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1 ACRONYMS 101 AAFP ACA ADC ACHE ACO ACS ADE AHA AHC AHIMA AHQA AHRQ ALOS ALS AMA AMC AMI AMIA ARRA ASC ATLS BBA BBRA BCHS BFCC BHP BHRD BIA BIPA BLS BPHC BSC CAH American Academy of Family Physicians Affordable Care Act or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Average Daily Census American College of Healthcare Executives Accountable Care Organization American College of Surgeons Adverse Drug Event American Hospital Association Academic Health Center American Health Information Management Association American Health Quality Association Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Average Length of Stay Advanced Life Support American Medical Association Academic Medical Center Acute Myocardial Infarction American Medical Informatics Association American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Ambulatory Surgical Centers Advanced Trauma Life Support Balanced Budget Act Balanced Budget Refinement Act Bureau of Community Health Services Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Bureau of Health Professions Bureau of Health Resources Development Bureau of Indian Affairs Benefits Improvement Protection Act Bureau of Labor Statistics or Basic Life Support Bureau of Primary Health Care Balanced Scorecard Critical Access Hospital NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER 61

2 CAHFIR CALS CAP CART CAUTI CBSA CCHIT CCO CDC CDE CDI CDS CEO CEU CFO CFR CHC CHNA CIT CLABSI CME CMHC CMO CMS CON CoP COPD CP CPOE CPT CQI DHHS DPU DON DOQ-IT Critical Access Hospital Financial Indicator Report (FIR) Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Community Access Program Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Abstraction and Reporting Tool Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Core Based Statistical Area Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology Coordinated Care Organization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Data Exchange Clostridium difficile Infection Clinical Decision Support Chief Executive Officer Continuing Education Unit Chief Financial Officer Code of Federal Regulations Community Health Center Community Health Needs Assessment Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Continuing Medical Education Community Mental Health Center Chief Medical Officer Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Certificate of Need Conditions of Participation Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Community Paramedic Computerized Provider Order Entry Current Procedural Terminology Continuous Quality Improvement Department of Health and Human Services (or HHS) Distinct Part Unit Director of Nursing Doctor s Office Quality Information Technology NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER 62

3 DRG DSH DUNS EACH ED EDTC ehi EHB EHR EMR EMS FCC FCHIP FEMA FESC FFS FFR FHSR FI FIR FMT FOA FORHP FQHC FTE FY GAO GPRA HAC HAI HCAHPS HCFA HCP HEN HHS HIE HIMSS Diagnosis Related Group Disproportionate Share Hospital Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System Essential Access Community Hospital Emergency Department Emergency Department Transfer Communication e-health Initiative Electronic Handbook Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record Emergency Medical Services Federal Communications Commission Frontier Community Health Integration Project Federal Emergency Management Association Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Fee for Service Federal Financial Report Foundation for Health Services Research Fiscal Intermediary Financial Indicators Report (CAHFIR) Flex Monitoring Team Funding Opportunity Announcement Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Federally Qualified Health Center Full-Time Equivalent Fiscal Year Government Accountability Office Government Performance and Results Act Hospital Acquired Condition Health Care-Associated Infection Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Health Care Finance Administration (presently known as CMS) Health Care Personnel Hospital Engagement Network Department of Health and Human Services (or DHHS) Health Information Exchange Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER 63

4 HIPAA HISPC HIT HITECH HITREC HITSP HPSA HRSA HSA HUD IBH ICT ICD-10 ICU IHI IHS IOM IPPS IQR JCAHO JCREC LOS LTC MBQIP MAF MedPAC MIH MIPAA MMA MOA MOU MPI MRSA MSA Health Information Portability and Accountability Act Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration Health Information Technology Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center Health Information Technology Standards Panel Health Professional Shortage Area Health Resources and Services Administration Health Savings Account; or Health Systems Agency Housing and Urban Development Integrated Behavioral Health Information and Communication Technology International Classification of Diseases 10 th Edition Intensive Care Unit Institute for Healthcare Improvement Indian Health Services Institute of Medicine Inpatient Prospective Payment System Inpatient Quality Reporting Program Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Committee on Rural Emergency Care Length of Stay Long Term Care Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project Medical Assistance Facility Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Mobile Integrated Health Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act Memorandum of Agreement Memorandum of Understanding Master Patient Index Methicilllin-resistent Staphlococcus aureus Metropolitan Statistical Area NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER 64

5 MU MUA MUP NACHC Meaningful Use Medically Underserved Area Medically Underserved Population National Association of Community Health Centers NACRHHS NARHC NASEMSO NCC NCHN NGA NHIN NHSN NLM NOA NoP NOSORH NPRM NRHA NTIA NQF 3RNet OHITQ OIG OMB OMH ONC OP OPPS OQR ORHP P4P PACS National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services National Association of Rural Health Clinics National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials Non-Competing Continuation National Cooperative of Health Networks Notice of Grant Award National Health Information Network National Healthcare Safety Network National Library of Medicine Notice of Award Notice of Participation National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Notice of Proposed Rulemaking National Rural Health Association National Telecommunications and Information Administration National Quality Forum National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network Office of Health Information Technology and Quality Office of Inspector General Office of Management and Budget Office of Minority Health Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Outpatient Outpatient Prospective Payment System Outpatient Quality Reporting Program Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Pay for Performance or Partnership for Patients Picture Archiving and Communications System NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER 65

6 PALS PCA PCMH PCO PCP PHR PI PIMS PIN POS PPACA PPO PPS PQRI PSA QHi QI QIN QIO RAC REC REMSTTAC RHC RHIO RHPI RHRC RHSATA RPCH RQITA RTTD RUPRI RUS SAM SCH SCHIP Pediatric Advanced Life Support Primary Care Association Patient-Centered Medical Home Primary Care Office Primary Care Provider Personal Health Record Performance Improvement Performance Improvement Measurement System Policy Information Notice from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Point of Service Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Preferred Provider Organization Prospective Payment System Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Physician Scarcity Area Quality Health Indicators Quality Improvement Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement Organization Rural Assistance Center or Recovery Audit Contractor Regional Extension Center Rural Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Technical Assistance Center Rural Health Clinic Rural Health Information Organization Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Project Rural Health Research Center Rural Health System Analysis and Technical Assistance Program Rural Primary Care Hospital Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Rural Trauma Team Development Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Utilities Service System for Award Management Sole Community Hospital State Children s Health Insurance Program NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER 66

7 SHIP Small Hospital Improvement Program SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area SNF Skilled Nursing Facility SOM State Operations Manual SORH State Office of Rural Health SRHP State Rural Health Plan SSA Social Security Administration STEMI ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction TASC Technical Assistance and Services Center TCD Time Critical Diagnoses TeamSTEPPS Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act TQM Total Quality Management TRC Telehealth Resource Center USAC Universal Service Administrative Company VBP Value-Based Purchasing VTE Venous Thromboembolism NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER 67

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