| 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 |
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