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30-Day Readmission Rate

340B Drug Pricing Program

A

Academic Medical Center (AMC)

Accelerated Approval

Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

Accreditation Agency

Addiction Treatment Center

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

All-Payor Claims Database

Ambulatory Patient Group (APG)

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Ancillary Services

Anesthesiologist

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Assisted Living Facility (ALF)

Authorship Position

Autoimmune / Autoimmune Disorder

Average Daily Census (ADC)

Average Length of Stay (ALOS)

B

Bed Management Software

Bed Utilization

Behavioral Health

Board Certification

Brand Name Drug

C

Capital Equipment

Care Coordination

Case Mix Index (CMI)

Center of Excellence (COE)

Centers for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Certificate of Coverage (CoC)

Certificate of Need (CON)

Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)

Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Children's Hospital

Chronic Care Management (CCM)

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS)

Clinical Decision Support (CDS)

Clinical Evaluation Report

Clinical Lab Technician

Clinical Pathway

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Research Center

Clinical studies

Clinically Integrated Network (CIN)

Commission on Cancer (CoC)

Community Health Center (CHC)

Community Leader

Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

Concierge Medicine

Conditional Marketing Authorisation

Conditions of Participation

Consumable Medical Device

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Continuity of Care

Coordinated Care Reward Program

Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA)

Corporate Advisory Boards

Critical Access Hospital (CAH)

Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Unit

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

D

Death by Misadventure

Diabetes Education Centers

Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG)

Diagnostic Radiology

Digital Influencers

Durable Medical Equipment (DME)

E

E-Prescribing/Electronic Prescribing

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

Emergency Medical Condition

Emergency Medicine

Emergency Physician

Emerging Expert or "Rising Star"

Episode of Care

Evidence-Based Medicine

External Experts

F

Family Medicine

FDA Advisory Committees

Federal/Government Hospital

Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

Fee-for-service (FFS)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

For-Profit Hospital

G

Gastroenterology

General Ledger Software

Genetic Testing

Genomic Sequencing

Geriatrics/Geriatric Medicine

Global Location Number (GLN)

Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)

H

Habilitation Services

Health and Human Services (HHS)

Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Health Information Technology (HIT)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Health Insurance Premium

Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)

Health Outcomes

Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)

Health Services Manager

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)

Healthcare Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS)

Healthcare Data Warehouse

Healthcare Industry Number (HIN)

Healthcare Provider

Healthcare Reimbursement

Hierarchal Condition Categories (HCCs)

HIPAA Breach Notification Rule

Home Health Agency (HHA)

Home Health Care

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)

Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)

Hospital Referral Region (HRR)

Hospital Revenue

Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program

Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs)

Human Factors Assessment

I

Implantable Medical Device

In Vitro Diagnostics

Indian Health Service (IHS)

Infant Incubators

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

Infection Surveillance System

Infectious Disease

Integrated Delivery Network (IDN)

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Intermediate Care Facility (ICF)

Internal Medicine

Interoperability

Interventional Radiology

Intravenous (IV)

J

Joint Commission

Journal Editorial Board

Journal Impact Factor

K

Key Opinion Leader (KOL)

L

Laboratory and Diagnostic Medical Equipment

Laboratory Information System (LIS)

Learning Management System

Length of Stay (LOS)

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Long-Term Care Facility

M

Machine Learning

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Managed Care Organization (MCO)

Medical Affairs

Medical Charting System

Medical Guidelines

Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)

Medical Necessity

Medical Records Specialist

Medical Science Liaison (MSL)

Medical Societies

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Medically Underserved Populations

Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)

Medicare Advantage

Medicare Cost Report (MCR)

Medicare Part A

Medicare Part B

Medicare Part C

Medicare Part D

Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG)

Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)

Medicare/Medicaid Provider Number (MPN)

Medication Reconciliation

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Mobile Health (mHealth)

N

National Drug Code (NDC)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Provider Identifier (NPI) Standard

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Net Patient Revenue (NPR)

Non-Physician Provider

Nosocomial Infection

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse Scheduling Software

O

Obstetrical Systems

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Occupational Therapist

Oncology Information System

Open Payments Data

Operating Room Management System

Orthopedic Centers

Out-of-Pocket Limit

Outpatient Care

Outpatient Center

Over-The-Counter (OTC)

P

Pain Management

Palliative Care

Patient Journey

Patient Mortality Rate

Patient Origination

Patient Population

Patient Safety Officer

Patient Safety Organization (PSO)

Patient-Centered Care

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Pharmacogenomics

Physical Therapist

Physician Assistant, Certified (PA-C)

Physician Burnout

Physician Group

Physician Payments Sunshine Act

Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act)

Physician Preference Item (PPI)

Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)

Point-of-Service Plan (POS)

Population Health

Practice Management System (PMS)

Pre-Existing Condition

Precision Medicine

Preferred Provider

Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)

Premarket Approval (PMA)

Prescription Drug Coverage

Prescription Drugs (Rx)

Preventive Care

Primary Care Provider

Primary Diagnosis

Principal Diagnosis

Principal Investigator

Private Practice

Protected Health Information (PHI)

Psychiatric Hospital

Public Use File (PUF)

Q

Quality Metrics

R

Rapid Response System

Rapid Response Team

Real-Time Location Solution

Real-World Data/Real-World Evidence

Referring Physician

Regional Purchasing Coalition (RPC)

Registered Nurse (RN)

Rehabilitation Services

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)

Renal Dialysis Center

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)

Revenue Leakage

Risk Adjustment Factor

Robotic Surgery Devices

Rural Health Clinic (RHC)

S

Secondary Diagnosis

Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)

Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM)

Share of Voice (SoV)

Short-Term Acute Care Hospital (STAC)

Skilled Nursing Care

Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Sole Community Hospital

Specialty Pharmacy

Sports Medicine

Staffing Shortage

Standard Analytical Files

Surgical Medical Device

Surgical Site Infection (SSI)

Surrogate Endpoint

T

Teaching Hospital

Total Addressable Market (TAM)

Transfusion Management System 

Trauma Registry Software

U

Uncompensated Care

Unique Device Identifier (UDI)

Unit Dose Packaging System

Urgent care facility

Usual, Customary, and Reasonable Charges

Utilization Review

V

Value Based Care

Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program

Vascular Access

Virtual Primary Care

Vital Signs Monitor

Vocational Rehabilitation

W

Wall-Mounted Workstation

Wearable Medical Devices

Workstation on Wheels

World Health Organization (WHO)

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