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