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A Toolkit for Redesign in Health Care: Final Report

Acronyms and Abbreviations

adj = adjusted
ALOS = Average length of stay
CAT = Computed axial tomography
CEO = Chief executive officer
cor = heart
ED = Emergency department
FTE = Full time equivalent
h = hour
m/min = minute
HCT = Health care team
HMO = Health maintenance organization
IRB = Institutional review board
med = medication
MRI = Magnetic resonance imaging
PDSA = Plan, Do, Study, Act

 

Page last reviewed August 2016
Page originally created August 2016

Internet Citation: Acronyms and Abbreviations. Content last reviewed August 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
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