| CHC | chromosome condensation; community health center; community health computing; community health counc... |
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| PRO | peer review organization; physician review organization; Professional Review Organization; pronation... |
| CCRC | comprehensive care retirement community; continuing care retirement community |
| CHN | carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen; child neurology; Chinese [hamster]; community health network; commun... |
| CHPA | community health planning agency; community health purchasing alliance |
| CBO | community based organization |
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| ELSO | Extracorporeal Life Support Organization |
| HMO | Health Maintenance Organization |
| MCO | Managed Care Organization |
| OPO | Organ Procurement Organization |
| pan american health organization | <organisation> WHO regional office for the americas acting as a coordinating agency for the improvement of health conditions in the hemisphere. The four main functions are: control or eradication of communicable diseases, strengthening of national and local health services, education and training, and research. (21 Jun 2000) |
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| world health organization | A specialised agency of the united nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples. (12 Dec 1998) |
| preferred provider organization | A health care delivery model which uses a panel of eligible physicians. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregenital organization | In psychoanalysis, the organization or arrangement of the libido in the stages prior to that of genital primacy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health maintenance organization | A comprehensive prepaid system of health care with emphasis on the prevention and early detection of disease, and continuity of care.HMOs may be nonprofit or profit-making ventures, and along with PPOs and managed care plans have come to define the U.S. Health care scene. HMOs generally offer a package of services; however, the choice of physician is frequently limited to those working within the HMO. (05 Mar 2000) |
| International Labour Organization Classification | ILO 1980 International Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses; a system for qualitative and semiquantitative description of the chest radiographic findings caused by pneumoconiosis, designed for epidemiologic studies; supersedes classifications of 1950, 1958, 1968, and 1971. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organization | 1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." 2. The state of being organised; also, the relations included in such a state or condition. "What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means?" (Coleridge) 3. That wich is organised; an organised existence; an organism; specif. <biology> An arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life. "The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization." (McKendrick) Origin: Cf. F. Organisation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| organization and administration | The planning and managing of programs, services, and resources. (12 Dec 1998) |
| biotic community | <biology, zoology> An aggregation of different species of organisms living and interacting within the same habitat. A group of fossil species which are often found together in the same sites. (19 Jan 1998) |
| community | <biology> An association of living organisms having mutual relationships among themselves and to their environment and thus functioning, at least to some degree, as an ecological unit. (05 Jan 1998) |
| community-acquired infections | Any infection acquired in the community, that is, contrasted with those acquired in a health care facility (cross infection). An infection would be classified as community-acquired if the patient had not recently been in a health care facility or been in contact with someone who had been recently in a health care facility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community dentistry | The practice of dentistry concerned with preventive as well as diagnostic and treatment programs in a circumscribed population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community health aides | Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community health centres | Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community health nurse | A nurse who provides care to individuals or groups in a community outside of institutions. Usually works through the auspices of a state or city health department. Synonym: community health nurse, community nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
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