|
AAFP |
American Academy of
Family Physicians
|
|
AAGD |
Alabama
Academy of General Dentistry
|
|
AAHIM |
Alabama
Association of Health Information Management
|
|
AAHP |
Alabama
Association of Health Plans
|
| AAHP |
American Association of Health Plans |
| AAHU |
Alabama Association of Health
Underwriters |
| AAMC |
Association of American Medical Colleges |
|
AAMR |
American Association on Mental
Retardation
|
|
AAMR-DD |
Alabama
Association of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
|
|
AAMSS |
Alabama Association Medical Staff Services
|
|
AANP |
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
|
|
AAO |
American Academy of Ophthalmology
|
|
AAO |
American Academy of Osteopathy
|
|
AAOA |
Advocates for the American Osteopathic
Association
|
|
AAP |
American Academy of
Pediatrics
Alabama Chapter |
| AAPA |
American Academy of
Physician Assistants |
| AAPA |
American Association of
Pathologists' Assistants |
|
AAPC |
Alabama
Advanced Practice Council
|
| AAPCC |
American Association of Poison Control
Centers |
|
AAPD |
American Association for People with
Disabilities
|
|
AARC |
Alabama Association of Regional Councils
|
| AARC |
American Association for Respiratory Care
|
| AARDA |
American Autoimmune Related Disease
Association, Inc. |
|
AARP |
American Association of Retired Persons
|
|
AARS |
Alabama
Association of Rescue Squads
|
| AASA |
American Association of School Administrators |
| AASCU |
American Association of State Colleges and
Universities |
|
AASN |
Alabama
Association of School Nurses
|
|
AAWH |
American Association for World
Health
|
| ABA |
American Burn Association |
|
ABC |
(Alabama) Alcoholic Beverage
Control (Alabama government)
|
| ABCLE |
Alabamians for
Better Care at Life's End
|
|
ABEC |
Alabama Board of Examiners in
Counseling (Alabama
government)
|
|
ABESPA |
Alabama
Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Alabama
government)
|
|
ABFP |
American Board of Family Practice, Inc.
|
|
ABIM |
American Board of Internal Medicine
|
|
ABMS |
American Board of Medical Specialties
|
|
ABN |
Alabama Board of Nursing (Alabama
government)
|
|
ABP |
American Board of Pediatrics
|
|
ABPT |
Alabama Board of Physical Therapy (Alabama
government)
|
|
ACA |
American Chiropractic Association
|
|
ACADV |
Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence
|
|
ACAE |
Alabama Council of Association Executives
|
|
ACAEP |
Alabama
Community-Based Abstinence Education Program
|
|
ACAR |
Alabama Coalition Against Rape
|
|
ACB |
American Council of the Blind
Alabama Chapter
|
|
ACCME |
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education
|
|
ACDD |
Alabama Central Disbursement
Division (Alabama government - Child Support
Payments)
|
|
ACDD |
Alabama Council for Developmental
Disabilities
|
|
ACEP |
American College of Emergency Physicians
Alabama Chapter
|
| ACES |
Alabama Cooperative Extension System |
|
ACF |
Administration for Children and
Families (agency of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services)
|
| ACGME |
Accreditation Council
for Graduate Medical Education |
| ACHC |
Accreditation Commission for Health Care,
Inc. |
| ACHE |
Alabama Commission on Higher
Education (Alabama government) |
| ACHE |
American College of
Healthcare Executives |
| ACHI |
Association for Community Health
Improvement |
|
ACJIC |
Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (Alabama
government)
|
| ACLMIS |
Alabama Comprehensive Labor Market
Information System |
|
ACLPPP |
Alabama Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Project (in ADPH)
|
|
ACME |
Alliance for Continuing Medical
Education
|
|
ACMPE |
American College of Medical Practice
Executives
|
| ACNM |
American College of
Nurse-Midwives |
| ACNP |
American College of Nurse Practitioners |
| ACOFP |
American College of
Osteopathic Family Physicians |
| ACOG |
American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
|
ACOSOG |
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
|
|
ACP-ASIM |
American College of Physicians -
American Society of Internal Medicine |
|
ACPE |
American College of Physician Executives
|
|
ACPE |
American Council on Pharmaceutical
Education
|
|
ACTIS |
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
(a service of the U.S.
Department of
Health and Human Services)
|
|
ACS |
American Cancer Society
|
|
ACS |
American College of Surgeons
|
|
ACSC |
Alabama
Controlled Substances Certificate
|
|
ACSPA |
American College of Surgeons
Professional Association
|
| ACTM |
Alabama Council of
Teachers of Mathematics |
| ACU |
Association of Clinicians for the
Underserved |
|
ACVCC |
Alabama Crime Victims
Compensation Commission (Alabama
government)
|
|
ACYF |
Administration on Children,
Youth and Families (part of ACF in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
|
|
ADA |
American
Dental Association
|
|
ADA |
American
Diabetes Association
|
|
ADA |
American
Dietetic Association
|
|
ADA |
Americans with
Disabilities Act
|
| ADAC |
Alabama Disabilities Action
Coalition |
|
ADAH |
Alabama Department of Archives
and History (Alabama
government)
|
| ADAP |
AIDS Drug
Assistance Program (HRSA information) |
| ADAP |
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program |
| ADBMA |
Alabama Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped
Association |
|
ADCNR |
Alabama Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources (Alabama
government)
|
|
ADRS |
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation
Services (Alabama
government)
|
|
ADD |
Administration on
Developmental Disabilities (part of ACF in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
|
| ADDA |
Attention Deficit Disorder Association |
|
ADDD |
Association of Delta Development Districts (Organized in 2000 by the
National
Association of Development Organizations - no current Web site) |
| ADEA |
American Dental Education Association
(formerly AADS) |
| ADEAR |
Alzheimer's Disease Education and
Referral Center |
|
ADECA |
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
(Alabama
government)
|
|
ADEM |
Alabama Department of Environmental
Management
|
|
ADFS |
Alabama Department of Forensic
Sciences
|
|
ADHA |
American Dental Hygienist' Association |
|
ADHP |
Alabama Dental Hygiene Program |
|
ADMEA |
Alabama Durable Medical Equipment Association |
| ADPH |
Alabama Department of Public
Health (Alabama government) |
| ADO |
Alabama Development Office
(Alabama government) |
| ADRS |
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation
Services
(Alabama government) |
|
ADSS |
Alabama
Department of Senior Services (Alabama government - formerly
Alabama Commission on Aging)
|
|
AEDC |
American Economic Development Council
(now the International Economic
Development Council) |
|
AEGIS |
AIDS Education Global Information System
|
|
AEHA |
Alabama Environmental Health Association (No current Web
site)
|
|
AEMA |
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
|
| AEO |
Association for Enterprise
Opportunity |
| AESA |
Association of Educational Service Agencies |
|
AETC |
AIDS Education Training Centers
(HRSA program)
|
|
AFB |
American Foundation for the
Blind
|
|
AFCARS |
Adoption and
Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (part of ACF in the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
|
|
AFDC |
Aid to Families with
Dependent Children
|
|
AFIA |
Assets for Independence Act of 1998
|
|
AFL-CIO |
American Federation of Labor and Congress
of Industrial Organizations
|
|
AFOM |
Alabama Friends of Midwives |
|
AFS |
Air
Facility Subsystem (part of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
formerly
Aeromatic Information Retrieval System)
|
| AFT |
Alabama Family Ties
|
| AGD |
Academy of General Dentistry |
| AGT |
Association of Genetic Technologists |
| AHA |
American Heart Association
|
| AHA |
American Hospital Association |
|
AHCA |
American Health Care Association
|
| AHCPR |
Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research (now named AHRQ, agency of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
|
| AHDB |
Area Health Development
Board (Mobile, Washington counties) |
|
AHEC |
Area Health Education Center
Definition |
| AHFSA |
Association of Health Facility Survey
Agencies |
| AHHOF |
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
|
|
AHIC |
American Health Information Community
|
|
AHIF |
Alabama Head Injury Foundation
|
|
AHIMA |
American Health Information Management
Association
|
|
AHIP |
American's Health Insurance Plans
|
| AHO |
Alabama Hospice
Organization
|
|
AHPRMS |
Alabama Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Society (affiliated with
the
Alabama Hospital Association)
|
| AHRMM |
Association for Healthcare
Resource & Materials Management
|
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (formerly named
AHCPR, agency
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services )
|
|
AHSAA |
Alabama High School Athletic Association
|
|
AHSRHP |
Academy for Health Services Research
and Health Policy (now named
AcademyHealth) |
| AIAC |
Alabama Indian Affairs
Commission |
| AIB |
Alabama
Industries for the Blind
|
|
AID |
(United States) Agency for International
Development (U.S. government - also
USAID)
|
|
AIDB |
Alabama Institute for Deaf and
Blind (in Talladega) |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Definition |
| AIDT |
Alabama Industrial Development Training |
|
AIDV |
American Institute on Domestic Violence
|
| AKF |
Alabama Kidney Foundation
|
|
ALA |
American Lung
Association
Alabama Chapter
|
| ALAGD |
Alabama Academy of General Dentistry
|
| AlaHA |
Alabama Hospital Association |
|
ALANA |
Alabama
Association of Nurse Anesthetists
|
|
ALAO |
Alabama
Academy of Ophthalmology
|
|
AL-APSE |
Alabama
Association for Persons in Supported Employment
|
|
ALAS |
La Asociación Latinoamericana de Alabama
|
|
AlaSHE |
Alabama Society for Healthcare Engineering
(affiliated with the Alabama
Hospital Association) |
| ALATA |
Alabama Athletic Trainer's Association
|
| ALA-WIN |
Alabama Work Incentives Network |
| ALBOP |
Alabama Board of Pharmacy |
| ALCA |
Alabama Counseling Association |
| ALCP |
Assisted
Living Conversion Program (office in Housing and Urban Development) |
|
ALDA |
Alabama Dental Association |
|
ALDA |
Alabama Dietetic Association |
|
ALDHA |
Alabama Dental Hygienist' Association |
| ALDOI |
Alabama Department of Insurance (Alabama
government) |
|
ALDOT |
Alabama Department of Transportation (Alabama
government)
|
|
ALF |
American Liver Foundation
Alabama Chapter
|
| ALHeLA |
Alabama Health Libraries
Association |
| ALI |
Alabama Law Institute |
| ALOA |
Alabama Optometric Association |
| ALSCA |
Alabama Lions Sight
Conservation Association |
|
AlSHP |
Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists
|
| ALVMA |
Alabama Veterinary Medical Association
|
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| AMBA |
American Medical Billing Association |
| AMC |
Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal Center (UAB School of Medicine) |
| AMCHP |
Association of Maternal and Child Health
Programs |
| AMDA |
American Medical Directors Association
Alabama
Chapter |
| AMWA |
American Medical Group Association |
| AMWA |
American Medical Women's Association |
|
ANA |
Administration for Native
Americans (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services)
|
| ANA |
American Nurses Association |
| ANAC |
Association of Nurses in AIDS Cases |
|
ANCC |
American Nurses Credentialing
Center
|
|
ANF |
Assessing the New Federalism
(Urban Institute research project)
|
| ANHA |
Alabama Nursing Home Association
|
| ANR |
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
|
| ANRF |
American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
(educational arm of ANR) |
| ANS |
American Neuroendocrine Society |
|
AOA |
Administration on Aging (agency of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services)
|
|
AOA |
American Osteopathic Association
|
| AOC |
Administrative Office of Courts (Alabama government) |
| AOCOPM |
American Osteopathic College of
Occupational and Preventive Medicine |
| AOHS |
Alabama Online High School
|
| AOMA |
Alabama Osteopathic Medical Association
|
| AONE |
American Organization of Nurse
Executives
|
|
AORH |
Alabama Office of Rural Health (part of the
Alabama Department of Public
Health)
|
| aPA |
Alabama Psychological Association
|
| APA |
Alabama Pharmacy Association |
| APA |
American Psychological Association |
| APAC |
Alabama Post Adoption Center |
| APC |
Alabama Poison Center
|
|
APGO |
Association of Professors of Gynecology
and Obstetrics |
| APhA |
American Pharmacists Association |
|
APHA |
American Public Health Association |
|
APHCA |
Alabama Primary
Health Care Association, Inc. |
|
APHL |
Association of Public Health Laboratories |
| APHSA |
American Public Human Services Association |
| APIC |
Association for Professionals in Infection
Control and Epidemiology, Inc. |
| APLS |
Alabama Public Library Service |
|
APT |
Alabama Public Television
|
| APTA |
Alabama Physical Therapy Association
|
| APWA |
American Public Works Association |
| AQAF |
Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation |
| ARC |
American Red Cross |
| ARC |
Appalachian Regional Commission |
| ARHA |
Alabama Rural Health
Association |
|
ARRN |
Alabama Respite Resource Network
|
| ARWA |
Alabama Rural Water Association
|
|
ASA |
Autism Society of Alabama
|
| ASAPS |
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic
Surgery |
|
ASBPA |
Alabama State Board of Public
Accountancy (Alabama
government)
|
| ASC |
American Society of Cytopathology |
| ASCLS |
American Society for Clinical Laboratory
Science |
| ASCP |
American Society for Clinical Pathology |
|
ASCR |
Alabama Statewide Cancer
Registry (in ADPH)
|
| ASDA |
American Student Dental Association |
| ASDC |
Alabama State Data Center,
(at The University of Alabama) |
| ASDVS |
American Society for
Directors of Volunteer Services
|
| ASDWA |
Association of State Drinking Water
Administrators |
| ASES |
Alabama State Employment
Service |
| ASHA |
American School Health Association |
| ASHA |
American Social Health Association |
| ASHCSP |
American Society for
Healthcare Central Service Professionals
|
|
ASHCSW |
Alabama Society for Health Care Social Workers (affiliated with the Alabama
Hospital Association) |
| ASHE |
American Society for Healthcare
Engineering
|
| ASHES |
American Society for
Healthcare Environmental Services
|
| ASHFSA |
American Society for Healthcare Food
Service Administrators
|
| ASHG |
American Society of
Human Genetics |
| ASHHRA |
American Society for
Healthcare Human Resources Administration
|
|
ASHMM |
Alabama Society for Healthcare
Material Management
|
|
ASHP |
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
|
| ASHRM |
American Society for
Healthcare Risk Management
|
| ASIA |
Alabama Self-Insurers Association
|
|
ASIP |
American Society for Investigative Pathology
|
|
ASNA |
Alabama State Nurses
Association
|
| ASPA |
Alabama Society of Physician
Assistants |
| ASPH |
Association of Schools of Public Health |
| ASPR |
Association of Staff Physician Recruiters |
|
ASRAP |
Alabama Southern Rural Access Program
|
| ASRC |
Alabama Society for Respiratory Care |
| ASQ |
American Society for Quality |
| ASSA |
Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists |
|
ASTCDCP |
Association of State and
Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors (also called
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors) |
| ASTDD |
Association of State and
Territorial Dental Directors |
| ASTDN |
Association of State and
Territorial Directors of Nursing |
| ASTHO |
Association of State and
Territorial Health Officers |
| ASTLHLO |
Association of State and
Territorial Local Health Liaison Officials |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials
(also called ASTM International) |
| ASTPHND |
Association of State and
Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors |
| ASTPHSW |
Association of State and
Territorial Public Health Social Workers |
| ASVCP |
American Society for Veterinary Clinical
Pathology |
|
ATA |
American Telemedicine Association
|
|
ATDN |
AIDS Treatment Data Network
|
| ATIS |
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service |
| ATPM |
Association of Teachers of Preventive
Medicine |
|
ATS |
American Trauma Society
|
|
ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (agency of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
|
| ATSP |
Association of Telehealth Service Providers |
|
ATV |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
(Bureau in the U.S. Department of
Treasury)
|
|
AUCD |
Association of University Centers on
Disabilities
|
|
AUPPP |
Alabama
Unwed Pregnancy Prevention Program
|
| AWHONN |
Association of
Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses |