| HDS | Hamilton Depression Scale; Health Data Services; health delivery system; Healthcare Data Systems; he... |
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| HEDIS | Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set; health employer data and information set |
| HII | Health Industries Institute; Health Insurance Institute; hemagglutination inhibitor immunoassay |
| HIP | health illness profile; health insurance plan or program; homograft incus prosthesis; hospital insur... |
| HIPC | health insurance purchasing collective; health insurance purchasing cooperative |
| flight into health | In dynamic psychotherapy, the early but often only temporary disappearance of the symptoms that ostensibly brought the patient into therapy; a defense against the anxiety engendered by the prospect of further psychoanalytic exploration of the patient's conflicts. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| forest health | A condition of ecosystem sustainability and attainment of management objectives for a given forest area. Usually considered to include green trees, snags, resilient stands growing at a moderate rate, and endemic levels of insects and disease. Natural processes still function or are duplicated through management intervention. (05 Dec 1998) |