ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS ACGME – Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ENT – Ear, nose, and throat GME – Graduate medical education
ACLS – Advanced cardiac life support GMEC – Graduate Medical Education Committee AHRQ – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AIAMC – Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ICU – Intensive care unit
CEO – Chief executive officer IHI – Institute for Healthcare Improvement CHF – Congestive heart failure
CME – Continuing medical education
I-PASS – A mnemonic that provides a framework for the patient handoff process: Illness severity, Patient summary, Action list, Situation awareness and contingency planning, Synthesis by receiver
COO – Chief operating officer
MPH – Master of public health
COPD – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
NI – National Initiative
DIO – Designated institutional official
Ob/Gyn – Obstetrics/Gynecology
DNR – Do not resuscitate
PDSA – Plan, Do, Study, Act
ED – Emergency department
PGY – Postgraduate year
EHR – Electronic health record
RRC – Residency Review Committee
EMR – Electronic medical record
WHO – World Health Organization
CLER – Clinical Learning Environment Review
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ENT – Ear, nose, and throat GME – Graduate medical education
ACLS – Advanced cardiac life support GMEC – Graduate Medical Education Committee AHRQ – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AIAMC – Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ICU – Intensive care unit
CEO – Chief executive officer IHI – Institute for Healthcare Improvement CHF – Congestive heart failure
CME – Continuing medical education
I-PASS – A mnemonic that provides a framework for the patient handoff process: Illness severity, Patient summary, Action list, Situation awareness and contingency planning, Synthesis by receiver
COO – Chief operating officer
MPH – Master of public health
COPD – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
NI – National Initiative
DIO – Designated institutional official
Ob/Gyn – Obstetrics/Gynecology
DNR – Do not resuscitate
PDSA – Plan, Do, Study, Act
ED – Emergency department
PGY – Postgraduate year
EHR – Electronic health record
RRC – Residency Review Committee
EMR – Electronic medical record
WHO – World Health Organization
CLER – Clinical Learning Environment Review
AIAMC NI IV Proceedings 2016
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