| GAME | Global Alliance for Medical Education |
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GAO |
General Accounting Office (U.S. government) |
| GAVI | Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (World Health Organization) |
| GCRC | Pittman General Clinical Research Center (at UAB) |
| GEENET | Global Environmental Epidemiology Network (World Health Organization) |
| GFATM | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| GIH | Grantmakers In Health |
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GIS |
Geographic Information System Definition |
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GOOD |
(Alabama) Governor's Office on Disability (Alabama government) |
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GPO |
Government Printing Office (U.S. government) |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System Definition |
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GSA |
General Services Administration (U.S. government) |
| GSS | Global Salm-Surv (World Health Organization) |
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HAB |
HIV/AIDS Bureau (part of HRSA in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
| HAC | Housing Assistance Council |
| HACU | Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities |
| HCAA | Home Care Association of Alabama |
| HCBS | (Medicaid) Home and Community-Based Services (Waiver Program) |
| HCCA | Health Care Compliance Association |
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HCCA |
Healthy Child Care Alabama (joint project of Alabama government agencies) |
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HCCA |
Healthy Child Care America Campaign (at University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign) |
| HCCB | Healthcare Compliance Certification Board |
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HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration (now named CMS, agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
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HCUP |
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (AHRQ project in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
| HEDIS | Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set |
| HERO | Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization |
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HFMA |
Healthcare Financial Management Association (national organization) Healthcare Financial Management Association (Alabama chapter) |
| HHPPS | Home Health Prospective Payment System |
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HHS |
Health and Human Services (also DHHS) (U.S. government) |
| HIFY | Health Initiatives for Youth |
| HIMSS | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
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HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Definition |
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HIPDB |
Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (maintained in HRSA) |
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HIPP |
Health Insurance Payment Premiums (Medicaid Program) Definition |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Definition |
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HMO |
Health Maintenance Organization Alabama's HMO Law |
| HPSA | Health Professional Shortage Area Definition |
| HPTN | HIV Prevention Trials Network |
| HPWA | Hispanic Professional Women Association |
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HQCB |
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HRET |
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HRSA |
Health Resources and Services Administration (agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
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HSB |
Head Start Bureau (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
| HSHC | Health Schools, Healthy Communities Program (in HRSA) |
| HSI | Health Services Incorporated (Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery counties) |
| HSIPC | Head Start Information and Publication Center |
| HUD | (U.S. Department of) Housing and Urban Development |
| HVTN | HIV Vaccine Trials Network |
| IAPAC | International Association of Physicians in AIDS Cases |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
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ICD |
International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems |
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ICF |
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Definition |
| ICRC | Injury Control Research Center (at UAB) |
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IDA |
Individual Development Account, (developed under the Assets for Independence Act of 1998) |
| IDHL | International Digest of Health Legislation (World Health Organization) |
| IDSA | Infectious Diseases Society of America |
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IEDC |
International Economic Development Council (created by merging of AEDC and CUED) |
| IFCS | Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (World Health Organization) |
| IFS | Individual and Family Supports (Alabama government) |
| IHI | Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
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IHS |
Indian Health Service (agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
| IIHS | Insurance Institute for Highway Safety |
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III |
Interstate Identification Index Definition |
| IIME | Institute for Improving Medical Education (Association of American Medical Colleges) |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| IMU | Index of Medical Underservice Definition |
| IPCS | International Programme on Chemical Safety (World Health Organization) |
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IRCB |
Instructional Resource Center for the Blind (at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind) |
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IRHR |
Institute for Rural Health Research (at The University of Alabama) |
| IRP | Institute for Research on Poverty |
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IRS |
Internal Revenue Service (U.S. government) |
| IRSA | Immigration and Refugee Services of America |
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ISFT |
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ISMP |
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IWPR |