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Environmental Scan - Government of Nova Scotia

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Physician Resource PlanningAn <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Scan</strong>• GNS <strong>Government</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>• HHR Health Human Resource• HTA Health Technology Assessment• IMG International Medical Graduate• IMS International Medical Student• LOS Length <strong>of</strong> Stay• MD Medical Doctor• MOC Maintenance <strong>of</strong> Competency• MS Medical specialty• MSI Medical Services Insurance• NACRS National Ambulatory Care Reporting System• NB New Brunswick• NP Nurse Practitioner• NS <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>• PA Physician Assistant• PAC Project Advisory Committee• PD Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Development• PEI Prince Edward Island• PGME Post-graduate medical education• PHReD Physician Health Resource Database (Department <strong>of</strong> Health and Wellness)• PRP Physician Resource Planning• RCPSC Royal College <strong>of</strong> Physicians and Surgeons <strong>of</strong> Canada• RIW Resource Intensity Weight• SAS Specialist and Associate Specialist doctor (NHS England)• S-Bill Shadow-bill• SS Surgical specialty• TWG Technical Working Group• UGME Undergraduate medical education• VA Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department <strong>of</strong>)• WTE Whole-time equivalentConditions, Diseases, Devices• ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome• ASIR Age-standardized incidence rate• CABG Coronary artery bypass graph• CHF Congestive Heart Failure• COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease• ESKD End stage kidney disease• ICD Implantable cardiac defibrillator• IR incidence Rate• PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty• RRT Renal replacement therapy• SMR Standardized mortality rateOrganizations and Facilities – <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>• AVH Annapolis Valley Health• CBDHA Cape Breton District Health Authority285 | Page Social Sector Metrics Inc. & Health Intelligence Inc. | 12/31/2011

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