Acronyms

ACA: Affordable Care Act
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
AHEC: Area Health Education Center
ARRA: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
BBA: Balanced Budget Act
BHPr: Bureau of Health Professions
BPHC: Bureau of Primary Health Care
CAP: Consumer Advisory Panel
CBO: Congressional Budget Office
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDHS: California Department of Health Services (state level)
CHC: Community Health Center
CHDP: Child Health and Disability Prevention Program
CHIP: Children’s Health Insurance Program
CME: Continuing Medical Education
CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CNS: Corporation for National Service
CPCA: California Primary Care Association
CPEN: California Preparedness Education Network
CQI: Continuous Quality Improvement
CSC: Curry Senior Center
DHHS: Department of Health and Human Services (federal level)
DP: Disaster Preparedness
DPH: Department of Public Health
EHR: Electronic Health Record
EMR: Electronic Medical Record
FPL: Federal Poverty Level
FQHC: Federally Qualified Health Center
FY: Fiscal Year
GHS: Glide Health Services
HAB:  HIV/AIDS Bureau
HAFCI: Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc.
HCH: Health Care for the Homeless (Federal grant program)
HHS: Health and Human Services
HIE: Health Information Exchange
HIPPA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIT: Health Information Technology
HITECH: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ACT
HMO: Health Maintenance Organization
HPSA: Health Professional Shortage Area
HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration
HSA: Human Services Agency
HSF: Healthy San Francisco
HSN: Human Services Networks
ICD: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (currently ICD-9)
IDS: Integrated Delivery Systems
IHI: Institute of Healthcare Improvement
IOM: Institute of Medicine
IT: Information Technology
JCAHO: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
LCR: Lifetime Clinic Record (commonly used EMR in San Francisco)
LEC: Local Extension Center
LMHS: Lyon-Martin Health Services
MHSA: Mental Health Services Act
MNHC: Mission Neighborhood Health Center
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
MU: Meaningful Use
MUA: Medically Underserved Area
NACHC: National Association of Community Health Centers
NAFC: National Association of Free Clinics
NAHC: Native American Health Center
NEMS: North East Medical Services
NGA: Notice of Grant Award
NHSC: National Health Service Corps
ONC: Office of the National Coordinator (governing body to coordinate implementation of HIE)
OSHPD: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
PAWS: Pets Are Wonderful Support
PCA: Primary Care Association
POS: Point-of-Service Plan
PPO: Preferred Provider Organization
PPS: Prospective Payment System
REC: Regional Extension Center
RFP: Request for Proposal
QFT: QuantiFERONa (used in tuberculosis screening)
SAFMC: Saint Anthony Free Medical Clinic
SCHIP: State Children’s Health Insurance Program (called Healthy Families in California)
SFCARD: San Francisco Community Agencies Responding to Disaster
SFDPH: San Francisco Department of Public Health
SFFC: San Francisco Free Clinic
SFGH: San Francisco General Hospital
SFHEX: San Francisco Health Exchange
SFHP: San Francisco Health Plan
SFSU: San Francisco State University
SMHC: South of Market Health Center
SFCARD: San Francisco Community Agencies Responding to Disaster
SFCCC: San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium
SFSPCA: San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
SOS: Street Outreach Services
SPDs: Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
SSA: Social Security Administration
SSI: Supplemental Security Income
TB: Tuberculosis
UDS: Uniform Data System
UCSF: University of California –San Francisco
USF: University of San Francisco
VET SOS: Veterinary Street Outreach Services
VISTA: Volunteers in Service to America
WIC: Women, Infants, and Children Program

Still don’t know what that acronym stands for?  Check out one of the following websites to get your question answered.
http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/General_Info/Acronyms.html
http://www.mainlinehealth.org/doc/Page.asp?PageID=DOC000663