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Acronym | Definition |
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AA | Aortic aneurysm |
ADE | Adverse drug events |
AFIB | Atrial fibrillation |
AHA | American Hospital Association |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AMI | Acute myocardial infarction |
ARCHI | A&M Rural & Community Health Institute |
C.Diff/CDI | Clostridium difficile |
CAC | Children’s asthma care |
CAH | Critical access hospital |
CAH-QI | Critical Access Hospital Quality Improvement Program |
CAP | Community-acquired pneumonia |
CART | CMS Abstraction and Reporting Tool |
CAUTI | Catheter-associated urinary tract infection |
CCN | CMS certification number |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDE | Common duct exploration |
Chole | Cholecystectomy |
CLABSI | Central line-associated blood stream infection |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CQM | Clinical quality measure |
CT | Computerized tomography |
DACA | Data Accuracy and Completeness Acknowledgement |
Domain | The category where MBQIP Measures belong. There are 4 main mbqip domains: Care Transitions, Outpatient, Patient Engagement, and Patient Safety/Inpatient |
DVT | Deep vein thrombosis |
ECG | Electrocardiogram |
eCQM | Electronic clinical quality measure |
ED | Emergency department |
EDHI | Early hearing detection and intervention |
EDTC | Emergency Department Transfer Communication |
EHR | Electronic health record |
EMS | Emergency medical service |
ESI | Emergency Severity Index |
ESRD | End Stage Renal Disease |
Flex | Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program |
FORHP | Federal Office of Rural Health Policy |
FY | Fiscal year |
GI | Gastrointestinal |
HAI | Healthcare-associated infections |
HCAHPS | Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
HCP | Healthcare personnel |
HCP | Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel |
HIIN | Hospital Improvement and Innovation Network |
HIQR | Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program |
HF | Heart failure |
HIP-KNEE | Total hip arthroplasty and/or total knee arthroplasty |
HOQR | Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program |
HRET | Health Research & Education Trust |
HRSA | Health Resource and Services Administration |
HTN | Hypertension |
HWR | Hospital-wide all-cause unplanned readmission |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
IMM | Immunization |
IQR | Inpatient Quality Reporting |
IVAC | Infection-related ventilator-associated complications |
IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
MBQIP | Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project |
MBQIP-DB | Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project Database |
Measure | The basic unit or component which the MBQIP program keeps track. Measures are divided into two categories: core and additional. Measures are further divided into four domains: patient safety/inpatient, patient engagement, care transitions and outpatient. |
MMA | Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act |
MORT | Mortality |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
MSPB | Medicare spending per beneficiary |
MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
NHSN | National Healthcare Safety Network |
NRHRC | National Rural Health Resource Center |
NoP | Notice of Participation |
ONC | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
OP | Outpatient |
OP-2 | Fibrinolytic Therapy Received Within 30 Minutes |
OP-3 | Median Time to Transfer to Another Facility for Acute Coronary Intervention |
OP-18 | Median Time from ED Arrival to ED Departure for Discharged ED Patients |
OP-22 | Patient Left Without Being Seen |
OQR | Outpatient Quality Reporting |
P4P | Partnership for Patients |
PC | Perinatal Care |
PCI | Primary percutaneous coronary intervention |
PE | Pulmonary embolism |
PN | Pneumonia |
PI | Promoting Interoperability |
POD | Postoperative day |
PPS | Prospective Payment System |
PSI | Patient Safety Indicators |
QIN-QIO | Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization |
QIO | Quality Improvement Organization |
QMP | Qualified medical professional |
QNet | QualityNet |
QRDA | Quality reporting document architecture |
READM | Readmission |
RHIhub | Rural Health Information Hub |
RN | Registered nurse |
SA | System administrator |
SCIP-Inf | Surgical care improvement project-infection |
Sfusion | Spinal fusion |
SORH | State Office of Rural Health |
SSI | Surgical site infection |
STEMI | ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction |
THA | Texas Hospital Association |
THA | Total hip arthroplasty |
THAF | Texas Hospital Association Foundation |
TKA | Total knee arthroplasty |
UTI | Urinary tract infection |
VAE | Ventilator-associated event |
VBP | Value-Based Purchasing |
VKG | Virtual Knowledge Group |
VTE | Venous thromboembolism |
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