An ABC Guide to Duke
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A
ABMT: Adult Bone Marrow Transplant
ABN: Advance Beneficiary Notification
ACD: Automated Call Distribution
ADF: American Dance Festival
ACH: Automated Clearing House
ACL: Access control list
ADFC: Adjusted direct fixed cost
ADG: Administrative Development Group
ADIC: Adjusted indirect variable cost
ADJ: Adjustment
ADP: Automated Data Processing
ADR: Alumni and Development Records
ADS: Application and Database Services in OIT
AES: IDX application Enhancement System
AFS: Andrew File System
AGI: Adjusted Gross Income
ANSI: American NationalStandards Institute
APC: Ambulatory Payment Classification
APG: Ambulatory Payment Groups
APT: Appointments, Promotion, Tenure
A/R: Accounts Receivable
ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASM: Administrative System Management
ATB: Aged Trial Balance
ATBS: Aged Trial Balance Summary
AUTH: Authorization
AVP: Assistant Vice President or Associate Vice President
AVS: Address Verification System
AWN: Administrative Women's Network
B
B&B: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Department
BAN: Billing Account Number
BAR: IDX Billing & Accounts Receivale System
BBP: Business-to-Business Procurement
BCBS: Blue Cross / Blue Shield
BCN: Batch Control Number
BF: Balance Forward
BIA: Business impact analysis
BIRCWH: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health
BOOST: Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and Technology
BSC: Balanced Scorecard
C
C/A: Contractual Adjustment
CALS Continuous Acquisiton and Life cycle Support
CARD: Clinical Account Request Database
CBO: Central Business Office
CBT: Computer-Based Training
CBU: Clinical Business Unit
CCE: common Clinical Editor (Online grouper)
CCFP: Center for Child and Family Policy
CCITSE: Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation
CCOW: Common Clinical Object Working Group
CCU: coronary Care Unit
CCWS: Common Clinical Workstation
CDE: Clinical Data Editor (old online Grouper)
CDE: Common Desktop Environment
CDG: Clinical Development Group
CDM: Charge Description Master File
CDN: Controlled Directory Number
CDO: Care Delivery Organization
CDR: Clinical Data Repository
CDSS: Centralized Device Services and Support in OIT
CEE: Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEN: Clinical Encounter Number
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFL: Center for Living
CFO: Chief Financial Officer
CHAMPUS: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
CHG: Center for Human Genetics
CHGV: Center for Human Genome Variation
CICS: Customer Information Control System
CIEMAS: Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (Fitzpatrick Center)
CIO: Chief Information Officer
CIRIUS: Hospital UB Claims Scrubber System
CIT: Center for Instructional Technology
CLA: Corporate License Agreement
CM: Configuration management
CMB: Cell and Molecular Biology
CME: Continuing Medical Education
CMS: Content Management System
COB: Coorination of Benefits
CODA: PDC General Ledger
CONTDAY Daily job that builds the CTL-M schedule for the following day
COPAY CO-Payment
CPDC: Community PDC
CPOE: Computerized Physician Order Entry
CPPD: Centralized Practice Plan directors
CPT: Current Procedural Terminology
CRMS: Clinical Resource Management System
CRSO: Clinical Research Support Office
CRTP: Clinical Research Training Program
CS: Campus Services
CSFC: Clinical Science Faculty Council
CSML: Course in Scientific Management & Leadership
CTBO: Clinical Trials Billing Office
CTMS: Center for Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences
D
DARA: Durham And Regional Affairs
DART: Duke Administrative Reform Team
DCID: Duke Center for International Development
DCHI: Duke Center for Health Informatics
DCRI: Duke Clinical Research Institute
DCRU: Duke Clinical Research Unit
DDS: Duke Divinity School
DE: Dictionary Entery
DFI: Depository Financial Institutions
DGHI: Duke Global Health Institute
DHCC: Duke Health Community Care
DHCH: Duke HomeCare & Hospice
DHE: Duke Health Enterprise
DHIS: Duke Hospital Informationsystem
DHN: Duke Heart Network
DHTS: Duke Health Technology solutions
DISCC: Duke Information System for Cardiovascular Care
DHTS: Duke Health Technology Solutions
DLDP: Drea Lab Data Portal
DN: Duke North
DNE: Direct Note Entry
DNS: Duke Network Services
DOB: Date of Birth
DOCR: Duke Office of Clinical Research
DON: Duke Oncology Network
DPH: Duke Prospective Health
DRAH: Duke Raleigh Hospital (also referred to as DHRH)
DRAL: Duke Raleigh Hospital
DRH: Durham Regional Hospital
DS: Duke South
DSCR: Duke Shared Cluster Resource (Duke's resource for high performance research computing)
DSG: Duke Student Government
DSM: Decision Support Module
DSS: Decision Support System
DTB: Detailed Trial Balance
DTMI: Duke Translational Medicine Institute
DTRI: Duke Translational Research Institute
DTS: Duke Temporary Services
DUAP: Duke University Affiliated Physicians
DUFCU: Duke University Federal Credit Union
DUH: Duke University Hospital
DUHS: Duke University Health System
DUMC: Duke University Medical Center
DUPD: Duke University Police Department
DUSOM: Duke University School of Medicine (also referred to as SOM)
DUSON: Duke University School of Nursing (also referred to as SON)
DWS: Duke Web Services
E
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
EDM: Electronic Document Management
EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer
EMAIL: Electronic Mail
EMR: Electronic Medical Record
EOB: Explnation of Benefits
EOHW: Employee Occupational Health and Wellness
EPIC: Evidence-based Practice Implementation Center
ERA: Electronic Remittance Advice (payment notification)
ERP: Employees' Retirement Plan
ET&R: Employee Travel & Reimbursement
EULA End-User License Agreement
EWB: Engineers Without Borders
EWH: Engineering World Health
F
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
FC: Financial Class (Duke Hospital)
FCS: Financial Counseling Status
FIFO: First In First Out (financial acronym) (common cash term)
FMD: Facilities Management Department
FSC: Financial Status Classification
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
F/U: Follow Up
FY: Fiscal Year
FYTD: Fiscal year To Date
G
G/L: Duke General Ledger System
GMS: Graduate Medical School
GPSC: Graduate & Professional Student Council
GSA: Graduate Student Affairs
GSAAC: Graduate Student Affairs Advisory Committee
GUI: Graphical User Interface
H
HCPCS: HCFA common Procedure Coding system
HDM: Health Data Maintenance (3M Coding System)
HDS: Health Data Systems (Per-Se)
HICN: Health Insurance Claim Number
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
HL7: Health Level 7 Interface Protocol
HLLAPI: High-Level Language Application Programming Interface
HMO: Health Maintenance Organization
HPPI: Siemens Hospital Profile
HPTS: High Performance Transaction system
HR: Human Resources
HRA: Health Risk Assessment
HRIC: Human Resource Information Center
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP: Hypertext Transport Protocol
HVP: Healthcare vertical porta
Hyland Onbase: Workflow Management System
I
IACUC: Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
IBC: Institutional BioSafety Committee
ICA: Insurance Counseling Assistance (Program)
ICD9: International Classification of Diseases, 9th Release, Clinical Modification
ICF: Intermediate Care Facility
IDS: Investigational Drug Service
IEP: Initial Enrollment Period
IEQ: Initial Enrollment Questionnaire
IER: Intermediary Expenditure Report
IMaCS: Innovative Managed Care Systems, Inc.
IPC: International Patient Center
IPRP: Interim Payment Review Program
IRB: Institutional Review Board
IS: Information systems
ISDS: Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences (renamed: Department of Statistical Science)
ISO" Informatin Security Office (Duke Entity)
IT: Information Technology
ITAC: Information Technology Advisory Council
IVR: Interactive voice response
J
JCAHO: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations
K
K: Krzyzewski
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
L
LAN: Local Area Network
LOA: Letter of Agreement
L&OD: Learning & Organization Development
LE@DD: Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
LFL: LIVE FOR LIFE
LSC: Library Service Center
M
MACC: Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Care Center
MCEC: Medical Center Executive Committee
MCO: Managed Care Organiztion
MDC: Medicaid
MDE: Mdeverywhere
MDR: Medicare
MECA: Medical Education Capture and Access
MEDB: Medicare Part B
MEDITECH: Medical Information Technology, Inc.
MELIG: Medicaid Eligibility Lookup Program
MRC: Multicultural Resource Center
MRN: Medical Record Number
MSP: Medicare Secondary Payer
MSPQ: Medicare Secondary Payor Questions
MTD: Month-to-Date
MUMPS: Massachusetts (General Hospital) Utility Multi-Programming System
N
NCAG: New Creation Arts Group - Divinity School
NDW: Novius Data Warehouse
NEIC: National Electronic Information Clearinghouse
NEMB: Notice of Exclusion for Medicare Benefits
NHID: National Healthcare Identifier
NMA: Nasher Museum of Arts
NOA: Notice of Admission
NSO: New Staff Orientation
NSOE: Nicholas School of the Environment
NUBC: National Uniform Billing committee
O
OA: Other Adjustment
OCRC: Office of Corporate Research Collaboration
OCS: Office of Communication Services
OE: Open Enrollment
OESO: Occupational Environmental Safety Office
OIA: Office of Internal Audits
OIE: Office for Institutional Equity
OIT: Office of Information Technology
ONC: Office of News & Communications
OPS: Office of Postdoctoral Services
ORA: Office of Research Administration
ORS: Office of Research Support
OSP: Office of Sponsored Programs
OWA: Outlook Web App
P
PA: Patient Accounting
PARISS: Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences
PAS: Personal Assistance Service
PASSPORT: Eligibility System
PCN: Patient Control Number
PCOBA: President's Council on Black Affairs
PCP: Primary Care Physician
PCS: Paperless Collection System
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PDC: Private Diagnostic Clinic
PDF: Portable Document Format
PDI: Professional Development Institute
PDSS: Professional Development Seminar Series
PERQS: Employee Discount Program
PFF: Preparing Future Faculty
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
PHI: Protected Health Information (sometimes referred to as Patient Health Information)
PI: Principal Investigator
PIN: Personal Identification Number
PLB: Provider Level Adjustment on Payor Remittances
PM: Siemens' Patietn Management (Invision)
POE: Physician order entry
POS: Point of Service
PPO: Preferred Provider Organization
PPOS: Passport OneSource Eligibility System
PRINS: Profile Insurance Master
PRM: Payor Responsibility Master File
PRMO: Patient Revenue Management Organization
P&P: Pay and Performance
PEP: Performance Evaluation and Planning form
PST: PST: Patient Status Transfoer (Invision)
PTO: Paid Time Off
PTS: Parking and Transportation Services
PWIM: Program for Women in Internal Medicine
Q
QMF: Query Management Facility
R
R3: Sap System
RA: Remittance Advice
RAA: Research Administration Academy
RACI: Research Administration Continuous Improvement
RAI: Research Administration Institute
RAS: Report Automation System
RCAC: Research Computing Advisory Council
RCC: Research Computing Center (Telcom Building)
RCH: Raleigh Community Hospital
RCR: Responsible Conduct of Research (Graduate School Degree Requirement)
REG: Registration
REQ: Required
RLHS: Resident Life and Housing Services
ROI: Return On Investments
RTF: Rich Text Format
RTIF: Return Transaction Interface Facility
S
SAP: Duke's payroll and financial system
SBR: Site-based Research
SCAC: Scalable Computing Advisory Committee (a committee of the RCAC
SCHED: IDX Appointment Scheduling System)
SCHIP: State Children's health Insurance Program
SHC: Strength, Hope, and Caring Program
SISS: Student Information Services and Systems
SMS: Siemens Medical Solutions
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOM: School of Medicine
SON: School of Nursing
SSN: Social Security Number
SSPACISS: Statistical Signal Processing Applied to Cochlear Implants and Subsurface Sensing
T
TCE: Siemens Daily Report of Errors from Batch Processing - Transmission Control and Errors
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership
TERMID: Terminal ID
TES: Transaction Editing System
TIN: Tax Identification Number
TIP: Talent Identification Program
TMAD: This Month at Duke
TOS: Type of Service
TTS: Trinity Technology Services
U
UB: Uniform Bill
UB92: Uniform Billing code of 1992
UC: Unapplied Cash
UPGG: University Program in Genetics and Genomics
UPIN: Universal Physicain Identification Number
URS: Undergraduate Research Support
USP: University Scholars Program
V
VBA: Visual Basic for Applications
VIP: Vertical Integration Program
VPN: Virtual Private Network
W
WAN: Wide Area Network
W@D: Working @ Duke
WC: Workers' compensation
WCS: Work Culture Survey
WWW: World Wide Web
X
Y
YTD: Year-to-Date
Z
277: Specific format of Health Care Claims Notification
835: A specific format of an Electronic Remittance Advice (payment notification)
837: Specific format of Health Care Claims Transaction Set
1040: A specific format of an Electronic Remittance Advice (payment notification)
4010: Specific format of an Electronic Remittance Advice