AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
BA | Business Associate |
BAA | Business Associate Agreement |
CAH | Critical Access Hospital |
CCHIT | Certification Commission for Health Information Technology |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CE | Covered Entity |
CER | Comparative Effectiveness Research |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CGD | Certification Guidance Document |
CHPL | Certified Health Information Technology Products List |
CMS | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
CORE | Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange |
DURSA | Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Centers |
FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
HCCN | Health Center Controlled Networks |
HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
HIE | Health Information Exchange |
HIOs | Health Information Exchange Organizations |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HIT | Health Information Technology |
HITECH | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act |
HITRC | Health Information Technology Research Center |
HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
IFR | Interim Final Rule |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
MU | Meaningful Use |
NHIN | Nationwide Health Information Network [now NW-HIN] |
NHITI | National Health Information Technology Infrastructure |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIST | National Institute for Standards and Technology |
NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rule-Making |
NTDC | National Training and Dissemination Center |
NW-HIN | Nationwide Health Information Network Center [formerly NHIN] |
OCR | Office of Civil Rights (Dept. of Health and Human Services) |
ONC | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology [also referred to as ONCHIT] |
ONC-ACB | ONC-Authorized Certification Body |
ONC-ATCB | ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body |
PHI | Protected Health Information |
PHR | Personal Health Record |
RECs | Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers |
SDE | State Designated Entity |
SDO | Standards Development Organization |
SHARP | Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects |
SSA | Social Security Act |