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Acronyms and Abbreviations
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... Acronyms and Abbreviations AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ASPE Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DSL Digital Subscriber Line ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act FDA Food and Drug Administration GAO General Accounting Office HIPAA Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act HMO Health Maintenance Organization HSR Health Services Research HC Intermountain Health Care OHS Indian Health Service TOM Institute of Medicine ] :RBs institutional review boards MPA Multiple Project Assurance NIH National Institutes of Health NRC National Research Council OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OPRR Office for Protection from Research Risks PBM pharmacy benefit management PK} public key infrastructure RTI Research Triangle Institute UCSF University of California at San Francisco USUHS Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences UTHSCSA University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio W:IRB Western Institutional Review Board 39

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