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Orientation: DOF to English Dictionary

Angela Purinton, Program Coordinator
3319 West End Ave., Suite 700
(615) 322-3540
 
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2525: 2525 West End Avenue, where you can find HR Express on the 2nd Floor.

3319: 3319 West End Avenue, the Crystal Terrace building.

3401: 3401 West End Avenue, across Orleans from Crystal Terrace and home to the Informatics Dept.

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A&RE: Academic and Research Enterprise.

AIDET: The process which includes the five fundamentals of service & communication: Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, and Thank. For more information regarding AIDET visit the elevate website.


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BO: Business Objects.

BudgetPro: Vanderbilt School of Medicine's online budgeting system. 

Business Objects: Business Objects (BO) is an integerated query, reporting and analysis tool that allows you to access data in VU's corporate databases.

BW: The Bill Wilkerson Center.

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CDS: Conflict Disclosure System. A web-based system where staff annually submits their Conflict of Interest Disclosure.

Center Number (Low Level Center Number): A ten digit number used to accumulate financial data for the University by individual departments or purpose within specific areas. For more information regarding center numbers click here http://www.vanderbilt.edu/accounting/FISunderstCenters.htm

COEUS: A grant pre-award system.

COI: Conflict of Interest.

Connect2HR (C2hr): Self Service direct connection to personal human rsources information such as benefits, leave balances and more. See hr.vanderbilt.edu.

Credo Behaviors: See the elevate website.

CRIS: Comprehensive Rate Information System. Software for the Indirect Cost Proposal (F&A Rate).

CT: Crystal Terrace Building at 3319 West End Avenue.

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D Term: Type of telephone used by most Vanderbilt staff.

DMS: Departmental Management System. An internal commitment accounting system.

DOF: Department of Finance, Medical Center.

DOT: Doctor's Office Tower.

DSS: Department Services Support.

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eBiz: Website where staff can access information from Vanderbilts core administrative information systems. eBiz

eBudget: VU's on-line budgeting system.

eDog: Electronic Distribution of the General ledger. Provides on-line acces to general ledger reports and data.

elevate: Term attached to Vanderbilt Medical Center's initiative to becoming one of the best academic medical centers.

EAP: Employee Assistance Program.

EDC: Electronic Distribution Change (see ePac).

ePac: Electronic Personnel Action Change system.

ePassword: The Password used in conjunction with your VUNetID to access almost all Vanderbilt computer systems.

Epic: Physician billing, appointment and registration system.

eProcurement: On-line requisition and ordering system.

EWF: The Enterprise Wide Functions area within the Department of Finance. This area includes Medical Center Demand Checks, Consolidated Medical Center Financial Reporting, Vanderbilt Health Services, Medical Center Administration & Auxiliaries, as well as Medical Payroll. 

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FM:
Finance's space inventory system.

FSA: Flexible Spending Account (formerly Personal Spending Account - PSA)
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GCM:
Grants & Contracts Management.

GL: General Ledger.

GVCTC:
Gateway-Vanderbilt Cancer Treatment Center.


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HRA: Health Reimbursement Account (formerly Flexible Reimbursement Account - FRA)

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IRB: Institutional Review Board

ITS: Information Technology Services. Responsible for VU's information structure and offers services relating to voice, data and video.

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JEID: Journal Entry Identifier, for more information click here:  http://www.vanderbilt.edu/accounting/FISjeIDnumberChrt.htm

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Kronos: Vanderbilt Medical Center's electronic time and attendance system for non-exempt staff (hourly).
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LC: Learning Center.

LDI: Leadership Development Institute. See the elevate website.

LDR: Labor Distribution Reports available through the Waldo application.

LH: Light Hall 
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MAB: Medical Atrs Building.

M&D: McCormick & Dodge, Vanderbilt's general ledger system.

MCE: Medical Center East.

MCJCHV: Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital.

MCN: Medical Center North.

MCO: Medical Center Other.

Medipac: Hospital patient and inpatient hospital stay registration system.

MOD: Major Operating Division.

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NCOA: Narrative Chart of Accounts.

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OAM: Other Auxiliary Medical

OFA: Office of Financial Affairs, University Central

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PA: Patient Accounting.

PAF: Personnel Action Form.

PayFlex: Vendor who handles Vanderbilt's FSA and HRA accounts.  

PCC: Patient Care Center

PeopleSoft: Human Resources personnel information system.

PI: Primary Investigator

Pillars: Five Pillars of Excellence: People, Service, Quality,Growth & Finance. See the elevate website.

PMF: Position Management Form

PRB: Preston Research Building

PRC: Professional Research Consultants

Privilege Management (PM): System used to grant access to many of the applications used throughout the Financial, Procurement, and Human Resources area. In addition, it can be used to view privileges for these applications or look up other people's privileges to answer questions like, "who can sign this form?" 

Pull Sheet:Term used for monthly departmental general ledger reports which can be generated from eDog (electronic Distribution of the General Ledger)

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RDC:Retroactive Distribution Change (see ePac)

Round Wing: Landmark wing in Medical Center North.

Rounding: See elevate website.

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Shuttle Route/Purple Route:
Route for the Vanderbilt Shuttle service that takes staff from Crystal Terrace to other Medical Center locations.

SOM: School of Medicine.

SON: School of Nursing.

Star: Security Tool for Assigning Roles. Replaced by Privilege Management.

StarChart: A distributed system for viewing complete VUMC patient records.

StarPanel: Web-based application that allows access to electronic clinical information for multiple patients.

Sumto: A summary center (Sumto) is used to accumulate information of low-level centers at various levels within the system for reporting purposes. Each summary center is identified with a six position alphanumeric name. The three most common types of summary centers are for departments, divisions, and type of fund.


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TVC:
The Vanderbilt Clinic


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UCHS:
University Community Health Services.


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V at V:
Village at Vanderbilt.

VASAP: Vanderbilt's Asthma/Sinus/Allergy Program.

VCH: Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.

VHS: Vanderbilt Health Services.

VHVI: Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute.

VICC: Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center.

VIP: Vanderbilt Integrated Providers.

VIRG: Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group which has an endowment tool often used for endowment reports.

VIS: Vanderbilt Imaging Services.

VMC: Vanderbilt Medical Center.

VMG: Vanderbilt Medical Group (Physician's Group).

VMGBO: Vanderbilt Medical Group Business Office.

VPES: Vanderbilt Performance Evaluation System.

VPH: Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt.

VTS: Vanderbilt Temporary Systems.

VU: Vanderbilt University.

VUH: Vanderbilt University Hospital.

VUMC: Vanderbilt Univeristy Medical Center.

VUNetID: Your login credentials (along with your epassword) for most systems at Vanderbilt.

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WALDO: Web Application of Labor Distribution On-line.

WCD: Williamson County Division.

WFC: Kronos Workforce Central. 

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