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| 10CCT | 10 Critical Care Tower, Myelosuppression/Stem Cell Transplant unit |
|---|---|
| 10N | 10 North, Trauma Intensive Care unit |
| 10S | 10 South, Trauma Stepdown unit |
| 11N | Hematology/Oncology unit |
| 11S | 11 South, VUMC Regional Burn Center (or Burn Unit) |
| 1-North | Post-Surgical/Medical unit at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| 2-North | Medical/Cardiac unit at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| 3R | 3 Rond Wing, Familiar Faces unit |
| 4MCE | 4 Medical East, Mother Baby Obstetrics unit |
| 4RW | 4 Round Wing, Adult Acute Medicine unit |
| 5N | 5 North, Cardiovascular Intensive Care unit |
| 5RW | 5 Round WIng, Palliative Care/Medicine |
| 5S | 5 South, Cardiovascular Progressive Care unit |
| 6CCT | 6 Critical Care Tower, Neurology/Neurosurgery Intensive Care unit |
| 6MCE | Transplant & Surgical Care unit |
| 6N | 6 North, Neurology/Epilepsy unit |
| 6RW | 6 Round Wing, Adult Acute Medicine unit |
| 6S | 6 South, Ortho/Spine |
| 7MCE | VAD & Heart Transplant unit |
| 7N | 7 North, Cardiac & Vascular Stepdown |
| 7RW | 7 Round Wing, Acute Care of the Elderly unit |
| 7S | 7 South, Medicine Observation unit |
| 7T3 | 7 Critical Care Tower, Orthopaedic/Orthopaedic Trauma unit |
| 8CCT | 8 Critical Care Tower, Medical Intensive Care Unit |
| 8MCE | 8 Medical Center East, Medicine Stepdown |
| 8N | 8 North, Adult Pulmonary Medicine Stepdown |
| 8S | 8 South, Cardiology Stepdown unit/a> |
| 9CCT | 9 Critical Care Tower, Surgical Intensive Care unit |
| 9N | 9 North, Surgical Stepdown unit/a> |
| 9S | 9 South, Surgical Specialties unit |
| AA | Administrative Assistant or Affirmative Action |
| ABHS | Assoicate Behavioral Health Specialist |
| ABN | Advanced Beneficiary Notice |
| ACE | Acute Care of the Elderly |
| ACLS | Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support |
| Acronym or Abbreviation | Translation and Link |
| Acute | Care provision that is synonymous with “inpatient” and distinct from “ambulatory” or “outpatient” |
| AD | Administrative Director |
| ADE | Adverse Drug Effect |
| ADN | Associate Degree in Nursing |
| Adoption Sessions | Facilitated sessions through which system build is reviewed and workflows agreed upon |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction |
| ADT | Admission/Discharge/Transfer |
| Adult ED | Adult Emergency Department (ED), 1st Floor VUH |
| Adult Ed Stepdown | Adult Emergency Department Stepdown Unit: C-Pod, 1st Floor VUH |
| AED | Automated External Defibrillator or Adult Emergency Department |
| AENLB | Adult Enterprise Nursing Leadership Board |
| AIDET | Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you: Used to communicate with patients. |
| ALB | Ambulatory Leadership Board |
| ALDS | Advanced Lung Disease Service |
| Ambulatory | Outpatient (Opposite of Acute) |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| ANA | Advanced Nursing Assessment Program |
| ANCC | American Nurses Credentialing Center |
| ANM | Assistant Nurse Manager |
| ANO | Associate Nursing Officer |
| AONL | American Organization for Nursing Leadership (Website) |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APRN | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse |
| APS | Acute Pain Service |
| AQSC | Ambulatory Quality and Safety Committee |
| ARB | Architecture Review Board:Reviews new applications, products, or technology to be used by the institution |
| ASAP | Epic’s emergency department information system application |
| AWS | Administrative Workstation |
| AY | Academic Year |
| BA | Basic Arrhythmia or Business Analysis |
| Barista | VUMC's Content Management System for building websites |
| BCA | Business Continuity Application (in regards to downtime BCA computer) |
| bCAM | Brief Confusion Assessment Method |
| BCMA | Bar Code Medication Administration |
| BCS | Bedside Commode |
| Beacon | Epic’s medical oncology product |
| Beaker | Epic’s laboratory application |
| BG | Blood Glucose |
| BHS | Behavioral Health Specialist- different than MHS |
| BLS | Basic Life Support |
| BMS | Bowel Management System |
| BON | Board of Nursing |
| BRM | Business Relationship Manager/Management |
| BSN | Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
| Bugsy | Epic's module for identifying and monitoring patients at risk for infection. Formerly named Infection Control. |
| C2HR | Connect to Human Resources; website with personal HR information (Website) |
| CAB | Change Advisory Board |
| CAC | Clinical Advisory Committee |
| Cadence | Epic’s enterprise scheduling product |
| CAG | Clinical Advisory Group |
| Canto | Epic’s application for access to Hyperspace on tablets; clinicians can accomplish tasks such as chart review, In Basket messaging, medication prescription orders, capture of professional charges |
| Care Everywhere | Epic’s application that provides access at the point of care to the patient's medical records from other organization |
| CATS | Credentials Application Tracking System |
| CAUTI | Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection |
| CBO | Chief Business Officer |
| CCEC | Clinical Cost-Effectiveness Committee |
| CCM | Critical Care Medicine |
| CCRN | Critical Care Registered Nurse |
| CCT | Critical Care Tower (in VUH) |
| CDACE | Clinical Documentation and Coding Excellence |
| CDIS | Clinical Data Interoperability Services |
| CDM | Clinical Data Management |
| CDP | Clinical Data Paull |
| CDS | Clinical Decision Support |
| CEG | Clinical Enterprise Group |
| CELA | Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment |
| CET | Clinician Engagement Technology (Committee) |
| CEU | Continuing Education Unit |
| CH | Contact Hours |
| CHG | Chlorhexidine Gluconate |
| CHIM | Clinical Health Information Management: Includes the Medical Records department and anything related to the patient’s chart (document indexing, medical record retention, etc.) |
| CHOC | Children's Hospital Outpatient Center |
| CIC or VCIC | Vanderbilt Clinician Informatics Committee: The provider eStar Governance Group |
| CICS | Clinical Informatics Consult Services |
| CIN | Care Information Network |
| CLABSI | Catheter Associated Blood Stream Infection |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments |
| Clinical Documentation | Also called Clin Doc. Epic application for Clinical documentation, medication administration record (MAR), inpatient flowsheets |
| CME | Continuing Medical Education |
| CMS | Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services |
| CNCT | Computerized Clinical Note Capture Tool (also called WizNotes) |
| CNE | Continuing Nursing Education |
| CNO | Chief Nursing Officer |
| CO | Clinical Orientation or Cardiac Outpatient |
| Cogito | Epic’s enterprise intelligence suite |
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
| COO | Chief Operations Officer |
| CP | Care Partner |
| CPC | Clinical Practice Committee |
| C-POD | Adult Emergency Department Stepdown Unit: C-Pod, 1st Floor VUH |
| CPOE | Care Provider Order Entry |
| CPU | Care Provider Unit |
| CRC | Clinical Research Center |
| CRE | Carbepenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| CRNA | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| CRRT | Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy |
| CSC | Clinical Staff Council or Clinical Service Center (Lab) |
| CSL | Clinical Staff Leader |
| CST | Certified Surgical Technologist |
| CT&E | Core Technology & Engineering |
| CTSA | Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award |
| Cupid | Epic’s cardiology application |
| CVAD | Central Venous Access Device |
| CVICU | Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit |
| CWS | Clinical Workstation: Used in the clinical settings, typically shared workspaces in an exam room that has more security than a typical admin computer. Can only access certain programs or sites. |
| CY | Calendar Year |
| D3300 | Highest Level Leaders/Executive Sponsors |
| D-3300 | VUMC Executive Suite |
| DAISY Award | (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Prestigious Honor given to nurses based on patient and family nominations |
| DBMI | Department of Biomedical Informatics |
| DCC | Discharge Care CenterDesignated Care Contact |
| DDC | Digestive Disease Center |
| DEU | Designated Education Unit |
| DMT | Diagnostic Management Team |
| DNAP | Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice |
| DNP | Doctor of Nursing Practice |
| Dorothy | Epic’s Home Health Application |
| DOT | Doctors Office Towers (at Monroe Carell) |
| DR | Disaster Recovery |
| DRP | Department Responsible Person |
| DRW | Data Retention Workgroup |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program or Work Life Connections |
| EBL | Eskind Biomedical Library |
| EBM | Evidence Based Medicine |
| EBNP | Evidence-Based Nursing Practice |
| EBP | Evidence-Based Practice |
| ECHO | Echocardiogram |
| ECMO | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
| ED | Emergency Department, Adult |
| ED Whiteboard | Electronic Whiteboard used in Adult Emergency Department to admit and track ED patients; sometimes referred to as EDIS. |
| ED’s | HealthIT Executive Directors (not to be confused with Emergency Department) |
| EDVWCH | Emergency Department at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| EDW | Enterprise Data Warehouse |
| EKG or ECG | electrocardiogram |
| ELR | Electronic Lab Reporting |
| EMPI | Enterprise Master Patient Index |
| EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
| EMT | Emergency Medical Technician |
| Epic | Computer-based charting system, also refered to as eStar. Physician billing and patient scheduling system for clinics. The system is used by clinics, financial counselors, financial management, accounting. |
| Epic Leap | The name for the Epic implementation project that brings together Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) history of successful innovation and Epic’s extensive expertise. Together, we are accelerating toward a unique ecosystem for clinical, operational and technology needs, which we call eStar. eStar will help VUMC continue to provide patients with world-class care. |
| EpicCare Ambulatory | Epic application for all outpatient care processes |
| EPR | Enterprise Project Review |
| ERAS | Enhanced Recovery After Surgery |
| ERG | Employee Resource Group |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning: A group of business-related software applications that work together and share information among one another — much like clinical information is shared among the various modules within VUMC’s electronic health record, eStar. |
| eStar | Epic – IT System with Epic at its center and complimented by VUMC-developed and other third-party applications. What VUMC calls the Epic System – our branded name of it |
| EUPA | End User Proficiency Assessment |
| FEP | Facility Expansion Program (aka Fac Org): New clinics/units/departments |
| FMLA | Family Medical Leave Act |
| Foreign National | An individual who is not a US Citizen but holds a green card. |
| FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Center |
| FSC | Fluoroscopy Safety Committee |
| FTEs | Full Time Employees |
| FY | Fiscal year |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GL | General Ledger |
| Grand Central | Epic application for patient movements (admission, discharge, and transfer), patient registration, EVS, Bed Planning, Transport |
| GRCC | General Regulatory Compliance Committee |
| GVCTC | Gateway-Vanderbilt Cancer Treatment Center |
| Haiku | Epic’s mobile application for use with mobile devices for chart review, In basket messaging, medication prescription orders, professional charges |
| Healthy Planet | Epic’s population health application. Used to define populations using registries, understand populations through risk stratification and benchmarking, engage populations through population outreach and high-risk care management, and track populations with patient outreach tracking and analytics. |
| HEARD | Service Recovery Acronym: Hear, Empathize, Acknowledge, Respond, Document |
| HER | Electronic Health Record |
| HFNC | High Flow Nasal Canula |
| HIE | Health Information Exchange |
| HIM | Health Information Management.; Department responsible for medical record management, coding, patient indexing, and requests for medical records. |
| HIMSS | Healthcare Information Management Systems Society |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HR | Human Resources or Holding Room/PACU unit |
| HRA | Health Risk Assessment |
| HWC | Handle with Care |
| I&O | Intake and Output |
| ICE | Intensive Care Education |
| ICEC | Informatics Center Executive Council |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
| IGC | Informatics Governance Council: Health IT, VUMC IT, and VEC Leaders + VUMC Enterprise leaders (Exec Clinical, COOs, ECNO, Finance, some Dept Chairs, etc.) |
| IMIA | International Medical Informatics Association |
| IN SYNC | All Directors across Health IT |
| Infrastructure | The systems, conduits, and networks constructed that enable computer system access, connectivity, and security. It includes mainframe and midrange computing (such as Unix, Linux, and NT platforms), distributed computing, and help desk functions. |
| IP | Inpatient |
| IPEC | Infection Prevention Executive Committee |
| IPSEC | Information Privacy & Security Executive Committee |
| IS | Incentive Spirometer |
| ISP | Independent Service Providers |
| ITK | VUMC In the Know e-Newsletter from NEPD |
| ITR | Infrastructure Technology Request |
| ITSM | IT Space Management |
| JMLA | Journal of the Medical Library Association |
| Kaleidoscope | Epic’s ophthalmology application. Kaleidoscope provides additional features for ophthalmology specialty departments, such as support for procedural-based workflows and subspecialty exam documentation |
| KM | Knowledge Management |
| Kronos | System used to record and track staff time off balances. |
| L&D | Labor & Delivery or Learning & Development |
| LH | Light Hall |
| LIS | Lab Information Systems |
| LMS | Learning Management System, also referred to as Learning Exchange (Website) |
| LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse |
| LTTC | Long Term Care Clinic |
| MA | Medical Assistant |
| MAB | Medical Arts Building |
| MBO | Mother Baby Obstetrics unit |
| MCE | Medical Center East |
| MCIT | Medical Center Information Technology (VUMC IT) |
| MCJCHV | DO NOT USE: Incorrect abbreviation for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Abbreviate as Monroe Carell |
| MCMB | Medical Center Medical Board |
| MCN | Medical Center North |
| MCNLC | Medical Center Nursing Leadership Council |
| MCSS | Medical Center Supply Services |
| MFA | Multi-factor Authentication; sometimes referred to as two-factor authentication |
| MFM | Maternal Fetal Medicine |
| MHA | Masters of Health Administration |
| MHAV (My Chart) | MyHealth at Vanderbilt: https://www.myhealthatvanderbilt.com/A web system used by Vanderbilt employees and outside users to query their Vanderbilt Hospital billing and view appointments. Now included as part of Epic. |
| MHB | Mobile Heartbeat |
| MHS | Mental Health Specialist |
| MHT | Mental Health Technician |
| MICU | Medical Intensive Care Unit |
| MLM | Multi Language Management |
| MMHC | Master of Management in Health Care |
| MOB | Medical Office Building |
| MPFS | Medicare Physician Fee Schedule |
| MR | Medical Receptionist |
| MRB | Medical Research Building |
| MRN | Medical Record Number |
| MRSA | Methicillin-Resistnat Staphylococcus Aureus |
| MSN | Master of Science in Nursing |
| MSTP | Medical Scientist Training Program |
| MUSIC | Medication Use Safety Improvement Committee |
| MyVUMC | Twice Weekly Electronic Newsletter from VUMC News and Communications |
| NA | Nurse Alerts |
| NEA-BC | Nurse Executive Advanced- Board Certified |
| NEB | Nurse Executive Board |
| NE-BC | Nurse Executive- Board Certified |
| NEC | Nursing Education Council |
| NEPD | Nursing Education & Professional Development |
| NES | Nursing Education Specialist |
| NG | Nasogastric |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIC | Neurology/Neurosurgery Intensive Care unit |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care unit |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NLB | Nursing Leadership Board |
| NLC | Nursing Leadership Council |
| NNP | Neonatal Nurse Practicioner |
| NOHO | North Primary Care @ One Hundred Oaks |
| NP | Nurse Practicioner |
| NR | Nursing Research, Nurse Resident, Nurse Residency |
| NRC | Nursing Research Committee |
| NRP | Neonatal Resuscitation Program or Nurse Residency Program (Website) |
| NSC | Nursing Staff Council |
| NSP | Nursing Strategic Plan |
| NTAB | Nursing Tuition Assistance Benefit |
| OAP | Office of Advanced Practice (Website): Office of Advanced Practice: Provides support for existing and emerging practices for advanced practice nurses and allied health professionals. |
| OG | Orogastric |
| OHC | Occupational Health Clinic |
| OHO | One Hundred Oaks |
| OLA | Office of Legal Affairs |
| One West | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital unit |
| OP | Outpatient |
| OPPS | Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
| OpTime | Epic’s operating room management application |
| OR | Operating Room |
| ORAG | Operational Readiness Advisory Group |
| Orders/Epiccare Inpatient | Epic module for Physician order entry, procedure ordering, medication ordering |
| ORMIS | Operating Room Management Information System |
| ORT | OR Technician |
| Ortho/Ortho Trauma | Ortho/Ortho Trauma, 7 Critical Care Tower (7T3) |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PAC | Pre-Appointment Coordinator or Pediatric Acute Care Unit |
| PACU | Postoperative Anesthesia Care Unit or Post-Anesthesia Care Unit or Post Anesthesia Recovery Unit |
| PAF | Personnel Action Form (used by HR and Administration) |
| PALS | Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
| PARC | Patient Access and Revenue Cycle |
| PAS | Psychiatric Assessment Services unit |
| PCA | Patient-Controlled Analgesia or Patient Care Attendant |
| PCARD | Pediatric Cardiology unit |
| P-Card | VUMC's Procurement Card Nickname |
| PCC | Patient Care Center: How we divide some of our specialties across the organization (ie VHVI is a PCC) |
| PCCN | Progressive Care Certified Nurse |
| PCICU | Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit |
| PCN | Penicillin |
| PCS | Perioperative Consult Service |
| PCT | Patient Care Technician or Patient Care Tech |
| PD | Peritoneal Dialysis |
| PEARS | Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization |
| PED | Pediatric Emergency Department |
| PEER | Paperless Environment for Electronic Review: A web portal maintained by Vanderbilt University which handles internal processing of grant related requests and contract submission and management. |
| Pegasus | The Help Desk ticketing system. |
| Performance Central | VUMC’s employee evaluation system. |
| PET | Patient Engagement & Technology |
| PFN | Patient Flow Nurse |
| PG | Product Group |
| PGC | Perioperative Governance Committee: Any perioperative request (eStar or otherwise) will be reviewed by this group for approval and prioritization |
| PHO | Pediatric Hematology & Oncology unit |
| Phoenix | Epic’s application that provides a comprehensive view of the patient’s transplant chart, focusing on the continuum of care from the initial evaluation to post-op follow-ups |
| PI | Pressure Injury |
| PICC | Peripherally inserted central catheter |
| PICS | Performance Improvement Counseling Services |
| PICU | Pediatric Intensive Care unit |
| PIP | Pressure Injury Prevention |
| PIV | peripheral intravenous catheter |
| PLT | Program Leadership Team |
| PM&I | Performance Management & Improvement |
| PMAC | Pediatric Medicine Acute Care Unit |
| PMO | Project Management Office |
| POC | Point of Care or Plan of Care |
| POCT | Point of Care Testing |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPID | Positive Patient Identification |
| PPM | Professional Practice Model |
| PRB | Preston Research Building |
| Prelude | Epic's registration application |
| PRT | Primary Restraint Technique |
| PSA | Public Service Agreement |
| PSS | Patient Service Specialist (Front Desk) |
| PSTAM | Pediatric Surgery, Trauma & Adolescent Medicine Unit |
| PT | Principal Trainer |
| PT&D | Pharmacy, Therapeutics & Diagnostics |
| PTAP | Practice Transition Accreditation Program |
| PTO | Paid Time-Off |
| PULSE | Health IT Product Group Director Meeting |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QIA | Quality Improvement Analyst |
| QSA | Quality & Safety Advisor |
| QSRP | Quality, Safety & Risk Prevention |
| Radiant | Epic’s radiology application |
| RD | Registered Dietician |
| RedCap | Research Electronic Data Capture |
| Reporting-Cogito | Epic application for analytical tools, reporting workbench, Clarity database, Crystal Reports |
| Research | Epic’s application for research and investigational studies |
| Resolute Hospital Billing | Epic’s application for billing support for hospital services such as room charge, supplies/medications used, and services received |
| Resolute Professional Billing | Epic’s application for professional charges such as a provider's time or expertise |
| RHC | Rural Health Clinic |
| RLH | (Robert) Light Hall |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| ROC | Residency Oversight Committee |
| ROI | Return on Investment orRelease of Information |
| ROSC | Return of Spontaneous Circulation |
| RQR | Regulatory Quality Reporting |
| RRT | Rapid Response Team or Registered Respiratory Therapist |
| RW | Round Wing |
| SAR | Self Audit Report |
| SBAR | Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations |
| SBHS | Senior Behavioral Health Specialist |
| SCD | Sequential Compression Device |
| SD | Stepdown |
| SG | Shared Governance |
| SICU | Surgical Intensive Care Unit |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert |
| SOC | Scope of Care |
| SOE | Sources of Evidence |
| SOHO | South Primary Care @ One Hundred Oaks |
| SON | State of Nursing, School of Nursing |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SP | Student Placement |
| SS | Surgery Scheduler |
| SSE | Serious Safety Event |
| SSS | System Support Services |
| ST | Surgical Technician |
| StarPanel | VUMC’s tool to manage panels of patients, notify providers of new information and support intra-team communications. |
| STAT | Requesting emergency medical response; also referred to as "Code Blue" |
| STEMI | ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction |
| Stork | Epic’s application for labor and delivery (L&D), breastfeeding, inpatient OB care |
| TAH | Total Artifical Heart |
| Taleo | HR system used to enter our open positions for recruiting |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
| TCRN | Trauma Certified Registered Nurse |
| TCU | Transitional Care unit |
| TEE | Transesophageal Echocardiogram |
| TEP | Technical Enterprise Peri-procedural (Group) |
| TF | Tube feed |
| THA | Tennessee Hospital Association |
| TICU | Trauma Intensive Care unit |
| TMO | Transition Management Office |
| TNCC | Trauma Nursing Core Course |
| TPN | Total Parenteral Nutrition |
| TSAM | Tiered Skills Aquisition Model |
| TVC | The Vanderbilt Clinic |
| UCB | Unconscious Bias |
| UM | Utilization Management |
| USGIV or USGPIV | Ultrasound guided peripheral IV |
| VAD | Ventricular Assist Device or Vascular Access Device |
| VAMC | Veteran’s Administration Medical Center |
| VASC | Vascular Access Safety Committee |
| VAST | Video Audio Support Tech |
| VAV | Village at Vanderbilt |
| VBCH | Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital |
| VBH | Vanderbilt Behavioral Health (Website) |
| VBM | Visual Management Board |
| VCH | INCORRECT term per Marketing for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at VanderbiltTo abbreviate, use Monroe Carell (not MC) |
| VCLIC | Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center |
| VCPA | Vanderbilt Care Partner Academy |
| VCSC | Vanderbilt Children's Surgery Center |
| VDAT | Vanderbilt Discharge and Transitions |
| VEC | Vanderbilt Enterprise Cybersecurity |
| VEI | Vanderbilt Eye Institute |
| VERA | Vanderbilt Enterprise & Reporting Analytics |
| VESNIP | Vanderbilt Experience: Student Nurse Internship Program (outdated program) |
| VHAN | Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network |
| VHBM | Vanderbilt Health Belle Meade |
| VHC | Vanderbilt Health Connect |
| VHCS | Vanderbilt Home Care Services |
| VHS | Vanderbilt Health Services |
| VHVI | Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular unit |
| VICC | Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (Website) |
| VICTR | Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translation Research |
| VIP | Vanderbilt Integrated Providers |
| VIS | Vanderbilt Imaging Services |
| VLI | Vanderbilt Lung Institute |
| VMARP | Vanderbilt Maternal Additional Recovery Program |
| VMG | Vanderbilt Medical Group (Incorrect Term: Change to Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Division |
| VML | Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories |
| VNIC | Vanderbilt Nursing Informatics Committee |
| VNIS | Vanderbilt Nursing Informatics Services |
| VOI | Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute |
| VOS | Vanderbilt Operational Services |
| VPARE (formerly VPNPP) | Vanderbilt Professional Advancement and Recognition of Excellence (VPARE) |
| VPH | Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital |
| VPH1 | a Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital unit |
| VPH2 | a Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital unit |
| VPH3 | a Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital unit |
| VPH4 | a Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital unit |
| VPLS | Vanderbilt Pathology Laboratory Services |
| VPNPP | VPNPP is now obsolete: new program is VPARE (Vanderbilt Professional Advancement & Recognition of Excellence) |
| VRE | Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus |
| VSCCS | Vanderbilt Surgery Center Cool Springs |
| VSRH | Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabiliation Hospital |
| VTHH | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital (Website) |
| VUAH | Vanderbilt Adult Hospital |
| VUAH (Incorrect Term) | Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital; Incorrect Term. VUH or Vanderbilt University Hospital is correct |
| VUH | Vanderbilt University Hospital Outdated term. Now use Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital (VUAH) |
| VUMC | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| VUPD | Vanderbilt University Police Department (Website) |
| VUSM | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
| VUSN | Vanderbilt University School of Nursing |
| VWCH | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (Website) |
| WALDO | Web Access to Labor Data |
| WIC | Walk-in Clinic |
| Willow Ambulatory | Epic Application for external Pharmacy workflows (outside of Epic), prescriptions |
| Willow Inpatient | Epic application for pharmacy, inpatient medications dispensing, interaction warnings and dosing alerts, med barcode missing or won't scan |
| Wisdom | Epic's product that provides tools and workflows for dentistry |
| WPVP | Workplace Violence Prevention |
