Improving Health Literacy Within a State: Workshop Summary (2011)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms
| AAMC |
Association of American Medical Colleges |
| ACGME |
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education |
| ADAPT |
Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Research Products |
| AHEC |
area health education center |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| APHA |
American Public Health Association |
| ATSM |
automated telephone self-management |
| BMI |
body mass index |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CHIP |
Children’s Health Insurance Program |
| CME |
continuing medical education |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CTSI |
Clinical and Translational Science Institute |
| ESL |
English as a second language |
| FASHP |
Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions |
| GIS |
geographic information system |
| HCI |
Health Care Institute |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HLI |
Health Literacy Iowa |
| HLM |
Health Literacy Missouri |
| HRSA |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
| IHA |
Institute for Healthcare Advancement |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| LA |
Los Angeles |
| LAC |
Literacy Assistance Center |
| LCME |
Liaison Committee on Medical Education |
| NAAL |
National Assessment of Adult Literacy |
| NALS |
National Adult Literacy Survey |
| NC |
North Carolina |
| NCIOM |
North Carolina Institute of Medicine |
| NCSALL |
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy |
| NIFL |
National Institute For Literacy |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| PHR |
personal health records |
| PI |
principal investigator |
| RA |
rheumatoid arthritis |
| RDA |
recommended daily allowance |
| SOPHE |
Society for Public Health Educators |
| SRFCP |
student-run free clinic program |
| UC |
University of California |
| UCLA |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| UCSD |
University of California, San Diego |
| UCSF |
University of California, San Francisco |
