Absenteeism

Habitual absence from work; may reflect demoralization or dissatisfaction on the part of the employee

ACIP

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

ACOEM

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

ACSM

American College of Sports Medicine

Agency

Refers to the NASA organization

AIHA

American Industrial Hygiene Association

APQC

American Productivity and Quality Center

Benchmark

The process of measuring standards of actual performance against those achieved by others with broadly similar characteristics to improve quality so that individuals, organizations, or services can raise their own performance to that of the best

CAIB

Columbia Accident Investigation Board

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Center

Refers to one of the 14 individual worksites that comprise the NASA organization

CHAA

Corporate Health Achievement Award

CHDP

Child Health and Disability Prevention

CHMO

Chief Health and Medical Officer

Claim Cost

The total cost of claims against insurance that includes medical and indemnity benefits, and administrative and incentive fees

Comprehensive

Refers to the intention to strengthen all sectors of well-being, including social, educational, economic, physical, and cultural components, while addressing the interrelationships among them

CRI

Crisis and Readiness Initiative

Data Architecture

Defines how data is stored, managed, and utilized in a data management system

Direct Cost

The value of all goods and services that are consumed in the provision of an intervention or in dealing with effects or future consequences that are linked to it

Disability

Refers to any long- or short-term reduction of a person’s activity as a result of an acute or chronic condition

EAP

Employee Assistance Program

EHRS

Electronic Health Record System

FEHBP

Federal Employee Health Benefits Program

FFRDC

Federally Funded Research and Development Center

FMLA

Family and Medical Leave Act

FTE

Full-Time Equivalent

HAN

Health Alert Network

HERO

Health Enhancement Research Organization

Health Promotion

A comprehensive social and political process that embraces actions directed at strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals, and changing social, environmental, and economic conditions to relieve their impact on individual and public health

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization

HPMS

Health and Productivity Management System

HPWT

Health Promotion and Wellness Team

HRA

Health Risk Appraisal

IH/WBMS

Integrated health/well-being management system

Indirect Cost

Refers to productivity gains or losses related to illness or death

Integrated

A system that combines services within a health plan to provide the complete spectrum of care for its participants. In a fully integrated system the key elements are in balance in terms of matching resources with the needs of participants

Medical Cost

The direct medical expenditures associated with illness, disease, or disability

Meta-analysis

A method for combining and integrating the results of independent studies of the effect of a given intervention

Metric

A quantitative measure of performance that should drive appropriate leadership or management action

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIEHS

National Institute of Environmental Health and Safety

NIOSH

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Occupational Health

The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations by preventing departures from health, controlling risks and adapting work to people, and people to their jobs

OCHMO

Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer

OH

Occupational Health

OHSMS

Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

OPHEP

Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness

OPM

Office of Personnel Management

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PIPE

Penetration, Implementation, Participation, and Effectiveness

Population Health Approach

Recognizes that health is a capacity or resource rather than a state; it corresponds to the notion of being able to pursue one’s goals, to acquire skills and education, and achieve personal growth. This approach is focused on population-based data rather than on data on individuals in a population

PPO

Preferred Provider Organization

Predictive Modeling

A technique used to predict future behavior and anticipate the consequences of change; data is collected, a statistical model is formulated, predictions are made and the model is validated (or revised) as additional data becomes available

Presenteeism

On-the-job productivity loss that is illness related; for example, problems such as allergies, asthma, chronic back pain, migraines, arthritis and depression; also related to productivity loss resulting from caregiving, lack of job satisfaction, and organization culture

Preventive Medicine

A branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease

Productivity

The amount of work or production output per unit of input from labor, equipment, and/or capital used

R&D

Research and Development

Resilient

Able to adapt and rebound readily following an adverse event

Risk Factor

Social, economic, or biological status, behaviors or environments associated causally or increase susceptibility to disease, illness, or injury

SOLAR

Site for On-line Learning and Resources

StD

Short-term disability

STEPS

Steps to a Healthier U.S. Workforce Initiative

USDHHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

VPP

Voluntary Protection Program

Well-Being

An optimum condition of health, based on a balanced lifestyle, in which an individual experiences satisfaction and confidence in personal levels of fitness

Wellness

A health care process that fosters awareness of and attitudes toward healthy lifestyles that enable individuals to make informed choices to achieve optimum physical and mental health

WHO

World Health Organization