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5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

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Abbreviations and Acronyms<br />

ADL Activities of daily living<br />

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and <strong>Quality</strong><br />

AMI Acute myocardial infarction<br />

ART Assisted reproductive therapy<br />

CABG Coronary artery byp<strong>as</strong>s graft surgery<br />

CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems<br />

CDC Centers for Dise<strong>as</strong>e Control<br />

CHF Congestive heart failure<br />

CHOP California’s Hospital Outcomes Project<br />

CHQC Cleveland Health <strong>Quality</strong> Choice<br />

CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services<br />

CQG series Closing the <strong>Quality</strong> Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science series<br />

CSRS Cardiac Surgery <strong>Reporting</strong> System<br />

ED Emergency department<br />

EPC Evidence-b<strong>as</strong>ed Practice Center<br />

HAI Healthcare acquired infection<br />

HAI Hospital acquired infections<br />

HCFA Health Care Financing Administration<br />

HEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set<br />

HER Hospital Effectiveness Report<br />

HMO Health Maintenance Organization<br />

HQA Hospital <strong>Quality</strong> Alliance<br />

LTC Long-term care<br />

MCO Managed care organization<br />

NH Nursing home<br />

NHS National Health Service<br />

PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention<br />

PPO Preferred provider organization<br />

PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angiopl<strong>as</strong>ty<br />

QI <strong>Quality</strong> improvement<br />

RAMR Risk adjusted mortality rates<br />

SFF Special focus facility<br />

TEP Technical Expert Panel<br />

TOO T<strong>as</strong>k Order Officer<br />

VBAC Vaginal birth after cesarean<br />

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