NSSP Glossary
Acronym | Definition |
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AC | Ambulatory Care 2 |
ADM | Analytic Data Management; team who provide analytic expertise and support for NSSP. |
ADT | HL7-based healthcare facility message type specific to an Admit, Discharge, and Transfer activity |
ASTHO | Association for State and Territorial Health Officials |
ATO | Authorization to Operate |
BioSense Platform | Cloud-based computing environment; core component of the National Syndromic Surveillance Program |
BOPA | BioSense Platform Onboarding Process Acknowledgment |
C&A | Certification and Accreditation |
CA | Certifying Authority |
CWE | Coded With Exception |
CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
DAA | Designated Approving Authority |
DOH | Department of Health for a site’s jurisdiction (i.e., state, county or other) |
DUA | Data Use Agreement |
ED | Emergency Department |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act |
HIE | Health Information Exchange |
HIS | Health Information System |
ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
ISDS | International Society for Disease Surveillance |
MFT | Master Facility Table |
NIST | National Institute of Science and Technology |
NPI | National Provider Identifier |
NSSP | National Syndromic Surveillance Program |
OCISCO | Office of the Chief Information Security Office |
OIDS | Globally unique ISO (International Organization for Standardization) identifier |
PHDSC | Public Health Data Standards Consortium |
PHIN | Public Health Information Network |
PHINMS | Message transport system used in public health |
PII | Personally Identifiable Information |
PID | Patient ID |
Site | The NSSP model groups facilities (i.e., hospital emergency department, outpatient clinic) that provide data under a single data administrative authority, called a site administrator. These facilities and single-site administrator constitute a site. |
SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
SSH | Secure Shell; a protocol to allow remote login and enable network services to operate securely |
UC | Urgent Care |
VADS | Vocabulary Access and Distribution System |