T for D T for D Termination for Default (T4C)

T&A Time & Attendance 07/09/04

T&E Test and Evaluation 07/09/04

T&L Time & Leave 07/09/04

T&M Time and Materials (contract)

T2P2 Theater Telemedicine Prototype Project 07/09/04

TA Technology Assessment 07/09/04

TA Technical Assistant (to the Contracting Officer)

TAC Tactical Air Command

TAC Technology Assessment Committee 07/09/04

TAG Technical Advisory Group 07/09/04

TAIHOD Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database Multiple personnel and health datasets from various

Defense Department agencies, linking four general

categories of data: demographics, health outcomes, selfreported

health habits and risk-taking behaviors; and

chemical exposures.

07/12/07

TAMC Tripler Army Medical Center 07/09/04

TAP Transition Assistance Program Furnishes employment assistance, job training

assistance, and other transition services, including

counseling, to service members who are scheduled for

separation from active duty.

06/28/07

TAR Technical Agreements Repository 07/09/04

TBD To Be Determined 07/09/04

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury 07/09/04

TBIMS Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems program The TBI Model Systems consist of 16 comprehensive

systems of care that conduct research and provide care

to persons who experience traumatic brain injury.

07/12/07

TBINDC Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Center coordinating center for the research and dissemination

efforts of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems

(TBIMS) program.

07/12/07

TCMP Technology Change Management Plan 07/09/04

TCO Terminating Contracting Officer

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol 07/09/04

TCPR Transportable Computer-Based Patient Record 07/09/04

TCSC Telecommunications Customer Service Council

(formerly TOB)

07/09/04

TDA Transfer of Disbursing Authority 07/09/04

TDE Terminology Development Environment 07/09/04

TECHS Tools Ensuring Consumer Healthcare Safety 06/13/07

TED Training, Education, and Development 07/09/04

TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act 07/09/04

Telnet Remote login (Internet) 07/09/04

TEMPO Training Education Management Program Office 07/09/04

TEP Technical Evaluation Plan

TF Treating Facility 07/09/04

TIBOD Technical Integration Board of Directors 07/09/04

TIDES Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective

Solutions

TIDES: Translating Initiatives for Depression into

Effective Solutions TIDES: Translating Initiatives for

Depression into Effective Solutions TIDES: Translating

Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions

06/13/07

TIMPO Tri-Service Infrastructure Management Program Office 07/09/04

TINA Truth in Negotiations Act

TIP Telecommunications Infrastructure Project 07/09/04

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TITLE 1 TITLE 1 Hill Burton

TITLE 10 TITLE 10 CHAMPUS

TITLE 18 TITLE 18 Medicare

TITLE 19 TITLE 19 Medicaid

TITLE 5 TITLE 5 Maternal and Child Health

TIU Text Integration Utility 07/09/04

TIWG Technical Integration Working Group 07/09/04

TMA TRICARE Management Activity 07/09/04

TMC Training Management Committee 07/09/04

TMED Telemedicine 07/09/04

TMII Theater Medical Information Infrastructure 07/09/04

TMIP Theater Medical Information Program 07/09/04

TMP Telecommunication Modernization Project 07/09/04

TOB Telecommunications Oversight Board (now TCSC as of

7/99)

07/09/04

TPL Third-Party Liability

TPOC Technical Point of Contact

TPP TPP Third Party Payer

TQM Total Quality Management A work process analysis technique that strives to give

teams of workers the tools necessary to examine their

process to find ways to improve service and reduce

cost.

06/28/07

TQS Terminology Query Service An OMG Interface Specification standard addressing

lexical mediation.

06/28/07

TRAC2ES TRANSCOM Regulating and Command Control

Evacuation System

07/09/04

TRACS Total Record Archive Communication Systems 07/09/04

TREP Targeted Research Enhancement Program 06/13/07

TRIMIS Tri-Services Medical Information System (DoD) 07/09/04

TRM Technical Reference Model The document that provides a framework and common

vocabulary to describe the information systems domain.

06/28/07

TRM/SP Technical Reference Model and Standards Profile 07/09/04

TSC TSC TRICARE Service Center

TSI Transition Systems, Inc. 07/09/04

TSO Telecommunications Support Office 07/09/04

TSPR Technical Services Project Repository 07/09/04

TSS Telecommunications Support Service 07/09/04

TSS Total Supply Support

TTD Technology Transfer Division 07/09/04

TVCS Trend Virus Control Software 07/09/04

U.S.C. United States Code 07/09/04

UAE Unexpected Adverse Events 06/13/07

UBS Universal Billing System 07/09/04

UD Unit Dose This is a module of Inpatient Medications which

provides a standard computerized system for

managing, dispensing, and administering inpatient

medicine.

06/28/07

UI Universal Interface 07/09/04

UIC Unit Identification Code (E.G. N00178 )

UM Utilization Management

UM/QM Utilization Management /Quality Monitoring

UMDNS Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System 06/13/07

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UML Unified Modeling Language A general-purpose notational language for specifying

and visualizing complex software, especially large,

object-oriented projects.

06/28/07

UMLS Universal Medical Language System Helps health professionals and researchers retrieve and

integrate electronic biomedical information from a

variety of sources.

06/28/07

UMMIPS Uniform Material Movement & Issue Priority System

UMN Utilization Management Nurse

UPC Universal Product Code

UPIN Universal Physician Identification Number

UPN Universal Product Number 07/09/04

UPN Universal Product Number

UR UR Utilization Review

URAC Utilization Review Accreditation Commission 06/13/07

URL Universal Resource Locator 07/09/04

USAF United States Air Force

USAFE United States Air Force in Europe

USAISR U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Provides requirements driven combat casualty care

medical solutions and products for injured soldiers from

self-aid through definitive care across the full spectrum

of military operations; provides state-of-the- art burn,

trauma, and critical care.

07/12/07

USAMRMC U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command 07/12/07

USC USC United States Code

USD (P&R) Under Secretary for Defense for Personnel and

Readiness

07/09/04

USD(P&R) Under Secretary for Defense for Personnel and

Readiness

07/09/04

USDA United States Department of Agriculture 07/09/04

USG United States Government 07/09/04

USH Under Secretary for Health 07/09/04

USMC United States Marine Corps

USN United States Navy

USP User Service Point 07/09/04

USPHS U.S. Public Health Service 07/09/04

USPHS U.S. Public Health Service

USPTF United States Preventative Services Task Force 07/09/04

USRDS United States Renal Data System 07/09/04

USTF Uniformed Services Treatment Facility

USUHS Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 07/09/04

VA

Veterans Administration; More proper is the current

term: Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Department of Veterans Affairs Established in 1930 as the Veterans Administration,

when Congress authorized the President to "consolidate

and coordinate government activities affecting war

veterans."

VA has three main functions: to assist veterans with

burial costs, to provide eligible veterans with medical

care, and to provide eligible veterans with

compensation/pension services. Among health

researchers, VA is often used interchangeably with

VHA.

06/28/07

VA Acquisition Service Center

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VA ADERS Veterans Affairs Adverse Drug Event Reporting

System

Integrated web based application that automates VA’s

adverse drug event reporting process. SEE:

http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/View

Publication.asp?pub_ID=1773 SEE:

http://www.pbm.va.gov/VACenterForMedi cationSafety-

AdverseEventTrackingTools.aspx

10/15/08

VA HQ VA Headquarters 07/09/04

VAAC VA Acquisition Circular

VAAR VA Acquisition Regulations 07/09/04

VAAR Veterans Administration Acquisition Regulation

VAAS VA Assignment System 07/09/04

VAASC VAASC VA Acquisition Service Center

VAC Veterans Assistance Center 07/09/04

VACIB VA Capital Investment Board 07/09/04

VA-CIRC Veterans Affairs Central Incident Response Capability 07/09/04

VACO VA Central Office 07/09/04

VACOLS Veterans Appeals Control and Location System A database, provided by BVA with access in all regional

offices.

06/28/07

VALNET VA Library Network 07/09/04

VALO VA Learning Online 07/09/04

VALOR Veterans Affairs Learning Opportunities Residency

Program

07/09/04

VALU VA Learning University 07/09/04

VAM&ROC VA Medical and Regional Office Center A relatively large VA office that generally includes staff

from all of the VBA elements and all VHA elements.

06/28/07

VAM&ROC VA Medical and Regional Office Center

VAMC Veterans Affairs Medical Center 07/09/04

VAMC&OC VA Medical Center and Outpatient Clinic

VAMROC Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center 07/09/04

VAN Value Added Network A data network that supplements basic communications

services acquired from a common carrier with additional

features that correct transmission errors and ensure

compatibility between dissimilar computers and

terminals.

06/28/07

VANOD VA Nursing Outcomes Database Purpose is to support strategic planning that includes

nurse staffing levels, patient care interventions,

identification of best practices, intra– and inter– facility

comparisons, and health policy decisions.

11/01/07

VANPC VA National Partnership Council 07/09/04

VANTS VA National Teleconferencing System 07/09/04

VAO VA Office 07/09/04

VAR Value-Added Reseller

VARI Veterans Administration Revenue Information 07/09/04

VARO VA Regional Office 07/09/04

VARO&OC VA Regional Office and Outpatient Clinic

VASC VA System of Clinics

VAST VA Station Tracking System The VA Station Tracking System, a database that

contains the Station Number, Station Name, List of

Services (primary services), Street Mailing Address,

whether it is leased, contract, or VA-owned, the

lease/contract date, and number of providers.

07/20/07

VAVS VA Voluntary Service 07/09/04

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VB Visual Basic 07/09/04

VBA

Veterans Benefits Administration, one of the business

units of the DVA, gatekeeper to benefits

VBA Veterans Benefit Administration The organization responsible to the Secretary for

administering a wide variety of benefit programs

authorized by the Congress.

06/28/07

VBA Veterans Benefits Administration (formerly the SIUG)

VBECS VistA Blood Establishment Software 07/09/04

VC Veterans Center 07/09/04

VCAC Veterans Claims Adjudication Commission Carries out studies of VA’s systems for the disposition

of claims for veterans benefits and determines the

efficiency thereby reducing the number of claims and

enhances the ability to achieve the final determination.

06/28/07

VCWG VValeo Conveners Working Group 07/09/04

VDBSS VISTA/Defense Blood Standard System 07/09/04

VDEF VistA Data Extraction Framework 07/09/04

VDEM VistA Data Extraction Mapping 06/13/07

VDL Vista Documentation Library 06/13/07

VDSI VistA Data Systems & Integration 06/13/07

VEAP Veterans Education Assistance Program 07/09/04

VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal

VEHU VHA eHealth University 06/13/07

VERA Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation 07/09/04

VERDICT Veterans Evidence Based Research, Dissemination,

and Implementation Center

07/09/04

VET POP File Veterans Population File 07/09/04

VEV Vietnam Era Veterans 07/09/04

VFIRP Veteran-Focused Internet Redesign Project 07/09/04

VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars 07/09/04

VGLI Veterans Group Life Insurance 07/09/04

VHA Veterans Health Administration The organization responsible to the Secretary for

providing health care services to eligible veterans.

06/28/07

VHA Veterans Health Administration VHA is a division of VA responsible for providing

medical care to eligible veterans.

VHIT Veteran Health Information Technology 04/18/08

VHP Veterans Health Plan 07/09/04

VHS Veterans Health Study 07/09/04

VIC Veteran Identification Card 07/09/04

VIP Voluntary Insurance Plan

VIReC VA Information Resource Center Develops and disseminates knowledge about

databases; provides service to researchers who require

information about data resources; and represents

interests of researchers regarding VA databases and

information systems.

06/28/07

VIReC VA Information Resouce Center

VIRMSS VHP Information Resources Management Support

Service

07/09/04

VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network The current organizational model for the Veterans

Health Administration of VA. VHA is organized into 22

separate VISNs.

06/28/07

VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network The VA medical system is organized into 22 geographic

networks known as VISNs. Each VISN contains two or

more VAHCSs (VA health care systems) as well as

outpatient clinics.

VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network Utilization

Specialist

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VIST Visually Impaired Service Teams 07/09/04

VISTA Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology

Architecture

VA’s health care information system, which

encompasses in-house developed applications, office

automation applications, locally developed applications

and commercial-off-the-shelf applications.

06/28/07

VISTA Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology

Architecture

VISTA is the primary repository of clinical,

administrative/financial, and infrastructure data in VA.

It consists of computer systems at each VA medical

center and the national network that links them. Within

each VISTA implementation is a large number of

separate 'modules' or 'packages' designed to store data

on a particular subject and to produce management

reports.

VIVA Veterans Information and Verification Access 07/09/04

VLR VISN Logistics Representative

VMEC VistA Maintenance & Expertise Center 06/13/07

VoXML Voice XML 07/09/04

VPFS Veterans Personal Finance System 07/09/04

VPN Virtual Private Network 07/09/04

VPOV Veteran Purpose of Visit 07/09/04

VPR Virtual Patient Record 06/13/07

VR&C Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling 07/09/04

VRAM Vocational Rehabilitation Automation Management

System

A local WANG VS based case management program

which traces the case status, generates correspondence

and forms related to rehabilitation services, and

provides management information for local use and

input to national systems.

06/28/07

VRB Value Review Board 07/09/04

VSC

Veterans Service Center; The more modern and

proper term for Regional Office.

VSC Veterans Canteen Service 07/09/04

VSCM

Veterans Service Center Manager; The manager or

director of the RO.

VSO Veterans Service Officer

VSO Veterans Service Organizations An organization dedicated to advocating veterans'

causes and interests, and assisting veterans in their

interactions with VA.

06/28/07

VSR

Veterans Service Representative, a VBA employee

accountable for early work on your claim

VSR Veteran Service Representatives 07/09/04

VSS Voluntary Service System 07/09/04

VSSC VISN Support Service Center. aka VHA Support

Service Center

A field unit of the Chief Network Office. 04/18/08

VTC Video Teleconferencing 07/09/04

VUID VHA Unique Identifier 06/13/07

W3C World Wide Web Consortium 07/09/04

W3C World Wide Web Consortium (Formerly referred to as

"unposted") Y2K Year 2000

WAC Wholesale Acquisition Cost Wholesale acquisition cost is a value meant to

approximate a wholesaler's cost for a particular

pharmaceutical.

WAIS Wide Area Information Service 07/09/04

WAN Wide Area Network 07/09/04

WAP Wireless Application Protocol 07/09/04

WAVES Well-being Among Veterans Enhancement Study 06/13/07

WBNB Wideband Narrowband 07/09/04

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WC Worker's Compensation

WDDX Web Dynamic Data Exchange 07/09/04

WEBOPS Web Operations VA Web Operations provides web site and enterprisebased

application hosting services for all VA facilities

and programs.

06/24/08

WHO World Health Organization 07/09/04

WHS WHS Washington Headquarters Services

WIPP Work in Progress (WIP)

WIPT Working Integrated Project Team 07/09/04

WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction 07/09/04

WMIS Wireless Controlled Substances 07/09/04

WML Wireless Markup Language 07/09/04

WMTS Wireless Medical Telemetry Services 07/09/04

WO Warrant Officer

WOC Without Compensation 07/09/04

WRIISC War-related Illness and Injury Study Centers 06/13/07

WSIP (VA) Web Search Improvement Project 07/09/04

WWU Weighted Work Unit 07/09/04

WWW World Wide Web 07/09/04

WYSIWYG What you see is what you get 07/09/04

X.12 Identification number for ANSI standard committee

and the standards the committee issues

07/09/04

XMI XML Metadata Interchange Enables easy interchange of metadata between

modeling tools (based on the OMG UML) and metadata

repositories (OMG MOF based) in distributed

heterogeneous environments.

06/28/07

XML Extensible Markup Language 07/09/04

XQL XML Query Language 07/09/04

Y2K Year 2000