CPMSM Acronyms questions with answers graded A+

CPMSM AcronymsAAAHC Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care - correct answer Formed in 1979. Ambulatory means the same as outpatient or overnight stay. It is the preeminent leader in developing standards to advance and promote patient safety, quality and value for ambulatory health care through peer-based accreditation processes, education and research. Accreditation is ultimately awarded to organizations that are found to be in compliance with their standards. With a single focus on the ambulatory care community, they offer organizations a cost-effective, flexible and collaborative approach to accreditation. AANA American Association of Nurse Anesthetists - correct answer Founded in 1931, it is the professional association for more than 37,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and student nurse anesthetists. CRNAs are advanced practice nurses who are the hands-on providers of 30 million anesthetics given in the United States each year. They administer every type of anesthetic, work in every type of practice setting, and provide care for every type of surgery or procedure, from open heart to cataract to pain management. ABMS American Board of Medical Specialties - correct answer Board that focuses on the advancement of medical education, setting the standards and processes for certifying and recertifying physicians and providing products and services for verifying physician certification. ACCME Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education - correct answer Mission is the identification, development, and promotion of standards for quality continuing medical education (CME) utilized by physicians in their maintenance of competence and incorporation of new knowledge to improve quality medical care for patients and their communities. Fulfills its mission through a voluntary self-regulated system for accrediting CME providers and a peer-review process responsive to changes in medical education and the health care delivery system. The primary responsibilities are to: Serve as the body accrediting institutions and organizations offering continuing medical education. Serve as the body recognizing institutions and organizations offering continuing medical education accreditation. Develop criteria for evaluation of both educational programs and their activities by which they and state accrediting bodies will accredit institutions and organizations and be responsible for assuring compliance with these standards. Develop, or foster the development of, methods for measuring the effectiveness of continuing medical education and its accreditation, particularly in its relationship to supporting quality patient care and the continuum of medical education. Recommend and initiate studies for improving the organization and processes of continuing medical education and its accreditation. Review and assess developments in continuing medical education's support of quality health. Review periodically its role in continuing medical education to ensure it remains responsive to public and professional needs. ACGME American College of Graduate Medical Education - correct answer Evaluates and accredits medical residency programs in the United States. Established in 1981 from a consensus in the academic medical community for an independent accrediting organization. Mission is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians' education through accreditation. ADA Americans with Disabilities Act - correct answer Act signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. It is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal.