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Acronyms


AAPCC

adjusted average per capita cost (Medicare)

ACS

ambulatory care sensitive

AFDC

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AHA

American Hospital Association

AHCPR

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ALA

American Lung Association

AMA

American Medical Association

AMBHA

American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association

AMI

acute myocardial infarction

AOA

American Osteopathic Association

APEXPH

Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health

APHA

American Public Health Association

ASTHO

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials


BRFSS

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System


CABG

coronary artery bypass graft

CASA

Clinic Assessment Software Application

CCHIP

Calhoun County Health Improvement Program

CCN

Community Care Network

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1997. Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance Monitoring. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5298.
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CHA

Catholic Health Association

CHART

Community Health Assessment and Resource Team

CHIP

community health improvement process

CHNA

Community Health Network Area

CHP

comprehensive health planning

CME

continuing medical education

COMAH

Clinical Outcome Measure Adjusted HEDIS

COMMIT

Community Intervention Trial (for Smoking Cessation)

COPC

community-oriented primary care

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CQI

continuous quality improvement


DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

DTP

diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis

DSM-IV

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition


EAP

employee assistance program

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERISA

Employee Retirement Income Security Act

ETS

environmental tobacco smoke


HDO

health data organization

HEDIS

Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set

Hib

Haemophilus influenzae type b

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

HMO

health maintenance organization

HPV

human papilloma virus

HUD

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development


ICD-9

International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision

ICU

intensive care unit

IM System

Indicator Measurement System

INPHO

Information Network for Public Health Officials

IOM

Institute of Medicine

IPLAN

Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Need

IRS

Internal Revenue Service

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1997. Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance Monitoring. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5298.
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JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations


LHD

local health department


MassCHIP

Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile

MCO

managed care organization

McPLAN

McHenry County Project for Local Assessment of Need

MMR

measles-mumps-rubella


NACCHO

National Association of County and City Health Officials

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics

NCQA

National Committee for Quality Assurance

NHANES

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

NHLBI

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

NII

National Information Infrastructure


OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


PATCH

Planned Approach to Community Health

PHPPO

Public Health Practice Program Office

PKU

phenylketonuria

PPG

Performance Partnership Grant

PTA

parent-teacher association


SAMMEC

smoking-attributable morbidity, mortality, and economic costs

SIDS

sudden infant death syndrome

SMHA

state mental health agency

STD

sexually transmitted disease


TANF

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

TAPII

the Arizona Partnership for Infant Immunization


WHO

World Health Organization

WIC

Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children


YRBSS

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

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How do communities protect and improve the health of their populations? Health care is part of the answer but so are environmental protections, social and educational services, adequate nutrition, and a host of other activities.

With concern over funding constraints, making sure such activities are efficient and effective is becoming a high priority.

Improving Health in the Community explains how population-based performance monitoring programs can help communities point their efforts in the right direction.

Within a broad definition of community health, the committee addresses factors surrounding the implementation of performance monitoring and explores the "why" and "how to" of establishing mechanisms to monitor the performance of those who can influence community health. The book offers a policy framework, applies a multidimensional model of the determinants of health, and provides sets of prototype performance indicators for specific health issues.

Improving Health in the Community presents an attainable vision of a process that can achieve community-wide health benefits.

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