Acronym |
Definition |
AC |
Ambulatory Care |
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 |
MU |
Meaningful Use |
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 |