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The following is a partial list of '''acronyms commonly used in health care'''.  The terms listed are used within the [[health care]] systems of [[:Category:Healthcare by country|various countries]].
The following is a partial list of '''acronyms commonly used in health care'''.  The terms listed are used within the [[health care]] systems of [[:Category:Healthcare by country|various countries]].
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== D ==
== D ==
*'''DD '''Developmental Disability
*'''DANAMI''' Danish Multicenter Randomized study on fibrinolytic therapy versus Acute Coronary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction
*'''DDS '''Doctor of Dental Surgery
*'''DD''' Developmental Disability
*'''DEA '''Drug Enforcement Agency
*'''DDS ''' Doctor of Dental Surgery
*'''DDM '''Doctor of Dental Medicine
*'''DEA''' Drug Enforcement Agency
*'''DHHS '''Department of Health and Human Services
*'''DDM''' Doctor of Dental Medicine
*'''DME '''Durable Medical Equipment
*'''DHHS''' Department of Health and Human Services
*'''DMO '''Disease Management Organization
*'''DME''' Durable Medical Equipment
*'''DO '''Doctor of [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|Osteopathic Medicine]]
*'''DMO''' Disease Management Organization
*'''DRG '''Diagnosis Related Group
*'''DO''' Doctor of [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|Osteopathic Medicine]]
*'''DRG''' Diagnosis Related Group
*'''DSE''' Dobutamine stress echocardiography
*'''DSH '''Disproportionate Share Hospital
*'''DSH '''Disproportionate Share Hospital
*'''DTC '''Direct to Consumer
*'''DTC''' Direct to Consumer
*'''DUR '''Drug Utilization Review
*'''DUR''' Drug Utilization Review
*'''DVM '''Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
*'''DVM''' Doctor of Veterinary Medicine


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


== F ==
== F ==
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*'''FPL '''Federal Poverty Level
*'''FPL '''Federal Poverty Level
*'''FTC '''[[Federal Trade Commission]]
*'''FTC '''[[Federal Trade Commission]]
*'''FTT''' Fibrinolysis Therapy Trialists
*'''FQHC '''Federally Qualified Health Center
*'''FQHC '''Federally Qualified Health Center
*'''FY '''[[Fiscal Year]]
*'''FY '''[[Fiscal Year]]
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*'''GOS''' General Ophthalmic Services
*'''GOS''' General Ophthalmic Services
*'''GP''' [[General Practitioner]]
*'''GP''' [[General Practitioner]]
*'''GUSTO''' Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes


== H ==
== H ==
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*'''IADL '''Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
*'''IADL '''Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
*'''IBNR '''Incurred But Not Reported
*'''IBNR '''Incurred But Not Reported
*'''IC''' Intracoronary
*'''ICD-9-CM''' International Classification of Diseases Version 9, Clinical Modifications
*'''ICD-9-CM''' International Classification of Diseases Version 9, Clinical Modifications
*'''ICDA '''International Classification of Diseases, Adopted
*'''ICDA '''International Classification of Diseases, Adopted
*'''ICF '''Intermediate Care Facility
*'''ICF '''Intermediate Care Facility
*'''ICH''' Intracranial hemorrhage
*'''ICU '''Intensive Care Unit
*'''ICU '''Intensive Care Unit
*'''ICF/MR''' Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
*'''ICF/MR''' Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
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*'''LSC '''Life Safety Code
*'''LSC '''Life Safety Code
*'''LTC '''Long Term Care
*'''LTC '''Long Term Care
*'''LVEF''' Left ventricular ejection fraction
*'''LVN '''Licensed Vocational Nurse
*'''LVN '''Licensed Vocational Nurse
*'''LVRS '''Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
*'''LVRS '''Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
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*'''MAP '''Medical Audit Program
*'''MAP '''Medical Audit Program
*'''MAPD '''Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan
*'''MAPD '''Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan
*'''MBG''' Myocardial blush grade
*'''MCE''' Myocardial contrast echocardiography
*'''MCAT '''Medical College Admission Test
*'''MCAT '''Medical College Admission Test
*'''MCH '''Maternal and Child Health Program
*'''MCH '''Maternal and Child Health Program
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*'''NPS''' National Pharmaceutical Stockpile
*'''NPS''' National Pharmaceutical Stockpile
*'''NRHA''' National Rural Health Association
*'''NRHA''' National Rural Health Association
*'''NRMI''' National Registry of Myocardial Infarction


== O ==
== O ==
*'''OAA '''Old Age Assistance
*'''OAA '''Old Age Assistance
*'''OASDHI '''Old Age Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance Program
*'''OASDHI '''Old Age Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance Program
*'''OAT''' Occluded artery trial
*'''OBRA '''Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
*'''OBRA '''Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
*'''ODS '''Organized Delivery System
*'''ODS '''Organized Delivery System
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*'''PA''' Physician Assistant
*'''PA''' Physician Assistant
*'''PAHO''' Pan American Health Organization
*'''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
*'''PBM''' Pharmacy Benefits Manager
*'''PCCM''' Primary Care Case Management
*'''PCCM''' Primary Care Case Management
*'''PCI''' Percutaneous coronary intervention
*'''PCP''' Primary Care Physician
*'''PCP''' Primary Care Physician
*'''PCT''' [[NHS Primary Care Trust]]
*'''PCT''' [[NHS Primary Care Trust]]
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*'''PMPM''' Per Member Per Month
*'''PMPM''' Per Member Per Month
*'''PPA''' Preferred Provider Arrangement
*'''PPA''' Preferred Provider Arrangement
*'''PPCI''' Primary percutaneous coronary intervention
*'''PPO''' [[Preferred provider organization|Preferred Provider Organization]]
*'''PPO''' [[Preferred provider organization|Preferred Provider Organization]]
*'''PPS''' Prospective Payment System
*'''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
*'''PSN''' Provider Sponsored Network
*'''PSO''' Provider Sponsored Organization
*'''PSO''' Provider Sponsored Organization
*'''PTCA''' Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty


== Q ==
== Q ==
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== R ==
== R ==
*'''RAN '''Rural Area Computer Network
*'''RAN '''Rural Area Computer Network
*'''RAPPORT'''  Reopro And Primary PTCA Organization and Randomized Trial
*'''RBRVS '''Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
*'''RBRVS '''Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
*'''RCT '''Randomized Clinical Trial or Randomized Controlled Trial
*'''RCT '''Randomized Clinical Trial or Randomized Controlled Trial
*'''RFE '''Reason for encounter  
*'''RFE '''Reason for encounter  
*'''RHC '''Rural Health Clinic
*'''RHC '''Rural Health Clinic
*'''RIKS-HIA''' Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive care Admissions
*'''RRC '''Rural Referral Centers
*'''RRC '''Rural Referral Centers
*'''RUG '''Resource Utilization Groups
*'''RUG '''Resource Utilization Groups
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*'''SCHIP '''State Children’s Health Insurance Program
*'''SCHIP '''State Children’s Health Insurance Program
*'''SDMC '''Statistical and Data Management Center
*'''SDMC '''Statistical and Data Management Center
*'''SESAMI''' Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Versus Bare-Metal Stent in Acute Myocardial Infarction
*'''SFDA''' [[State Food and Drug Administration]]
*'''SFDA''' [[State Food and Drug Administration]]
*'''SHEA '''State Health Expenditure Account
*'''SHEA '''State Health Expenditure Account
*'''SK''' Streptokinase
*'''SNF '''Skilled Nursing Facility
*'''SNF '''Skilled Nursing Facility
*'''SSI '''Supplemental Security Income
*'''SSI '''Supplemental Security Income
*'''SSRI '''Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
*'''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


== T ==
== T ==
*'''TANF''' Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
*'''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
*'''TUBE''' Totally Unnecessary Breast Examination
*'''TPA '''Third Party Administrator
*'''TVR''' Target vessel revascularization


== U ==
== U ==

Latest revision as of 20:38, 8 August 2012


The following is a partial list of acronyms commonly used in health care. The terms listed are used within the health care systems of various countries.

A list of medical abbreviations is also available.

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A

B

C

  • 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)

D

  • 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

E

  • 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

F

G

H

  • 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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I

  • 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

J

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

K

L

  • 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

M

  • 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

N

  • 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

O

  • 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

P

  • 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

  • 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

R

  • 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

S

  • 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

T

  • 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

V

  • VIRHN Vertically Integrated Rural Health Network

W

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Y

Z

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