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Abbreviations/Acronyms

Ochsner Journal March 2014, 14 (Spec AIAMC Iss) 3;
AAMC
Association of American Medical Colleges
ABPMR
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ACGME
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACOG
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
APD
Assistant program director
APE
Annual program evaluation
CEO
Chief executive officer
CGCAHPS
Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CLER
Clinical Learning Environment Review
CME
Continuing medical education
CMO
Chief medical officer
CMS
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DIO
Designated institutional official
EBM
Evidence-based medicine
EHR
Electronic health record
EMR
Electronic medical record
ENT
Ear, nose, and throat
GME
Graduate medical education
GMEC
Graduate Medical Education Committee
IHI
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IRB
Institutional review board
M&M
Morbidity and mortality
MO
Medical officer
MOC
Maintenance of certification
MS3, MS4
Medical student in third year/fourth year, respectively
NAS
Next Accreditation System
NCQA
National Committee for Quality Assurance
NI III
National Initiative III
OB
Obstetrics
PBLI
Practice-based learning and improvement
PD
Program director
PDSA
Plan, Do, Study, Act
PGY
Postgraduate year
PI
Performance improvement / Process improvement
PIS
Process improvement science
PS
Patient safety
Q&S
Quality and safety
QI
Quality improvement
QIKAT
Quality improvement knowledge application tool
ROI
Return on investment
RQC
Resident quality council
RRT
Rapid response team
S-T-I-R
Summary, To Do, If-Then, Readback/Feedback
TJC
The Joint Commission
UME
Undergraduate medical education
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