An ABC Guide to Duke
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A
A&S: Arts & Sciences
AAAC: Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee
AAC: Academic Advising Center
AAHRPP: Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
AAHVS: Art, Art History & Visual Studies
ABMT: Adult Bone Marrow Transplant
ABN: Advance Beneficiary Notification
ACA: Affordable Care Act (federal law)
ACC: Audit and Compliance Committee (of the Duke University Board of Trustees)
ACD: Automated Call Distribution
ACE: Analytics Center of Excellence (in DHTS)
ACE: The Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program
ACH: Automated Clearing House
ACIR: Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility
ACL: Access Control List
ACNO: Associate Chief Nursing Officer
ACO: Accountable Care Organization
ACOI: Administrative Conflict of Interest
ACP: Advance Care Planning
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act (federal law)
ADF: American Dance Festival
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)
AERI: Albert Eye Research Institute (at Duke Eye Center)
AES: IDX application Enhancement System
AFLG: Academic Financial Leadership Group
AFS: Andrew File System
AGI: Adjusted Gross Income
AGM: Advanced Grants Management
AHEAD: Academy for Health Professions Education and Academic Development
AHEC: Area Health Education Centers
AMI: Arts of the Moving Image
AMP: Award Management Portal
AMT: Award Management Team
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
AOC: Administrator on Call
A/P: Accounts Payable
APC: Ambulatory Payment Classification
APCR: Accounts Payable Check Request
APG: Ambulatory Payment Groups
API: Duke uses 3 API software systems: Time & Attendance, Staffing & Scheduling, and EdTrack
APM: Application Performance Management
APP: Advanced Practice Provider
APT: Appointments, Promotions and Tenure
A/R: Accounts Receivable
ARC: Academic Resource Center
ARPM: Assistant Research Practice Manager
ASA: Accounting Systems Administration
ASC: Ambulatory Surgery Center
ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIST: Advancing Scientific Integrity, Services and Training (part of DOSI)
ASM: Administrative Systems Management
ATB: Aged Trial Balance
ATBS: Aged Trial Balance Summary
ATC: American Tobacco Campus or Athletic Trainer-Certified
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
B@D: Buy@Duke (Procurement program)
BAA: Business Associate Agreement
BAN: Billing Account Number
BAR: IDX Billing & Accounts Receivable System
BBP: Business-to-Business Procurement
BCBS: Blue Cross/Blue Shield
BCN: Batch Control Number
BERD: Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (Methods Core)
BF: Balance Forward
BFR: Budget and Financial Reporting (code)
BIA: Business Impact Analysis
BIAC: Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (in SOM)
BIRCWH: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health
BME: Biomedical Engineering
BOD: Board of Directors (of Duke University Health System)
BOM: Board of Managers (of the Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC)
BOOST: Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and Technology
BOT: Board of Trustees (of Duke University)
BPAs: Best Practice Advisories
BPS: Budget Planning and Simulation
BRPC: BioRepository and Precision Pathology Center
BSC: Balanced Scorecard
C
C/A: Contractual Adjustment
C/AC: Compliance/Audit Committee (of the DUHS Board of Directors)
CADCE: Center for Arts, Digital Culture and Entrepreneurship at Duke
CAEAS: Committee on Assessment of Educational and Administrative Support
CALS: Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support
CAMC: Central Administration Management Center
CAMT: Campus Award Management Team
CAPA: Corrective and Preventative Action
CAPS: Counseling and Psychological Services
CARD: Clinical Account Request Database
CARL: Clinical and Research Laboratory Building
CAS: Cost Accounting Standards
CBO: Central Business Office
CBR: Credit Balance Resolution
CBT: Computer-Based Training
CBU: Clinical Business Unit
CC: Cost Center
CCE: Common Clinical Editor (online grouper)
CCF: Central Core Facility
CCFP: Center for Child and Family Policy
CCITSE: Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation
CCO: Chief Compliance Officer
CCOW: Common Clinical Object Working Group
CCU: Coronary Care Unit
CCWS: Common Clinical Workstation
CDA: Confidential Disclosure Agreement
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
CDS: Center for Documentary Studies or Clinical Decision Support
CDSS: Centralized Device Services and Support in OIT
CDVS: Center for Data and Visualization Sciences
CE: Continuing Education
CEE: Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEINT: Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology
CEN: Clinical Encounter Number
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CEPD: Clinical Education and Professional Development
CFAR: Center for AIDS Research
CFL: Center for Living
CFO: Chief Financial Officer
CFR: U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
CGGC: Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness
CGMT: Campus Grants Management Team (in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research)
CHAMPUS: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
CHAVI: Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology
CHAVI-ID: Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery
CHC: Children's Health Center
CHG: Center for Human Genetics
CHGV: Center for Human Genome Variation
CHIO: Chief Health Information Officer
CHPIR: Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research
CHRO: Chief Human Resources Officer
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
CISO: Chief Information Security Officer
CIT: Center for Instructional Technology - also 'Learning Innovation'
CITI: Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (research-related training)
CLA: Corporate License Agreement
CM: Configuration Management
CMA: Center for Multicultural Affairs (in Student Affairs)
CMAC: Computational Media, Arts & Cultures
CMB: Cell and Molecular Biology
CMDB: Configuration Management Database
CME: Continuing Medical Education
CMIO: Chief Medical Information Officer
CMO: Chief Medical Officer
CMS: Content Management System or Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (a federal entity)
CNO: Chief Nursing Officer
COB: Coordination of Benefits or Close of Business
COC: Conflict of Commitment
CODA: PDC General Ledger
COI: Conflict of Interest
COIOC: Conflict of Interest Oversight Committee
CON: Closeout Notifications System
CONTDAY: Daily job that builds the CTL-M schedule for the following day
COO: Chief Operating Officer
COPAY: Co-payment
CPDC: Community PDC
CPOE: Computerized Physician Order Entry
CPPD: Centralized Practice Plan Directors
CPT: Current Procedural Terminology
CQMP: Clinical Quality Monitoring Program or Clinical Quality Management Program
CRA: Certified Research Administrator
CRC: Clinical Research Coordinator
CRMS: Clinical Research Management System
CRSO: Clinical Research Support Office
CRTP: Clinical Research Training Program
CRU: Clinical Research Unit
CS: Campus Services
CSFC: Clinical Science Faculty Council
CSGD: Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (in Student Affairs)
CSIRT: Computer Security Incident Response Team
CSML: Course in Scientific Management & Leadership
CSO: Chief Scientific Officer
CTBO: Clinical Trials Billing Office
CTIL: Clinical Transplantation Immunology Laboratory
CTMS: Center for Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences
CTO: Chief Technology Officer
CTQA: Clinical Trials Quality Assurance
CTSA: Duke Clinical and Translational Science Award
CTSI: Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (in SOM)
CY: Calendar Year
D
D@W: Duke at Work (web portal)
D-M: Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
DAA: Duke Alumni Association
DACA: Duke Office of Durham and Community Affairs (formerly DARA)
DADD: Duke Alumni Development Database
DARA: Durham and Regional Affairs (now Office of Durham and Community Affairs)
DART: Duke Administrative Reform Team
DASC: James E. Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center
DBA: Database Administration
DCBSM: Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
DCC: Duke Cancer Center or Duke Connected Care or Durham Casualty Company or Department Communication Coordinators
DCE: Duke Clinical Enterprise
DCEC: Duke Children's Evaluation Center
DCI: Duke Cancer Institute (in SOM)
DCID: Duke Center for International Development
DCHI: Duke Center for Health Informatics
DCORE: Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity
DCRC: Duke Consultation and Referral Center
DCRI: Duke Clinical Research Institute
DCRU: Duke Clinical Research Unit
DDC: Doris Duke Center (of Sarah P. Duke Gardens)
DDS: Duke Divinity School
DE: Dictionary Entry or DukeEngage
DEC: Duke Eye Center
DECO: Duke Ethics and Compliance Office (merged with OIA in May 2015 to create OARC)
DEDUCE: Duke Enterprise Data Unified Content Explorer
DEFT: Duke Elder Family Training Center
DEMAN: Duke Entertainment, Media & Arts Network
DEPCRU: Duke Early Phase Clinical Research Unit (in DCRI)
DERI: Duke Engineering Research Institute
dFac: Duke Faculty (the Financial Services system of record for all faculty appointment history)
DFEC: Duke Financial Economics Center
DFELL: Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory
DFI: Depository Financial Institutions
DFP: Duke Faculty Practice
DGHI: Duke Global Health Institute (in SOM)
DGIN: Doing Good in the Neighborhood (program)
DHAS: Duke Health Access Services
DHCC: Duke Health Community Care
DHCH: Duke HomeCare and Hospice
DHE: Duke Health Enterprise
DHIS: Duke Hospital Information System
DHHS: (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
DHMDM: Duke Health Mobile Device Manager
DHN: Duke Heart Network
DHRC@FHI: Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute
DHRT: Duke Human Research Training
DHTS: Duke Health Technology Solutions
DHVI: Duke Human Vaccine Institute (in SOM)
DHVI-P3: Duke Human Vaccine Institute Pandemic Prevention Program
DHW: Duke Health and Well-being
DIBS: Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (in SOM)
DICON: Duke Infection Control Outreach Network
DIHI: Duke Institute for Health Innovation (in SOM)
DISC: Duke Islamic Studies Center
DISCC: Duke Information System for Cardiovascular Care
DISM: Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology (in SSRI)
DLAR: Division of Laboratory Animal Resources
DLC: Duke Lemur Center
DLDP: Drea Lab Data Portal
DLP: Data Loss Prevention
DMAS: Duke Medicine Access Services
DMGSC: Duke Medicine Global Support Corporation
DMP: Duke Medicine Pavilion
DMPI: Duke Molecular Physiology Institute (in SOM)
DMRSC: Duke Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Center
DN: Duke North (hospital)
DNE: Direct Note Entry
DNS: Duke Network Services
DOB: Date of Birth
DOC: Dean on Call
DOCR: Duke Office of Clinical Research
DOM: Department of Medicine
DON: Duke Oncology Network
DORI: Duke Office of Research Initiatives
DOS: Date of Service
DOSI: Duke Office of Scientific Integrity (created in 2019 by merger of RIO and ASIST)
DP: Duke Performances
DPAF: Duke Proposal Approval Form
DPC: Duke Primary Care
DPH: Duke Prospective Health
DPIA: Data Protection Impact Assessment
DRA: Data Risk Assessment
DRaH: Duke Raleigh Hospital (also referred to as DHRH)
DRAL: Duke Raleigh Hospital
DRH: Duke Regional Hospital (formerly Durham Regional Hospital)
DS: Duke South (clinics)
DSA: Data Security Agreement or Data Security Assessment
DSCR: Duke Shared Cluster Resource (Duke's resource for high performance research computing)
DSG: Duke Student Government
DSM: Decision Support Module
DSM-V: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (pub. May 2013)
DSMP: Data and Safety Monitoring Plan
DSS: Decision Support System
DSSI: Duke Sports Sciences Institute
DTA: Data Transfer Agreements
DTB: Detailed Trial Balance
DTEC: Duke Triangle Endoscopy Center
DTMI: Duke Translational Medicine Institute (replaced by CTSI in Aug. 2016)
DTO: Duke Telehealth Office
DTRI: Duke Translational Research Institute
DTS: Duke Temporary Service
DU: Duke University
DUAA: Duke University Athletics Association
DUAP: Duke University Affiliated Physicians
DUCIGS: Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
DUE: Department of Undergraduate Education
DUEI: Duke University Energy Initiative
DUFCU: Duke University Federal Credit Union
DUH: Duke University Hospital
DUHS: Duke University Health System
DUID: Duke Unique Identification (number)
DUL: Duke University Libraries
DUMAC, Inc: Investment organization controlled by Duke University (formerly known as Duke University Management Company)
DUMC: Duke University Medical Center
DUMCLA: Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives
DUML: Duke University Marine Lab (in Beaufort, NC)
DUPD: Duke University Police Department
DuPRI: Duke Population Research Institute
DUSOM: Duke University School of Medicine (also referred to as SOM)
DUSON: Duke University School of Nursing (also referred to as SON)
DVS: Duke Visa Services
DWS: Duke Web Services
E
E&O: Engineering and Operations
EAP: Employee Assistance Program
eAPCR: Electronic Accounts Payable Check Request
EBAT: Employee Behavior Assessment Team
ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECRT: Effort Certification and Reporting Technology
ED: Emergency Department
EDC: Electronic Data Capture
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
EDM: Electronic Document Management
EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer
eGRC: Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance
EHHCC: Enhanced Home Health COVID Care (Duke Home Health program at DUH)
EHR: Electronic Health Record
EI: Energy Initiative
eIRB: Electronic Institutional Review Board
EJR: Expected Job Results
EMAIL: Electronic Mail
EMC: Executive Management Committee
EMR: Electronic Medical Record
EOB: Explanation of Benefits
EOC: DUHS Enterprise Operations Council
EOHW: Employee Occupational Health and Wellness
ePHI: Electronic Protected Health Information (sometimes referred to as Electronic Patient Health Information)
EPIC: Evidence-based Practice Implementation Center; the company that created Maestro Care
eRA: Electronic Research Administration
ERA: Electronic Remittance Advice (payment notification)
ERM: Enterprise Risk Management
ERN: Electronic Research Notebooks
EROC: Executive Research Oversight Committee
ERP: Employees' Retirement Plan
ESS: Enterprise System Support
ET&R: Employee Travel & Reimbursement
EU GDPR: European Union General Data Protection Regulation (implemented May 2018)
EULA: End-User License Agreement
EVP: Executive Vice President
EWB: Engineers Without Borders
EWH: Engineering World Health
F
F&A: Facilities and Administrative Costs
F2F: Face-to-Face
FAM: Financial Assessment and Management
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
FC: Financial Class (Duke Hospital)
FCC: Financial Care Counselor
FCIEMAS: Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (a/k/a CIEMAS or Fitzpatrick Building)
FCJL: Freeman Center for Jewish Life
FCS: Financial Counseling Status
FDA: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FHI: Franklin Humanities Institute
FIFO: First In, First Out (financial acronym; common cash term)
FIP: Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (interdisciplinary institute in Pratt School of Engineering that studies light)
FIR: Faculty in Residence
FMCH: Family Medicine and Community Health
FMD: Facilities Management Department
FMLA: Family Medical Leave Act
FPDC: Facilities Design, Planning, and Construction
FPM: Financial Practice Manager
FPO: Facilities Planning and Operations
FRPM: Financial Research Practice Manager
FSC: Financial Status Classification
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
F/U: Follow Up
FY: Fiscal Year
FYE: Fiscal Year-End
FYTD: Fiscal Year-to-Date
G
GAP: General Accounting Procedures
GCB: Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (in SOM)
GCC: General Computer Controls
GCC: Graduate Communications Center
GCIP: Graduate Communications and Intercultural Programs
GCP: Good Clinical Practices
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation (European Union implemented May 2018)
GEO: Global Education Office
GIM: General Internal Medicine (Division in the DOM)
G/L: Duke General Ledger System
GLP: Good Laboratory Practices
GLS: Graduate Liberal Studies
GME: Graduate Medical Education
GMP: Good Manufacturing Practices
GMS: Graduate Medical School
GPSC: Graduate & Professional Student Council
GRID: Duke Center on Genomics, Race, Identity and Difference (in SSRI)
GSA: Graduate Student Affairs
GSAAC: Graduate Student Affairs Advisory Committee
GSRC: Genome Science Research Center
GUI: Graphical User Interface
GVPI: Gender Violence Prevention & Intervention (in Student Affairs)
H
HAL: Humans and Autonomy Lab (in Pratt)
HBC: Hospital-based Clinic
HCC: Hierarchical Condition Categories
HCFA: Health Care Financing Administration
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 and Accountability Act
HITECH: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
HL7: Health Level 7 Interface Protocol
HLLAPI: High-Level Language Application Programming Interface
HMO: Health Maintenance Organization
HPA: Health Profession Advising
HPPI: Siemens Hospital Profile
HPTS: High Performance Transaction System
HR: Human Resources
HRA: Health Risk Assessment
HRIC: Human Resource Information Center
HRL: Housing and Residence Life
HRPP: Human Research Protection Program
HSP: Human Subjects Protection
HSRC: Human Subject Research Compliance
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HVP: Healthcare Vertical Portal
HWPER: Health, Wellness, Physical Education and Recreation
Hyland Onbase: Workflow Management System
I
IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IAM: Identity and Access Management
IBC: Institutional BioSafety Committee
ICA: Insurance Counseling Assistance (program)
ICC: Independent Contractor Checklist
ICD-10: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision
ICF: Intermediate Care Facility
ICOIC: Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee
ICS: Investigational Chemotherapy Services
IDE: Investigational Device Exemption
IdM: Identity Management
IDS: Investigational Drug Service
IEP: Initial Enrollment Period
IEQ: Initial Enrollment Questionnaire
IER: Intermediary Expenditure Report
IFU: Instructions for Use
IGSP: Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IIHI: Individually Identifiable Health Information
IIT: Investigator-Initiated Trial
IMaCS: Innovative Managed Care Systems, Inc.
iMedRIS: The company that created iRIS
IND: Investigational New Drug
IPA: Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IPC: International Patient Center
IPE: Interprofessional Education building (SON & Ortho)
IPEC: Duke Health Center for Interprofessional Education and Care (SOM & SON) or Interprofessional Education Collaborative (national group)
IPRP: Interim Payment Review Program
IR2: Incident Response and Issue Resolution (a DOSI team)
IRB: Institutional Review Board
iRIS: Integrated Research Information Software (Duke Health IRB transitioned to this system)
IS: Information systems or International Studies or Interdisciplinary Studies
ISDS: Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences (renamed: Department of Statistical Science)
ISO: Information Security Office (Duke entity)
ISOP: Information Security Operations Plan
ISS: Information Science + Studies
ISSC: Information Security Steering Committee
IT: Information technology
ITAC: Information Technology Advisory Council
ITOM: Information Technology Operations Management (a team in OIT)
ITSO: Information Technology Security Office
IVR: Interactive Voice Response
J
JAQ: Job Assessment Questionnaire
JCAHO: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JIT: Just in Time
JLD: Jewish Life at Duke
JOA: Joint Operating Agreement
JV: Journal Voucher
K
K: Krzyzewski (Coach)
KIE: Kenan Institute for Ethics
KPI: Key Performance Indicator(s)
L
L&OD: Learning & Organization Development
LAN: Local Area Network
LDOC: Last Day of Classes
LE@DD: Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
LFL: LIVE FOR LIFE program
LMS: Learning Management System
LOA: Letter of Agreement
LOC: Letter of Credit
LSC: Library Service Center
LSRC: Levine Science Research Center
M
MACC: Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Care Center
MAG: Mobile App Gateway
MALS: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (Program now called Graduate Liberal Studies)
MCEC: Medical Center Executive Committee
MC: Maestro Care
MC3: The Marcus Center for Cellular Cures (in SOM)
MCEC: Medical Center Executive Committee
MCO: Managed Care Organization
MCRC: Maestro Care Research Concierge
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
MEMS: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
MEng: Master of Engineering
MFA: Multi-factor Authentication
MLWC: Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture
MMCi: Master of Management in Clinical Informatics
MNMC: Medicine and Nursing Management Center
MOB: Medical Office Building
MOU: Memo of Understanding
MRC: Multicultural Resource Center
MRN: Medical Record Number or myRESEARCHnavigators (team)
MRO: Misconduct Review Officer
MRSEC: Materials Research Engineering and Science Center
MSCT: Manual Salary Cost Transfer
MSP: Medicare Secondary Payer
MSPQ: Medicare Secondary Payer Questions
MSRB: Medical Sciences Research Building
MSSP: Medicare Shared Savings Program
MTA: Material(s) Transfer Agreement
MTD: Month-to-Date
MUMPS: Massachusetts (General Hospital) Utility Multi-Programming System
MYF: Multi-Year Funded (sponsored projects)
N
NAC: Network Access Controls
NCAG: New Creation Arts Group (Divinity School)
NCE: No-Cost Extension
NCS: Nationally Competitive Scholarships (a division of OUSF)
NDW: Novius Data Warehouse
NEIC: National Electronic Information Clearinghouse
NEMB: Notice of Exclusion for Medicare Benefits
NHID: National Healthcare Identifier
NIH: National Institutes of Health
NMA: Nasher Museum of Arts
NOA: Notice of Admission
NP: Nurse Practitioner
NPRI: (The Jean and George Brumley Jr.) Neonatal Perinatal Research Institute
NSF: National Science Foundation
NSO: New Staff Orientation
NSOE: Nicholas School of the Environment
NUBC: National Uniform Billing Committee
NUS: National University of Singapore (Duke & NUS have a joint Graduate Medical School)
O
OA: Other Adjustment
OARC: Office of Audit, Risk and Compliance
OARQ: Office of Regulatory Affairs and Quality
OASIS: Office of Academic Solutions and Information Systems (formerly ORI)
OAWA: Office of Animal Welfare Assurance
OCRC: Office of Corporate Research Collaboration (now Office of Research Contracts)
OCRD: Office of Campus Research Development
OCS: Office of Communication Services
OE: Open Enrollment
OERAF: Office of Education for Research Administration and Finance
OESO: Occupational and Environmental Safety Office
OIA: Office of Internal Audits (merged with DECO in May 2015 to create OARC)
OIE: Office for Institutional Equity
OIPM: Office of Interdisciplinary Program Management
OIT: Office of Information Technology
OLC: DUHS Operations Leadership Committee
ONC: Office of News & Communications
OnCore: Online Collaborative Research Environment
OO: Oversight Organization
OON: Out of Network
OPSD: Office of Physician-Scientist Development
OPAA: Office of Post Award Administration
OPPAP: Office for the Promotion of Physician Assistant Practice (created in 2019 in the PA Division, Dept of Family Medicine & Community Health)
OPS: Office of Postdoctoral Services
ORA: Office of Research Administration (Medical Center)
ORAQ: Office of Regulatory Affairs and Quality
ORC: Office of Research Contracts
ORI: Office of Research Informatics (name changed to OASIS Sept. 2019)
ORL: Operating Room Liaison
ORS: Office of Research Support (Campus)
OSCP: Other Support Current and Pending
OSCCS: Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (in Student Affairs)
OSF: Open Science Framework
OSP: Office of Sponsored Programs (name changed to PAFM)
OUSF: Office of University Scholars & Fellows
OVPFA: Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
OVPR: Office of the Vice Provost for Research
OWA: Outlook Web App
P
P&P: Pay and Performance
P-Card: Duke's Procurement Card
PA: Patient Accounting
PA-C or PAC: Physician Assistant-Certified
PACE: Protected Analytic Computing Environment
PAFM: Post-Award Financial Management office (formerly OSP)
PAM: Privileged Access (or Account) Management
PAMC: Provost Area Management Center
PAR: Periodic Automatic Replenishment
PARISS: Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences
PAS: Personal Assistance Service or Provost Academic Support
PASSPORT: Eligibility System
PBMT: Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant
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, PLLC
PDF: Portable Document Format
PDI: Professional Development Institute
PDSS: Professional Development Seminar Series
PEOT: Patient Experience Oversight Team
PEP: Performance Evaluation and Planning form
PERQS: Duke's Employee Discount Program
PFF: Preparing Future Faculty
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
PHI: Protected Health Information (sometimes referred to as Patient Health Information)
PHMO: Population Health Management Office
PI: Principal Investigator
PIA: Privacy Impact Assessment
PII: Personally Identifiable Information
PIN: Personal Identification Number
PLB: Provider Level Adjustment on Payor Remittances
PM: Siemens' Patient Management (Invision)
PMI: Protected Medical Information
POE: Physician Order Entry
PORT: PDC Outcomes Research Team
POS: Point of Service
PPO: Preferred Provider Organization
PPOS: Passport OneSource Eligibility System
PRA: Privacy Risk Assessment
PRCU: Prolonged Respiratory Care Unit
PRDN: Protected Research Data Network
PRINS: Profile Insurance Master
PRM: Payor Responsibility Master File
PRMO: Patient Revenue Management Organization
PRTBTC: Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center (in DUH)
PSA: Patient Service Associate or Personal Service Agreement
PSCQ: Patient Safety and Clinical Quality
PSSC: DHTS Privacy Security Steering Committee
PST: Patient Status Transfer (Invision)
PTO: Paid Time Off
PTS: Parking and Transportation Services
PWIM: Program for Women in Internal Medicine
Q
QAR: Quality Assessment Review
QMF: Query Management Facility
QRP: Questionable Research Practice
R
R/3: SAP System (real-time, 3-tier)
R&R: Rewards and Recognition (a division of Duke HR)
RA: Remittance Advice or Research Assistant or Resident Assistant
RAA: Research Administration Academy
RACI: Research Administration Continuous Improvement
RAD: Research Application Development (a team within ORI)
RAI: Research Administration Institute
RAMP: Research Administration Mentoring Program
RAS: Report Automation System
RASR: Research Administration Support Resource (SOM grants)
RC: Residence Coordinator
RCAC: Research Computing Advisory Council
RCC: Research Computing Center (Telcom Building) or Research Costing Compliance
RCH: Raleigh Community Hospital
RCOC: Residence Coordinator on Call
RCR: Responsible Conduct of Research (Graduate School degree requirement)
RCSC: Risk and Compliance Steering Committee
RDR: Research Data Repository
RDSP: Research Data Storage Plan or Research Data Security Plan
REACH (Equity Center): Duke Center for Research to Advance Health Equity
REDCap: Research Electronic Data Capture (web application)
REG: Registration
REMEDY: Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World
REQ: Required
RIO: Research Integrity Office (eff 2019, part of DOSI)
RLHS: Resident Life and Housing Services
RMT: Research Management Team
RLSP: Robertson Scholars Leadership Program
ROD: Record of Destruction
ROI: Return on Investment
RPM: Research Practice Manager
RPPR: Research Performance Progress Report
RQMP: Research Quality Management Program
RTF: Rich Text Format
RTIF: Return Transaction Interface Facility
S
SaaS: Software as a Service
SAE: Serious Adverse Event (in research)
SAM: Service Access Manager
SAP: Duke's payroll and financial system
SBAR: Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation
SBIR: Small Business Innovation Research
SBR: Site-Based Research
SCAC: Scalable Computing Advisory Committee (a committee of the RCAC)
SCAP: Scientific Culture and Accountability Plan
SCHED: IDX Appointment Scheduling System
SCHIP: State Children's Health Insurance Program
SDAL: Signature and Delegation of Authority Log
SEI: Sensitive Electronic Information
SEPC: Special Events Planning Council (Duke's Special Event Planners)
SHAPE: Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention and Education
SHC: Strength, Hope, and Caring program
SIP: Shelter in Place
SIQEM: SSRI Initiative on Qualitative, Ethnographic and Mixed-Methods Research
SIR: Security Incident Response
SISS: Student Information Services and Systems
SLAPLAB: Science, Law and Policy Lab
SLG: Senior Leadership Group OR Security Liaisons Group OR Scientific Leadership Group OR Selective Living Groups
SLR: Staff and Labor Relations (a division of Duke HR)
SMIF: Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility
SMS: Siemens Medical Solutions
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNAP: Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process
SOC: Security Operations Center
SOD: Segregation of Duties
SOM: School of Medicine
SON: School of Nursing
SORF: Surgical Oncology Research Facility
SOT: Solid Organ Transplant
SOuRCE: Survey of Organizational Research Climate
SPARC: Sponsored Programs Assurance and Research Compliance (an OARC team)
SPD: Sterile Processing Department
SPDG: Sarah P. Duke Gardens
SPIRE: (Duke) STEM Pathways for Inclusion, Readiness and Excellence
SPM: A Microsystems, Inc. system used in SPD
SPOC: Single Point of Contact
SPS: Sponsored Projects System
SQAP: Scientific Quality Assurance Plan
SRA: Sponsored Research Agreement
SRS: Safety Reporting System
SSN: Social Security Number
SSO: Single Sign-On
SSPACISS: Statistical Signal Processing Applied to Cochlear Implants and Subsurface Sensing
SSPP: Sanford School of Public Policy
SSRI: Social Science Research Institute
STAR: Space Tracking and Reporting
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
STTR: Small Business Technology Transfer
T
TBOC: Trinity Board of Visitors
TBS: Treasury Billing Services
TCA&S: Trinity College of Arts & Science
TCE: Transmission Control and Errors (Siemens daily report of errors from batch processing)
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership
TERMID: Terminal ID
TES: Transaction Editing System
TGS: The Graduate School
TIN: Tax Identification Number
TIP: Talent Identification Program
TMAD: This Month at Duke
TOF: Transforming Our Future (DUHS initiative)
TOS: Type of Service
TQMS: Total Quality Management System
TRHT: Duke Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center
TRLN: Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) – Duke, NCCU, NCSU, UNC
TSCHE: (The Mary Duke Biddle) Trent Semans Center for Health Education
TTS: Trinity Technology Services
TUNL: Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
U
UB: Uniform Bill
UB92: Uniform Billing Code of 1992
UC: Unapplied Cash
UCAE: University Center Activities and Events
UDV: University Development
UG: Uniform Guidance (officially "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards" issued by the U.S. Office of Management & Budget)
UIC: University Institutes and Centers:
UPEF: Undergraduate Program Enhancement Fund
UPGG: University Program in Genetics and Genomics
UPIN: Universal Physician Identification Number
UPIRTSO: Unanticipated Problems Involving Risks to Subjects or Others (in clinical research)
URS: Undergraduate Research Support
USP: University Scholars Program
V
VA: Veterans' Affairs
VBA: Visual Basic for Applications
VBPI: Value-Based Performance Improvement
VC: Vice Chancellor or Vice Chair
VIP: Vertical Integration Program
VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol (Duke phones)
VP: Vice President or Vice Provost
VPN: Virtual Private Network
W
WAN: Wide Area Network
WaSH-AID: (Duke Center for) Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Infectious Disease
W@D: Working@Duke
WBSE: Work Breakdown Structure Elements
WC: Workers' Compensation
WCS: Work Culture Survey
WF: Workflow
WIN: Women's Impact Network
WWW: World Wide Web
X
XC/TF: Cross-Country and Track & Field
Y
YTD: Year-to-Date
Z
OTHER
1:1 One-on-One
25Live: Duke Event Management scheduling system
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