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Glossary Pages

Clinical Quality

Hospital Operations/ Continuum of care

Practice Essentials

Professional Organizations and Societies

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 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)

Are emergency medicine and internal medicine the same thing?

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?

Board-Certified

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)

Curriculum vitae (CV)

Discharge Planning

Does emergency medicine count as primary care?

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration Number

Electronic Health Record System (EHR)

Emergency Medicine Residency

Emergency Medicine Residency Program Requirements

Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA)

Family Medicine

Free Open Access Medical Education

Graduate Medical Education (GME)

Health Care Agent

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Hospital Credentialing and Privileging

How do hospital medicine and emergency medicine differ?

How do I become a medical director in the emergency department?

How Does Sepsis Affect the Heart?

How does Sepsis Attack the Body?

How is emergency medicine staffed?

How Many Years is Emergency Medicine Residency?

How Sepsis Is Contracted

How Sepsis Is Diagnosed

How sepsis is diagnosed?

How Sepsis Is Treated

How Sepsis Kills

How Septic Shock Causes Hypotension

Independent Contractor Physician vs. Employed Physician

Is emergency medicine count as primary care?

Left Without Being Seen (LWBS)

Left Without Treatment (LWOT)

Medical Decision Making (MDM)

Medical Director

Medical Screening Exam

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

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)

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE)

Physician Associate (PA)

Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)

Practice Managers

Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR)

Qualified Registry (QR)

Rapid Treatment Area (RTA)

Sepsis Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

What Are Sepsis and Asepsis?

What Are Sepsis Markers?

What are the duties of an emergency medicine physician?

What are the important life support certifications in emergency medicine?

What Causes Sepsis?

What is an Emergency Medicine Fellowship?

What is Emergency Medicine?

What is EMTALA?

What is FICEMS?

What is internal medicine?

What is NHTSA's role in emergency medicine?

What is NHTSA’s role in Emergency Medicine?

What is the emergency medicine SDN?

When should you seek emergency medical care?

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