. "Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations." Integrating Employee Health: A Model Program for NASA. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005.
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Integrating Employee Health: A Model Program for NASA
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