|
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 |
|
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(agency of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services ) |
| CDDC |
Consortium of Developmental Disabilities
Councils |
| CDEA |
Child Development Education Alliance |
|
CDFI |
Community Development Financial
Institutions (U.S. Government)
|
| CDF |
Children's Defense Fund |
|
CDN |
Clinical Directors Network, Inc.
(Community/Migrant Health
Centers)
|
|
CDRH |
Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (part of the US Food and Drug
Administration)
|
|
CEA |
Council of Economic Advisors (part
of the U.S. White House)
|
| CEC |
Council for Exceptional Children |
| CECBEMS |
Continuing Education Coordinating Board
for Emergency Medical Services |
|
CEDR |
Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (part of the U.S.
Department of
Energy)
|
|
CEN |
Bureau of the Census (part of the U.S.
Department of Commerce)
|
|
CEOS |
Child Exploitation and
Obscenity Section (part of the U.S. Department of
Justice)
|
|
CEPPO |
Chemical Emergency
Preparedness and Prevention Office (part of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency)
|
|
CEQ |
Council of Environmental Quality (part
of the U.S. White House)
|
|
CERCLIS |
Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Information System (part of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency)
|
| CFAR |
Center for AIDS Research
(at UAB) |
|
CFBCI |
Center for Faith-Based Community
Initiatives (part of ACF in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
|
|
CFDA |
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(part of the U.S. General Services
Administration)
|
| CFED |
Corporation for Enterprise Development |
| CFIDS |
Chronic Fatigue, and Immune Dysfunction
Syndrome Association of America, Inc. |
| CFRA |
Center for Rural Affairs |
|
CFSAN |
Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (part of U.S. Food and Drug
Administration) |
| CHA |
Catholic Health Assiciation |
|
CHAMPVA |
Civilian Health and
Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (part of U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs)
|
| CHAP |
Community Health Accreditation Program |
|
CHC |
Community Health
Center
Definition - Provided by the National Association of
Community Health
Centers, Inc. Alabama's Community Health Centers are
members of the
Alabama Primary Health Care Association, Inc. (APHCA).
Visit the
APHCA Web site
for information on these centers. |
| CHCI |
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Institute, Inc. |
| CHCS |
Center for Health Care Strategies |
| CHEP |
Comprehensive Health
Manpower Education Program (in Tuskegee) |
|
CHID |
Combined Health Information Database (part of
the National Institutes of
Health)
|
|
CHIP |
Children's Health Insurance Program (also called SCHIP)
Definition
Alabama CHIP Information
National CHIP Information
|
|
CHS |
(Alabama) Center for Health
Statistics (part of the Alabama Department of
Public Health)
|
| CHSFMC |
Center for Health Services
Financing and Managed Care (a part of HRSA) |
|
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.
Government)
|
|
CIC |
Citizen Information Center (part of U.S.
General Services
Administration)
|
| CIRC |
Civitan International Research Center
(at UAB) |
| CIRC |
Community Information Resources Center |
| CIS |
Cancer Information Service
(provided by NCI) |
|
CISS |
Community Integrated Service Systems
Definition
|
| CISSP |
Certified
Information System Security Professional |
|
CIT |
Center for
Information Technology (part of NIH in the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services)
|
| CLE |
(National) Council of Latino
Executives |
|
CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments (program in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services) |
|
CME |
Continuing Medical Education Definition
|
| CMHI |
Center for Medical Home
Improvement |
|
CMHS |
Center for Mental Health
Services (part of SAMHSA in the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services) |
|
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(formerly named HCFA, agency
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
|
CMSA |
Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area
(OMB defined area)
|
|
CMWF |
(The) Commonwealth Fund
|
|
CNAHS |
Central North Alabama
Health Services (Madison, Limestone counties) |
| CNCS |
Corporation for National and Community Service |
| CNPP |
Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion (in USDA) |
| COBRA |
Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act Definition |
| COERE |
Center for Outcomes and
Effectiveness Research and Education (at UAB) |
| COF |
Council on Foundations |
| COGME |
Council on Graduate Medical Education |
|
CORE |
Child Outcomes
Research and Evaluation Team (part of ACF in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
|
| CPCRA |
Community Programs for Clinical Research on
AIDS |
|
CPPP |
Center for Public Policy
Priorities
|
| CPSC |
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(U.S. Government) |
| CPSDV |
Center for the Prevention of Sexual and
Domestic Violence |
| CRI |
Children's Resources
International |
|
CSAP |
Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention (part of SAMHSA in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
|
|
CSAT |
Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment (part of SAMHSA in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
|
|
CSB |
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (U.S. Government)
|
|
CSBG |
Community Services
Block Grant (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services)
|
| CSD |
Center for Social Development |
|
CSE |
Child Support Enforcement,
Office of (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, also OCSE)
|
| CSG |
Council of State Governments |
| CSN |
Children's Safety Network |
|
CSR |
Center for
Scientific Review (part of NIH in the U.S. Department of Health
and
Human Services)
|
|
CSREES |
Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service (funding
opportunities
- service provided by USDA) |
| CSTE |
Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists |
| CTeL |
Center for Telehealth & E-Health Law
(formerly named Center for Telemedicine Law) |
|
CTEP |
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (part of
the National Cancer Institute)
|
|
CTF |
(Alabama) Children's Trust Fund (Alabama
government)
|
| CTL |
Center for Telemedicine Law (now named
Center for Telehealth & E-Health Law) |
|
CTN |
Care Team Network (A
national training and resource center for the
development of volunteer care teams for persons with health concerns or
other special needs.)
|
|
CUED |
Council for Urban Economic Development
(now the International Economic
Development Council) |
|
CWC |
Chemical Weapons Convention (U.S.
Government)
|
| CWLA |
Child Welfare League of America |
| CYFC |
Children, Youth and Family Consortium |