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Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events; Board on Health Sciences Policy; Institute of Medicine. Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2015 Apr 6.

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Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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BAcronyms

ASPR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

CASPER

Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response

CDC

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CMS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CRS

Congressional Research Service

CSTE

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Disaster-PAST

Disaster Psychosocial Assessment and Surveillance Toolkit

DOI

U.S. Department of the Interior

DR2

National Institutes of Health Disaster Research Response Project

DSHS

Department of State Health Services–Texas

EHR

electronic health record

EMS

emergency medical services

EMT

emergency medical technician

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPCR

electronic patient care report

ERHMS

Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance System

ESF

Emergency Support Function

FACA

Federal Advisory Committee Act

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDNY

Fire Department of the City of New York

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

GuLF

Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study

HHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

ICS

incident command structure

IOM

Institute of Medicine

IRB

institutional review board

NACCHO

National Association of County and City Health Officials

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NCEH

National Center for Environmental Health (CDC)

NDLON

National Day Laborer Organizing Network

NEMSIS

National EMS Information System

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NHTSA

National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

NIEHS

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIMH

National Institute of Mental Health

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)

NLM

National Library of Medicine

NPRSB

National Preparedness and Research Science Board

NSF

National Science Foundation

NYAM

New York Academy of Medicine

NYU

New York University

OHSRP

Office of Human Subjects Research Protections (NIH)

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PHERRB

Public Health Emergency Research Review Board

PREP

Program for Emergency Preparedness (USCIITG)

RAPID

Grants for Rapid Response Research program (NSF)

SSG

Strategic Sciences Group (DOI)

USCIITG

U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group

UTMB

University of Texas Medical Branch

WETP

Worker Education and Training Program (NIEHS)

WTC

World Trade Center

Copyright 2015 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Bookshelf ID: NBK285422

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