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Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) Joint Commission (TJC) National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) National Dialysis Accreditation Commission (NDAC) [ 6] The Compliance Team, "Exemplary Provider Programs".
A professional doctoral degree for naturopathic practitioners in the United States. Holders of the ND or NMD degree are known as naturopathic physicians in states where they may be licensed. The designation NMD is used in Arizona. Doctor of Business Administration. DBA or DrBA. Doctor of Education. EdD or DEd.
Critical care medicine. Intensivist. Neonatologist. Critical Care Medicine Physician Assistant. Critical Care Nurse Practitioner. Critical Care Registered Nurse. Critical Care Respiratory Therapist.
Academic Pediatric Association. Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists. Academy of Clinical Thyroidologists. Aerospace Medical Association. Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Hospital accreditation is required in order to be eligible for Medicare patient coverage. [ 2] Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) International [ 50] Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - based in the United States [ 51] American Accreditation Commission International (AACI) - based in the United States.
Allied health professions (AHPs) are a group of health care professions that provide a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, and support services in connection with health care, and which are distinct from the fields of dentistry, optometry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy . In providing care as an AHP, their work may support non-AHP ...
Aggregate US hospital costs were $387.3 billion in 2011—a 63% increase since 1997 (inflation adjusted). Costs per stay increased 47% since 1997, averaging $10,000 in 2011 (equivalent to $13,544 in 2023 [ 31] ). [ 128] As of 2008, public spending accounts for between 45% and 56% of US healthcare spending. [ 129]
Health information management ( HIM) is information management applied to health and health care. It is the practice of analyzing and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care. With the widespread computerization of health records, traditional (paper-based) records are being replaced with ...