| AAFP |
American Academy of Family Physicians |
| AAHP |
American Association of Health
Plans |
| AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
| ACIP |
Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices |
| AFIX |
Assessment, Feedback, Incentives,
eXchange |
| AIM |
Association of Immunization
Managers |
| AIRA |
American Immunization Registry
Association |
| AMIA |
American Medical Informatics
Association |
| ASTHO |
Association for State and Territorial
Health Officials |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention |
| CII |
Childhood Immunization Initiative |
| CIRSET |
Committee on Immunization Registry
Standards for Electronic Transactions |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services |
| CSTE |
Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human
Services |
| eBXML |
Electronic Business using eXtensible
Markup Language |
| ECBT |
Every Child By Two |
EHR |
Electronic Health Record |
EMR |
Electronic Medical Record |
| ESD |
Epidemiology and Surveillance
Division |
| FAQ |
Frequently
Asked Questions |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
| GPRA |
Government Performance Results
Act |
| HCFA |
Health Care Funding Administration |
| HCPWG |
Health Care Provider Participation
Work Group |
| HEDIS |
Health Plan Employer Data and
Information Set |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act |
HIT |
Health Information
Technology |
| HL7 |
Health Level Seven |
| HRSA |
Health Resources and Services
Administration |
| IHS |
Indian Health Services |
| IIS |
Immunization Information System |
| IISAR |
Immunization Information Systems Annual
Report |
| IISSB |
Immunization Information Systems Support
Branch |
| IPOM |
Immunization Program Operations Manual |
| ISD |
Immunization Services Division |
| IT |
Information Technology |
LHII |
Local Health Information Infrastructure |
| MCO |
Managed Care Organization |
| MCHB |
Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
| MHRA |
Medical and Health Research
Association of New York |
| MMIS |
Medicaid Management Information
System |
| NACCHO |
National Association of County
and City Health Officials |
| NAPHIT |
National Association for Public
Health Information Technology |
| NAPHSIS |
National Association of Public
Health Statistics |
| NCIRD |
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases |
| NEDSS |
National Electronic Disease
Surveillance System |
NHII |
National Health
Information Infrastructure |
NHIN |
National Health Information
Network |
| NIC |
National Immunization Conference |
| NIS |
National Immunization Survey |
| NVAC |
National Vaccine Advisory Committee |
| NVPO |
National Vaccine Program Office |
ONCHIT |
Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology |
| P/C |
Privacy and Confidentiality |
PHDSC |
Public Health Data Standards
Consortium |
| PHI |
Protected Health Information |
| PHII |
Public Health Informatics Institute |
PHIN |
Public Health Information Network |
PHR |
Personal Health Record |
| PPT |
Provider Participation Team |
| PROW |
Programmatic Registry Operations
Workgroup |
RHIO |
Regional Health Information
Organization |
| SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
| SODA |
Systems Operations and Design
Activity |
| TWG |
Technical Working Group |
| VFC |
Vaccines for Children |
| WIC |
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children |
| XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
