healthcare
435 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| SNS | Strategic National Stockpile | |
| SOB | Short of breath | |
| SPECT | Single-photon-emission computerized tomography | |
| SSA | Social security administration | |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income | |
| START | Simple triage and rapid transport | |
| Stat. | Immediately | |
| STD | Sexually transmitted disease | |
| T&A | Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy | |
| TB | Tuberculosis | |
| Temp. | Temperature | |
| TPA | Third-party administrator or third-party administration | |
| TQI | Total quality improvement | |
| TQM | Total quality management | |
| TRHCA | Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 | |
| TSA | Transportation Security Administration | |
| UB-04 | Uniform Billing Form, modified in 2004 | |
| UB-92 | Uniform Billing Form, modified in 1992 | |
| UC | Urgi Center | |
| UCR | Usual, customary and reasonable (charges) | |
| UHL | University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory | |
| UR | Utilization review | |
| USPHS | United States Public Health Service | |
| VA | Veterans Administration | |
| VAERS | Vaccine adverse events reporting system | |
| VD | Venereal disease | |
| VDRL | Serology | |
| VFC | Vaccines for Children | |
| VHA | Voluntary Hospitals of America | |
| VMBIP | Vaccine Management Business Improvement Project | |
| WBC | White blood count | |
| WHO | World Health Organization | |
| WIC | Women and infant children program | |
| WMD | Weapon of mass destruction | |
| WMD | Weapons of mass destruction |