List of Acronyms/Abbreviations
| Acronym/Abbreviation |
Description/Name |
| ACG |
Adjusted Clinical Groups |
| AHA |
American Hospital Association |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AQA |
Ambulatory Quality Alliance |
| APR |
All Patient Refined |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| COLS |
Corrected ordinary least squares |
| DEA |
Data envelopment analysis |
| DRG |
Diagnosis-related groups |
| EPC |
Evidence-based Practice Center |
| ER |
Emergency room |
| ETG |
Episode Treatment Groups |
| FTE |
Full-time equivalent |
| HIT |
Health information technology |
| I/O |
Input/output |
| IHA |
Integrated Healthcare Association |
| IHCIS |
Integrated Healthcare Information Services, Inc. |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| LPN |
Licensed practical nurse |
| MEG |
Medstat Episode Groups |
| NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
| O/E |
Observed/expected ratio |
| PPMS |
Provider Performance Measurement System |
| RN |
Registered nurse |
| SFA |
Stochastic frontier analysis |
| TEP |
Technical expert panel |
| VA |
Veterans Administration Health System |
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