The ABCs of UCLA

Do you ever feel like you are swimming in a sea of alphabet soup? There's an ocean of acronyms out there — FDIC, ADA, NASDAQ, HIPAA, AARP, ADHD and the like. And UCLA Health System has it's own particular alphabet shorthand. (UCLA is itself an acronym). Recognizing that it's not always practical to write out the full name of our facilities, we offer this guide to acceptable acronyms to use (on second reference) in internal correspondence.