Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) - ANSWER A set of numbers used in a trauma registry to indicate the nature and severity of injuries by body system
Abbreviations - ANSWER Shortened forms of words or phrases; in healthca
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Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) - ANSWER A set of numbers used in a trauma registry to indicate the nature and severity of injuries by body system
Abbreviations - ANSWER Shortened forms of words or phrases; in healthcare, when there is more than one meaning for an approved abbreviation, only one meaning should be used or the context in which the abbreviation is to be used should be identified
ABC Codes - ANSWER A terminology created by Alternative Link that describes alternative medicine, nursing, and other integrative healthcare interventions
Aberrancy - ANSWER Services in medicine that deviate from what is typical in comparison to the national norm
Ability (achievement) tests - ANSWER Tests used to assess the skills an individual already possesses; Also called performance tests
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) - ANSWER A standardized form that can be used in facilities to document involuntary movements
Abortion - ANSWER The expulsion or extraction of all (complete) or any part (incomplete) of the placenta or membranes, without an identifiable fetus or with a live-born infant or a stillborn infant weighing less than 500 grams
Absolute frequency - ANSWER The number of times that a score of value occurs in a data set
Abstract - ANSWER Brief summary of the major parts of a research study
Abstracting - ANSWER 1. The process of extracting information from a document to create a brief summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome 2. The process of extracting elements of data from a source document or database and entering them into an automated system
Abuse - ANSWER Provider, supplier, and practitioner practices that are inconsistent with accepted sound fiscal, business, or medical practices that directly or indirectly may result in unnecessary costs to the program, improper payment, services that fail to meet professionally recognized standards of care or are medically unnecessary, or services that directly or indirectly result in adverse patient outcomes or delays in appropriate diagnosis or treatment
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