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Ochsner Journal March 2016, 16 (Spec AIAMC Iss) 7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1043/1524-5012-16.0.7
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ACGME
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACLS
Advanced cardiac life support
AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AIAMC
Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers
CEO
Chief executive officer
CHF
Congestive heart failure
CLER
Clinical Learning Environment Review
CME
Continuing medical education
COO
Chief operating officer
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DIO
Designated institutional official
DNR
Do not resuscitate
ED
Emergency department
EHR
Electronic health record
EMR
Electronic medical record
ENT
Ear, nose, and throat
GME
Graduate medical education
GMEC
Graduate Medical Education Committee
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
ICU
Intensive care unit
IHI
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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
MPH
Master of public health
NI
National Initiative
Ob/Gyn
Obstetrics/Gynecology
PDSA
Plan, Do, Study, Act
PGY
Postgraduate year
RRC
Residency Review Committee
WHO
World Health Organization
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