EDAC EXAM LATEST UPDATED
ACA - ANSWER Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Legislation
passed in 2010 to increase access to healthcare for all Americans and expand
Medicaid coverage
AACN - ANSWER American Association of College of Nursing
AAMC - ANSWER Association of Medical College
ACHE - ANSWER American College of Healthcare Executives
ASHE - ANSWER American Society for Healthcare Engineering
accountable vare - ANS an accountable care organization is a group of
healthcare providers that give coordinated care and chronic disease management
to improve quality of care
acuity - ANS the intensity of care required to meet the needs of a patient
adverse drug events (ADE) - ANS generally unwanted, negative consequences
associated with the use of given medications
asclepieion - ANSWER Greek god and healing associated with patient rooms
being oriented to the sun
,ambulatory care - ANSWER constitutes diagnostic and therapeutic services
and treatments provided to the walking (ambulatory) patient. In a restricted
sense, ambulatory care refers to care rendered to patients who come to
physicians' offices, outpatient departments of hospitals, and health centers to
receive care
Big Data - ANSWER an evolving term that describes any voluminous about of
structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data that has the potential to be
mined for information
Board of Trustees - ANSWER the governing body of an organization or
corporation that is generally elected by stakeholders to make decisions and
policies
bundled payments-ANSWER bundling payment for services that patients get
across a single episode of care such as knee replacement which are designed to
enhance quality, and lower costs
business planning-ANSWER determining the strategies, goals, and objectives of
the business by translating current and strategic state in terms of costs and
revenues with regard to investments
CAUTI - ANSWER Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
CDC - ANSWER Centers for Disease Control and Precention
C. difficile - ANSWER a species of Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria
CLABSI - ANSWER Central line-associated blood infections
, cloud computing - ANSWER recently evolved computing terminology or
metaphor based on utility and consumption of computing resources. Cloud
computing involves deploying groups of remote servers and software networks
that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or
resources
CMS - ANSWER Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
commissioning - ANSWER the process of equipping the building with the
equipment and furniture not incorporated as fixed features in constructing the
building - a quality oriented process for achieving, verifying, and documenting
that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies meets defined
objectives and criteria
DOE - ANSWER Department of Energy
EDRA - ANSWER Environmental Design Research Association
EHR - ANSWER Electronic Health Record
emergicenters ANSWER Care centers that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week and accept patients with no appointments. They provide a wide range of
routine services for basic and acute conditions on a first-come, first-serve basis
ENERGYSTAR - ANSWER A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
voluntary program that helps businesses and individuals save money and protect
our climate through superior energy efficiency It is an international standard for
energy efficient products originated in the U.S.
ACA - ANSWER Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Legislation
passed in 2010 to increase access to healthcare for all Americans and expand
Medicaid coverage
AACN - ANSWER American Association of College of Nursing
AAMC - ANSWER Association of Medical College
ACHE - ANSWER American College of Healthcare Executives
ASHE - ANSWER American Society for Healthcare Engineering
accountable vare - ANS an accountable care organization is a group of
healthcare providers that give coordinated care and chronic disease management
to improve quality of care
acuity - ANS the intensity of care required to meet the needs of a patient
adverse drug events (ADE) - ANS generally unwanted, negative consequences
associated with the use of given medications
asclepieion - ANSWER Greek god and healing associated with patient rooms
being oriented to the sun
,ambulatory care - ANSWER constitutes diagnostic and therapeutic services
and treatments provided to the walking (ambulatory) patient. In a restricted
sense, ambulatory care refers to care rendered to patients who come to
physicians' offices, outpatient departments of hospitals, and health centers to
receive care
Big Data - ANSWER an evolving term that describes any voluminous about of
structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data that has the potential to be
mined for information
Board of Trustees - ANSWER the governing body of an organization or
corporation that is generally elected by stakeholders to make decisions and
policies
bundled payments-ANSWER bundling payment for services that patients get
across a single episode of care such as knee replacement which are designed to
enhance quality, and lower costs
business planning-ANSWER determining the strategies, goals, and objectives of
the business by translating current and strategic state in terms of costs and
revenues with regard to investments
CAUTI - ANSWER Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
CDC - ANSWER Centers for Disease Control and Precention
C. difficile - ANSWER a species of Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria
CLABSI - ANSWER Central line-associated blood infections
, cloud computing - ANSWER recently evolved computing terminology or
metaphor based on utility and consumption of computing resources. Cloud
computing involves deploying groups of remote servers and software networks
that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or
resources
CMS - ANSWER Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
commissioning - ANSWER the process of equipping the building with the
equipment and furniture not incorporated as fixed features in constructing the
building - a quality oriented process for achieving, verifying, and documenting
that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies meets defined
objectives and criteria
DOE - ANSWER Department of Energy
EDRA - ANSWER Environmental Design Research Association
EHR - ANSWER Electronic Health Record
emergicenters ANSWER Care centers that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week and accept patients with no appointments. They provide a wide range of
routine services for basic and acute conditions on a first-come, first-serve basis
ENERGYSTAR - ANSWER A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
voluntary program that helps businesses and individuals save money and protect
our climate through superior energy efficiency It is an international standard for
energy efficient products originated in the U.S.
