If you’ve been to a recent P² meeting, you’ve heard phrases like AQIRC, PEAs, CEAs, EQIC, WNYCHPI and many more thrown around. Not sure what they mean? Here’s a quick, go-to-guide to make sense out of the lingo.

3PI - Purchaser, Plan, Provider Improvement Project

AF4Q - Aligning Forces for Quality
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AONE - American Organization of Nurse Executives
AQIRC - Ambulatory Quality Improvement Resource Center
ARRA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)
ASP - Application Service Provider

BAPHIE - Buffalo Area Physicians Health Information Exchange group
BCBS - BlueCross BlueShield
BTOP - Broadband Technology Opportunities Program

CAHPS - Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CAM - Clinician Activation Measure
CCD - Continuity of Care Document
CDSMP - Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
CE - Consumer Engagement
CEA - Consumer Engagement Associate
CG-CAHPS - Clinician & Group CAHPS Survey
CHCS - Center for Health Care Strategies
CHFWCNY - Community Health Foundation of Western & Central New York
CHS - Catholic Health System
CIE - Clinical Information Exchange
CINA - Clinical Integration Networks of America - The CINA Protocol Engine
CIPA - Catholic Independent Practice Association
CME - Continuing Medical Education
CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CSS - Clinical Support Services
CTG - Computer Task Group

DEA - Drug Enforcement Administration
DIAMOND - Depression Improvement Across Minnesota Offering a New Direction
DRG - Diabetes Resource Guide

EHR - Electronic Health Record
EMR - Electronic Medical Records
EQIC - Equity Quality Improvement Collaborative

FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FQHC - Federally Qualified Health Center

GYMR - Get Your Message Right

HCAHPS - CAHPS Hospital Survey
HEAL - Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law
HEDIS - Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HIE - Health Information Exchange
HIT - Health Information Technology
HITECH - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
HITRC - Health Information Technology Resource Center
HMO - Health Maintenance Organization
HPN - Health Provider Network
HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration

ICSI - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
IHA - Independent Health
IHI - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IPIP - Improving Performance in Practice
IVR - Interactive Voice Response

JCAHO - Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

LQIC - Language Quality Improvement Collaborative
LT - Leadership Team

MED REC - Medicine Reconciliation
MHC - My Health Counts
MPIN - Maine Practice Improvement Network
MQC - My Quality Counts
MQIC - Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
MSSNY - Medical Society of the State of New York

NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance
NPO - National Program Office
NPP - National Priorities Partnership
NPWF - National Partnership for Women & Families
NQF - National Quality Forum
NYeC - New York eHealth Collaborative
NYSDOH - New York State Department of Health
NYSHF - New York State Health Foundation

ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

P² - P² Collaborative of Western New York
P4P - Pay for Participation
PAM - Patient Activation Measure
PCDC - Primary Care Development Corporation
PCMH - Patient-Centered Medical Home
PDSA - Plan-Do-Study-Act
PEA - Practice Enhancement Associate
PET - Patient Empowerment Training
PGIP - Physician Group Incentive Program
PHR - Personal Health Record
PM/PR - Performance Measurement / Public Reporting
PPO - Preferred Provider Organization

Q/E - Quality/Equality
QI - Quality Improvement

R4X - Reaching for Excellence
REC - Regional Extension Center
R/E/L - Race, Ethnicity, Language
RFA - Request for Application
RFP - Request for Proposal
RHIO - Regional Health Information Organization
RQS - Regional Quality Strategy
RWJF - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

SMART - Smart, Measureable, Attainable, Relevant, and with a specified Timeframe

TA - Technical Assistance
TCAB - Transforming Care at the Bedside

WCHQ - Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
WNYCHPI - Western New York Community Health Planning Institute
WNYCC - Western New York Cancer Coalition
WNYCIE - Western New York Clinical Information Exchange
WNYQMC - Western New York Quality Measurement Collaborative

11/17/2009

P2 Collaborative of Western New York Acronyms

P² Collaborative of Western New York Acronyms