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 |