| Acronym |
Full Name |
| ACS |
American Community Survey |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
| AHA |
American Hospital Association |
| AHIP |
America's Health Insurance Plans |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS |
| AIAN |
American Indian or Alaska Native |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| AMIA |
American Medical Informatics Association |
| ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
| ASPE |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS |
| BRFSS |
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| CAHPS |
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
| CCHIT |
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CHC |
Community Health Center |
| CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
| CHIP |
Children's Health Insurance Program |
| CHIS |
California Health Interview Survey |
| CLAS |
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CPS |
Current Population Survey |
| DMHC |
California Department of Managed Health Care |
| ED |
Emergency Department |
| EHR |
Electronic Health Record |
| ELPS |
English Language Proficiency Survey |
| ESRD |
End Stage Renal Disease |
| HCUP |
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project |
| HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| Health IT/HIT |
Health Information Technology |
| Health ITSP |
Health Information Technology Standards Panel |
| HL7 |
Health Level 7 |
| HRET |
Health Research & Educational Trust |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| LEP |
Limited English Proficiency |
| MEDS |
Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System |
| MEPS |
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
| MIPPA |
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 |
| NAMCS |
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
| NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
| NCVHS |
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics |
| NHAMCS |
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
| NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHDR |
National Healthcare Disparities Report |
| NHeLP |
National Health Law Program |
| NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
| NHOPI |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
| NHPC |
National Health Plan Collaborative |
| NHQR |
National Healthcare Quality Report |
| NIS |
National Immunization Survey |
| NLAAS |
National Latino and Asian American Study |
| NQF |
National Quality Forum |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NSDUH |
National Survey on Drug Use and Health |
| NVSS |
National Vital Statistics System |
| OCR |
Office for Civil Rights, HHS |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OMH |
Office of Minority Health, HHS |
| ONC |
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS |
| PHIN |
Public Health Information Network |
| PHR |
Personal Health Record |
| PQRI |
Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative |
| PUMS |
Public Use Microdata Samples |
| QI |
Quality Improvement |
| RAETT |
U.S. Census Bureau's 1996 Racial and Ethnic Targeted Test |
| RWJF |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| SEER |
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results |
| SES |
Socioeconomic Status |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
| SSN |
Social Security Number |
| TDD |
Telecommunication Device for Deaf Persons |
| TTY |
TeleTYwriter or Text Telephone |
| UMMC |
University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| URAC |
Formerly known as the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission |
| WCRS |
Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System |
