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
IHC
Intermountain Health Care
IHS
Indian Health Service
IOM
Institute of Medicine
IRBs
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
PKI
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
WIRB
Western Institutional Review Board
