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The Many Shortened Words and Titles in the Medical Setting!

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AAPC   show
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ACMPE   show
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show American College of Surgeons  
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show Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity  
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show American Health Information Management Association  
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AMIA   show
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show American National Standards Institute  
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APC   show
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show Association of Record Librarians of North America  
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show Clinical Context Object Workgroup  
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show Chief Executive Officer  
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show Chief Information Officer  
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show Clinical Information System  
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show Certified Medical Transcriptionist  
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COO   show
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show Certified Tumor Registrar  
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DISA   show
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DRG   show
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show Electronic Data Interchange  
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EHR   show
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show Electronic Medical Record  
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show Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System  
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HIM   show
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HIMSS   show
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HIPAA   show
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show Health Information System  
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show Health Information Technology; Health Information Technician  
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HL7   show
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show International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification  
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show Institute of Medicine  
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IT   show
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AHA   show
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show Average Length of Stay  
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AMA   show
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show American Nurses Association  
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show American Speech-Language-Hearing Association  
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show Computerized Axial Tomography  
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show Certificate of Clinical Competence  
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CFO   show
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CNO   show
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CRNA   show
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show Emergency Room or Emergency Department  
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HCA   show
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show Home Health Aide  
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show Intensive Care Unit  
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JAMA   show
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LPN   show
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show Licensed Vocational Nurse  
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show Length of Stay  
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MD   show
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MRI   show
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MSO   show
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OT   show
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show Physician Assistant  
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show Physical Therapist  
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show Registered Dietitian  
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RN   show
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RT   show
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show Surgeon Assistant  
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SNF   show
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show College of American Pathologists  
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CARF   show
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CDC   show
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CMS   show
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show Coordination of Benefits  
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show Conditions of Participation (Medicare)  
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CPT-4   show
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DEA   show
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show Employer Identification Number  
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show Protected Health Information in Electronic Form  
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show Federal Bureau of Investigation  
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show Food and Drug Administration  
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HHS   show
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JCAHO   show
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show Memorandum of Understanding (between Government entities)  
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NPI   show
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show Office of Civil Rights  
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show Protected Health Information  
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PIN   show
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show Prospective Payment System  
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show Peer Review Organization (now Quality Improvement Organization)  
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PSRO   show
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show Quality Improvement Organization (formerly Peer Review Organization)  
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UM   show
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show Wide-Area Network  
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MGMA   show
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show National Association for Healthcare Quality  
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show National Cancer Registrars Association  
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show Operating Room  
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show Portable Document Format  
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show Radio-Frequency Identification  
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RHIA   show
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show Registered Health Information Technician  
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SDO   show
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show Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation  
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show Computed Tomography (also CAT, Computerized Axial Tomography)  
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show Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems  
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show Do Not Resuscitate  
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ECG   show
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show Electroencephalogram  
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show Electrocardiogram (also ECG)  
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HEDIS   show
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show History of Present Illness  
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IDN   show
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show Minimum Data Set  
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show Master Patient Index  
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NCDB   show
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NCVHS   show
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show National Health Information Network  
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show Outcome and Assessment Information Set  
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PACS OR PAC SYSTEM   show
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show Positron Emission Tomography  
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show Personal Health Record  
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RAI   show
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RHIO   show
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SOAP   show
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UACDS   show
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UAMCMDS   show
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show Uniform Clinical Data Set  
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show Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set  
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show Compact Disk  
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show Digital Video Disk  
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show Full-Time Equivalent Employee  
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OCR   show
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VPN   show
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ABN   show
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AHRQ   show
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show Clinical Data Repository  
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CPOE   show
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CPRI   show
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CT SCAN   show
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show Drug Utilization Review  
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show Diagnosis  
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ECG OR EKG   show
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Hx   show
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show Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes  
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OB   show
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Px   show
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Rx   show
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show SNOMED Stands for Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine; CT Stands for Clinical Terms  
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show Admission, Discharge, Transfer system  
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CDR   show
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CPOE   show
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DICOM   show
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show Drug Utilization Review  
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ECG   show
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EMT   show
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ER   show
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IV   show
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show Laboratory Information System  
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MPI   show
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show National Marrow Donor Program  
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