MLQ Mid lower quadrant of abdomen August 04, 2014

MMAD Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter March 23, 2009

MMI Master Member Index July 21, 2004

MMP Medical Monitoring Project October 30, 2006

MMP MULTIPLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS October 27, 2017

MMPI Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory April 17, 2014

MMS Medical Media Service October 14, 2008

MMSO Military Medical Support Office Added prior to March 2003

MMU Mobile Medical Unit June 16, 2015

MNE Military Noise Exposure March 01, 2010

MO Medical Officer July 21, 2004

MO. Month January 21, 2016

MOA Memorandum of Agreement May 13, 2010

MOB Make-or-Buy May 13, 2010

MOCHA Medication Order Check Healthcare Application April 04, 2011

MOD Medical Officer of the Day Added prior to March 2003

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MOD month of death April 01, 2014

MODEM Modulator/Demodulator July 21, 2004

MOE Measures of Effectiveness May 07, 2014

MOF Meta-Object Facility July 21, 2004

MOLAP Multidimensional On-Line Analytical Processing July 21, 2004

MOM Message Oriented Middleware June 08, 2005

MON Monday August 14, 2014

MOP Measures of Performance May 07, 2014

MOPH Military Order of the Purple Heart October 31, 2011

MOR Missed Opportunity Rate August 21, 2014

MORC Mobile Outreach Clinic Added prior to March 2003

MOS military occupational specialty April 18, 2014

MOS Military occupation specialty April 23, 2014

MOSS Microsoft Office SharePoint Server December 14, 2010

MOU Memorandum of Understanding July 21, 2004

MOVE Motivating Overweight/Obese Veterans Everywhere March 09, 2021

MOW MEALS ON WHEELS April 21, 2016

MP Manual Part May 23, 2006

MP Medication Profile April 20, 2010

MPA Merit Promotion Announcement October 18, 2010

MPCR Monthly Program Cost Report January 25, 2005

MPCR3 Monthly Program Cost Report 3 April 23, 2014

MPD Minimal Patient Dataset Added prior to March 2003

MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group June 08, 2005

MPHISE

Medical Public Health Information Sharing Environment (Work

Group)

April 20, 2009

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MPI Lexiscan MPI February 14, 2012

MPI Master Patient Index Added prior to March 2003

MPI/CIRN-PD Master Patient Index/CIRN Patient Demographics Added prior to March 2003

MPI/DQ (OLD) Master Patient Index/Data Quality (See IM DQ) February 22, 2005

MPI/PD Master Patient Index/Patient Demographics Added prior to March 2003

MPIL Master Patient Information Locator Added prior to March 2003

MPL Master Patient Locator Added prior to March 2003

MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching July 27, 2009

MPN myeloproliferative neoplasm July 12, 2021

MPR Monthly Performance Report October 21, 2009

MPR Monthly Progress Review June 06, 2014

MPS Memorial Programs Service April 03, 2014

MQAS Management Quality Assurance Service March 20, 2008

MR&OP Mission Requirements & Performance Outcomes May 07, 2014

MRA Medicare Remittance Advice Added prior to March 2003

MRB Merit Review Board Added prior to March 2003

MRCP Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography March 26, 2009

MRDD Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities November 06, 2017

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging Added prior to March 2003

MRP My Recovery Plan April 03, 2014

MRR medical record request December 15, 2016

MRS Medical Research Service Added prior to March 2003

MRS Military Records Specialist May 07, 2014

MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus April 25, 2007

MRT Moral Reconation Therapy May 24, 2010

MRTS Message Routing and Translation System Added prior to March 2003

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MRWG Medical Records Working Group March 04, 2009

MS IE Microsoft Internet Explorer July 21, 2004

MS IIS Microsoft Internet Information Server July 21, 2004

MS&C Medical Support and Compliance May 19, 2015

MS&N Medical Surgical & Neurological April 06, 2007

MSA Medical Support Assistant November 04, 2011

MSAC Medical Situational Awareness & Command and Control Added prior to March 2003

MSC military service coordinator June 14, 2011

MSDS Military Service Data Sharing December 16, 2011

MSDS Medical Supply Distribution Section March 08, 2010

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet January 11, 2005

MSE Managed Self-Enrollment January 21, 2016

MSF Managing Scanning Failures March 20, 2008

MSI Master Subject Index Added prior to March 2003

MSICU Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit August 14, 2014

MSN Memorial Service Network December 15, 2008

MSO Medical Sign-On September 18, 2008

MSOC Multi-Specialty Outpatient Clinic April 18, 2014

MSP Motor, Sensory & Pulses August 21, 2014

MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board October 27, 2017

MSPE Medical Student Performance Evaluation April 21, 2016

MSPV Med/Surg Prime Vendor October 29, 2015

MSQCSR Milestone Schedule Quarterly Congressional Status Report May 03, 2007

MSR Medical Speech Recognition December 15, 2016

MSSA Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus July 23, 2021

MST Military Sexual Trauma Added prior to March 2003

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MSV Maintenance and Support of VistA July 06, 2009

MTC Major Transaction Class March 31, 2010

MTF (DoD) Military Treatment Facility April 11, 2007

MTF Medical Treatment Facility/Facilities Added prior to March 2003

MTFB Mean Time Between Failures July 21, 2004

MTM Medication Therapy Management February 13, 2006

MTP Master Test Plan October 01, 2003

MTSA Master Telehealth Service Agreement September 23, 2014

MTX Methotrexate December 15, 2016

MU Monitoring Unit July 21, 2004

MU Meaningful Use May 07, 2014

MUCMI medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses October 27, 2017

MUE Medically Unlikely Edits April 01, 2021

MUGA Multiple Gated Acquisition Added prior to March 2003

MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System Added prior to March 2003

MUQ Mid upper quadrant of abdomen August 04, 2014

MVA Motor Vehicle Accident June 25, 2014

MVAC Medical VA Center April 23, 2014

MVAC MyVA Advisory Committee March 23, 2015

MVAHCS Minneapolis Veterans Administration Health Care System April 17, 2015

MVC Mobile Vet Centers April 03, 2014

MVC MyVeHU Campus May 07, 2014

MVI Master Veteran Index August 25, 2010

MVP Million Veteran Program July 30, 2015

MVR Master Veteran Record Added prior to March 2003

MWAPI M Windows Application Program Interface Added prior to March 2003

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MWB Messaging Work Bench December 14, 2005

MWF MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY April 01, 2021

MWRS Material Weakness Remediation Support December 15, 2016

MYP Multi-year Programs May 13, 2010

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N/C non-covered October 27, 2017

N/V nausea/vomiting August 04, 2014

N/V/D nausea/vomiting/diarrhea December 03, 2014

NAA Next Available Appointment January 08, 2009

NAA National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Added prior to March 2003

NABS Normal Active Bowel Sounds April 23, 2014

NAC National Acquisition Center Added prior to March 2003

NACA Next Available Clinic Appointment April 01, 2021

NACI National Agency Check w/Inquiries July 06, 2009

NACVSO National Association of County Veteran Service Officers April 30, 2009

NAD No acute distress November 30, 2009

NADL Native American Direct Loan October 04, 2010

NAGE National Association of Government Employees Added prior to March 2003

NAGIS National Advisory Group for Information Security Added prior to March 2003

NAGMA Non anion gap metabolic acidosis January 21, 2016

NAHQ National Association of Healthcare Quality April 01, 2021

NAI Network Associates Incorporated Added prior to March 2003

NAMMCAL North American Medical Management California February 18, 2010

NANP North American Numbering Plan Added prior to March 2003

NAO Network Authorization Office July 06, 2010

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NAOU Narcotics Area Of Use November 01, 2005

NAPA National Academy of Public Administration Added prior to March 2003

NARA National Archives and Records Administration Added prior to March 2003

NARS National Automated Response System July 21, 2004

NAS Network-addressable Storage July 21, 2004

NAS National Academy of Sciences Added prior to March 2003

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Added prior to March 2003

NASUA National Association of State Units on Aging Added prior to March 2003

NASVH National Association of State Veterans Homes September 20, 2010

NAT Network Address Translation Added prior to March 2003

NATREM NATional REMinders Development Account July 30, 2015

NATS NETWORK ACTION TRACKING SYSTEM April 23, 2014

NAVACOS National Association of VA Chiefs of Staff Added prior to March 2003

NAVAP National Association of VA Physicians Added prior to March 2003

NB Nonbinary August 27, 2021

NBC National Biodefense Campus April 11, 2007

NBS National Bureau of Standards Added prior to March 2003

NC National Cemetary Added prior to March 2003

NC nasal cannula September 04, 2015

NCA National Capital Area Added prior to March 2003

NCA National Cemetery Administration March 27, 2007

NCAO National Cemetary Area Office Added prior to March 2003

NCAT Neurocognitive Assessment Tool December 01, 2009

NCC National Call Center April 17, 2014

NCCAM National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine August 14, 2008

NCCC National Clozapine Coordinating Center December 11, 2007

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NCCC National Center for Cost Containment Added prior to March 2003

NCCHV National Call Center for Homeless Veterans October 31, 2011

NCCI national Correct Coding Initiative April 01, 2021

NCCIP National Cardiovascular Care Improvement Program April 16, 2003

NCCMH North-side Community Care Mental Health October 14, 2008

NCCPAC North Central Consolidated Patients Account Center November 13, 2015

NCD National Center for Documentation Added prior to March 2003

NCFC National Customer Feedback Center Added prior to March 2003

NCHC National Criminal History Check May 01, 2014

NCHCS Northern California Health Care System Added prior to March 2003

NCHPDP National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Added prior to March 2003

NCHS National Center for Health Statistics Added prior to March 2003

NCI National Cancer Institute August 10, 2010

NCIC National Crime Information Center December 14, 2016

NCID Numeric Concept Identifier July 21, 2004

NCIS National Center for Information Security Added prior to March 2003

NCITS National Committe For Information Technology Standards July 21, 2004

NCL National Control Listing July 21, 2004

NCM Nurse Care Manager October 27, 2017

NCMD National Card Management Directory Added prior to March 2003

NCMHC

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

www.ncmhd.nih.gov

September 08, 2008

NCO Network Contracting Office April 18, 2014

NCOA National Change of Address April 16, 2008

NCOD National Center for Organization Development September 23, 2008

NCOF no claim on file December 15, 2016

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NCP National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention April 23, 2014

NCPDP National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Added prior to March 2003

NCPS Natinal Center for Patient Safety Added prior to March 2003

NCPS National Center for Patient Safety December 15, 2016

NCQA National Committe for Quality Assurance July 21, 2004

NCS National Cemetary System Added prior to March 2003

NCS National Contract Service February 18, 2010

NCVHS National Committee on Vital & Health Statistics Added prior to March 2003

ND National Director February 18, 2010

ND Network Director February 18, 2010

NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement May 07, 2014

NDAA National Defense Authorization Act August 03, 2011

NDAA National Defense Authorization Act Added prior to March 2003

NDBI National Data Base Integration (Team) Added prior to March 2003

NDC National Drug Code Added prior to March 2003

NDC National Data Center May 12, 2010

NDCP National Data Center Program October 10, 2006

NDE National Data Extract April 23, 2014

NDF National Drug File Added prior to March 2003

NDF-RT National Drug File-Reference Terminology Added prior to March 2003

NDI Non-Developmental Item January 02, 2008

NDMS National Disaster Medical System Added prior to March 2003

NDNQI National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators September 23, 2014

NDPP National Director's Performance Plan April 18, 2014

NDR National Drug File Added prior to March 2003

NDS National Data Systems February 10, 2004

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NDS Naming Directory Service March 23, 2007

NEAR New Enrollee Appointment Request June 25, 2014

NEC Naval Enlisted Code April 30, 2014

NECC Nurse Educator Caritas Coach December 15, 2016

NEDSS National Electronic Data Surveillance System Added prior to March 2003

NEG Negative August 04, 2014

NeHC National eHealth Collaborative February 03, 2009

NEMRT National Emergency Management Response Team December 28, 2011

NEMT National Emergency Management Team Added prior to March 2003

NEO New Employee Orientation March 05, 2009

NEPEC Northeast Program Evaluation Center October 02, 2007

NEURO Neurology or Neurologic August 14, 2014

NEWT Nessus Enterprise Web Tool May 19, 2015

NF National Formulary June 21, 2010

NF/SG North Florida/South Georgia March 20, 2008

NFFE National Federation of Federal Employees October 27, 2017

NFPO National Fee Program Office February 22, 2011

NFR National Recommendations and Findings October 27, 2017

NFS Nutrition and Food Service June 23, 2008

NFS Network File System July 21, 2004

NG nasogastric August 04, 2014

NGI Next Generation Internet Added prior to March 2003

NGIT Northup Grumman Information Technology July 29, 2004

NGL Nationwide Gravesite Locator June 14, 2011

NGTD No Growth To Date April 23, 2014

NHC Nursing Home Care Added prior to March 2003

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NHCC Naval Health Clinic Charleston October 22, 2015

NHCPD National Health Care Practitioners Database February 10, 2004

NHCU Nursing Home Care Unit Added prior to March 2003

NHD National Help Desk Added prior to March 2003

NHE National Health Exchange Added prior to March 2003

NHE Network Health Exchange April 11, 2007

NHI Nationwide Health Information October 25, 2011

NHIE National Health Information Exchange December 14, 2009

NHII National Health Information Infrastructure (WG of NCVHS) Added prior to March 2003

NHIO National Health Information Organization March 27, 2006

NHPI National Health Plan Identifier February 14, 2012

NHPP National Health Physics Program June 29, 2005

NHPPD nursing hours per patient day May 14, 2014

NHRIC National Health Related Items Code December 08, 2011

NHSN National Healthcare Safety Network October 14, 2008

NIC Network Interface Card November 16, 2011

NIC Non-Institutionalized Care February 02, 2011

NICMO non-ischemic cardiomyopathy October 22, 2015

NIDDM Non insulin diabetis Melitis September 23, 2014

NIEM National Information Exchange Model April 10, 2014

NIF National Item File September 28, 2005

NIGMS National Institute General Medicine Service Added prior to March 2003

NIH National Institutes of Health Added prior to March 2003

NIHI National Initiative for Health Care Informatics Added prior to March 2003

NII National Information Infrastructure July 21, 2004

NIIS Nursing Integrated Information System June 29, 2005

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NIMH National Institute of Mental Health Added prior to March 2003

NIMS National Incident Management System April 17, 2014

NIPRNET uNclassified Internet Protocol Router Network April 18, 2014

NIRC Non-Institutional Respite Care April 18, 2014

NIRMO National Initiative to Reduce Missed Opportunities July 21, 2014

NIS&T National Institute for Science and Technology Added prior to March 2003

NISO (Network) Information Security Officer May 03, 2011

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology Added prior to March 2003

NIT Nursing Intervention Team April 03, 2014

NITRD

Networking and Information Technology Research and

Development

August 22, 2011

NKDA No Known Drug Allergies October 31, 2007

NLB National Leadership Board Added prior to March 2003

NLC National Leadership Council December 28, 2011

NLM National Library of Medicine Added prior to March 2003

NLN National League for Nursing April 11, 2007

NLT National Laboratory Test Added prior to March 2003

NLT no later than December 15, 2016

NLTF VA National Laboratory Test File Added prior to March 2003

NMCSD Naval Medical Center San Diego April 11, 2007

NMDC National Media Development Center Added prior to March 2003

NMDD Networked Medical Device Database October 27, 2017

NMDS National Mobile Device Support December 14, 2016

NME National Medical Enterprises Added prior to March 2003

NMEA Non Mail Enabled Administrator April 23, 2014

NMHIP National Mental Health Improvement Program Added prior to March 2003

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NMIMC Naval Medical Information Management Center Added prior to March 2003

NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Added prior to March 2003

NMS NeuroMusculoSkeletal February 06, 2015

NNEI National Nursing Education Initiative April 23, 2014

NNMC National Naval Medical Center December 13, 2006

NNPO National Non-VA Program Office February 06, 2015

NNTP Network News Transport Protocol July 21, 2004

NOA Notice of Appeal Added prior to March 2003

NOA Notice of Awards May 13, 2010

NOAA National Atmospheric Administration December 14, 2016

NOAC Nature of Action Code September 27, 2010

NOAVA Nationwide Office Automation for Veterans Affairs Added prior to March 2003

NOC Network Operations Center Added prior to March 2003

NOD Notice of Disagreement July 21, 2004

NOD Notice of Death December 28, 2011

NOD Nursing Officer of the Day March 02, 2009

NOI No Other Inquiries April 12, 2010

NOIS National On-line Information System Added prior to March 2003

NOK Next of Kin July 21, 2004

NOPP Notice of Privacy Practices April 17, 2014

NOS Not Otherwise Specified October 31, 2007

NOSB Nurse Order Status Board July 31, 2017

NOV Notice of Value July 21, 2004

NP Nurse Practitioner June 08, 2010

NPA Nasal Pharyngeal Airway August 04, 2014

NPCD National Patient Care Database Added prior to March 2003

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NPCDB National Patient Care Database July 20, 2011

NPDB National Practitioner Data Bank Added prior to March 2003

NPDR nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy December 22, 2005

NPI National Provider Identifier June 13, 2006

NPM National Patch Module Added prior to March 2003

NPO Nothing by mouth, pt may not eat or drink August 04, 2014

NPOD Night Psychiatrist on duty, usually for ER eval of pt July 25, 2014

NPOD night Psychiatrist on duty July 25, 2014

NPPD National Prosthetic Patient Database June 28, 2004

NPPES National Plan and Provider Enumeration System October 02, 2007

NPR National Performance Review Added prior to March 2003

NPRC National Personnel Records Center July 21, 2004

NPRM Notice of Proposed Rule Making Added prior to March 2003

NPS Nursing Professional Services July 20, 2009

NPS/SRD National Provider System/System Requirements Definition Added prior to March 2003

NPSB Nurse Professional Standards Board Added prior to March 2003

NPTF New Patient Treatment File Added prior to March 2003

NQC National Quality Council October 01, 2008

NR/T Not Related To October 27, 2017

NRB Not Receiving Benefits December 15, 2016

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission Added prior to March 2003

NRD National Resource Directory February 23, 2010

NRD Next Review Date/Due March 08, 2011

NRDC National Rural Development Council Added prior to March 2003

NREN National Research and Education Network July 21, 2004

NRM Non-recurring Maintanence September 12, 2007

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NRMIS National Resources Management Information System Added prior to March 2003

NRSC National Radiation Safety Committee MML April 11, 2007

NS Normal Saline IV fluid August 14, 2014

NS Normal Saline August 14, 2014

NSA National Security Agency Added prior to March 2003

NSC Non-Service Connected Added prior to March 2003

NSC Network Support Center April 24, 2006

NSC Non-Service Connected May 30, 2007

NSC Nuclear Sclerotic Cataract December 15, 2016

NSCC Now Show Clinic Cancellation Rate December 15, 2016

NSD National Service Desk April 18, 2014

NSD National Service Desk April 10, 2014

NSLI National Service Life Insurance July 14, 2010

NSO National Surgery Office December 15, 2016

NSOC Network and Security Operations Center October 31, 2007

NSOC Network Security Operations Center April 23, 2014

NSP Not Seperately Priced June 25, 2014

NSPD National Security Presidential Directive April 17, 2014

NSQIP National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Added prior to March 2003

NSR Normal Sinus rythm August 14, 2014

NSR New Service Request August 17, 2004

NSTEMI Non-ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction July 12, 2021

NSTIC National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace June 14, 2011

NT New Technology Added prior to March 2003

NTA National Training Academy August 04, 2014

NTE Network Health Exchange Added prior to March 2003

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NTE Not-to-Exceed May 13, 2010

NTEO National Training & Education Office Added prior to March 2003

NTF No Trouble Found May 27, 2016

NTIA National Telecommunications Information Administration Added prior to March 2003

NTIS National Technical Information Service Added prior to March 2003

NTP National Training Priorities Added prior to March 2003

NTP Network Time Protocol March 07, 2008

NTP National Teleradiology Program December 15, 2008

NTR Notice to Report March 31, 2010

NTRT New Term Rapid Turnaround June 30, 2003

NTS Near-Term Solution Added prior to March 2003

NUCC National Uniform Claim Committee October 02, 2007

NUMI National Utilization Management Integration May 27, 2008

NUMI National Utilization Management Integration April 23, 2014

NVC National Verification Center April 18, 2014

NVCC Non-Va Care Consult April 23, 2014

NVCC Non VA Care Coordination February 06, 2015

NVDRS National Violent Death Reporting System June 02, 2010

NVLD Non-Verbal Learning Disability January 21, 2016

NVO National Veterans Outreach May 01, 2014

NVS National VISTA Support Added prior to March 2003

NVSAAB National Veterans Service Advocates Advisory Board April 27, 2009

NVSBE National Veterans Small Business Engagement January 21, 2016

NVW VistA Web April 17, 2014

NVW National Vista Web server April 23, 2014

NWB NWB December 21, 2011

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NwHIN Nationwide Health Information Network April 26, 2011

NWIHCS Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System July 14, 2010

NWQ National Work Queue May 19, 2015

NYHHCS New York Harbor Healthcare System March 20, 2008

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O&M Operation and Maintenance May 13, 2010

O&M Orientation and Mobility November 15, 2010

O&M Operations and Maintenance July 26, 2004

O&P Orthotics & Prosthetics January 21, 2016

O2 Oxygen August 14, 2014

O2 SAT Oxygen Saturation August 14, 2014

OA Office Automation Added prior to March 2003

OA Office of Audit March 31, 2010

OA&F The Office of Administration and Facilities December 14, 2016

OA&L Office of Acquisitions and Logistics October 25, 2011

OAA Office of Academic Affiliations June 21, 2010

OAA Office of Academic Affairs Added prior to March 2003

OAB over active bladder June 16, 2015

OAEM Office of Asset Enterprise Management Added prior to March 2003

OAI Organizational Assessment Inventory March 18, 2009

OAIC Office of Accountability, Integrity and Compliance April 30, 2014

OAL Office of Acquisition and Logistics March 15, 2010

OALC Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction April 27, 2009

OAO Office of Acquisition Operations April 23, 2014

OAP Operational Acceptance Plan May 10, 2010

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OAS Office of Acquisition SharePoint - MOSS 2010 May 27, 2016

OASD(HA) Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Added prior to March 2003

OASDI Old Age, Survivors & Disability Insurance March 14, 2005

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information

Standards

June 30, 2003

OAWP Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection June 05, 2018

OBC Office of Business Continuity February 06, 2015

OBE Online Booking Engine July 06, 2010

OBO Office of Business Oversight April 07, 2009

OBP Optimized Business Process May 07, 2014

OBPI Office of Business Process Integration April 10, 2014

OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act April 10, 2003

OBS Organizational Breakdown Structure July 26, 2004

OBS Offboard Server Added prior to March 2003

OBS observation October 27, 2017

OC Office of Construction Added prior to March 2003

OCAM Office or Capital Asset Management July 23, 2021

OCC Office of Community Care August 17, 2020

OCCC Office of Clinical Consultation & Compliance April 07, 2011

OCCM Office of Communications and Case Management December 15, 2016

OCI Orgainizational Conflict Of Interest May 13, 2010

OCIO Office of Chief Information Officer Added prior to March 2003

OCIOII Office of the CIO Infrastructure Improvements Added prior to March 2003

OCIS Office of Cyber and Information Security January 12, 2004

OCLA Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs March 22, 2004

OCM Outlines in Clinical Medicine Added prior to March 2003

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OCM Organizational Change Management December 15, 2016

OCMO Office of the Chief Medical Officer (DoD) May 07, 2014

OCN Oncology Certified Nurse July 28, 2010

OCO Overseas Contingency Operation March 25, 2009

OCONUS Outside Continental United States December 15, 2016

OCP Oral Contraceptive Pill April 21, 2016

OCR Optical Character Reader Added prior to March 2003

OCR Office for Civil Rights April 27, 2004

OCS Office of Cyber Security Added prior to March 2003

OCS Office Communicator Server October 12, 2010

OCWG Organizational Consistency Working Group July 21, 2008

OD&E Office of Organization Development and Engagement October 06, 2016

OD, OS, OU Oculus Dexter, Oculus Sinister, Oculus Uterque October 22, 2015

ODA Operating Division of Audit Added prior to March 2003

ODBC Open Database Connectivity July 26, 2004

ODC Other Direct Costs October 01, 2008

ODI Office of Diversity and Inclusion December 16, 2008

ODM Operational Decision Management July 12, 2021

ODM&T Office of Data Management and Telecommunications Added prior to March 2003

ODS Operational Data Store July 26, 2004

ODS Office of Dietary Supplements www.od.nih.gov August 14, 2008

OE Other Equipment June 12, 2006

OE/RR Order Entry/Results Reporting Added prior to March 2003

OEA Office of Enterprise Architecture April 11, 2007

OEA&I Office of the Enterprise Architecture and Innovation August 12, 2009

OEAM Office of Enterprise Architecture Management January 14, 2008

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OEC Office of Enterprise Communications April 15, 2014

OED Office of Enterprise Development (see PD) March 28, 2011

OEDCA Office of Employment Discrimination Adjudication October 01, 2014

OEF Operation Enduring Freedom May 13, 2004

OEF/OIF Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom November 05, 2008

OEI Office of Enterprise Integration June 05, 2018

OEID Other Entity Identifier March 09, 2021

OEM Office of Emergency Management February 09, 2011

OEMP Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness Added prior to March 2003

OERR Order Entry Results Reporting April 01, 2008

OERS Officer Evalution Reports December 14, 2016

OESS Office of E-Health Standards and Services June 02, 2005

OF Optional Form July 26, 2004

OF Office of Facilities Added prior to March 2003

OFFM Office of Federal Financial Management July 27, 2009

OFIRM Office of Finance and Information Resources Management April 30, 2014

OFMR Office of Financial Management Reports December 15, 2016

OFP The Office of Financial Policy October 04, 2010

OFPIAR Office of Financial Process Improvement and Audit Readiness November 30, 2009

OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy May 13, 2010

OG orogastric August 04, 2014

OGA Other Government Agencies July 26, 2004

OGC Office of General Counsel November 21, 2007

OGD Open Government Directive February 18, 2010

OHI Office of Health Information April 15, 2009

OHRA Office of Human Resources and Administration April 23, 2014

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OHRM Office of Human Resources Management Added prior to March 2003

OHRO Office of Human Reserach Oversight May 08, 2003

OHRS Occupational Health Record-keeping System February 25, 2008

OHS Office of HIPAA Standards June 02, 2005

OHT Open Health Tools December 17, 2007

OHT Office of Health Care Transformation April 30, 2014

OI Office of Information (see OHI) April 15, 2009

OIA Office of Information Assurance July 26, 2004

OIA Office of Informatics and Analytics April 03, 2014

OID Organizational Identifier April 30, 2014

OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom May 13, 2004

OIFO Office of Information Field Office July 26, 2004

OIG Office of the Inspector General Added prior to March 2003

OIIG

Office of the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Informatics and

Information Governance

December 14, 2016

OIIG Office of Informatics and Information Governance July 31, 2017

OINQ Outpatient Inquiry Added prior to March 2003

OIPT Overarching Integrated Product Team April 21, 2008

OIRA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (in OMB) February 01, 2010

OIRM Office of Information Resource Management Added prior to March 2003

OIS Office of Information Security September 22, 2011

OIT Office of Information and Technology October 26, 2017

OITSC OI Tactical Space Committee August 15, 2007

OLA Operation Level Agreement January 20, 2011

OLAF Online Approval File July 26, 2004

OLAP Online Analytical Processing January 03, 2005

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OLCS On-Line Certification System October 31, 2007

OLE Object Linking and Embedding June 08, 2005

OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing July 26, 2004

OM Operations Management June 19, 2007

OM Office of Management June 05, 2018

O-MAT ORH Management & Analysis Tool May 27, 2016

OMB Office of Management and Budget Added prior to March 2003

OMC Operations Management Center July 26, 2004

OMELOS Observed minus expected length of stay March 08, 2010

OMG Object Management Group Added prior to March 2003

OMHO Office of Mental Health Operations April 23, 2014

OMHO Office of Mental Health Operations April 30, 2014

OMHO Office of Mental Health Operations May 07, 2014

OMHS Office of Mental Health Services April 17, 2014

OMI Office of Medical Inspector Added prior to March 2003

OMM Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine February 06, 2015

OMPF Official Military Personnel Files April 18, 2014

OMR Office of Media Relations Added prior to March 2003

OMR Operational Management Review June 23, 2010

OMT Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment February 06, 2015

ONC Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) March 23, 2015

ONCHIT

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information

Technology

November 30, 2004

OND Operation New Dawn May 09, 2011

ONE Occupational Noise Exposure March 01, 2010

ONS Oral Nutritional Supplement July 31, 2017

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ONSI The Office of Nursing Services Informatics April 13, 2010

OOB out of bed, pt is safely out of bed July 25, 2014

OOO Out Of Office December 10, 2014

OOORAM OUT OF OPERATING ROOM AIRWAY MANAGEMENT July 30, 2015

OOP out of pocket October 27, 2017

OOP Object-Oriented Programming March 31, 2009

OOPSS out on pass July 05, 2011

OOR Office of Responsibility October 04, 2010

OOS Occasion of Service September 23, 2014

OOS Other Outpatient Services September 23, 2014

OP Outpatient Pharmacy December 11, 2007

OP outpatient October 27, 2017

OP Over Payment July 30, 2015

OPA Oral Pharyngeal Airway August 04, 2014

OPA Office of Public Affairs Added prior to March 2003

OPA&I VBA Office of Performance Analysis & Integrity February 14, 2012

OPAI Outpatient Automation Interface July 25, 2005

OPC (CBC) Outpatient Clinic (Community-Based Clinic) July 21, 2004

OPC(ORC) Outpatient Clinic (Outreach Clinic) Added prior to March 2003

OPC(ROC)

Outpatient Clinic (Outpatient Clinic located at Veterans Benefit

Regional Office)

Added prior to March 2003

OPC(SOC) Outpatient Clinic (Satellite Outpatient Clinic) Added prior to March 2003

OPCA Office of Public and Consumer Affairs Added prior to March 2003

OPCM Outpatient Clinic (Mobile Outpatient Clinic) July 21, 2004

OPCS-4

Office of Population, Censuses and Survey Classification of

Surgical Operations and Procedures - 4th revision

September 28, 2005

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OPD outpatient department April 21, 2016

OPECC Outpatient Pharmacy Electronic Claims Coordinators April 23, 2014

OPECC Outpatient Pharmacy Electronic Claims Coordinators October 21, 2014

OPES Office of Productivity, Efficiency, and Staffing April 14, 2009

OPF Official Personnel Folder April 03, 2006

OPHSR Office of Public Health Surveillance & Research April 04, 2008

OPIA Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs July 14, 2010

OPIM Other Potentially Infectious Materials April 23, 2014

OPM Office of Personnel Management Added prior to March 2003

OPMC Operational Portfolio Management Committee April 01, 2021

OPO Organ Procurement Organizations April 15, 2014

OPOC Oakland Park Outpatient Clinic, Florida March 08, 2006

OPP Office of Planning and Programs December 29, 2009

OPP Office of Policy and Planning Added prior to March 2003

OPP&P Office of Policy, Planning and Preparedness October 25, 2004

OPPE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EVALUATION May 03, 2011

OPPS Outpatient Prospective Payment System April 20, 2009

OPQM Office of Performance and Quality Measures Added prior to March 2003

OPT Out Patient Treatment (Records) December 15, 2016

OPTR Outpatient Treatment Record December 15, 2016

OQL Object Query Language July 21, 2004

OQP Office of Quality and Performance November 18, 2003

ORB Object Request Broker Added prior to March 2003

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)

Added prior to March 2003

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ORCA Office of Research Compliance and Assurance July 28, 2003

ORD Optional Requirements Document Added prior to March 2003

ORD Office of Research and Development March 15, 2010

ORH Office of Rural Health March 26, 2009

ORH Operation Ranch Hand December 15, 2016

ORM Object-Relational Mapping March 31, 2009

ORM VBA - ORM April 23, 2014

ORM Office of Resolution Management Added prior to March 2003

ORO Office of Research Oversight May 07, 2007

ORR Operational Readiness Review April 23, 2014

ORT Operational Readiness Testing July 06, 2009

ORT Opioid Replacement Therapy July 12, 2021

ORT Outreach Reporting Tool October 29, 2015

ORTHO Orthopedic (s) August 14, 2014

ORTHO Orthopedic (s), or Positional August 14, 2014

ORTHOSTATIC(S)

Vital sign changes, possibly relating to or caused by positional

changes or erect posture.

August 14, 2014

ORTHOSTATS Pertaining to BP changes with position changes August 14, 2014

OS Open System July 21, 2004

OS Operating System July 21, 2004

OS&LE Office of Security and Law Enforcment Added prior to March 2003

OS&P Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness June 27, 2011

OSA Obstructive Sleep Apnea May 26, 2011

OSAC outpatient substance abuse clinic July 23, 2021

OSD operating system deployment May 19, 2015

OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense April 23, 2014

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OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Added prior to March 2003

OSDEBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization April 23, 2014

OSE Open Systems Environment July 21, 2004

OSEHRA Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent August 31, 2011

OSEHRA Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance December 15, 2016

OSERA Open Source E-Gov Reference Architecture June 30, 2003

OSF Open Systems Foundation July 21, 2004

OSGLI Office of Servicemembers Group Life Insurance April 03, 2014

OSH Outside hospital May 07, 2014

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration Added prior to March 2003

OSHCA Open Source Health Care Alliance Added prior to March 2003

OSI Open Systems Interconnection Added prior to March 2003

OSL Operating Staff Level May 17, 2010

OSLE Office of Security and Law Enforcement July 12, 2021

OSP Office of Strategic Planning April 15, 2014

OSP Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness Added prior to March 2003

OSPA Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis March 26, 2009

OSS Open Source Software October 22, 2003

OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy Added prior to March 2003

OSVA Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs March 26, 2009

OT occupational therapist April 23, 2014

OT&E Operation Test & Evaluation Added prior to March 2003

OTA Office of Technology Assessment Added prior to March 2003

OTA Opioid Treatment Agreement December 15, 2016

OTA open to air August 11, 2015

OTC Over-The-Counter (herbals/non-VA meds) February 10, 2004

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OTH Other Than Honorable July 12, 2021

OTJ on the job October 22, 2015

OTM Office of Talent Management July 12, 2021

OTP One Time Password April 17, 2014

OTP Opioid Treatment Program November 17, 2008

OTS Off The Shelf May 04, 2009

OU Organizational Unit April 23, 2014

OUD Opioid Use Disorder July 31, 2017

OV Operational View April 23, 2014

OV Operationsl Viewpoint April 18, 2014

OVAC Office of Veteran Access to Care July 12, 2021

OVAC Office of Veterans Access to Care April 01, 2021

OVH Ohio Veterans Home December 14, 2016

OVHC Office of Veterans Health Communications June 12, 2007

OWAS Overwhelmed With Acronym Stress July 31, 2017

OWCP Office of Workers' Compensation Programs October 31, 2011

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P Pulse August 14, 2014

P Pulse October 22, 2015

P&C Purchasing and Contacting Added prior to March 2003

P&C Pension & Compensation February 09, 2011

P&F Pension & Fiduciary May 01, 2014

P&LMS Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service March 27, 2006

P&LO Procurement and Logistics Office August 19, 2010

P&T Permanent and Total April 03, 2015

P&T Pharmacy and Therapeutics August 26, 2005

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P/W presents with April 01, 2021

P2P peer-to-peer October 27, 2017

PA Program Analyst April 23, 2014

PA Privacy Act July 21, 2004

PA Physician Assistant October 20, 2006

PA&I Performance Analysis and Integrity July 27, 2011

PAB Policy Advisory Board Added prior to March 2003

PAC Premature Atrial Contraction September 23, 2014

PACE Performance Analysis Center for Excellence March 29, 2004

PACMEDNET Pacific Medical Network Added prior to March 2003

PACS Picture Archiving Communication Systems Added prior to March 2003

PACS Physical Access Control System April 23, 2014

PACT Preservation-Amputation Care and Treatment Added prior to March 2003

PACT Patient-Aligned Care Teams September 20, 2010

PACT Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation September 03, 2008

PACU Patient Acute Care Unit September 12, 2006

PACU Post Anesthesia Care Unit August 25, 2010

PAD Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data August 30, 2011

PAD Planning Analysis Document October 27, 2017

PADP Patient Assessment Document Package August 16, 2011

PADR Prior Authorization Drug Request July 12, 2021

PADRECC Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers March 25, 2009

PAE Pharmacy Application Environment July 21, 2004

PAF Patient Assessment File Added prior to March 2003

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PAHO Pan American Health Organization June 12, 2003

PAI Patient Assessment Instrument Added prior to March 2003

PAIC Prosthetics Assessment Information Center Added prior to March 2003

PAID Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data System Added prior to March 2003

PAIRS Procurement of Automation Information Resource Solutions Added prior to March 2003

PAIT Patient Appointment Information Transmission July 12, 2006

PAMPI Problems, Allergies, Medications, Procedures, Immunizations April 01, 2021

PAO Program Administration Office April 23, 2014

PAPR Powered Air Purifying Respirator September 23, 2014

PAR Performance and Accountability Report March 14, 2007

PAR Personnel Action Request April 01, 2021

PARMIN Population and Resource Management Information Network Added prior to March 2003

PART Program Assessment Rating Tool May 25, 2004

PAS Planning and Analysis Service June 02, 2006

PAS Program Application Specialist April 27, 2006

PAS Patient Administrative Services June 30, 2021

PAS Personnel Accountability System April 17, 2015

PASS Pull Aim Squeeze Sweep September 23, 2008

PATS Planning, Architecture, Technology and Services April 15, 2008

PATS Patient Advocate Tracking System April 24, 2003

PAVE Prevention of Amputation in Veterans Everywhere April 23, 2014

PAVE Prevention of Amputation in Veterans Everywhere April 10, 2014

PAVE Prevention of Amputation in Veterans Everywhere April 15, 2014

PAVIR Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research March 23, 2015

PAVs Price Adjustment Vouchers Added prior to March 2003

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PBC Provided by Client June 16, 2015

PBI Performance Base Interview September 20, 2010

PBM Pharmacy Benefits Management Added prior to March 2003

PBM Policy Based Management February 06, 2015

PBMS Performance-based Management System July 22, 2003

PBO PMAS Business Office June 11, 2014

PBP Performance Based Payments May 13, 2010

PBRN Practice-Based Research Networks June 06, 2014

PBS Personal Benefit Services June 06, 2014

PBX Private Branch Exchange June 11, 2014

PC Policy Council Added prior to March 2003

PC Personal Computer Added prior to March 2003

PC3 Patient Centered Community Care April 01, 2021

PCA Primary Care Annex December 15, 2016

PCA Patient-Controlled Analgesia February 25, 2008

PCAC Program Contracting Activity-Central August 25, 2010

PCAFC Program of Comprehensive Assistance to Family Caregivers July 12, 2021

PCAFC

Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers

(PCAFC)

July 23, 2021

PCAOB Public Company Accounting Oversight Board September 20, 2010

PCAS Patient Care Administrative Service July 06, 2009

PCAS Patient Care Assessment System June 16, 2015

PCC Patient Care Coordinator April 17, 2015

PCC Patient Centered Care February 24, 2010

PCC Polytrauma Call Center April 11, 2007

PCC Patient Care Component Added prior to March 2003

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PCC Policy Coordinating Committee (Agent Orange-VA) Added prior to March 2003

PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse April 30, 2014

PCD Privacy Communications Data July 21, 2004

PCE Primary Care Encounter June 06, 2014

PCE Patient Care Encounter Added prior to March 2003

PCGL Personal Computer Generated Letter April 10, 2014

PCGL Personal Computer Generated Letter April 23, 2014

PCHS Procurement for Computer Hardware and Software Added prior to March 2003

PCI PIV Card Issuance April 23, 2014

PCI Percutaneous Coronary Intervention April 03, 2014

PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard July 21, 2009

PCIOL IN GOOD ORDER posterior chamber intraocular lens in good order December 20, 2006

PCL PMO Prosthetics and Clinical Logistics Program Management Office March 20, 2008

PCM Polytrauma Case Manager April 11, 2007

PCM Plexis Claims Manager December 15, 2016

PCMH Patient Centered Medical Home April 20, 2010

PCMHI Primary Care Mental Health Integration April 20, 2010

PC-MHI Primary Care - Mental Health Integration April 30, 2014

PCMM Primary Care Management Module Added prior to March 2003

PCN Patient Control Number December 08, 2010

PCN Processor Control Number August 11, 2006

PCO Procurring Contracting Officer May 12, 2010

PCO Procuring Contracting Officer May 13, 2010

PCO Publications Control Officer Added prior to March 2003

PCORI Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute September 27, 2010

PCOS Public Contact and Outreach Specialist August 12, 2009

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PCP PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER August 08, 2005

PCR Public Contact Representatives April 17, 2014

PCS Patient Care Services April 27, 2005

PCSW primary care social worker October 27, 2017

PCT PTSD Clinical Team June 23, 2010

PCTOC Primary Care Telehealth Outreach Clinic July 20, 2011

PCU Progressive Care Unit March 09, 2021

PD Perferred Date October 22, 2015

PD Product Development (replaces OED) March 28, 2011

PD Position Description July 06, 2010

PD Police Department August 04, 2014

PD Public Domain Added prior to March 2003

PDA Personal Digital Assistant July 21, 2004

PDA Project Decision Authority July 21, 2004

PDAS Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary July 03, 2007

PDAS I&T Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information & Technology May 07, 2014

PDAT Position Designation System and Automated Tool May 09, 2011

PDD Patient Desired Date August 16, 2011

PDD Presidential Decision Directive Added prior to March 2003

PDF Portable Document Format July 21, 2004

PDHRA Post-Deployment Health Reassessment November 01, 2005

PDI Personnel Daily Interface April 23, 2014

PDI Program Document Identifier April 23, 2014

PDI Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor April 17, 2015

PDL Personnel Distribution List May 17, 2010

PDLC Program Development Life Cycle July 26, 2010

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PDM Pharmacy Data Management December 11, 2007

PDQ Physician's Data Query Added prior to March 2003

PDR Preliminary Design Review Added prior to March 2003

PDR Preliminary Design Review May 12, 2010

PDRECC Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center November 22, 2005

PDSA Plan, Do, Study, Act December 14, 2010

PDTS Pharmacy Data Transaction System (DoD Pharm System) July 15, 2003

PDUSB Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits April 30, 2014

PDUSH Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Health May 07, 2014

PDWS Patient Discovery Web Service April 18, 2014

PDX Patient Data Exchange Added prior to March 2003

PE Prolonged Exposure Therapy April 23, 2014

PE Preventive Ethics April 23, 2014

PE Pulmonary Embolism July 30, 2015

PEB Physical Evaluation Board December 14, 2016

PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair April 17, 2014

PEBLO Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer September 05, 2011

PEC Psychiatric Emergency Clinic March 09, 2009

PEC Preventive Ethics Coordinator April 23, 2014

PEC pre-existing condition October 27, 2017

PECS Pharmacy Enterprise Customization System October 05, 2009

PEERL Pupils Equal and Equally Reactive to Light April 01, 2021

PEMS Patient Education Management System October 12, 2010

PEO Program Executive Office January 05, 2006

PEP Project Execution Plan January 20, 2011

PEPS Pharmacy Enterprise Product System August 06, 2007

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PERC Patient Education Resources Center March 24, 2009

PERC Program Evaluation Resource Center June 23, 2010

PERC Patient Education Resource Center Added prior to March 2003

PERRL Pupils equal round and reactive to light April 30, 2014

PERT Program Evaluation Review Technique July 21, 2004

PES Psychiatric Emergency Service June 06, 2006

PET Positron Emission Tomography April 13, 2010

PET Position Electron Transformation Added prior to March 2003

PF Performance Factor July 22, 2003

PFOP Personal Funds of Patient March 09, 2021

PFSS Patient Financial Services System Added prior to March 2003

PGCSS Program of General Caregiver Support Services July 12, 2021

PGD Program Director July 21, 2004

PGD paged, as in paged MD August 14, 2014

PGEC Palliative and Geriatrics and Extended Care April 23, 2014

PGM Program Manager April 23, 2014

PGY Post Graduate Year December 15, 2016

PHA Public Housing Authority October 31, 2011

PHCA Preventive Health Care Application Added prior to March 2003

PHF Patient History File July 21, 2004

PHI Protected Health Information Added prior to March 2003

PHI Personal Health Identifiers June 12, 2007

PHI Personal Health Inventory April 01, 2021

PHIN Public Health Information Network June 30, 2003

PHP Personalized Health Plan July 18, 2014

PHP Partial Hospitalization Program January 03, 2007

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PHR Personal Health Record April 20, 2006

PHRSS Payroll and Human Resource Systems Service November 30, 2009

PHS Public Health Service Added prior to March 2003

PHTN Pulmonary Hyptertension July 23, 2021

PI Prevention Index February 20, 2007

PI Partner Integration June 14, 2011

PIA Privacy Impact Assessment September 19, 2006

PIA Primary Insurance Amount April 28, 2010

PIB Performance Improvement Board Added prior to March 2003

PIC Personal Information Carrier Added prior to March 2003

PIC Performance Improvement Counsel May 01, 2014

PICC Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter November 08, 2010

PICC

A peripherally inserted central catheter is a thin, soft, flexible tube

- an intravenous (IV) line.

May 27, 2016

PICD Property Inventory Control Division March 08, 2010

PICS Patient Image Capture Software March 27, 2006

PICU Patient Intensive Care Unit September 12, 2006

PICU Pediatric intensive care unit May 01, 2014

PID Patient Identification July 21, 2004

PID Process Identification July 30, 2015

PIDS Person Identification Service Added prior to March 2003

PIE Personal Information Exchange April 23, 2014

PIES Personnel Information Exchange System July 21, 2004

PIF Pending Issue File April 23, 2014

PIF Pending Issue File May 07, 2014

PIHCP Pacific Island Health Care Project Added prior to March 2003

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PII Patient Information Integration Added prior to March 2003

PII Personally Identifiable Information April 11, 2007

PIICS VBA Program Integrity & Internal Controls April 23, 2014

PIMS Patient Information Management System Added prior to March 2003

PIN Personal Identification Number April 23, 2014

PIO Process Improvement Opportunity January 20, 2011

PIP Prosthetics Inventory Package June 25, 2014

PIP Productivity Improvement Program Added prior to March 2003

PIP Performance Improvement Plan July 12, 2021

PIR Project Initiation Request April 17, 2014

PIR Post Implementation Review Added prior to March 2003

PIR Project Initiation Reqyest April 23, 2014

PISA Privacy and Information Security Awareness August 27, 2021

PIT Program Integrity Tool May 14, 2014

PIT Postgraduate and In-service Training Added prior to March 2003

PITC Philadelphia Information Technology Center October 21, 2011

PIUC Patient Information Unspecified Content February 25, 2008

PIV Personal Identity Verification December 14, 2022

PIVMATE

Personal Identity Verification Multi Authentication Technical

Enforcement (PIVMATE)

December 15, 2016

PJM Project Manager June 25, 2014

PKI Public Key Infrastructure Added prior to March 2003

PL Poet Laureate Added prior to March 2003

PL Public Law July 21, 2004

PL Policy Letter December 14, 2016

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PLAN Plain Language Action Network Added prior to March 2003

PLCP PAPERLESS CLAIM May 07, 2014

PLE Pharmacy Legacy Enhancement December 07, 2011

PLMS Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service November 04, 2009

PLO Procurement and Logistics Office April 01, 2021

PLOU Portfolio Loan Oversight Unit October 04, 2010

PLQE Pharmacy Legacy Quarterly Enhancements June 08, 2009

PLTIB Planning and Long-Term Issues Board January 06, 2009

PM Project Manager January 23, 2007

PM Preventative Maintenance April 17, 2014

PM Program Manager December 23, 2003

PM PAR Program Management Policy, Assessment, and Reporting November 24, 2010

PM&R Productivity Measurement and Reporting Added prior to March 2003

PM&R Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Added prior to March 2003

PMAC Project Management Advisory Committee Added prior to March 2003

PMAP Pain Management Assessment Project Added prior to March 2003

PMAS Project Management Accountability System March 21, 2014

PMAS Project Management Accountability System April 23, 2014

PMAS Program Management Accountability System July 06, 2009

PMAT Program Management Accountability Tool April 23, 2014

PMB Performance Measurement Baseline June 25, 2014

PMB Postmenopausal bleeding December 14, 2016

PMC Pension Management Center March 08, 2010

PMD Privacy Management Data July 21, 2004

PMDB Prevention & Management of Disruptive Behavior May 07, 2007

PMDD Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder April 18, 2014

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PMEF Primary Mission Essential Function April 17, 2014

PMF Presidential Management Fellow October 21, 2009

PMHX Prior or previous meidcal history April 10, 2014

PMI Preventive Maintenance Inspection April 23, 2014

PMI Project Management Data July 21, 2004

PMI Project Management Institute July 21, 2004

PMI patient medication information April 21, 2016

PMIP Practice Management Implementation Plan Added prior to March 2003

PMIS Project Management Information System July 21, 2004

PMO Program Management Office January 05, 2006

PMO Portfolio Management Office April 11, 2007

PMOU Property Management Oversight Unit October 04, 2010

PMP Project Management Professional March 02, 2009

PMP Project Management Plan July 21, 2004

PMR Program Management Review June 25, 2014

PMR Private Medical Records September 04, 2015

PMRF Performance Measurement Reporting Platform April 17, 2014

PMRF Performance Measure Reporting Foundation April 03, 2014

PMRS Patient Movement Request System Added prior to March 2003

PMS Project Management Service Added prior to March 2003

PMSC Project Management Steering Committee Added prior to March 2003

PMSR Process Model Summary Report May 07, 2014

PN Progress Notes Added prior to March 2003

PNA pneumonia January 12, 2009

PNB PROSTATE NEEDLE BIOPSY December 15, 2016

PNC Penicilin August 14, 2014

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PNCS Progress Note Construction Set May 11, 2011

PND Post Nasal Drip February 06, 2015

PNM Price Negotiation Memorandum May 13, 2010

PNS Polytrauma Network Sites April 17, 2008

PO Purchasing Order May 12, 2010

PO Program Office July 21, 2004

PO Purchase Order July 21, 2004

PO Privacy Officer August 26, 2004

PO By Mouth July 12, 2021

PO2 pulse oxygen March 23, 2015

POA Power of Attorney July 21, 2004

POA PIV Only Authentication April 23, 2014

POA&M Plans of Action & Milestones December 15, 2008

POAG PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA July 31, 2017

POAM Plan of Action and Milestones May 03, 2011

POC PTSD Outpatient Clinic October 20, 2010

POC Point of Care Added prior to March 2003

POC Plan of Care July 30, 2015

POCC Process of Clinnical Care Clerkship January 21, 2016

POCs Points of Contact Added prior to March 2003

POCT Point of care testing August 04, 2014

POD Position on Duty April 17, 2014

POD Psychiatrist on Duty December 15, 2016

POE Pharmacy Order Enhancement Added prior to March 2003

POE Post Occupancy Evaluation Added prior to March 2003

POE Power Over Ethernet February 07, 2011

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POE Personally Owned Equipment June 25, 2014

POI Program Oversight and Informatics April 23, 2014

POID Personnel Office ID December 15, 2016

POJO Plain Old Java Object June 08, 2005

POLARIS Planning On-Line Access, Release and Integration Schedular December 15, 2016

POM Program Operations Manual January 20, 2011

POMA Patient-Oriented Management Architecture Added prior to March 2003

POMS Purchase Order Management System Added prior to March 2003

POP Period of Performance November 29, 2011

POP Server Post Office Protocol Server Added prior to March 2003

POS Point of Sale Added prior to March 2003

POS Positive August 04, 2014

POS Period of Service October 05, 2009

POS place of service December 15, 2016

POSIX Portable Operating System Interface July 21, 2004

POST-MI Post-Myocardial Infarction Added prior to March 2003

POTS Plain Old Telephone Service Added prior to March 2003

POV Purpose of Visit Added prior to March 2003

POW Prisoner of War Added prior to March 2003

PP&C Program Plans & Controls April 11, 2007

PP&O Program Planning and Oversight May 07, 2014

PPACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 July 06, 2010

PPBE Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution May 07, 2014

PPBE Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution April 23, 2014

PPBPL Patients Pending Bed Placement List May 19, 2015

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PPD Product Planning Document November 06, 2017

PPD pack per day (as in smoking) December 03, 2014

PPDHA Pre- and Post-Deployment Health Assessments October 03, 2005

PPDP Pharmacists' Professional Development Plan July 12, 2021

PPE Personal Protective Equipment April 23, 2014

PPE Property, Plant and Equipment February 18, 2010

PPI Privacy-Protected Information February 27, 2006

PPL Providers/Patient Linkage EP Added prior to March 2003

PPM Personal Property Management Added prior to March 2003

PPM Product and Platform Management August 14, 2014

PPM Permanent Pace Maker August 14, 2006

PPMS Provider Profile Management System July 31, 2017

PPO Program Planning and Oversight May 07, 2014

PPP Point to Point Protocol Added prior to March 2003

PPP Pharmacy Prescription Practices Added prior to March 2003

PPR Per Patient Request December 21, 2011

PPR Periodic Performance Review June 27, 2011

PPS-N Pharmacy Product System - National June 14, 2011

PPT Provider Performed Testing January 21, 2016

PPV Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor February 18, 2010

PPW paperwork April 01, 2021

PPW PAPERWORK July 12, 2021

PQRI Physician Quality Reporting Initiative May 24, 2010

PR Paperless Reimbursement November 24, 2010

PR Purchase Requests February 18, 2010

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PR payer relations December 15, 2016

PR&MS Physical Rehabilitation and Medical Services April 23, 2014

PRA Paperwork Reduction Act July 21, 2004

PRA Patient Record Architecture Added prior to March 2003

PRB Project Review Board Added prior to March 2003

PRC Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center April 11, 2007

PRC Peer Review Committee June 14, 2011

PRD Product Requirements Document July 21, 2004

PRDC Prosthetics Research and Development Center Added prior to March 2003

PRE Pharmacy Re-Engineering October 08, 2003

PREP Post-Deployment Rehabilitative and Evaluation Program April 01, 2014

PREP

POST-DEPLOYMENT REHABILITATION and EVALUATION

PROGRAM)

April 10, 2014

PREP Post-Deployment Rehabilitation & Evaluation Program May 01, 2014

PRF Patient Record Flag September 28, 2005

PRIME Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education October 27, 2017

PRM Partner Relationship Management November 05, 2008

PRN Pro Re Nata June 10, 2003

PROMOTE Predictive Outcome Model Over Time for Employment August 16, 2011

PRP Pro-Rated Person March 08, 2011

PRPO Pacific Regional Program Office Added prior to March 2003

PRR Product Readiness Review April 15, 2014

PRRC Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center February 09, 2007

PRRO Pharmacy Recruitment and Retention Office August 12, 2009

PRRTP Psychiatric Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Added prior to March 2003

PRSS Prosthetic Statistical System Added prior to March 2003

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PRTR Potentially Ready to Rate January 03, 2011

PS Provider Systems October 31, 2007

PS Person Served May 21, 2003

PSA Program Support Assistant July 21, 2004

PSA Prostate-specific antigen Added prior to March 2003

PSA Primary Service Area July 12, 2006

PSA Patient Services Assistant October 14, 2008

PSA Public Service Announcement October 20, 2011

PSAS Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service Added prior to March 2003

PSB Professional Standards Board November 06, 2007

PSCC Posterior Subcapsular Cataract December 15, 2016

PSCPIM Surgical Provider Staff Cost and Productivity Investment Model October 22, 2015

PSCT Polytrauma Support Clinic Team October 31, 2007

PSD Person Service Demographics June 08, 2005

PSETS Privacy and Security Event Tracking System April 17, 2014

PSHC Purchased Skilled Home Care April 23, 2014

PSI Performance Systems International Added prior to March 2003

PSI Patient Safety Issue April 19, 2005

PSI Potentially Shippable Increment January 21, 2016

PSIM Person Service Identity Management February 16, 2006

PSL Patient Service Line October 14, 2008

PSMSL Primary and Specialty Medicine Service Line July 31, 2017

PSMT Prosthetic Sock Management Tool April 01, 2021

PSPO Patient Safety Program Office November 30, 2009

PSR PATIENT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE April 30, 2014

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PSRO Professional Services Review Organization Added prior to March 2003

PSS Patient Satisfaction Survey Added prior to March 2003

PSSG Planning Systems Support Group February 25, 2008

PST Preliminary System Testing Added prior to March 2003

PSWG Patient Safety Work Group December 06, 2005

PSWN Public Safety Wireless Network Added prior to March 2003

PSYCH

Psychiatry or Pshychiatric assessment, history, admit, personel, or

medications

August 14, 2014

PT patient August 04, 2014

PT physical therapist April 23, 2014

PT/INR Prothrombin Time/International Normalized Ratio August 04, 2014

PTA Privacy Threshold Analysis March 23, 2015

PTA prior to arrival August 14, 2014

PTC Prosthetic Treatment Center Added prior to March 2003

PTC Patient Transfer Center February 18, 2010

PTD Project Tracking Database May 24, 2011

PTE PEACE TIME ENLISTED April 17, 2015

PTF Patient Treatment File Added prior to March 2003

PTF President's Task Force July 21, 2004

PTI Permanent Transfer In July 20, 2010

PTO Permanent Transfer September 04, 2015

PTRP Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program October 05, 2009

PTRS Private Treatment Records June 16, 2015

PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Added prior to March 2003

PTT Partial Thromboplastin Time August 04, 2014

PUB. L. Public Law Added prior to March 2003

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PUM Pharmacy Utilization Management January 21, 2016

PUMA Physician Utilization Managment Advisor October 05, 2009

PUMT Pressure Ulcer Monitoring Tool July 27, 2011

PUPP PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION PROTOCOL April 21, 2016

PV Primary View October 02, 2007

PV Planned Value July 21, 2004

PVA Paralyzed Veterans of America Added prior to March 2003

PVAP Pre-Vocational Apprenticeship Program Added prior to March 2003

PVC Premature Ventricular Contraction August 04, 2014

PVD Peripheral Vascular Disease May 19, 2015

PVHCA Pacific Virtual Healthcare Application Added prior to March 2003

PVOD Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Disease May 19, 2015

PVP Permanent Virtual Pipe June 08, 2005

PVTS Privacy Violation Tracking System July 05, 2005

PWA Project Web Access November 17, 2011

PWBA Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration Added prior to March 2003

PWGH Principal Working Group on Health Added prior to March 2003

PWS Performance Work Statement March 19, 2007

PWW Patient Weighted Work December 15, 2016

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QA quality assurance April 17, 2015

QA Quality Assurance Added prior to March 2003

QAR Quality Assurance Review Added prior to March 2003

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan July 20, 2010

QBE Query by Example Added prior to March 2003

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QBL Qualified Bidders List May 12, 2010

QCP QUALITY CONTROL PLAN September 04, 2015

QD Daily August 14, 2014

QGNC Quasi-Government Non-Profit Corporation Added prior to March 2003

QID Four times daily April 21, 2016

QIO Quality Improvement Organization November 18, 2003

QIS QuIC Information Systems (Workgroup) Added prior to March 2003

QITC Quantico Information Data Center December 14, 2010

QLE Qualifying Life Event October 21, 2014

QMAS Quality Measurement Advisory Service Added prior to March 2003

QMI Quality Management Institute Added prior to March 2003

QML Qualified Manufacturers List May 13, 2010

QMO Quality Management Officer July 31, 2017

QMP Quality Management Plan May 07, 2014

QOS Quality of Service July 21, 2004

QPL Qualified Parts List May 13, 2010

QPO Quality, Performance and Oversight October 31, 2011

QRDA Quality Reporting Document Architecture December 18, 2007

QRT Quality Review Team April 23, 2014

QSI Quality Step Increase April 23, 2014

QSPP Quadrennial Strategic Planning Process April 30, 2014

QSV Office of Quality, Safety, & Value April 23, 2014

QTC Quality. Timeliness.Customer Service. April 01, 2021

QUAD Quadroplegic or Quadrant August 14, 2014

QUASAR Quality: Audiology and Speech Pathology Audit & Review Added prior to March 2003

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QUASAR Quality: Audiology and Speech Analysis and Reporting June 19, 2007

QUERI Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Added prior to March 2003

QUEST QUEST July 31, 2017

QuIC Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force Added prior to March 2003

QUIC Quality Improvement Checklist Added prior to March 2003

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R Respiration(s) August 14, 2014

R Right August 14, 2014

R Respiration October 22, 2015

R&D Research and Development May 13, 2010

R&D Research and Development Added prior to March 2003

R&DC Receiving & Distribution Center December 14, 2016

R&E Registration and Eligibility July 21, 2004

R&SS Recruitment and Staffing Servicies April 23, 2014

R/C Return Call April 17, 2015

R/E/E M/E

Registration/Eligibility/Enrollment Maintenance/Enhancement

(Project)

Added prior to March 2003

R/O OR R/O rule out August 04, 2014

R/S Respectuflly Submitted December 15, 2016

R/T related to April 06, 2010

RA Requirements Analysis April 12, 2010

RA Room Air July 30, 2015

RAC Resource Allocation Committee March 01, 2011

RACC Restricted Access Claims Center December 03, 2014

RACE Rescue Activate Confine Extinguish May 09, 2011

RACI Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed July 26, 2010

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RAD Rapid Application Development Added prior to March 2003

RAD Resource Access Design Added prior to March 2003

RAD Release from Active Duty July 21, 2004

RAEM Requirements Analysis and Engineering Management October 02, 2007

RAFT Reporting and Analytics Field Training May 14, 2014

RAG Research Advisory Group Added prior to March 2003

RAI/MDS Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set Added prior to March 2003

RAID Rapid Application Interface Development Added prior to March 2003

RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks July 21, 2004

RAM Resource Allocation Model Added prior to March 2003

RAMMP Red Tape Reduction November 13, 2015

RAMP Reports and Measures Portal April 23, 2014

RAN Regional Area Network June 19, 2006

RAP RAPTOR July 30, 2015

RAPM Reverse Auction Program manager May 26, 2011

RAS Remote Access Service June 08, 2005

RAS Remote Authentication Service July 21, 2004

RAS Referral and Authorization System October 22, 2015

RASCI Responsible, Accountable, Support, Consulted, Informed May 07, 2014

RATS Recertification Accounting Tracking System December 15, 2016

RATSR ESE Risk Analysis and Testing Scope Report February 14, 2012

RB Rating Board December 15, 2016

RBAC Role-Based Access Control Added prior to March 2003

RBC Relationship Based Care April 07, 2011

RBC resource board committee July 12, 2021

RBD Risk-Based Decision May 07, 2014

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RBPS Rules Based Processing System May 01, 2014

RBRVS Resource Based Relative Value Schedule Added prior to March 2003

RC Regional Counsel April 17, 2014

RC Resident Commissioner Added prior to March 2003

RC Reserve Component April 30, 2014

RC The Resource Committee October 27, 2017

RC CAS Resource Committee Capital Asset Subcommittee October 27, 2017

RCA Root Cause Analysis August 16, 2005

RCAP Research Cybersecurity Administration Program July 12, 2021

RCE Responsible Conference Executive April 15, 2014

RCET Revenue Cycle Enhancement Team November 30, 2011

RCF Residential care facility December 14, 2016

RCF Residential Care Facility December 15, 2016

RCH Residential Care Home Added prior to March 2003

RCIT Rapid Cycle Improvement Team July 21, 2009

RCN Reports Control Number Added prior to March 2003

RCO Research Compliance Officer June 16, 2015

RCS Readjustment Counseling Service Added prior to March 2003

RCS Records Control System Added prior to March 2003

RCT Religious Compensation Time August 19, 2011

RCT Referral Coordination Team April 01, 2021

RCVD received April 01, 2021

RD Registered Dietitian May 03, 2011

RD Regional Director Added prior to March 2003

RDA Registered Dental Assistant January 15, 2009

RDAT Request Remote Patient Data February 25, 2008

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RDBMS Relational Database Management System July 21, 2004

RDC Remote Desktop Connection December 14, 2010

RDC Rating Decision Complete May 01, 2014

RDI Remote Data Interoperability August 29, 2005

RDM Requirements Development and Management April 23, 2014

RDN Registered Dietitain Nutritionist March 23, 2015

RDO Regional Division Office Added prior to March 2003

RDP Remote Desktop Protocol May 07, 2014

RDPC Regional Data Processing Center March 08, 2006

RDS Remote Dispensing System May 19, 2015

RDV Remote Data View October 15, 2003

RDW Regional Data Warehouse October 27, 2017

RE (One VA) Registration & Enrollment April 11, 2007

RE Requirements Engineering April 12, 2010

REAP Research Enhancement Award Program May 14, 2007

REC Regional Extension Center April 28, 2010

RECERT Recertification April 17, 2015

RED Requirements Elaboration Document May 07, 2014

REDI Resuscitation Education Initiative May 07, 2014

REE Registration, Eligibility & Enrollment April 12, 2010

REEM&E

Registration/Eligibility/Enrollment Maintenance & Enhancements

(Project)

Added prior to March 2003

REF reference December 15, 2016

REFDOC Referral Documentation Tool July 23, 2021

REGO II Reinventing Government -- Phase II Added prior to March 2003

REMS Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies July 06, 2010

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REPS Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors April 17, 2014

RES Requirements Elaboration Specification April 12, 2010

RESCUE Remote Enterprise Security Compliance Update Environment February 18, 2010

RESP respirations March 23, 2015

REST Representational State Transfer July 30, 2015

RFA Request For Application July 31, 2017

RFA request for application July 31, 2017

RFA Request for Application March 09, 2021

RFC Request For Change February 06, 2015

RFC Request for Comments June 08, 2005

RFCC Request for Contract Change April 23, 2014

RFCI Request for Contract Increase June 02, 2010

RFD Ready For Decision March 23, 2015

RFD Veterans Benefits Management System - Awards September 23, 2014

RFE Request for Evaluation Added prior to March 2003

RFE Routine Future Exam October 27, 2017

RFI Request For Information Added prior to March 2003

RFID Radio Frequency Identification July 21, 2004

RFP Request for Proposal Added prior to March 2003

RFP Request for Proposal May 13, 2010

RFP Request for Proposal May 12, 2010

RFQ Request for Quotation May 13, 2010

RFQ Request for Quotation July 21, 2004

RFTOP Request for Task Order Proposal February 18, 2010

RHC Rural Health Clinic September 04, 2015

RHIA Registered Health Information Administrator Added prior to March 2003

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RHIO Regional Health Information Organization March 28, 2006

RHIT Registered Health Information Technician July 06, 2010

RHPI Rural Health Professions Institute April 23, 2014

RHVHH Rocky Hill Veteran's Home & Hospital February 16, 2011

RIC Receiver In the Canal April 23, 2014

RIDES-E

Remote Information Data Entry System - Enhanced (DoD's

system)

May 27, 2016

RIF Reduction In Force Added prior to March 2003

RILO Region IT Logistic Officer April 23, 2014

RIM Research in Motion October 06, 2011

RIM Reference Information Model July 21, 2004

RIMS Records Inventory Management System July 30, 2015

RISE Revenue Improvement and Systems Enhancements April 15, 2010

RISO Regional Information Security Officer Added prior to March 2003

RITPO Resources Information Technology Program Office (DoD acronym) October 22, 2003

RIV Remote Image Views August 17, 2005

RLC Regional Loan Centers July 14, 2010

RLQ Right lower quadrant of abdomen August 04, 2014

RLS Record Locator Service January 14, 2008

RM Requirements Management January 27, 2006

RM Risk Management July 21, 2004

RM PLAN Risk Management Plan June 27, 2011

RMC Resource Management Council February 18, 2010

RMC Records Management Center Added prior to March 2003

RME Reusable Medical Equipment May 24, 2011

RMEC Regional Medical Education Center Added prior to March 2003

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RM-ES Record Management - Evidentiary Support October 01, 2008

RMF Risk Management Framework June 11, 2014

RMI Remote Method Invocation October 01, 2003

RMIR OI&T Risk Management and Incident Response December 08, 2009

RMIT Resource Management Information Technology November 30, 2007

RMO Records Management Officer October 27, 2017

RMON Remote Monitor June 08, 2005

RMP Risk Management Plan July 21, 2004

RMP Release Management Process April 23, 2014

RMRS Regenstrief Medical Record System Added prior to March 2003

RMS Rights Management Services November 02, 2009

RMS Release Management Service April 23, 2014

RMS Resident Management System July 23, 2021

RMT Release Management Team April 23, 2014

RN Registered Nurse January 11, 2005

RNB Reason Not Billable February 22, 2010

RNE Recreational Noise Exposure March 01, 2010

RNFL Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer August 24, 2010

RNM Radiology Nuclear Medicine July 21, 2004

RO Regional Office Added prior to March 2003

RO&IC Regional Office and Insurance Center Added prior to March 2003

ROADS Registry Operations And Data Standards Added prior to March 2003

ROB VA National Rules of Behavior September 16, 2011

ROC Rehearsal of Concept May 07, 2014

ROC Report of Contact November 10, 2009

ROC Readiness Operations Center July 21, 2004

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ROC Regional Operations Center January 21, 2016

ROES Remote Order Entry System Added prior to March 2003

ROI Return On Investment Added prior to March 2003

ROI Release Of Information Added prior to March 2003

ROJ Regional Office of Jurisdiction September 20, 2010

ROLAP Relational On-Line Analytical Processing July 21, 2004

ROM Range of motion September 23, 2014

ROM Rough Order of Merit June 16, 2003

ROM Resource and Organizational Management April 17, 2014

ROM Rough Order of Magnitude October 12, 2010

RON Rest Over Night March 15, 2010

RONA Release of Names and Addresses July 21, 2004

RO-OC Regional Office-Outpatient Clinic Added prior to March 2003

ROP Reordering Points May 19, 2015

ROQ Reordering Quantities May 19, 2015

ROQ Review of Quality July 21, 2004

RORC Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center July 06, 2009

ROS Report of Survey April 09, 2009

ROS Review of Systems March 23, 2015

ROS Results of Sale August 11, 2015

ROVAS Refusal of VA Services December 28, 2011

RPC Regional Processing Center April 14, 2003

RPC Remote Procedure Call Added prior to March 2003

RPC Radiation Policy Council Added prior to March 2003

RPC Broker Remote Procedure Call Broker Added prior to March 2003

RPG Rocket Propelled Grenade March 08, 2007

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RPIW Rapid Process Improvement Workshop April 17, 2014

RPL Restricted Patient List Added prior to March 2003

RPM Resource Planning Model Added prior to March 2003

RPM Resource Planning and Management (Committee) Added prior to March 2003

RPMS Resource and Patient Management System Added prior to March 2003

RPN Risk Priority Number December 14, 2016

RPO Recovery Point Objective July 21, 2004

RPO Regional Processing Office March 23, 2007

RPP RE-PAYMENT PLAN March 09, 2021

RQST REQUEST October 25, 2011

RR Respiratory Rate August 14, 2014

RR Responsible Role July 30, 2015

RR&D Rehabilitation Research and Development Added prior to March 2003

RRR Regular rate rythm August 14, 2014

RRR Rapid Request Routing July 12, 2021

RRS Records Retrieval System May 20, 2010

RRT Registered Respiratory Therapist December 16, 2011

RRT Records ResearchTeam July 23, 2021

RRT Rapid Response Team July 31, 2017

RRTP Residential Rehab Treatment Program July 31, 2017

RS Rescheduled October 22, 2015

RSA Replacement Scheduling Application June 09, 2008

RSA Resource Scheduling Allocation February 10, 2004

RSAT Residential Substance Abuse Treatment June 25, 2014

RSC Revenue Source Code April 15, 2010

RSC Radiation Safety Committee April 11, 2007

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RSC Regional Support Center April 24, 2006

RSC Resolution Support Center December 15, 2016

RSD Requirements Specification Document May 24, 2011

RSD REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY April 30, 2014

RSD Roger Software Development April 23, 2014

RSD Report System Distribution July 21, 2004

RSF Rentable Square Footage July 30, 2015

RSLSP Retroactive Stop Loss Pay September 27, 2010

RSNA Radiological Society of North America Added prior to March 2003

RSO Radiation Safety Officer March 15, 2004

RT Reference Terminology Added prior to March 2003

RT Respiratory Therapist August 04, 2014

RT related to December 03, 2014

RTC Return To Clinic August 26, 2004

RTCIS Remote Telepathology Consultation and Imaging System Added prior to March 2003

RTEP Request for Task Execution Plan January 21, 2016

RTF Rich Text Format June 08, 2005

RTIS Responding To Internal Stimuli October 27, 2017

RTLS Real Time Location System April 23, 2014

RTLS Real-Time Location System August 10, 2010

RTM Requirement Traceability Matrix February 18, 2010

RTM Reference Terminology Model Added prior to March 2003

RTM Requirements traceability matrix April 17, 2015

RTNPC Return To Nurse Procedure Clinic April 14, 2009

RTO Recovery Time Objective July 21, 2004

RTR Ready-to-Rate October 22, 2015

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RTSUB Rational Tools Service Request database name June 02, 2006

RTT OED Rational Tools Team October 27, 2009

RTTP Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program July 23, 2021

RUG Resource Utilization Groups Added prior to March 2003

RUM Resource Usage Monitor Added prior to March 2003

RUP Rational Unified Process July 21, 2004

RUQ right upper quadrant of abdomen August 04, 2014

RUQ right upper quadrant November 10, 2011

RUR Revenue Utilization Review August 11, 2015

RVEC Regional Veterans Employment Coordinator June 16, 2015

RVN Republic of Vietnam April 23, 2014

RVR Rapid Ventricular Response August 04, 2014

RVS Relative Value Scale Added prior to March 2003

RVSR Rating Veterans Service Representative May 27, 2008

RVU Relative Value Unit Added prior to March 2003

RVW review December 15, 2016

RX Prescription July 21, 2004

RXCOTS Pharmacy Commercial Off the Shelf June 30, 2003

RXN reaction July 12, 2021

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S&D Storage and Distribution Added prior to March 2003

S&DC Service and Distribution Center Added prior to March 2003

S.O.B. Shortness Of Breath November 27, 2007

S/I Suicide Ideation October 31, 2007

S/P status post October 27, 2017

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S/S Signs or Symptoms October 10, 2006

SA Security Architecture January 21, 2016

SAA Same As Above October 27, 2017

SAA State Approving Agency April 23, 2014

SAAG Serum albumin ascites gradient April 23, 2014

SAAN Supply Automation Advisory Network Added prior to March 2003

SAAS Software as a Service July 23, 2021

SAB Standards Advisory Board Added prior to March 2003

SAC Standards and Conventions Added prior to March 2003

SAC Special Agreement Check January 03, 2011

SAC Senate and Appropriations Committee March 08, 2010

SAC Strategic Acquisition Center October 27, 2017

SAC Strategic Acquisition Center April 01, 2021

SACC Standards & Conventions Committee Added prior to March 2003

SAD Software Architecture Document July 26, 2004

SAD Special Apportionment Decision July 12, 2021

SADR Standard Ambulatory Data Record May 27, 2003

SAE Serious Adverse Event December 15, 2008

SAEAF Service Aware Enterprise Architecture Framework April 20, 2009

SAGG Statistical Analysis Global Growth July 26, 2004

SAH Strength at Home October 27, 2017

SAH Special Adaptive Housing March 23, 2015

SAIC Science Applications International Corporation Added prior to March 2003

SAIF Service Aware Interoperability Framework April 23, 2014

SAIL Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning April 23, 2014

SAIM Supporting All Improvement Methodologies April 21, 2016

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SAM Secured administrative message March 23, 2015

SAM Subsistence Allowance Module April 17, 2014

SAM Strategic Asset Management October 31, 2007

SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration January 25, 2008

SAML Security Assertion Mark-up Language February 18, 2010

SAN Storage Area Network Added prior to March 2003

SANVR Salvation Army Northport Veterans Residence January 03, 2007

SAO Service Area Organization April 20, 2010

SAO Supervisory Administrative Officer August 10, 2010

SAO Senior Accountable Officical August 10, 2010

SAO Service Area Office January 21, 2016

SAP Simplified Acquisition Procedures May 13, 2010

SAPP Servicer Appraisal Processing Program October 04, 2010

SAQ short arc quad September 23, 2008

SAR Staff Appraisal Reviewer July 14, 2010

SARP Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program Added prior to March 2003

SARRTP Substance Abuse Residential Recovery Treatment Program January 03, 2007

SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome January 23, 2008

SAS Statement on Auditing Standards February 18, 2010

SAS Statistical Analysis System July 26, 2004

SASE Self Addressed Stamped Envelope December 14, 2016

SAT Special Assistance Team Added prior to March 2003

SAT Saturday August 14, 2014

SAT Senior Assessment Team May 11, 2006

SAT Simplified Acquisition Threshold May 13, 2010

SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment February 02, 2006

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SATCOM Satellite Communications Unit/Terminal June 06, 2006

SATP Substance Abuse Treatment Program November 30, 2009

SATRWG Software Application Testing and Review Workgroup October 12, 2010

SATT Substance Abuse Treatment Team January 25, 2006

SAVE Signs Ask Validate Encourage September 23, 2008

SAVES Suicidal Alert Veterans Emergency System April 04, 2011

SAW School At Work March 31, 2010

SB Sinus Bradycardia August 14, 2014

SB/SDB Small Business/Small Disadvantaged Business May 12, 2010

SBA Small Business Administration May 12, 2010

SBA Standby Assistance February 06, 2015

SBAR Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation June 01, 2010

SBC Survivor Benefits Center June 14, 2011

SBR Suicide Behavior Report January 21, 2016

SC subcutaneous August 04, 2014

SC Service Connected May 30, 2007

SCA Security Control Assessment April 27, 2009

SCA Special Contribution Award Added prior to March 2003

SCAMC Symposium On Computer Applications In Medical Care Added prior to March 2003

SCAMP Security Configuration And Management Program December 01, 2003

SCAMPI Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement March 27, 2007

SCAN-ECHO

Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community

Healthcare Outcomes

May 19, 2015

SCAP Security Content Automation Protocol April 13, 2010

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SCC Scope Change Control July 26, 2004

SCCM System Center Configuration Manager June 23, 2010

SCCOP SUPPLY CHAIN COMMON OPERATING PICTURE April 01, 2021

SCD Service Computation Date October 22, 2015

SCD Spinal Cord Dysfunction Registry Added prior to March 2003

SCD Service Connected Disease Added prior to March 2003

SCEM

Standards, Criterion, Evaluative Algorithms and Measuring

Instruments

Added prior to March 2003

SCEP Student Educational Employment Program December 29, 2009

SCG Senior Coordinating Group May 07, 2014

SCGP State Cemetery Grants Program March 15, 2010

SCH Sole Community Hospital July 12, 2021

SCHCS Small Composite Health Care System (DoD) Added prior to March 2003

SCI Spinal Cord Injury Added prior to March 2003

SCI HC Spinal Cord Injury Home Care Program December 10, 2014

SCIDO Spinal Cord Injury Disorder May 05, 2010

SCIF Secure Compartment Information Facility Added prior to March 2003

SCIFD

Standardization, Compatibility, Interoperability and Fiscal

Discipline

March 31, 2009

SCIP Surgical Care Improvement Project May 06, 2009

SCIP Spinal Cord Injury Program December 28, 2007

SCIP Strategic Capital Investment Process May 26, 2010

SCM Supply Chain Management April 10, 2014

SCM Security Configuration and Management (Program) November 26, 2003

SCM Source Code Management August 11, 2015

SCNR site clear nonred December 14, 2016

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SCORM Sharable Content Object Reference Model July 28, 2008

SCQC Software Code Quality Checking March 23, 2015

SCR Serum Creatinine May 19, 2015

SCRA Servicemember Identification for Servicemember Civil Relief Act April 23, 2014

SCRIPT Suicidal Caller Response Incident Protocol Training April 23, 2014

SCS Subscription Control Service July 26, 2004

SCSI Small Computer System Interface February 02, 2006

SCUNA Service-Connected Unauthorized August 12, 2009

SCVTS Switch Compressed Video Transmission Service Added prior to March 2003

SD&D Systems Design and Development July 26, 2004

SD&E Service Delivery and Engineering December 01, 2010

SD&E PAO

Service Delivery and Engineering (SD&E) Program Administration

Office (PAO)

February 07, 2011

SDA Summary Document Architecture April 01, 2021

SDC Strategic Directions Committee September 22, 2011

SDC Same Day Clinic April 23, 2014

SDC System Development Center Added prior to March 2003

SDD System Design Document April 18, 2014

SDD Software Design and Development July 26, 2004

SDE Service Delivery and Engineering December 16, 2011

SDK Software Development Kit December 14, 2016

SDLC System Development Life Cycle August 05, 2004

SDM Service Desk Manager April 12, 2014

SDM Service Desk Manager May 01, 2014

SDO Standards Development Organization July 26, 2004

SDP Supervised Direct Pay April 17, 2015

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SDS Standard Data Service July 26, 2004

SDS System Development Support March 01, 2007

SDV Self-Directed Violence June 16, 2015

SDVCS Self-Directed Violence Classification System June 16, 2015

S-DVI Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance May 27, 2016

SDVOSB Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business January 23, 2007

SE Supported Employment August 21, 2008

SE Supported Employment July 17, 2008

SE Side Effects June 16, 2015

SE&I Software Engineering & Integration April 11, 2007

SEC Screening and Evaluation Committee Added prior to March 2003

SECVA Secretary January 29, 2009

SEDR Systems Engineering and Design Review December 16, 2011

SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Reporting February 06, 2015

SEES Survey Evaluation Exam System October 20, 2011

SEI Software Engineering and Integration March 23, 2007

SEI Self Entered Information July 10, 2006

SEP Systems Engineering Plan April 30, 2014

SEP Stakeholder Entrerprise Platform October 22, 2015

SEPG Software Engineering Process Group Added prior to March 2003

SEPS Space & Equipment Planning System May 26, 2010

SERP Systematic External Review Program Added prior to March 2003

SES Senior Executive Review Program Added prior to March 2003

SES Senior Executive Service May 07, 2014

SEWP Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement July 21, 2009

SF Standard form August 04, 2014

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SF Standard Form July 26, 2004

SFA Strategic Focus Area April 01, 2008

SFDI Space and Functional Deficiency Identification System Added prior to March 2003

SFFX Shared Folder and File Exchange June 25, 2014

SFT Store Forward Technology September 23, 2014

SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol January 21, 2016

SG Surgeon General May 07, 2014

SGL Standard General Ledger June 16, 2015

SGLI Servicemembers Group Life Insurance April 03, 2014

SGLI Servicemen's Group Life Insurance Added prior to March 2003

SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language Added prior to March 2003

SHA Separation Health Assessment July 30, 2015

SHAD Shipboard Hazard and Defense Added prior to March 2003

SHCGP State Home Construction Grant Program March 17, 2009

SHEP Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients September 20, 2005

SHG Strategic Healthcare Group Added prior to March 2003

SHRAC Strategic Human Resource Advisory Committee April 23, 2014

SHS Society for Health Systems Added prior to March 2003

SHS Secure Hash Standard June 21, 2010

SHT Shift Handoff Tool August 12, 2009

SI System Implementation July 26, 2004

SI/HI Suicidal Ideation/Homicidal Ideation March 09, 2009

SI/SI Severely Injured/Seriously Ill July 28, 2008

SIA System Interconnection Agreement Added prior to March 2003

SIB Self Injurious Behavior November 30, 2009

SIC Security Investigations Center May 01, 2014

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SIC Security Investigation Center April 18, 2014

SIC System Integration Center July 26, 2004

SIC signature informed consent April 01, 2021

SIC iMedConsent July 23, 2021

SICU Surgical Intensive Care Unit March 12, 2009

SIDR Standard Inpatient Data Record April 11, 2007

SIEM Security Information and Event Management April 21, 2016

SIG Signa (Latin) November 22, 2004

SIG Special Interest Group Added prior to March 2003

SIIT Surgical Infrastructure Inventory Tool April 17, 2015

SIM Stakeholder Information Management April 18, 2014

SIM Strategic Investment Management April 18, 2014

SIO System Integration Office April 23, 2014

SIP Session Initiation Protocol April 23, 2014

SIP Supplier Idea Portal October 25, 2011

SIP Strategic Implementation Plan April 23, 2014

SIPRNET Secret Internet Protocol Router Network April 18, 2014

SIPU Specialized Intensive PTSD Unit March 07, 2008

SIR Systematic Internal Review Added prior to March 2003

SISP Strategic Information Systems Plan Added prior to March 2003

SIT Systems Integration Test August 14, 2007

SIUG Special Interest Users Group Added prior to March 2003

SIWG Scheduling Interoperability Workgroup June 03, 2004

SKIPPES

Skills, Knowledge, Insurance Procedures and Practices Embedded

in Systems

July 26, 2004

SKU Stock Keeping Unit July 26, 2004

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SL Saline Lock August 14, 2014

SL Sick leave March 02, 2009

SL Service Line December 15, 2016

SLA Service Level Agreement July 15, 2004

SLAB Service Level Approval Board April 23, 2014

SLAM Service Level Agreement Modification April 23, 2014

SLAP Service Level Approval Process April 23, 2014

SLAP Superior Labrum from Anterior to Posterior July 12, 2021

SLC Special Law Code October 27, 2009

SLIMS Summary List Management Service Added prior to March 2003

SLIP Serial Line Interface Protocol Added prior to March 2003

SLIP Shortest Life Into Production October 01, 2008

SLMB Service Level Management Board April 15, 2010

SLP Station Level Project June 04, 2009

SLP Speech-Language Pathologist May 23, 2006

SLR Straight Leg Raise September 23, 2008

SLR Service Level Requirement January 20, 2011

SLRP Student Loan Repayment Program May 07, 2014

SLT Service Level Target January 20, 2011

SM Secure Message February 06, 2015

SM Service Members March 16, 2009

SMA Shared Medical Appointment May 03, 2011

SMAG Special Medical Advisory Group Added prior to March 2003

SMART

Site Monitoring, Auditing and Resource Team (VA Cooperative

Studies Program)

August 10, 2010

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SMART SMART July 18, 2014

SMART Security Management and Reporting Tool March 25, 2009

SMART Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation April 03, 2006

SMBG Self-Monitored Blood Glucose January 04, 2012

SMC Strategic Management Council Added prior to March 2003

SMC Special Monthly Compensation November 18, 2015

SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Services July 26, 2004

SME Subject Matter Expert Added prior to March 2003

SMG Strategic Management Group Added prior to March 2003

SMI Serious Mental Illness November 17, 2008

SMIB Supplemental medical Insurance Benefit September 04, 2015

SMIME Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions July 26, 2004

SMIRP Severe Mental Illness Residential Program July 12, 2021

SMI-S Storage Management Initiative Specification June 08, 2005

SMITREC Serious Mental Illness Research and Evaluation Center November 17, 2008

SMMR2 Six Month Maintenance Release 2 Added prior to March 2003

SMOCTA

Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of

1992

December 08, 2009

SMP Strategic Management Process Added prior to March 2003

SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing July 26, 2004

SMR Standardized Mortality Ratio May 24, 2011

SMRTS Service Medical Records Tracking System July 26, 2004

SMS Software Management Server July 26, 2004

SMS

Shared Medical Systems (one of the largest hospital software

vendors)

Added prior to March 2003

SMS System Management Software Added prior to March 2003

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SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Added prior to March 2003

SNA Systems Network Architecture July 26, 2004

SNAC Systems and Network Attack Center June 11, 2014

SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program April 21, 2016

SNF Skilled Nursing Facility June 10, 2010

SNHL SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS April 01, 2021

SNI Standardized Numeric Identifier April 23, 2014

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol July 26, 2004

SNOMED Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Added prior to March 2003

SNOMED CT Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms March 31, 2003

SNT STUDENT NURSE TECHNICIAN December 14, 2016

SNTP Soft Nontender to palpation May 19, 2015

SNV SKILLED NURSING VISIT November 18, 2015

SO Service Operations October 27, 2017

SOA Service Oriented Architecture June 07, 2004

SOA System-Oriented Architecture June 06, 2014

SOAP Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan Added prior to March 2003

SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol October 01, 2003

SOAR Strategic Objective annual review April 17, 2014

SOARS System-wide Ongoing Assessment and Review Strategy December 15, 2003

SOB Shortness of Breath March 13, 2008

SOC Senior Oversight Committee May 21, 2007

SOC Statement of the Case July 26, 2004

SOC Security Operations Center Added prior to March 2003

SOC Satellite Outpatient Clinic July 21, 2004

SOE Service Oriented Enterprise April 18, 2014

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SOE Survey of Enrollees March 26, 2009

SOE Service Oriented Enterprise May 01, 2014

SOG Standard Operating Guideline January 23, 2007

SOI Service Oriented Infrastructure April 18, 2014

SOI CA Service Operations Insight March 09, 2021

SOI Security Office Identifier March 23, 2015

SOJ System of Jurisdiction August 16, 2011

SON Submitting Office Number March 23, 2015

SONP Satellite Overlay Network Project May 12, 2003

SOO Statement of Objective Added prior to March 2003

SOO Station Of Origin April 03, 2015

SOP Standard Operating Procedure April 01, 2021

SOP Standard Operating Procedure May 10, 2006

SOPC Satellite Outpatient Clinic January 23, 2007

SOR System of Record Added prior to March 2003

SORN System of Records Notice March 01, 2010

SOS Scrum of scrums December 15, 2016

SOTA State of the Art Conferences June 08, 2010

SOW Statement of Work Added prior to March 2003

SP Standards of Profile July 26, 2004

SP Special Publication October 06, 2011

SP ScriptPro May 19, 2015

SP spouse July 31, 2017

SP spouse December 15, 2016

SPAN Suicide Prevention Application Network April 15, 2014

SPAR Sensitive Patient Access Report February 15, 2011

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SPARQ Specialty Productivity - Access Report and Quadrant Tool October 29, 2015

SPARQ

SPECIALTY PRODUCTIVITY-ACCESS REPORT and QUADRANT TOOL

DATA

October 22, 2015

SPAT Sterile Processing Accountability Tool April 01, 2021

SPAWARS Space and Naval Warfare Systems February 25, 2008

SPC Suicide Prevention Coordinator October 10, 2007

SPCM Suicide Prevention Case Manager January 21, 2016

SPD Sterile Processing Department August 08, 2011

SPD Supply, Processing, and Distribution April 23, 2014

SPD Supply Processing and Distribution July 26, 2004

SPDAT Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool September 04, 2015

SPDMP State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program May 19, 2015

SPES Single Photon Emission Scanning Added prior to March 2003

SPHM Safe Patient Handling and Movement February 22, 2011

SPI Spend PIan Identification February 09, 2011

SPI Spend Plan Item June 11, 2014

SPI Sensitive Personal Information July 18, 2014

SPI Schedule Performance Index July 22, 2003

SPMI Serious and Persistent Mental Illness October 31, 2011

SPML Service Provisioning Markup Language September 23, 2014

SPNEGO Simple and Protected Negotiation Mechanism July 29, 2009

SPOC Service Point of Contact April 11, 2007

SPP IT Enterprise Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs September 01, 2009

SPP Scalable Parrallel Processing July 26, 2004

SPS Strategic Planning Service March 26, 2009

SPS Sterile Processing Services February 14, 2012

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SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences April 17, 2014

SPV Supervision October 30, 2006

SQ subquetaneous August 14, 2014

SQA Software Quality Assurance July 26, 2004

SQA Safety Quality Assurance February 25, 2008

SQAS Systems Quality Assurance Service April 07, 2009

SQC Statistical Quality Control July 26, 2004

SQL Structured Query Language December 07, 2004

SQN Surgical Quality Nurse December 14, 2016

SQWM Surgical Quality Workflow Manager April 05, 2010

SR Systems Redesign December 29, 2011

SR Sinus rythm August 14, 2014

SR Service Request June 16, 2003

SRA State Regulation Agencies July 26, 2004

SRC Systems Resources Corporation Added prior to March 2003

SRE Suicide Risk Evaluation April 01, 2021

SRM Service Reference Model October 29, 2003

SRO Single Room Occupancy August 12, 2010

SRR System Requirements Review Added prior to March 2003

SRS Software Requirements Specification Added prior to March 2003

SRSBS Subcommittee on Research Safety, Biosafety and Security December 27, 2010

SRT Special Response Team June 06, 2006

SRT System Review Team Added prior to March 2003

SS sliding scale May 19, 2015

SSA Social Security Administration July 26, 2004

SSAA System Security Authorization Agreement Added prior to March 2003

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SSAC Source Selection Advisory Council May 12, 2010

SSB Special Separation Benefit April 18, 2014

SSB Special Separation Benefit April 23, 2014

SSC Support Services Centers Added prior to March 2003

SSC Surviving sepsis campaign September 23, 2014

SSD Service Support Division April 15, 2014

SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance July 31, 2017

SSEB SOURCE SELECTION EVALUATION BOARD September 04, 2015

SSH Secure Shell October 21, 2014

SSI Supplemental Security Income July 31, 2017

SSIS SQL Server Integration Services November 30, 2009

SSL Secure Socket Layer Added prior to March 2003

SSM Software Service Manager Added prior to March 2003

SSMS SQL Server Management Studio November 05, 2019

SSN Social Security Number Added prior to March 2003

SSO Single Sign-On June 08, 2005

SSOC Supplemental Statement of the Case July 26, 2004

SSO-CM Single Sign-On and Context Management April 23, 2014

SSOI Single Sign-On Integration November 05, 2019

SSP System Security Plan April 07, 2011

SSPT Strategic Spend Plan Template April 01, 2021

SSS SICK SINUS SYNDROME October 22, 2015

SSVF Supportive Services for Veterans Families July 06, 2010

ST Speech therapist April 23, 2014

ST Sinus Tachycardia August 14, 2014

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ST Sore throat or Sinus Tachycardia August 14, 2014

STA3N Station Number Identifier November 05, 2019

STAIR Sites of Temporarily Augmented Ionizing Radiation Added prior to March 2003

STAP Sustainment Transition Acceptance Plan December 08, 2016

STAR Statistical and Technical Accuracy Report July 26, 2004

STAR Servicemember Transitional Amputation Rehabilitation program November 02, 2011

STAT Supported Treadmill Ambulation Training Added prior to March 2003

STAT Strategic Technology Alignment Team October 27, 2017

STC Service Transition Charter January 20, 2011

STC Sunshine Training Center January 06, 2009

STD Standard May 13, 2010

STDP System To Drive Performance January 10, 2011

STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction April 21, 2016

STEP Student Temporary Employment Program November 17, 2011

STEP Secure Technology Evaluation Project Added prior to March 2003

STEPPS Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety April 11, 2007

STI Sexually Transmitted infection August 04, 2014

STICC Seamless Transition Integrated Care Clinic July 30, 2015

STIG Security Technical Implementation Guides June 11, 2014

STM Short Term Model July 26, 2004

STML STML August 27, 2021

STO Seamless Transition Office June 30, 2005

STP Software Test Plan July 29, 2004

STP Stress Treatment Program June 25, 2014

STR Software Test Report July 29, 2004

STR Service Treatment Record November 02, 2011

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STR Service Training Record March 08, 2010

STR short term rehab October 27, 2017

STRS Service Treatment Records April 23, 2014

STS Soft Tissue Sarcoma Added prior to March 2003

STS Standards & Terminology Services July 10, 2006

STVHCS South Texas Veterans Health Care System March 15, 2004

SUD Substance Abuse Disorder October 22, 2008

SUD Substance Use Disorders April 20, 2009

SUDEP Substance Use &Dependence Education Program April 23, 2014

SUDEP Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy December 14, 2016

SUDS Substance Use Disorder Service January 21, 2016

SUDTP Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program April 23, 2014

SUN Sunday August 14, 2014

SV Systems Viewpoint April 23, 2014

SV Schedule Variance July 22, 2003

SV Systems View April 23, 2014

SV Service Voucher September 27, 2010

SVAC Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Added prior to March 2003

SVH State Veterans Homes Added prior to March 2003

SVH CAP State Veterans Home Corrective Action Plan March 17, 2009

SVR Sustained Virologic Response April 30, 2014

SVSR Senior Veteran Service Representatives February 04, 2010

SVT Supraventricular Tachycardia August 04, 2014

SW Social Worker June 10, 2010

SWARS Social Work Automated Reporting System Added prior to March 2003

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SWAT SWift Action and Triage June 16, 2015

SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats May 05, 2010

SWRI Southwest Research Institute Added prior to March 2003

SWS Social Work Service June 10, 2010

SX OR SX Symptom August 04, 2014

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T Temperature August 14, 2014

T Temperature October 22, 2015

T&A Time & Attendance Added prior to March 2003

T&C Terms and Conditions May 13, 2010

T&E Test and Evaluation Added prior to March 2003

T&L Time & Leave Added prior to March 2003

T&M Time and Materials July 30, 2015

T2P2 Theater Telemedicine Prototype Project Added prior to March 2003

T4 Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology September 23, 2014

TA Technology Assessment Added prior to March 2003

TAC Technology Assessment Committee Added prior to March 2003

TAC Test and Certification (OED ProPath) February 01, 2010

TAC Technology Acquisition Center October 05, 2009

TAFMS Total active federal military service date April 23, 2014

TAG Technical Advisory Group Added prior to March 2003

TAMC Tripler Army Medical Center Added prior to March 2003

TAP Transition Assistance Program Added prior to March 2003

TAR Technical Agreements Repository Added prior to March 2003

TAR Test Analysis Report July 26, 2004

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TAR Technical Analysis Review July 27, 2009

TAR-TAS Technical Analysis Review - Technical Analysis Summary March 08, 2011

TAS Treasury Account Symbol September 20, 2010

TAS The Appraisal System July 14, 2010

TAS Technical Analysis Summary July 27, 2009

TAT TURN AROUND TIME April 14, 2011

TATO Temporary Authority to Operate June 11, 2014

TAVR transcatheter aortic valve replacement October 22, 2015

TB Tuberculosis August 04, 2014

TBA To Be Announced July 26, 2004

TBD To Be Determined July 26, 2004

TBE The Benchmarking Exchange March 08, 2007

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury Added prior to March 2003

TBO Telecommuncations Business Operations December 15, 2016

TC Training Coordinator July 26, 2004

TCCB Technical Change Control Board December 14, 2005

TCDB Turn, Cough, Deep Breath March 13, 2008

TCF Technical Career Field April 11, 2007

TCHP Twin Cities Health Professionals (Education Consortium) April 21, 2016

TCM Transition & Care Management January 21, 2016

TCMP Technology Change Management Plan Added prior to March 2003

TCP Telephone Care Program December 15, 2016

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Added prior to March 2003

TCPR Transportable Computer-based Patient Record Added prior to March 2003

TCSC Telecommunications Customer Service Council (formerly TOB) Added prior to March 2003

TCT telephone call to April 15, 2014

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TCT telehealth clinical technician December 16, 2011

TCU Transitional Care Unit April 17, 2014

TD Tetnus Diptheria, as in immunization August 04, 2014

TDA Transfer of Disbursing Authority Added prior to March 2003

TDA Temporary Duty Assignment December 15, 2016

TDE Transparent Data Encryption June 16, 2015

TDE Terminology Development Environment Added prior to March 2003

TDIP Total Disability Income Provision March 08, 2010

TDIU Totally Disabled based on Individual Unemployability August 17, 2010

TDP Testing Designated Positions July 30, 2015

TDRL Temporary Disability Retired List April 10, 2014

TDS Terminology Deployment Server July 10, 2006

TEEI Office of Transition, Employment and Economic Impact December 15, 2016

TEFSC Toxic Embedded Fragmet Surveillance Center October 02, 2007

TEMP Temperature August 14, 2014

TEMP Temporary August 14, 2014

TEMPO Training Education Management Program Office May 08, 2003

TEP Training Event Package April 23, 2014

TERA Temporary Early Retirement Act April 17, 2014

TEVAS Technical Excellence Value Added Service August 29, 2007

TF Treating Facility Added prior to March 2003

TF timely filing July 31, 2017

TF timely filing December 15, 2016

TFS Team Foundation Server October 27, 2017

TFT thyroid function tests August 04, 2014

TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol July 26, 2004

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TG triglycerides May 19, 2015

TH Transaction History April 20, 2010

THA Telemental Health Assistant December 03, 2014

THURS Thursday August 14, 2014

TIAG The Informatics Applications Group September 05, 2011

TIBOD Technical Integration Board of Directors Added prior to March 2003

TIC Trusted Internet Connection August 17, 2011

TICC Traumatic Brain Injury May 07, 2014

TICC Transformation Initiative Collaboration Cell May 07, 2014

TID Three times daily August 14, 2014

TIDES Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions June 19, 2007

TIGR Team Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform Team July 08, 2009

TIM Total Inventory Management October 01, 2008

TIMPO Tri-Service Infrastructure Management Program Office Added prior to March 2003

TIMS The Image Management System July 26, 2004

TIN Tax Identification Number April 12, 2011

TINA Truth in Negotiations Act May 13, 2010

TINQ Treasury Inquiry April 23, 2014

TIP Technology Innovation Program April 23, 2014

TIP Telecommunications Infrastructure Project Added prior to March 2003

TIP Transformation Initiatives and Pilots December 14, 2016

TIPO Technology Innovation Program Office April 23, 2014

TIU Text Integration Utility Added prior to March 2003

TIWG Technical Integration Working Group Added prior to March 2003

TJC The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) May 24, 2010

TJEB Transformation Joint Execution Board April 30, 2014

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TKO To Keep Open April 21, 2016

TKR Total Knee Replacement December 08, 2016

TL Training Letter December 14, 2016

TLCP Telephone Liaison Care Program May 03, 2011

TLS Tumor Lysis Syndrome February 07, 2011

TLS Transport Layer Security September 12, 2007

TLS Transitional Living Services April 17, 2014

TM Technology Management April 23, 2014

TMA TRICARE Management Activity Added prior to March 2003

TMA Transmetatarsal Amputation October 27, 2017

TMC Training Management Committee Added prior to March 2003

TMC Travel Management Center Added prior to March 2003

TMDQ Terminology Model Data Quality June 30, 2003

TMDS Theater Medical Data Store (DoD acronym) October 10, 2007

TMED Telemedicine Added prior to March 2003

TMH Telemental Health September 23, 2014

TMII Theater Medical Information Infrastructure Added prior to March 2003

TMIP Theater Medical Information Program Added prior to March 2003

TMJ Temporomandibular joint April 04, 2011

TMO Telework Managing Officer February 06, 2015

TMOP TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy April 27, 2010

TMP Telecommunication Modernization Project Added prior to March 2003

TMP Telehealth Medicine Platform April 01, 2021

TMS Telepresence Management Suite October 29, 2015

TMS Talent Management System April 14, 2011

TMT Transition Management Team March 31, 2009

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TO Task Order February 22, 2010

TOB Telecommunications Oversight Board (now TCSC as of 7/99) Added prior to March 2003

TOC Transfer of Care April 03, 2014

TOD Tour of Duty December 15, 2008

TOE Transfer of Entitlement July 23, 2021

TOP Treasury Offset Program November 10, 2011

TORB Telephone order read back April 21, 2016

TP Technical Proposal May 13, 2010

TPA Third Party Administrator October 30, 2014

TPA Transition Patient Advocate December 03, 2007

TPA Transferring Patient Advocate April 11, 2007

TPA Trading Partner Agreement(s) April 27, 2004

TPI Two Person Integrity April 11, 2007

TPJI Third Party Joint Inquiry February 20, 2007

TPN Total Parenteral Nutrition February 25, 2008

TPR Tempature, Pulse, Respiration July 30, 2015

TPS Team Puget Sound June 03, 2005

TPSS Training Performance Support System July 26, 2004

TPWG Testing Process Work Group April 12, 2006

TQCVL Trainee Qualifications and Credentials Verification Letter July 03, 2007

TQM Total Quailty Management May 13, 2010

TQM Total Quality Management Added prior to March 2003

TQS Terminology Query Services July 26, 2004

TQT Tourniquet November 06, 2007

TR Transitional Residence August 21, 2008

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TRA To run at, as in speed of medication August 14, 2014

TRAAC Telehealth and Rural Access Advisory Committee November 30, 2009

TRAC2ES TRANSCOM Regulating and Command Control Evacuation System Added prior to March 2003

TRACS Total Record Archive Communication Systems Added prior to March 2003

TRAIT Transparency, Accountability, Innovation, and Teamwork February 02, 2016

TRAP Telehealth and Rural Access Program November 30, 2009

TRFC Treasury Regional Financial Center July 14, 2010

TRI Teleretinal Imaging December 15, 2016

TRIMIS Tri-Services Medical Information System (DoD) Added prior to March 2003

TRM Technical Reference Model July 26, 2004

TRM Telecare Record Manager March 09, 2021

TRM TeleCare Record Manager July 12, 2021

TRM/SP Technical Reference Model and Standards Profile Added prior to March 2003

TRO to run over, as in intravenouse fluids to run over 1 hour August 14, 2014

TRR Test Readiness Review April 17, 2014

TRS TRICARE Reserve Select April 11, 2007

TRUS TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND December 15, 2016

TSA Test Site Agreement August 31, 2006

TSA Telehealth Service Agreement September 23, 2014

TSH THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE July 12, 2021

TSI Transition Systems, Inc. Added prior to March 2003

TSO Telecommunications Support Office Added prior to March 2003

TSO Technical Support Office March 23, 2005

TSP Tuition Support Program April 02, 2008

TSP Thrift Savings Plan August 06, 2007

TSPR Technical Services Project Repository Added prior to March 2003

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TSS Telehealth Scheduling System September 23, 2014

TSS Telecommunications Support Service Added prior to March 2003

TSS Total Supply Support April 30, 2014

TSS Tranformation Support Services July 12, 2021

TSS Technology Support Squad July 12, 2021

TST Touch Screen Technology May 07, 2014

TT&E Technical Training and Evaluation April 17, 2014

TTB Tub Transfer Bench September 23, 2008

TTD Technology Transfer Division Added prior to March 2003

TTE transthoracic Echocardiogram December 10, 2014

TTF Transformation Task Force April 20, 2009

TTO Temporary Transfer September 04, 2015

TTSI Technology Tools Solution Identification May 20, 2010

TTSS TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY April 01, 2021

TTWB Toe-Touch Weight Bearing January 21, 2016

TUES Tuesday August 14, 2014

TURP Transurethral Resection of the Prostate October 27, 2017

TVC Traveling Veteran Coordinator October 27, 2017

TVC Traveling Veteran Coordinator July 31, 2017

TVC TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION March 23, 2015

TVCS Trend Virus Control Software Added prior to March 2003

TVO telephone verbal order January 21, 2016

TW Transitional Work March 01, 2011

TWD Total Weekly Dose April 03, 2014

TWE Transitional Work Experience December 15, 2016

TWIG Technical Working Integration Group April 30, 2014

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TX OR TX Treatment August 04, 2014

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U.S.C. United States Code May 13, 2010

U/O OR UO Urinary output August 14, 2014

U3P Unauthorized Third Party December 15, 2016

UA Unauthorized Absence April 01, 2021

UA urinalysis August 04, 2014

UA OR U/A urinalysis August 14, 2014

UAT User Acceptance Testing April 27, 2004

UB Uniform Bill April 01, 2021

UBS Universal Billing System Added prior to March 2003

UC Underpinning Contract January 20, 2011

UCC Uniform Commercial Code May 13, 2010

UCC Urgent Care Center January 06, 2010

UCI User Class Identifier February 18, 2010

UCS Universal Character Set September 22, 2011

UCUM Unified Codes for Units of Measure November 27, 2007

UD Unit Dose Added prior to March 2003

UDDI Universal Description, Discovery and Integration June 08, 2005

UDI Unique Device Identifier April 23, 2014

UDI USAGE DEMAND ITEM December 15, 2016

UDO Undelivered Orders March 31, 2010

UDS Urinary Drug Screen April 17, 2014

UDS Urodynamics Study June 16, 2015

UE Upper extremity September 23, 2014

UFH Unfractionated Heparin January 21, 2016

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UFR Unfunded Requirement April 17, 2014

UFR Unfunded Request April 23, 2014

UFT User Functional Test June 14, 2011

UGI Upper Gastrointestinal May 01, 2014

UHCG Urine pregnacy test August 14, 2014

UHF Ultra High Frequency December 15, 2005

UHID Universal Healthcare Identifier February 09, 2009

UI User Interface March 23, 2007

UI Universal Interface Added prior to March 2003

UM Utilization Management April 30, 2014

UMC Universal Master Catalog April 03, 2014

UMDNS Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System October 21, 2003

UME Unreimbursed Medical Expenses April 10, 2014

UML Unified Modeling Language October 01, 2003

UMLS Unified Medical Language System Added prior to March 2003

UOR Uniform Offense Report May 07, 2014

UPC Unit Production Cost May 13, 2010

UPIN Unique Physician Identification Number March 31, 2010

UPM Universal Project Milestone April 23, 2014

UPN Universal Product Number Added prior to March 2003

UPN Universal Principal Name December 27, 2006

UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply June 08, 2005

UPT Urine Pregnancy Test April 15, 2014

UR Utilization Review September 20, 2010

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URAC Utilization Review Accreditation Commission July 16, 2003

URI Upper Respiratory Infection August 04, 2014

URI Unique Record Identifier February 18, 2010

URL Uniform Resource Locator July 26, 2004

URL Universal Record Location Added prior to March 2003

US United States July 26, 2004

USA UNITED STATES ARMY November 18, 2015

USAF United States Air Force May 13, 2010

USB Universal Serial Bus March 09, 2009

USB Under Secretary for Benefits December 15, 2008

USC United States Code July 21, 2004

USCG United States Coast Guard April 23, 2014

USD(P&R) Under Secretary for Defense for Personnel and Readiness Added prior to March 2003

USDA United States Department of Agriculture Added prior to March 2003

USG United States Government July 26, 2004

USGLI U.S. Government Life Insurance July 14, 2010

USH Under Secretary for Health July 26, 2004

USHIK United States Health Information Knowledgebase October 01, 2008

USMC UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS November 18, 2015

USMS U.S. Marshal Service June 06, 2006

USN United States Navy May 13, 2010

USOC U.S. Olympic Committee October 21, 2011

USPHS U.S. Public Health Service Added prior to March 2003

USPS United States Postal Service April 21, 2016

USPTF United States Preventative Services Task Force Added prior to March 2003

USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office February 09, 2009

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USUHS Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences March 24, 2003

UTC Unable to Contact November 30, 2009

UTD up to date April 23, 2014

UTF UCS Transformation Format September 22, 2011

UTI Urinary Tract Infection September 05, 2011

UTSWMC University of Texas South West Medical Center May 04, 2009

UTT Unable to Test December 15, 2016

UX User eXperience April 23, 2014

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V. Versus May 13, 2010

V/C verbal cues April 23, 2014

V/CHIO Veteran/Consumer Health Informatics Office April 10, 2014

V/H Visual Hallucinations October 31, 2007

V/U verbalizes and understands July 31, 2017

VA STVHCS VA South Texas Veterans Health Care System Added prior to March 2003

VAAA Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy December 07, 2010

VAAFI VA Authentication Federation Infrastructure April 23, 2014

VAAR VA Acquisition Regulations Added prior to March 2003

VAAS VA Assignment System Added prior to March 2003

VAAS VA Automated Appraisal Assignment System May 07, 2014

VAB VHA As-Is Baseline August 22, 2006

VAC Variance At Completion July 22, 2003

VACAA Veterans Access Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 September 23, 2014

VACERT Veterans Affairs Certification July 26, 2004

VACHCS VA Connecticut Health Care System Added prior to March 2003

VACIB VA Capital Investment Board Added prior to March 2003

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VACIRC Veterans Affairs Central Incident Response Capability July 27, 2004

VACM Veterans Affairs Capabilities Model April 17, 2014

VACO VA Central Office Added prior to March 2003

VACOLS Veterans Appeals Control and Location System Added prior to March 2003

VADIR VA/DoD Identity Repository June 02, 2010

VADS Veterans Assistance Discharge System July 27, 2004

VAE VistA Access Enhancements (VAE) December 15, 2016

VAE Veterans Affairs Examination January 21, 2016

VAEAS VA Enterprise Archiving Solution May 10, 2010

VAEB VA Executive Board June 06, 2014

VAEC VA Enterprise Cloud August 27, 2021

VA-ETP Veterans Affairs Enterprise Transition Plan August 12, 2009

VAF Veterans Affairs Form July 27, 2004

VAGFE VA-owned Government Furnished Equipment June 12, 2006

VAHCPOA VA Health Care Power of Attorney April 23, 2014

VAHCS Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System February 11, 2009

VAI Veterans Assistance Inquiry July 27, 2004

VAIIP VA Innovation Intern Program May 01, 2014

VAIOC VA Integrated Operations Center January 20, 2011

VAIQ VA Intranet Quorum (replaced WebCIMS) February 22, 2010

VAKN VA Knowledge Network February 10, 2004

VALERI VA Loan Electronic Reporting Interface July 21, 2009

VA-LMS VA Learning Management System February 10, 2004

VALNET VA Library Network Added prior to March 2003

VALO VA Learning Online Added prior to March 2003

VALOR Veterans Affairs Learning Opportunities Residency Program Added prior to March 2003

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VALU VA Learning University Added prior to March 2003

VALUE Veterans Affairs Longitudinal Undergraduate medical Education October 29, 2015

VAM Voice Access Modernization May 10, 2010

VAM Vehicle Allocation Methodology October 20, 2011

VAMAN Voice Assisted Manikin December 14, 2016

VAMC VA Medical Center April 15, 2010

VA-MDNS VA Medical Device Nomenclature System December 15, 2016

VAMF VA Mobile Framework February 06, 2015

VAMHCS VA Maryland Health Care System Added prior to March 2003

VAMROC Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center Added prior to March 2003

VAMS VistA Automated Monitoring System April 05, 2010

VAN Value Added Network July 27, 2004

VANAP VA Nursing Academic Partnership April 21, 2016

VANCHCS VA Northern California Health Care System Added prior to March 2003

VANDI VA National Database of Interns October 11, 2007

VANEEP Veterans Administration National Education for Employee Program April 23, 2014

VANEEP Veterans Affairs National Education for Employees Program April 23, 2014

VANOD VA Nursing Outcomes Database June 29, 2005

VANPC VA National Partnership Council Added prior to March 2003

VANS VA Notification System April 17, 2015

VA-NSOC VA Network and Security Operations Center October 02, 2007

VANTS VA Nationwide Teleconferencing System Added prior to March 2003

VAO VA Office Added prior to March 2003

VAO Virtual Acquisition Office February 22, 2010

VAONCE VA Online Certification of Enrollment July 29, 2009

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VAOS VA Online Scheduling March 09, 2021

VAOS Veteran Affairs Online Scheduling (VAOS) April 01, 2021

VAP VA Police June 06, 2006

VAP Ventilator associated pneumonia December 28, 2005

VAP Veterans Authorizations and Preferences June 14, 2011

VAP Value Added Process July 27, 2004

VAPA Veterans Affairs Palo Alto August 04, 2014

VAPAHCS VA Palo Alto Health Care System January 11, 2005

VAPARS Veterans Affairs Product Accountability and Reporting System July 12, 2021

VAPD VA Police Department November 30, 2007

VAPI VA Protected Information June 12, 2006

VAPIHCS Veterans Affairs Pacific Island Health Care System March 29, 2004

VAPOR Veterans Affairs Pharmacists Organized for Research December 13, 2006

VAPS Veterans Administration Police System December 10, 2014

VAPSHCS VA Puget Sound Health Care System Added prior to March 2003

VAR Veteran Appointment Request October 27, 2017

VARA Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis December 16, 2011

VARC Veterans Addiction Recovery Center April 23, 2014

VARC Veterans Addiction Recovery Center May 07, 2014

VARI Veterans Administration Revenue Information June 03, 2003

VARO VA Regional Office Added prior to March 2003

VASC Vascular August 14, 2014

VASH VA Supported Housing April 23, 2014

VASI VA Systems Inventory April 23, 2014

VASI VA Sensitive Information July 31, 2017

VASQIP VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program March 28, 2011

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VASQUIP Veteran Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program December 15, 2016

VASRD VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities March 09, 2021

VAST Veteran Affairs Site Tracking May 18, 2005

VATAMMCS Vision Analysis Team Aim Map Measure Change Sustain November 23, 2011

VA-TAMMCS Vision-Analysis-Team-Aim-Map-Measure-Change-Sustain/Spread June 21, 2010

VATAS VA Time and Attendance System September 27, 2010

VAUSH Veterans Affairs Under Secretary of Health May 07, 2014

VAVS VA Voluntary Service Added prior to March 2003

VB Visual Basic Added prior to March 2003

VBA Veterans Benefit Administration July 30, 2015

VBAFS VBA Finance Staff October 04, 2010

VBASLCY VBA Salt Lake City April 15, 2014

VBAT Veterans Benefits Audit Team April 23, 2014

VBC veterans benefits counselor June 28, 2004

VBECS VistA Blood Establishment Computer Software August 12, 2003

VBIT Veterans Benefits Information Technology April 11, 2007

VBMAP Veterans Benefits Management Assistance Program April 23, 2014

VBMS Veterans Benefits Management System September 20, 2010

VBMS-A Veterans Benefits Management System - Awards September 23, 2014

VBMS-C Veterans Benefits Management System - Correspondence April 18, 2014

VBMS-CORE Veterans Benefits Management System-Core June 16, 2015

VBMS-R Veterans Benefits Management System - Rating August 11, 2015

VBRS Veterans Benefits Reference System February 24, 2009

VC Veterans Center Added prior to March 2003

VCAA Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 May 08, 2008

VCAC Veterans Claims Adjudication Commission Added prior to March 2003

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V-CAMP Veterans' Cognitive Assessment and Management Program April 10, 2014

VCCPE Veterans Community Care Program Eligibility July 12, 2021

VCE Veterans Claims Examiner August 12, 2009

VCED Veterans Community Employment Development August 10, 2010

VCHI VISN Chief of Health Informatics March 23, 2015

V-CHI VISN-CHIO Subcommittee July 30, 2015

VCHIO Veterans Consumers Health Informatics Office December 15, 2016

VCIOC VHA VISN CIO Council October 20, 2003

VCIP Veterans Claims Intake Program May 01, 2014

VCJCS Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff May 07, 2014

VCL Veterans Crisis Line September 04, 2015

VCL Veterans Choice List June 16, 2015

VCM Virtual Care Manager July 23, 2021

VCP Veteran-Community Partnership October 22, 2015

VCS Virtual Collaboration Site (IPO) May 07, 2014

VCS Video Communication Server November 08, 2010

VCS Vista Contracting Services February 25, 2008

VCS Veterans Canteen Service July 27, 2004

VCSB Voluntary Consensus Standards Bodies September 14, 2009

VCSFC Veterans Canteen Service Finance Center Added prior to March 2003

VCSRO Veterans Canteen Service Regional Office Added prior to March 2003

VCWG VValeo Convenors Working Group Added prior to March 2003

VDA VistA Data Access July 31, 2017

VDBSS VISTA/Defense Blood Standard System Added prior to March 2003

VDC VONAPP Direct Connect April 03, 2014

VDD Version Description Document March 31, 2009

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VDD Version Description Document April 09, 2009

VDEF VistA Data Extraction Framework March 20, 2003

VDEM VistA Data Extraction Mapping July 27, 2004

VDF VistA Data Feeds April 15, 2014

VDI Virtual Desktop Infrastructure April 23, 2014

VDIF Veterans Data Integration and Federation August 27, 2021

VDIF Veterans Data Integration and Federation July 23, 2021

VDIM VHA Dynamic Integration Model October 02, 2007

VDL Virtual Due List May 24, 2010

VDL VA Software Document Library August 16, 2011

VDMS Virtual Daily Management System July 12, 2021

VDR Virtual Disaster Recovery January 21, 2016

VDR Virtual Data Repository June 25, 2014

VDS Vocational Development Specialist December 08, 2016

VDSI VistA Data Systems & Integration July 27, 2004

VDT Veteran Delegation Tool March 09, 2021

VDVS Virginia Department of Veterans Services December 14, 2016

VDW VISN Data Warehouse October 27, 2017

VE VIETNAM ERA April 17, 2015

VEAP Veterans Education Assistance Program Added prior to March 2003

VEHU VHA eHealth University May 18, 2005

VEI Veterans Emplopyement Initiative April 23, 2014

VEIN Veterans Educators Integrated Network July 21, 2004

VEMS Veterans Enterprise Management System May 08, 2014

VEOA VEOA Eligibles July 30, 2015

VEOA veterans employment opportunity act July 30, 2015

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VERA Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation October 27, 2017

VERC Veterans Engineering Resource Center June 27, 2011

VERDICT

Veterans Evidence-Based Research Dissemination and

Implementation Center

May 14, 2007

VERIS Veterans Exam Request Information System July 27, 2004

VERP Veteran Enrollment Rework Project December 14, 2016

VERP Veterans Enrollment Rework Project December 14, 2016

VES Veterans Health Administration Enrollment System April 01, 2021

VES Veterans Evaluation Services April 23, 2014

VESO Veterans Employment Service Office April 23, 2014

VETS VHA Enterprise Terminology Services June 04, 2004

VETSNET Veterans Service Network April 23, 2014

VEV Vietnam Era Veterans Added prior to March 2003

VFA Veterans Financial Assessment February 10, 2004

VFIB OR V FIB OR VF VentricularFibrilation August 14, 2014

VFIRP Veteran-Focused Internet Redesign Project Added prior to March 2003

VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars Added prior to March 2003

VG Ventrogluteal April 21, 2016

VGIA Veteran-Guest Internet Access July 06, 2010

VGLI Veterans Group Life Insurance Added prior to March 2003

VH VETERANS HOME November 18, 2015

VHA Veterans Health Administration Added prior to March 2003

VHACO Veterans Health Administration Central Office September 20, 2010

VHAIP VHA Innovation Program April 15, 2010

VHEC Veterans Health Education Coordinator November 08, 2010

VHEI Veterans Health Education and Information July 25, 2006

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VHF Very High Frequency December 15, 2005

VHIC Veterans Health ID Card April 23, 2014

VHIC Veteran Health Identification Card April 23, 2014

VHIE Veterans Health Information Exchange December 15, 2016

VHIM VHA Health Information Model October 04, 2004

VHIT Veterans Health Information Technology March 01, 2007

VHL Veterans Health Libray September 14, 2011

VHP Veterans Health Plan Added prior to March 2003

VHS Veterans Health Study Added prior to March 2003

VI Veteran Industries October 05, 2009

VIA VistA Integration Adapter October 21, 2014

VIC Veteran Identification Card Added prior to March 2003

VICTARS Veterans Insurance Claims Tracking and Response System December 14, 2016

VICTORS Visual Impairment Services to Optimize Remaining Sight January 03, 2007

VIDC VistA Imaging Display Client August 17, 2005

VIE VistA Inferface Engine July 27, 2004

VIE Vitria Interface Engine August 11, 2006

VIERS Veteran Information/Eligibility Record Services August 14, 2014

VIF VHA Information Factory December 13, 2006

VIM Veterans Information Model May 26, 2011

VIMM VistA Immunizations March 23, 2015

VINCI VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure March 15, 2010

VIP Veteran Information Portal April 17, 2007

VIP vocational integration program August 03, 2011

VIP Very Important Person July 27, 2004

VIP Veteran-Focused Integration Process December 15, 2016

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VIP Veteran-focused Integration Process December 15, 2016

VIP Veteran-focused Integration Process April 21, 2016

VIP VistA Intake Program November 18, 2015

VIPR Veteran-Focused Integration Process Request December 14, 2016

VIPR VA IT Process Request March 09, 2021

VIQ VA Intranet Quorum May 01, 2014

VIREC VA Information Resource Center Added prior to March 2003

VIRMSS VHP Information Resources Management Support Service Added prior to March 2003

VIRO Veterans Informatics Resource Office August 15, 2007

VIRS VIRS April 01, 2021

VIS Veteran's Information Solution May 27, 2016

VIS Veterans Information System February 07, 2005

VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network Added prior to March 2003

VISOR Visual Impairment Services Outpatient Rehabilitation June 15, 2009

VI-SPDAT Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assessment Tool November 06, 2017

VIST Visual Impairment Services Team August 17, 2010

VIST Visual Impairment Services Team Added prior to March 2003

VISTA Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture Added prior to March 2003

VITALS Veterans Information Technology Acquisition of Lifecycle Solution January 25, 2008

VITAS Veterans Implant Tracking & Alert System May 05, 2010

VIVA Veterans Information and Verification Access Added prior to March 2003

VIX VistA Imaging Exchange October 22, 2009

VJO Veterans Justice Outreach June 01, 2010

VLER Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record April 30, 2009

VLER Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record April 21, 2016

VLJ Veterans Law Judge July 20, 2011

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VLSN VISN Lead Surgical Nurse December 15, 2016

VM VM December 21, 2011

VM Virtual Machine July 27, 2004

VM MSG voice mail message April 10, 2014

VMEC VistA Maintenance & Expertise Center February 11, 2005

VMIT VA OED Memorial Affairs Information Technology November 30, 2007

VMLI Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance April 03, 2014

VMM Value Measuring Methodology October 16, 2006

VMP VistA Maintenance Project December 28, 2005

VMR Virtual Meeting Room April 01, 2021

VMS Virtual Memory System February 01, 2005

VNA Visiting Nurse Association April 01, 2008

VOA Veteran's On-Line Application May 27, 2016

VOA Virtual Office Acquisition March 14, 2011

VOB Versioned Object Base (IBM Rational ClearCase Tool) October 25, 2010

VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol January 09, 2006

VONAPP Veterans Online Application July 27, 2004

VOR Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Obligation Report April 23, 2014

VOR VETSNET Operations Reports March 01, 2011

VORP VISN ONGOING READINESS PROGRAM April 10, 2014

VORS Veterans Outreach Reporting System April 21, 2016

VOSB Veteran-Owned Small Business January 23, 2007

VOVA Voice of VA October 20, 2011

VOW Veterans Opportunity to Work April 17, 2014

VoxML Voice Markup Language May 28, 2016

VP Veteran Programs February 25, 2008

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VPA Viers Person Adapter October 27, 2017

VPFS Veterans Personal Finance System April 24, 2003

VPID Veterans Affairs Person Identifier July 27, 2004

VPN Virtual Private Network Added prior to March 2003

VPR Virtual Patient Record July 29, 2004

VPS Veteran Point of Service March 24, 2011

VR&C Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Added prior to March 2003

VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment April 06, 2007

VRAM VistA Remote Access Management April 18, 2014

VRAP Veteran Retraining Assistance Program May 01, 2014

VRAP Veterans Retraining Assistance Program May 07, 2014

VRB Value Review Board Added prior to March 2003

VRC Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor April 23, 2014

VRC Veteran Recovery Center December 15, 2016

VRE Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci August 11, 2020

VRHAC Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee February 02, 2011

VRHRC Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers October 05, 2009

VRI Veterans Reopened Life Insurance April 03, 2014

VRM Veterans Record Management January 21, 2010

VRM Veteran Resource Management June 19, 2007

VRM Veterans Relationship Management April 07, 2011

VRS Vocational Rehabilition Specialist August 21, 2008

VRS Vendor Registration System July 27, 2004

VRSS Veteran Re-Entry Search Service April 23, 2014

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VRUM VistA Resource Utilization Management May 19, 2015

VS vital signs March 23, 2015

VSA VistA Service Assembler April 23, 2014

VSAC Value Set Authority Center April 18, 2014

VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal February 04, 2010

VSB Virtual Suggestion Box April 30, 2014

VSC Veterans Service Center July 27, 2004

VSC Veteran Service Commission December 14, 2016

VSCM Veteran Service Center Manager March 15, 2010

VSE Vista Scheduling Enhancements December 10, 2014

VSH Virtual Server Hosts April 23, 2014

VSHO VHA Servicing Human Resources Office April 23, 2014

VSI Voluntary Separation Incentive April 23, 2014

VSIP Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments April 30, 2014

VSLI Veterans' Special Life Insurance July 14, 2010

VSN Veterans Service Network April 01, 2021

VSO Veterans Service Officer April 23, 2014

VSO Veterans Service Organizations Added prior to March 2003

VSP Virtual Storage Platform November 05, 2019

VSR Veteran Service Representative Added prior to March 2003

VSS Voluntary Service System April 10, 2003

VSS Vital Signs Stable April 15, 2010

VSSC VHA Support Service Center May 16, 2006

VST VISN Support Team April 01, 2021

VSV Veterans Serving Veterans July 31, 2017

VTA Veterans Tracking Application April 11, 2007

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VTACH OR V TACH Ventricular Tachycardia August 14, 2014

VTC Video Teleconferencing July 27, 2004

VTC Veterans Treatment Court October 22, 2015

VTE Venous Thromboembolism December 01, 2009

VTE Virtual Terminal Emulator December 01, 2009

VTN Veterans Transportation Network May 24, 2011

VTS Veterans Transportation Service November 18, 2010

VTS Virtual Tape Subsystem April 23, 2014

VUID Veterans Health Administration Unique Identifier July 27, 2004

VVA Virtual VA April 23, 2014

VVC Voice Video Call July 12, 2021

VVC VA Video Connect July 23, 2021

VVC VA Video Connect April 01, 2021

VVO Verified verbal order October 21, 2014

VWM VHA Work Measurement March 05, 2009

VWSL VDIF-EP Web Service Layer July 12, 2021

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W/C Workers' Compensation October 27, 2017

W/C wheel chair October 22, 2015

W/O OR W/O with out August 04, 2014

W3C World -Wide Web Consortium Added prior to March 2003

WAFPS Web Automated Folder Processing Systems December 16, 2011

WAH Work At Home January 21, 2016

WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale April 18, 2014

WAIS Wide Area Information Service (Web indexing & searching) Added prior to March 2003

WAM Web Access Manager April 17, 2014

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WAMC Womack Army Medical Center April 11, 2007

WAN Wide Area Network Added prior to March 2003

WAN FOG Wide Area Network Follow-on Work Group Added prior to March 2003

WAP Wireless Application Protocol July 27, 2004

WARM Web Automated Reference Material System December 14, 2016

WARTAC Warrior Training Advancement Course December 14, 2016

WARTAC Warrior Training Advance Course December 15, 2016

WASA Web Application Security Assessment July 30, 2015

WASR Web Application Status Report May 19, 2015

WATCH Women’s Assessment Tool for Comprehensive Health December 15, 2016

WAVE Web Automated Verification of Enrollment July 27, 2004

WB Weight Bearing April 23, 2014

WBLS Web Based Loan Summary July 14, 2010

WBNB Wideband Narrowband Added prior to March 2003

WBS Work Breakdown Structure July 27, 2004

WBT Web-Based Training February 18, 2010

WC DI Workforce Committee Diversity and Inclusion Sub-committee October 27, 2017

WC LOT

Workforce Committee Learning Organization Transformation

Subcommittee

October 27, 2017

WC/OSH MIS

Workers Comp/Occupational Safety Health Management

Information System

February 18, 2010

WCCC Woman's Comprehensive Care Center November 14, 2011

WCHIP Women's Comprehensive Health Care Implementation Plan May 27, 2016

WCNC Washington Crossing National Cemetery March 14, 2011

WCO Web Communications Officer March 21, 2014

WCP Workers Compensation Program June 11, 2014

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WDDE Ward Drug Dispensing Equipment November 09, 2004

WDDX Web Dynamic Data Exchange Added prior to March 2003

WEAMS Web Enabled Approval Management System December 03, 2009

WEBALPS WEB based Automated Loan Processing System July 14, 2010

WEBCIMS Web Correspondence & Issues Management System July 27, 2009

WED Wednesday August 14, 2014

WEDI Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange April 27, 2004

WFL Within Functional Limits September 23, 2014

WFM Work Force Management December 14, 2016

WH PCP Women's Health Primary Care Provider May 27, 2016

WHEC CES

Whole Health Experience Committee Communication and

Education Subcommittee

October 27, 2017

WHEI Women's Health Evaluation Initiative December 15, 2016

WHEN Weekends, holidays, evenings, nights April 17, 2014

WHO World Health Organization April 17, 2014

WHYMPI Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory April 12, 2010

WIGI Within-Grade Increase February 18, 2010

Windows NT Windows New Technology Added prior to March 2003

WIP Work in Process May 13, 2010

WIPT Working Integrated Project Team Added prior to March 2003

WIR Wireless Infrastructure Replacement December 27, 2010

WITS Work Intake and Tracking Systems February 18, 2010

WITS Workforce Information Systems (PAID) April 05, 2005

WK week January 21, 2016

WLA West Los Angeles April 17, 2014

WM With Meals April 21, 2016

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WMCO Workforce Management and Consulting Office July 17, 2008

WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction March 24, 2003

WMIS Wireless Controlled Substances Added prior to March 2003

WML Wireless Markup Language July 27, 2004

WMTS Wireless Medical Telemetry Services Added prior to March 2003

WNL Within Normal Limits October 31, 2007

WNR Will Not Reimburse December 08, 2016

WO Write Off July 20, 2010

WOC Without Compensation March 14, 2005

WOFT Warrant Officer Flight Training December 15, 2016

WPI Wholesale Price Index May 13, 2010

WPMEA Workforce Planning, Management and Employee Administration February 22, 2010

WPW Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome March 09, 2021

WRAH Walter Reed Army Hospital December 14, 2005

WRAMC Walter Reed Army Medical Center December 13, 2006

WRAP Wellness Recovery Action Plan April 18, 2014

WRIISC War-related Illness and Injury Study Centers October 05, 2004

WSDL Web Services Description Language March 31, 2009

WSIP (VA) Web Search Improvement Project Added prior to March 2003

WSRR WebSphere Registry and Repository December 15, 2016

WT weight February 06, 2015

WTEMS What The Evidence Must Show April 23, 2014

WVCS Women Veterans Cohort Study December 16, 2011

WVHSHG Women Veterans Health Strategic Healthcare Group February 18, 2010

WVPM Women Veterans Program Manager July 06, 2009

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WWI World War I July 27, 2004

WWII World War II July 27, 2004

WWP Wounded Warriors Project February 18, 2010

WWU Weighted Work Unit Added prior to March 2003

WWW World Wide Web Added prior to March 2003

WYSIWYG What you see is what you get Added prior to March 2003

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X11 An implementation of X-Windows System July 27, 2004

X12

Identification number for ANSI standard committee and the

standards the committee issues

July 27, 2004

XACML Extensible Access Control Markup Language June 08, 2005

XMI XML Metadata Interchange July 27, 2004

XML Extensible Mark-up Language Added prior to March 2003

XML XQL Extensive Markup Language XML Query Language July 27, 2004

XRT Radiation therapy June 16, 2015

XSL Extensible Stylesheet Language Added prior to March 2003

XUA Cross Enterprise User Assertion June 21, 2010

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Y2K Year 2000 Added prior to March 2003

YO year old October 27, 2017

YOURIT yourIT Service Portal April 01, 2021

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ZIFA Zachman Institue for Framework July 27, 2004

ZIP Zone Improvement Program July 06, 2010

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