The list of acronyms below includes some specific to Duke, some specific to basic and clinical research, and some that are more general to health care with regard to both science and business.
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| A/P | Accounts Payable |
| A/R | Accounts Receivable |
| AAAC | Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee |
| AABB | American Association of Blood Banks |
| AADA | Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application (Used Mostly for Generics) |
| AAPS | American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists |
| ABEP | Auditory Brainstem-Evoked Potential |
| ABMT | Adult Bone Marrow Transplant |
| ABN | Advance Beneficiary Notification |
| ABPI | Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries |
| AC | Before Meals |
| ACA | Affordable Care Act |
| ACD | Automated Call Distribution |
| ACE | Adverse Clinical Event |
| ACH | Automated Clearing House |
| ACIL | American Council of Independent Laboratories |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| ACP | Associates of Clinical Pharmacology |
| ACRA | Associate Commissioner of Regulatory Affairs (FDA) |
| ACRP | Association of Clinical Research Professionals |
| ACRPI | Association for Clinical Research in the Pharmaceutical Industry (United Kingdom) |
| AD | Alzheimer's Disease |
| AD | Antidepressant |
| ADAMHA | Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration |
| ADAS | Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale |
| ADE | Adverse Drug Event |
| ADFC | Adjusted Direct Fixed Cost |
| ADG | Administrative Development Group |
| ADIC | Adjusted Indirect Variable Cost |
| ADJ | Adjustment |
| ADME | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion |
| ADP | Automated Data Processing |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction |
| ADS | Application and Database Services in OIT |
| AE | Adverse Event |
| AED | Antiepileptic Drugs |
| AERI | Albert Eye Research Institute (at Duke Eye Center) |
| AES | IDX application Enhancement System |
| AFS | Andrew File System |
| AGM | Advanced Grant Management |
| AHCPR | Agency for Health Care Policy and Research |
| AHEC | Area Health Education Centers |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| ALCOA | Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original and Accurate |
| AMA | American Medical Association or American Management Association |
| AmFAR | American Foundation for AIDS Research |
| AMG | West Germany Drug Law (Germany's equivalent to Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application (Used for Generics) |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AOAC | Association of Official Analytical Chemists |
| APC | Ambulatory Payment Classification |
| APCR | Accounts Payable Check Request |
| APG | Ambulatory Payment Groups |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA) |
| API | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient |
| API | Application programming interface |
| APT | Appointments, Promotions and Tenure |
| ARC | AIDS Related Complex |
| ARDS | Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| ARO | Academic Research Organization |
| ASA | Accounting Systems Administration |
| ASC | Ambulatory Surgery Center |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASCPT | American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
| ASM | Administrative Systems Management |
| AST | Aspartate Aminotransferase (Also Known as SGOT) |
| ATB | Aged Trial Balance |
| ATBS | Aged Trial Balance Summary |
| ATC | American Tobacco Campus |
| ATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (Treasury Department) |
| AUTH | Authorization |
| AVP | Assistant Vice President or Associate Vice President |
| AVS | Address Verification System |
| AWN | Administrative Women's Network |
| B@D | Buy at Duke (Procurement Program) |
| B&B | Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Department |
| BAER | Brainstem Auditory-Evoked Potential |
| BAN | Billing Account Number |
| BAR | AR: IDX Billing & Accounts Receivable System |
| BB | Bureau of Biologics (a former FDA division; now called CBER) |
| BBP | Business-to-Business Procurement |
| BCBS | BlueCross BlueShield |
| BCE | Beneficial Clinical Event |
| BCN | Batch Control Number |
| BEUC | European Bureau of Consumer Unions |
| BF | Balance Forward |
| BFR | Budget and Financial Reporting (Code) |
| BGA | Bundesgesundheitsamt (Germany's Equivalent to FDA) |
| BIA | Business Impact Analysis |
| BID | Twice a Day |
| BIND | Biological IND |
| BIOLOGIC | Blood Products, Vaccines and Cellular Therapy Products |
| BIRCWH | Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health |
| BMB | Bioresearch Monitoring Branch (FDA's CDRH) |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BMR | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| BOOST | Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and Technology |
| BOT | Board of Trustees |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| BPM | Beats per Minute |
| BPS | Budget Planning and Simulation |
| BRB | Biomedical Research Branch (FDA's CDRH) |
| BSA | Body Surface Area |
| BSC | Balanced Scorecard |
| BSN | Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
| C & S | Culture and Sensitivity |
| C/A | Contractual Adjustment |
| CALS | Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support |
| CANDA | Computer Assisted New Drug Application |
| CAPA | Corrective and Preventive Action |
| CAPLA | Computer Assisted Product License Application |
| CAPRA | Canadian Association of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs |
| CARD | Clinical Account Request Database |
| CAS | Cost Accounting Standards |
| CBCTN | Community Based Clinical Trials Network |
| CBER | Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (FDA) |
| CBO | Central Business Office |
| CBU | Clinical Business Unit |
| CC | Company Code |
| CC | Chief Complaint |
| CCD | Canadian Drugs Directorate |
| 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 |
| CCOW | Common Clinical Object Working Group |
| CCRA | Certified Clinical Research Associate |
| CCRC | Certified Clinical Research Coordinator |
| CCU | Coronary Care Unit |
| CCWS | Common Clinical Workstation |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDE | Clinical Data Editor (Old Online Grouper) |
| CDE | Common Desktop Environment |
| CDER | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (FDA) |
| CDG | Clinical Development Group |
| CDM | Clinical Data Management |
| CDM | Charge Description Master File |
| CDN | Controlled Directory Number |
| CDO | Care Delivery Organization |
| CDR | Clinical Data Repository |
| CDRH | Center for Devices and Radiological Health (FDA) |
| CDSS | Centralized Device Services and Support in OIT |
| CEE | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| CEN | Clinical Encounter Number |
| CEN | Committee for European Normalization |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFL | Center for Living |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations (FDA) |
| CFSAN | Center of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA) |
| CHAMPUS | Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
| CHAVI-ID | Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery |
| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
| 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 |
| CIOMS | Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (international agency for reporting post-approval adverse drug reactions) |
| CIR | Cosmetic Ingredient Review (FDA) |
| CIRIUS | Hospital UB Claims Scrubber System |
| CISO | Chief Information Security Officer |
| CIT | Center for Instructional Technology |
| CLA | Corporate License Agreement |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments |
| CM | Configuration Management |
| CMB | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| CMC | Chemistry and Manufacturing Controls (FDA) |
| CMDRH | Center for Medical Devices and Radiological Health (FDA) |
| CME | Continuing Medical Education |
| CMO | Contract Manufacturing Organization |
| CMS | Content Management System |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| COB | Coordination of Benefits or Close of Business |
| CODA | PDC General Ledger |
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer |
| COSTART | Coding Symbols for Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms (FDA) |
| CP | Compliance Program (FDA) |
| CPDC | Community PDC |
| CPMP | Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products |
| CPOE | Computerized Physician Order Entry |
| CPPD | Centralized Practice Plan Directors |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| CPSC | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
| CRA | Clinical Research Associate |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (Between Government Agencies and Industry) |
| CRC | Clinical Research Coordinator |
| CRF | Case Report Form |
| CRMS | Clinical Resource Management System |
| CRO | Contract Research Organization |
| CRO | Clinical Research Organization |
| CRPT | Clinical Research Training Program |
| CRSO | Clinical Research Support Office |
| CRU | Clinical Research Unit |
| CS | Campus Services |
| CSDD | Center for the Study of Drug Development |
| CSF | Cerebral Spinal Fluid |
| CSFC | Clinical Science Faculty Council |
| CSM | Committee on Safety of Medicines (United Kingdom) |
| CSML | Course in Scientific Management & Leadership |
| CSO | Contract Safety Organization |
| CT | Clinical Trial |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| CTBO | Clinical Trials Billing Office |
| CTC | Clinical Trial Certificate (United Kingdom's Equivalent to the IND) |
| CTMS | Center for Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences |
| CTN | Clinical Trail Material |
| CTSA | Clinical and Translational Science Award |
| CTX | Clinical Trial Exemption Certificate (Type of United Kingdom IND) |
| CV | Curriculum Vitae |
| CVM | Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA) |
| CXR | Chest X-Ray |
| CY | Calendar Year |
| DARA | Durham and Regional Affairs |
| DART | Duke Administrative Reform Team |
| DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network |
| DB | Double Blind |
| DBA | Database Administration |
| DCC | Department Communication Coordinators |
| DCF | Data Correction Form/Data Clarification Form |
| DCHI | Duke Center for Health Informatics |
| DCI | Duke Cancer Institute |
| DCID | Duke Center for International Development |
| DCRI | Duke Clinical Research Institute |
| DCRU | Duke Clinical Research Unit |
| DD | Department of Drugs (Sweden's Equivalent to the FDA) |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration (Law Enforcement Division of FDA) |
| DEC | Duke Eye Center |
| DECO | Duke Ethics & Compliance Office |
| DEN | Drug Experience Network |
| DESI | Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (To Evaluate Drugs in use prior to 1962) |
| DFEC | Duke Financial Economics Center |
| DFI | Depository Financial Institutions |
| DGD | Division of Generic Drugs (FDA Division changed to OGC) |
| DGHI | Duke Global Health Institute |
| DGIN | Doing Good in the Neighborhood (Program) |
| DHCC | Duke Health Community Care |
| DHCH | Duke HomeCare & Hospice |
| DHE | Duke Health Enterprise |
| DHEW | Department of Health Education and Welfare |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHHS # | Department of Health & Human Services Identification # (Assurance #) |
| DHIS | Duke Hospital Information System |
| DHN | Duke Heart Network |
| DHTS | Duke Health Technology Solutions |
| DHVI | Duke Human Vaccine Institute |
| DIA | Drug Information Association |
| DIBS | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences |
| DIHI | Duke Institute for Health Innovation |
| DISC | Duke Islamic Studies Center |
| DISCC | Duke Information System for Cardiovascular Care |
| DLAR | Division of Laboratory Animal Resources |
| DLP | Data Loss Prevention |
| DMP | Duke Medicine Pavilion |
| DN | Duke North (Hospital) |
| DNE | Direct Note Entry |
| DNR | Do Not Resusitate |
| DNS | Duke Network Services |
| DOB | Date of Birth |
| DOCR | Duke Office of Clinical Research |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DON | Duke Oncology Network |
| DPC-PTR | Act Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 |
| DPH | Duke Prospective Health |
| DRaH | Duke Raleigh Hospital (Also referred to as DHRH) |
| DRAL | Duke Raleigh Hospital |
| DRG | Diagnosis Related Groups |
| DRH | Duke Regional Hospital (Formerly Durham Regional Hospital) |
| DS | Duke South (Clinics) |
| DSCR | Duke Shared Cluster Resource (Duke's Resource for High Performance Research Computing) |
| DSG | Duke Student Government |
| DSI | Division of Scientific Investigations (FDA) |
| DSM | Decision Support Module |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual |
| DSMB | Data and Safety Monitoring Board |
| DSS | Decision Support System |
| DTB | Detailed Trial Balance |
| DTMI | Duke Translational Medicine Institute |
| DTRI | Duke Translational Research Institute |
| DTS | Duke Temporary Services |
| DU | Duke University |
| DUAP | Duke University Affiliated Physicians |
| DUFCU | Duke University Federal Credit Union |
| DUH | Duke University Hospital |
| DUHS | Duke University Health System |
| DUID | Duke Unique Identification (Number) |
| DUMC | Duke University Medical Center |
| DUPD | Duke University Police Department |
| DUR | Drug Use Review |
| 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&O | Engineering and Operations |
| EAB | Ethical Advisory Board (Similar to IRB, Used by Other Nations) |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
| eAPCR | Electronic Accounts Payable Check Request |
| ECRT | Effort Certification and Reporting Technology |
| ECU | European Currency Unit |
| ED | Erectile Dysfunction |
| EDC | Electronic Data Capture |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDM | Electronic Document Management |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| EFPIA | European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record |
| EIR | Establishment Inspection Report (Provides a Detailed Account of the FDA Inspection) |
| eIRB | Electronic Institutional Review Board |
| ELA | Establishment License Application |
| EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
| ENDA | Electronic NDA |
| ENT | Ear, Nose, and Throat |
| EO | Executive Order |
| EOB | Explanation of Benefits |
| EOHW | Employee Occupational Health and Wellness |
| EORTC | European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer |
| EOS | End of Study |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ePHI | Electronic Protected Health Information (Sometimes Referred to as Electronic Patient Health Information) |
| EPI | Expanded Programme in Immunization (WHO Program) |
| EPIC | Evidence-based Practice Implementation Center |
| EPL | Effective Patent Life |
| eRA | Electronic Research Administration |
| ERA | Electronic Remittance Advice (Payment Notification) |
| ERP | Employees' Retirement Plan |
| ESS | Enterprise System Support |
| ESS | Executive Secretary and Staff (FDA) |
| ET&R | Employee Travel & Reimbursement |
| EULA | End-User License Agreement |
| EUP | Experimental Use Permit (For Animal Research, Obtained from EPA) |
| EURODIAB | European Concerted Action on the Epidemiology of Diabetes |
| EVP | Executive Vice President |
| EWH | Engineering World Health |
| F/U | Follow Up |
| F2F | Face to Face |
| FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act 1972 |
| FAM | Financial Assessment and Management |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FC | Financial Class (Duke Hospital) |
| FCC | Financial Care Counselor |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology |
| CIEMAS | Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences |
| FCS | Financial Counseling Status |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDA-1572 | FDA Form for Statement of Investigator |
| FDA-482 | Notice of Inspection |
| FDA-483 | Notice of Adverse Findings in an Inspection |
| FDA-SRS | Spontaneous Reporting System of the FDA |
| FDCA | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act |
| FDLI | Food and Drug Law Institute |
| FIFO | First In First Out (Financial Acronym) (Common Cash Term) |
| FMD | Facilities Management Department |
| FMD | Field Management Directives (FDA) |
| FMLA | Family Medical Leave Act |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FP | Family Practice |
| FPM | Financial Practice Manager |
| FR | Federal Register |
| FSC | Financial Status Classification |
| FSIS | Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA) |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission (primary responsibility for non-prescription advertising) |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| FYTD | Fiscal Year To Date |
| G/L | Duke General Ledger System |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GAP | General Accounting Procedures |
| GATT | General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade |
| GCC | General Computer Controls |
| GCP | Good Clinical Practices |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practice |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| GMS | Graduate Medical School |
| GPSC | Graduate & Professional Student Council |
| GRAS | Generally Recognized as Safe (Salt, Hydrogen Peroxide, etc.) |
| GRE | Generally Recognized as Effective |
| GSA | Graduate Student Affairs |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HAI | Health Action International |
| HAZCOM | Hazardous Communication (EPA) |
| HAZMAT | Hazardous Materials (EPA) |
| HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
| HCPCS | HCFA Common Procedure Coding System |
| HDM | Health Data Maintenance (3M Coding System) |
| HDS | Health Data Systems (Per-Se) |
| HEW | Health, Education and Welfare (Department of) |
| HF (A-Z) | Routing Code for Mail Delivered to HHS and FDA |
| HHS | Health and Human Services (Department of) |
| HICN | Health Insurance Claim Number |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HL7 | Health Level 7 Interface Protocol |
| HLLAPI | High-Level Language Application Programming Interface |
| HMO | Health Maintenance Organization |
| HPB | Health Protection Branch (Canada's Equivalent to the FDA) |
| HPPI | Siemens Hospital Profile |
| HPTS | High Performance Transaction System |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HRA | Health Risk Assessment |
| HRG | Health Research Group |
| HRIC | Human Resource Information Center |
| HRPP | Human Research Protection Program |
| HRRC | Human Research Review Committee |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| HS | At Hour of Sleep |
| HVP | Healthcare Vertical Portal |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IRB for Animal Use) |
| IB | Investigator's Brochure |
| IBC | Institutional BioSafety Committee |
| ICA | Insurance Counseling Assistance (Program) |
| ICC | Independent Contractor Checklist |
| ICD-10-CM | International Classification of Disease Codes, 10th Revision-Clinical Modification |
| ICD-10 | International Classification of Disease Codes, 10th Revision (replaced ICD-9, 10/1/2015) |
| ICF | Informed Consent Form |
| ICF | Intermediate Care Facility |
| ICH | International Conference on Harmonisation |
| ICTH | International Committee on Thrombosis and Haemostases |
| ID | Identification or Intradermal |
| IDB | Investigational Drug Brochure |
| IDE | Investigational Device Exemption |
| IDR | Idiosyncratic Drug Reaction |
| IDS | Investigational Drug Service |
| IEC | Independent Ethics Committee |
| IEP | Initial Enrollment Period |
| IEQ | Initial Enrollment Questionnaire |
| IER | Intermediary Expenditure Report |
| IIT | Investigator-Initiated Trial |
| IMaCS | IMaCS: Innovative Managed Care Systems, Inc. |
| INAD | Investigational New Animal Drug (FDA) |
| IND | Investigational New Drug (Application) |
| INDC | Investigational New Drug Committee (Proposed Type or Division of an IRB) |
| IPC | International Patient Center |
| IPCS | International Program for Chemical Safety |
| IPEMC | International Commission for Protection Against Mutagens and Carcinogens |
| IPRA | International Product Registration Application |
| IPRD | International Product Registration Document |
| IPRO | Independent Pharmaceutical Research Organization (Same as CRO) |
| IPRP | Interim Payment Review Program |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| IRG | Initial Review Groups |
| IS | Information systems |
| ISO | Information Security Office (Duke Entity) |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISOP | Information Security Operations Plan |
| ISPE | International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology |
| ISSC | Information Security Steering Committee |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITAC | Information Technology Advisory Council |
| ITSO | Information Technology Security Office |
| IV | Intravenous |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic (test that is performed on a body fluid sample) |
| IVDA | Intra-Venous Drug Abuse |
| IVF | In Vitro Fertilization |
| IVF/ET | In Vitro Fertilization/Embryo Transfer |
| IVP | Intravenous Pyelography |
| IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
| IVRS | Interactive Voice Response System |
| JAQ | Job Assessment Questionnaire |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| JIT | Just in Time |
| JPMA | Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association |
| JV | Journal Voucher |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KS | Kaposi's Sarcoma |
| L&OD | Learning & Organization Development |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| LD | Linked Databases |
| LE@DD | Leadership Eduction at Duke Divinity |
| LEAA | Law Enforcement Assistance Administration |
| LFL | LIVE FOR LIFE Program |
| LFT | Liver Function Tests |
| LMS | Learning Management System |
| LOA | Letter of Agreement |
| LOC | Letter of Credit |
| LOC | Level of Concern |
| LSC | Library Service Center |
| LSRC | Levine Science Research Center |
| MACC | Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Care Center |
| MCA | Medicines Control Agency (A Division of United Kingdom's Equivalent to the FDA) |
| MCEC | Medical Center Executive Committee |
| MCO | Managed Care Organization |
| MCV | Mean Corpuscular Volume |
| MD | Medicines Division (United Kingdom's Equivalent to the FDA) |
| MDC | Medicaid |
| MDE | MDeverywhere |
| MDR | Medicare |
| MDR | Medical Device Reporting |
| MECA | Medical Education Capture and Access |
| MEDB | Medicare Part B |
| MEDITCH | Medical Information Technology, Inc. |
| MEDLARS | Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System |
| MELIG | Medicaid Eligibility Lookup Program |
| MHW | Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan's Equivalent to the FDA) |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRA | Medical Research Associate |
| MRC | Multicultural Resource Center |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MRN | Medical Record Number |
| MRNO | My Research Navigators Office |
| MS | Multiple Sclorosis |
| MSP | Medicare Secondary Payer |
| MSPQ | Medicare Secondary Payer Questions |
| MSRB | Medical Sciences Research Building |
| MTA | Material(s) Transfer Agreement |
| MTD | Month-to-Date |
| MTD | Maximum Tolerated Dose |
| MUMPS | Massachusetts (General Hospital) Utility Multi-Programming System |
| MVP | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| NA | Not Available |
| NACH | National Advisory Health Council |
| NAF | Notice of Adverse Findings (Post-FDA Audit Letter) |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAI | No Action Indication (Most Favorable Post-FDA Inspection Cassification) |
| NAS-NRC | National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council |
| NCE | New Chemical Entity |
| NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics (Part of CDC) |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCS | Not Clinically Significant |
| NCTR | National Center for Toxicological Research (FDA) |
| NCV | Nerve Conduction Velocities |
| NCVIA | National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (1986) |
| ND | Not Done |
| NDA | New Drug Application |
| NDS | New Drug Study (Canada's Equivalent of NDA) |
| NDW | Novius Data Warehouse |
| NEIC | National Electronic Information Clearinghouse |
| NEMB | Notice of Exclusion for Medicare Benefits |
| NHID | National Healthcare Identifier |
| NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
| NHW | National Health and Welfare Department (Canada's Equivalent of DHHS) |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infections Disease |
| NIDA | National Institute of Drug Abuse |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NKA | No Known Allergies |
| NLEA | Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (1990) |
| NMA | Nasher Museum of Arts |
| NME | New Molecular Entity |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NOA | Notice of Admission |
| NPI | Neuropsychiatric Inventory |
| NPO | Nothing By Os (Mouth) |
| NRB | Noninstitutional Review Board |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NS | Not Clinically Significant |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSO | New Staff Orientation |
| NSOE | Nicholas School of the Environment |
| NTP | National Toxicology Program |
| NUBC | National Uniform Billing Committee |
| NUS | National University of Singapore (Duke & NUS have a joint Graduate Medical School) |
| OA | Other Adjustment |
| OAI | Official Action Indicated (Serious Post-FDA Inspection Classification) |
| OAWA | Office of Animal Welfare Assurance |
| OB-GYN | Obstetrics-Gynecology |
| OBRR | Office of Biologics Research and Review (FDA) |
| OCRC | Office of Corporate Research Collaboration (Now ORC: Office of Research Contracts) |
| OCS | Office of Communication Services |
| OCT | Office of Clinical Trials |
| ODB | Observational Database |
| ODE | Office of Drug Evaluation (in FDA's CDER) |
| OE | Open Enrollment |
| OE | Office of Enforcement (FDA) |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (International) |
| OESO | Occupational & Environmental Safety Office |
| OGD | Office of Generic Drugs (in FDA's CER, Formerly DGB) |
| OGE | Office of Government Ethics |
| OHA | Office of Health Affairs (in FDA's CDRG) |
| OHRP | Office for Human Research Protections |
| OIA | Office of Internal Audits |
| OIE | Office for Institutional Equity |
| OIT | Office of Information Technology |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| ONC | Office of News & Communications |
| OPD/SC | Office of Professional Development and Staff College (FDA Training Program) |
| OPRH | Office of Protection for Research in Humans |
| OPS | Office of Posdoctoral Services |
| ORA | Office of Research Administration (Medical Center) |
| ORA | Office of Regulatory Affairs (FDA) |
| ORO | Office of Regional Operations (FDA) |
| ORC | Office of Research Contracts |
| ORS | Office of Research Support (Campus) |
| Os | Opening |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSP | Office of Sponsored Programs |
| OTA | Office of Technology Assessment (Part of Patents and Trademarks) |
| OTC | Over-the-Counter (Nonprescription Drugs) |
| OWA | Outlook Web App |
| P-Card | Duke's Procurement Card |
| P&P | Pay and Performance |
| PA | Patient Accounting |
| PAR | Post-Approval Research (Significant for Approval of AIDS Drugs) |
| PARISS | Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences |
| PAS | Personal Assistance Service |
| PASSPORT | Eligibility System |
| PBMT | Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant |
| PCC | Poison Control Center |
| PCN | Patient Control Number |
| PCOBA | President's Council on Black Affairs |
| PCP | Primary Care Physician |
| PCP | Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia |
| PCS | Paperless Collection System |
| PD | Parkinson's Disease |
| PD | Pharmacodynamics |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDC | Private Diagnostic Clinic |
| Portable Document Format | |
| PDI | Professional Development Institute |
| PDQ | Physician's Data Query (NCI Sponsored Cancer Trial Registry) |
| PDR | Physician's Desk Reference |
| PDSS | Professional Development Seminar Series |
| PE | Physical Examination or Pulmonary Embolus |
| PEP | Performance Evaluation and Planning Form |
| PET | Positron Emission Topography |
| PFF | Preparing Future Faculty |
| PFT | Pulmonary Function Tests |
| PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
| PHI | Protected Health Information (Sometimes Referred to as Patient Health Information) |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PI | Package Insert |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| PK | Pharmacokinetics |
| PLA | Product License Application (When Seeking Commercialization of a Biologic) |
| PLB | Provider Level Adjustment on Payor Remittances |
| PMA | Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association |
| PMA | Pre-Market Approval (When Seeking Commercialization of a Device) |
| PMI | Protected Medical Information |
| PMI | Point of Maximum Impulse |
| PMS | Post-Marketing Surveillance |
| PO | By Mouth |
| POE | Physician Order Entry |
| POS | Point of Service |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment (EPA) |
| PPI | Patient Package Inserts |
| PPO | Preferred Provider Organization |
| PPO | Policy and Procedure Order |
| PPO | Preferred Provider Organization |
| PPOS | Passport OneSource Eligibility System |
| PR | Pulse Rate |
| PRIM & R | Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (Private Agency) |
| PRINS | Profile Insurance Master |
| PRM | Payor Responsibility Master File |
| PRMC | Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee |
| PRMO | Patient Revenue Management Organization |
| PRN | As Needed |
| PRQS | Duke's Employee Discount Program |
| PSA | Personal Service Agreement |
| PST | Patient Status Transfer (Invision) |
| PTO | Paid Time Off |
| PTS | Parking and Transportation Services |
| PWIM | Program for Women in Internal Medicine |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QAU | Quality Assurance Unit |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QD | Every Day |
| QID | Four Times a Day |
| QMF | Query Management Facility |
| QNS | Quantity Not Sufficient |
| QOD | Every Other Day |
| QOL | Quality of Life |
| R & D | Research and Development |
| R/3 | SAP System (real-time, 3-tier) |
| R&R | Rewards and Recognition |
| RA | Remittance Advice |
| RAA | Research Administration Academy |
| RACI | Research Administration Continuous Improvement |
| RADAR | Risk Assessment of Drugs - Analysis and Response |
| RAI | Research Administration Institute |
| RAPS | Regulatory Affairs Professional Society |
| RAS | Report Automation System |
| RCAC | Research Computing Advisory Council |
| RCC | Research Computing Center (Telcom Building) |
| RCC | Research Costing Compliance |
| RCH | Raleigh Community Hospital |
| RCR | Responsible Conduct of Research (Graduate School degree requirement) |
| RCT | Randomized Clinical Trial |
| RDE | Remote Data Entry |
| RDRC | Radioactive Drug Research Committee |
| RDSP | Research Data Security Plan |
| REG | Registration |
| REQ | Required |
| RL | Regulatory Letter (post-FDA audit letter) |
| RLHS | Resident Life and Housing Services |
| RMT | Research Management Team |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| RPM | Research Practice Manager |
| RTF | Rich Text Format |
| RTIF | Return Transaction Interface Facility |
| RUG | Resource Utilization Group |
| SAE | Serious Adverse Event |
| SAP | Duke's Payroll and Financial System |
| SBR | Site-Based Research |
| SC | Study Coordinator |
| SC or SQ | Subcutaneous |
| SCAC | Scalable Computing Advisory Committee (A Committee of the RCAC) |
| SCHED | IDX Appointment Scheduling System |
| SCHIP | State Children's Health Insurance Program |
| SD | Source Document |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SDV | Source Document Verification |
| SE | Standard Error |
| SEA | Single European Act of 1987 |
| SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (Registry of NCI) |
| SHC | Strength, Hope, and Caring Program |
| SISS | Student Information Services and Systems |
| SMDA | Safe Medical Devices Act (1990) |
| SME | Significant Medical Event |
| SMO | Site Management Organization |
| SMS | Siemens Medical Solutions |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNDA | Supplemental NDA |
| SOB | Shortness of Breath |
| SOD | Segregation of Duties |
| SOM | School of Medicine |
| SON | School of Nursing |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SORF | Surgical Oncology Research Facility |
| SOT | Solid Organ Transplant |
| SPS | Sponsored Projects System |
| SRR | Safety Reporting System |
| SSM | Skin Surface Microscopy |
| SSN | Social Security Number |
| SSPACISS | Statistical Signal Processing Applied to Cochlear Implants and Subsurface Sensing |
| STAR | Space Tracking and Reporting |
| STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering & Math |
| STT | Short Term Tests |
| SUD | Sudden Unexpected Death |
| TBOC | Trinity Board of Visitors |
| 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 |
| TID | Three Times a Day |
| TIN | Tax Identification Number |
| TIND | Treatment IND |
| TIP | Talent Identification Program |
| TK | Toxicokinetics |
| TMAD | This Month at Duke |
| TMO | Trial Management Organization |
| TOP | Transforming Our Future (DUHS initiative) |
| TOS | Type of Service |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| TSCHE | The Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education |
| TTS | Trinity Technology Services |
| UB | Uniform Bill |
| UB92 | Uniform Billing Code of 1992 |
| UC | Unapplied Cash |
| UKCCR | United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational Science and Cultural Organization |
| UNK | Unknown |
| UPGG | University Program in Genetics and Genomics |
| UPIN | Universal Physician Identification Number |
| URS | Undergraduate Research Support |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| USP | University Scholars Program |
| USP | U.S. Pharmacopeia |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
| VA | Veterans' Affairs |
| VA | United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VAI | Voluntary Action Indicated (Post-FDA Audit Inspection Classification) |
| VER | Visual Evoked Response |
| VIP | Vertical Integration Program |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VS | Vital Signs |
| W@D | Working at Duke |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WBSE | Work Breakdown Structure Elements |
| WC | Workers' Compensation |
| WCS | Work Culture Survey |
| WF | Workflow |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WiLP | Women in Leadership & Philanthropy |
| WL | Warning Letter (A letter from the FDA noting a violation of a regulated activity; demands action within 15 days) |
| WNL | Within Normal Limits |
| YTD | Year-to-Date |