Acronyms in healthcare

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• AAHSA American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• AAMC American Association of Medical Colleges
• AAPCC adjusted average per capita cost
• AAPS American Association of Physicians and Surgeons
• ABMT autologous bone marrow transplant
• ACS American Cancer Society
• ACF administration for children and families
• ADA American Dietetic Association
• ADA American Dental Association
• ADA American Diabetes Association
• ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
• ADL activities of daily living
• ADR adverse drug reaction
• ADMIRAL Abciximab before Direct Angioplasty and Stenting in Myocardial Infarction Regarding Acute and Long-term follow-up
• AFDC aid to families with dependent children
• AFMA African Medical Association
• AHA American Hospital Association
• AHA American Heart Association
• AHCA American Health Care Association
• AHEC area health education center
• AHIP America’s Health Insurance Plans
• AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• AMANET African Malaria Network Trust
• AMGA American Medical Group Association
• ANA American Nurses Association
• AOA American Optometric Association
• AOA American Osteopathic Association
• APA Administrative Procedures Act
• APA American Psychiatric Association
• APA American Pharmaceutical Association
• APC ambulatory payment classification
• APDRG All Patient Diagnosis Related Groups
• APHA American Public Health Association
• APHA American Protestant Hospital Association
• ASA American Society of Anesthesiology
• ASC Ambulatory Surgery Center
• ASO Administrative Service Organization
• ASPV Average systolic peak velocity
• ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• AWP average wholesale price

B[edit | edit source]

• BBA Balanced Budget Act of 1997
• BBRA Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
• BCA Blue Cross Association
• BCBSA Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
• BPHC Bureau of Primary Health Care
• BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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• CAD Coronary Artery Disease
• CAH Critical Access Hospital
• CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
• CAP Community Action Program or Community Access Program
• CAT Computerized Axial Tomography
• CBO Congressional Budget Office
• CCA Cost Consequence Analysis
• CCHP Consumer Choice Health Plan
• CCU Coronary Care Unit or Critical Care Unit
• CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CERTs Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics
• CEO Campaign to End Obesity
• CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
• CHC Community Health Center
• CHMIS Community Health Management Information System
• CMA Cost Minimization Analysis
• CME Continuing Medical Education
• CMHC Community Mental Health Center
• CMP Competitive Medical Plan
• CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• CNA Certified Nursing Assistant
• COB Coordination of Benefits
• COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
• COG Council of Governments
• COI Cost of Illness Analysis
• COLA cost of living allowance
• COMPASS Community Participation for Action in the Social Sector (Nigeria)
• CON Certificate of Need
• CONQUEST Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System
• COPC Community Oriented Primary Care
• COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• COTH Council of Teaching Hospitals
• CPA Certified Public Accountant
• CPHA Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities
• CPI Consumer Price Index
• CPOE Computerized Physician Order Entry or Computerized Prescription Order Entry
• C-PORT Cardiovascular Patients Outcomes Research Team
• CPR Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• CPT-4 Current Procedural Terminology, Forth Edition
• CQuIPS Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
• CRVS California Relative Value Studies
• CT Computerized Tomographic (scanners)

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• DANAMI Danish Multicenter Randomized study on fibrinolytic therapy versus Acute Coronary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction
• DD Developmental Disability
• DDS Doctor of Dental Surgery
• DEA Drug Enforcement Agency
• DDM Doctor of Dental Medicine
• DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
• DME Durable Medical Equipment
• DMO Disease Management Organization
• DO Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
• DRG Diagnosis Related Group
• DSE Dobutamine stress echocardiography
• DSH Disproportionate Share Hospital
• DTC Direct to Consumer
• DUR Drug Utilization Review
• DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

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• EBM Evidence-Based Medicine
• ECF extended care facility
• EDI Electronic Data Interchange
• EMERALD Enhanced Myocardial Efficacy and Recovery by Aspiration of Liberated Debris
• EMS Emergency Medical Services
• EPA Exclusive Provider Arrangement
• EPA Environmental Protection Agency
• EPC Evidence-Based Practice Center
• EPSDT Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program
• ER Emergency Room
• ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• ESRD End Stage Renal Disease
• ET Expenditure Target

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• FACCT The Foundation for Accountability
• FAH Federation of American Hospitals
• FDA Food and Drug Administration
• FEHBP Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
• FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act
• FIPH Fellow International Public Health , honoris
• FMG Foreign Medical Graduate
• FNP Family Nurse Practitioner
• FPL Federal Poverty Level
• FTC Federal Trade Commission
• FTT Fibrinolysis Therapy Trialists
• FQHC Federally Qualified Health Center
• FY Fiscal Year

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• GAP Government Accountability Office
• GDP Gross Domestic Product
• GHAA Group Health Association of America
• GME Graduate Medical Education
• GOS General Ophthalmic Services
• GP General Practitioner
• GUSTO Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes

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• HCBS Home and Community Based Services
• HCFA Health Care Financing Association (Precursor to CMS)
• HCUP-QIs Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Quality Indicators
• HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
• HIFA Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability
• HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• HIPC Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative
• HMO Health Maintenance Organization
• HMSA Health Manpower Shortage Area
• HPSAs Health Professional Shortage Areas
• HRQL Health Related Quality of Life
• HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
• HSA Health Systems Agency; Health Savings Account or Health Service Area
• HTA Health Technology Assessment

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• IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
• IBNR Incurred But Not Reported
• IC Intracoronary
• ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases Version 9, Clinical Modifications
• ICDA International Classification of Diseases, Adopted
• ICF Intermediate Care Facility
• ICH Intracranial hemorrhage
• ICU Intensive Care Unit
• ICF/MR Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
• ICPC International Classification of Primary Care
• IHI Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• IMG International Medical Graduate
• IOM Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of the Sciences
• IPA Independent Practice Association
• IPHF International Public Health Forum
• ISN Integrated Services Network

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• JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
• JCAHO Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• JIPHF Journal of International Public Health Forum

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L[edit | edit source]

• LIS Low Income Subsidy
• LOS Length of Stay
• LPN Licensed Practical Nurse
• LSC Life Safety Code
• LTC Long Term Care
• LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction
• LVN Licensed Vocational Nurse
• LVRS Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

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• MA Medicare Advantage
• MAAC Maximum Allowable Actual Charge
• MAF Medical Assistance Facility
• MAP Medical Audit Program
• MAPD Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan
• MBG Myocardial blush grade
• MCE Myocardial contrast echocardiography
• MCAT Medical College Admission Test
• MCH Maternal and Child Health Program
• MCO Managed Care Organization
• MEDLARS Medical Literature and Analysis Retrieval System
• MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
• MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
• MET Multiple Employer Trust
• MEWA Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement
• MDH Medicare-dependent Hospital
• MMIS Medical Management Information System
• MMRA Metropolitan Medical Response System
• MRHFP Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
• MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• MSA Medical Savings Account or Metropolitan Statistical Area
• MUA/MUPs Medically Underserved Areas/Populations

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• NACo National Association of Counties
• NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials
• NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
• NASHP National Academy for State Health Policy
• NASMD National Association of State Medical Directors
• NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
• NEJM New England Journal of Medicine (standard PubMed abbreviation is N Engl J Med)
• NGA National Governors Association
• NGC National Guidelines Clearinghouse
• NHS National Health Service
• NHSC National Health Savings Corps
• NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• NIH National Institutes of Health
• NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
• NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
• NLM National Library of Medicine
• NMA Nigerian Medical Association
• NMF Nigerian Medical Forum
• NP Nurse Practitioner
• NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• NPS National Pharmaceutical Stockpile
• NRHA National Rural Health Association
• NRMI National Registry of Myocardial Infarction

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• OAA Old Age Assistance
• OASDHI Old Age Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance Program
• OAT Occluded artery trial
• OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
• ODS Organized Delivery System
• OMB Office of Management and Budget
• OPD Outpatient Department
• OPHP Office of Public Health Preparedness
• OSHA Occupational Health and Safety Administration

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• PA Physician Assistant
• PAHO Pan American Health Organization
• PAMI Primary angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction
• PASSION Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent versus Conventional Stent in Myocardial Infarction with ST-Segment Elevation
• PBM Pharmacy Benefits Manager
• PCCM Primary Care Case Management
• PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention
• PCP Primary Care Physician
• PCT NHS Primary Care Trust
• PDI Professional Development Institute
• PDP Prescription Drug Plan
• PDQS Partnership Defined Quality of Service *
• PHO Physician-Hospital Organization
• PHS Public Health Service
• PIAPHP Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
• PMPM Per Member Per Month
• PPA Preferred Provider Arrangement
• PPCI Primary percutaneous coronary intervention
• PPO Preferred Provider Organization
• PPS Prospective Payment System
• PRAGUE PRimary Angioplasty in patients transferred from General community hospitals to specialized PTCA Units with or without Emergency fibrinolysis
• PSN Provider Sponsored Network
• PSO Provider Sponsored Organization
• PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Q[edit | edit source]

• QALY Quality Adjusted Life Year
• QAPI Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program
• QARI Quality Assurance Reform Initiative
• QIO Quality Improvement Organization
• QISMC Quality Improvement System for Managed Care
• QuIC Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force

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• RAN Rural Area Computer Network
• RAPPORT Reopro And Primary PTCA Organization and Randomized Trial
• RBRVS Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
• RCT Randomized Clinical Trial or Randomized Controlled Trial
• RFE Reason for encounter
• RHC Rural Health Clinic
• RIKS-HIA Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive care Admissions
• RRC Rural Referral Centers
• RUG Resource Utilization Groups
• RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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• SAMSHA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• SCH Sole Community Hospitals
• SCHIP State Children’s Health Insurance Program
• SDMC Statistical and Data Management Center
• SESAMI Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Versus Bare-Metal Stent in Acute Myocardial Infarction
• SFDA State Food and Drug Administration
• SHEA State Health Expenditure Account
• SK Streptokinase
• SNF Skilled Nursing Facility
• SSI Supplemental Security Income
• SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
• STRATEGY Single High Dose Bolus Tirofiban and Sirolimus Eluting Stent vs. Abciximab and Bare Metal Stent in Myocardial Infarction study
• STEMI ST elevation myocardial infarction
• STOP-AMI Stent versus Fibrinolysis for Occluded coronary arteries in patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

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• TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
• TAPAS Thrombus Aspiration in Percutaneous coronary intervention following Acute myocardial infarction Study.
• TFG TIMI flow grade
• TIMI Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction
• TMPG TIMI myocardial perfusion grade
• TPA Third Party Administrator
• TPA Tissue plasminogen activator
• TUBE Totally Unnecessary Breast Examination
• TVR Target vessel revascularization

U[edit | edit source]

• UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
• USAID United States Agency for International Development
• USP U.S. Pharmacopeia

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• VIRHN Vertically Integrated Rural Health Network

W[edit | edit source]

• WHO World Health Organization
• WRAIR Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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