ACO
Abbreviation Health Care Systems and Settings
Accountable care organization: doctors, hospitals and other providers who join to give coordinated care and share responsibility for quality and cost.
Related terms
- APRNAdvanced practice registered nurse, such as a nurse practitioner, with advanced education to diagnose and…
- CAMComplementary and alternative medicine: practices used with or instead of conventional medicine.
- FQHCFederally qualified health center: a community clinic that gives primary care to all patients regardless of…
- HHAHome health agency: an organization that provides medical care in the patient's home.
- ICUIntensive care unit.
- LPNLicensed practical nurse (licensed vocational nurse, LVN, in some states).
- PCMHPatient-centered medical home: a primary care model that coordinates comprehensive, patient-centered care.
- PCPPrimary care provider: the clinician who gives most routine care and coordinates referrals.
Study Health Care Systems and Settings