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Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
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
