Acronyms
PA-SIIS Stands for:
Pennsylvania Statewide Immunization Information System
What is the BCHS?
Bureau of Community Health Systems
The United States' federal health protection organization and a major operating component of the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC
The company which manufactures a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine.
Johnson & Johnson
The practice of keeping people exposed to an infectious disease away from other healthy people to stop its accidental spread.
Quarantine
What does HRSA stand for?
Health Resources and Services Administration
What is PEMA?
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
What does ERAP stand for?
Emergency Rental Assistance Program
The person or persons legally responsible for a minor under the age of 18.
Parent or Guardian
Two companies manufacturing two-dose COVID-19 vaccines.
Moderna and Pfizer
Separating sick people from healthy people to prevent spreading illness
Isolation
What is the HHS?
U.S Department of Health and Human Services
What is a LTCF?
Long Term Care Facility
FQHC stands for what?
Federal Qualified Health Center
This team member calls Close Contacts who have been exposed to a COVID-19 in order to prevent accidental transmission and provides the official quarantine order, educational guidance, and resources as needed.
Outbound Contact Tracer (OB-CT)
A secure, online database that facilitates electronic transferral of public health surveillance data from the healthcare system (labs) to public health departments.
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System or NEDSS
An online service Close Contacts utilize for self-monitoring and reporting symptoms.
Sara Alert
What is the CMHD?
County Municiple Health Department
What is a HCP?
Health Care Professional
What is an MCO?
Managed Care Organization
This team member answers incoming COVID-19 calls from 1-877-PA-HEALTH line (opt. 1).
Inbound Contact Tracer (IB-CT)
People are considered _____ _____ 2 weeks after their second dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine or 2 weeks after a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine.
Fully vaccinated
A Bluetooth-based smartphone app that Pennsylvanians can use to send notifications of potential exposures in order to protect each other as we slow the spread of COVID-19.
COVID Alert PA app or Mobile app
What does OOJ stand for?
Out of Jurisdiction
What is a PCP?
Primary Care Physician
Personally Identifiable Information re: the past, present, or future health status of an individual that is created, collected, transmitted, or maintained in any form of media (i.e., paper, electronic, etc.) by a HIPAA-covered entity.
Protected Health Information or PHI
This team member contacts high-risk Cases listed in NEDSS, reviews their symptoms, the Case’s health status, and provides Isolation orders.
Case Investigator or CI
Secure, cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software and the online system used to build CTMS.
Salesforce
A digital questionnaire used to complete a Case Investigation for non-high-risk Cases.
The Connect and Protect form
What is CMS?
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
PA-HAN stands for?
Pennsylvania Health Alert Network
What does DRA stand for?
District Resource Account
This team member calls Positive Cases—who are NOT high-risk cases—to provide Isolation guidance and sends the Connect & Protect form to those Cases to complete Case Investigation and to gather Close Contacts.
CIQ, Case Investigation Questionnaire (CIQ) team member
A type of COVID-19 test that is the dominant way global healthcare systems are testing for COVID-19, mostly conducted via a long nasal swab.
PCR test (Polymerase Chain Reaction test)
The spread of an illness within a particular location— like a neighborhood or town—where there is no clear source of contact or infection.
Community spread
What does OCDEL stand for?
Office of Child Development and Early Learning