Glossary

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A

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Accreditation Data System (ADS)
Advance Directive
Advanced Practice Clinician (APC)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP)
American Hospital Association (AHA)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Aphasia

B

Board Certified

C

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Certificate of Insurance (COI)
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants or Anesthesiologist Assistants (CAAs or AA)
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Critical Care
Curriculum vitae (CV)

D

Discharge Planning
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration Number

E

Are Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine the Same Thing?
Does Emergency Medicine Count as Primary Care?
E/M Coding
Electronic Health Record System (EHR)
Emergency Medicine Residency
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Requirements
Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA)
How is Emergency Medicine Staffed?
How Many Years is Emergency Medicine Residency?
What Are the Duties of an Emergency Medicine Physician?
What Are the Important Life Support Certifications in Emergency Medicine?
What is an Emergency Medicine Fellowship?
What is Emergency Medicine?
What is EMTALA?
What is NHTSA’s Role in Emergency Medicine?
What is the Emergency Medicine SDN?
When Should You Seek Emergency Medical Care?

F

Family Medicine
Free Open Access Medical Education
What is FICEMS?

G

Graduate Medical Education (GME)

H

HCAHPS
Health Care Agent
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Hospital Credentialing and Privileging
Hospitalist
How Do Hospital Medicine and Emergency Medicine Differ?

I

Independent Contractor Physician vs. Employed Physician
What is internal medicine?

L

Left Without Being Seen (LWBS)
Left Without Treatment (LWOT)

M

How Do I Become a Medical Director in the Emergency Department?
Match Day
Medical Chart
Medical Decision Making (MDM)
Medical Director
Medical Screening Exam
Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

N

National Commission on Certification of Physician Associates (NCCPA)
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI)
National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
NPI Number
Nurse Practitioner (NP)

P

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE)
Physician Associate (PA)
Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
Practice Managers

Q

Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR)
Qualified Registry (QR)

R

Rapid Treatment Area (RTA)

S

Are MRSA and Sepsis Patients Hospitalized?
Are Peritonitis and Sepsis the Same?
Are Sepsis and Bacteremia the Same Thing?
Are Sepsis and MRSA the Same?
Are Sepsis and Septic Shock the Same Thing?
Are Sepsis and Septic the Same Thing?
Are Sepsis and Septicemia the Same Thing?
Are Sepsis and SIRS the Same Thing?
How Does Sepsis Affect the Heart?
How Does Sepsis Attack the Body?
How Sepsis Is Contracted?
How Sepsis is Diagnosed?
How Sepsis Is Treated?
How Sepsis Kills?
How Septic Shock Causes Hypotension?
Sepsis 6
Sepsis Bundles
Sepsis Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
What Are Sepsis and Asepsis?
What Are Sepsis Markers?
What Causes Sepsis?
Why Are Sepsis Rates Increasing?
Why Hypothermia is a Bad Sign in Sepsis?
Why Sepsis Causes Jaundice?
Why Sepsis Causes Low Blood Pressure?
Why Sepsis Occurs?

T

Trauma Centers
Triage

V

Value Stream Mapping (VSM)