AABC | American Association of Birth Centers |
AAFP | American Academy of Family Physicians |
AAP | American Academy of Pediatrics |
ACIN | A Collaborative Innovation Network |
ACNM | American College of Nurse-Midwives |
ACO | Accountable Care Organizations |
ACOG | American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
APHA | American Public Health Association |
AWHONN | Association of Women’s Health Obstetric and Neonatal |
Nurses | |
BMI | body mass index |
CAHPS | Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
CCTP | Community-based Care Transitions Program |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CM | certified midwife |
CMMI | Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
CNM | certified nurse midwife |
CPCi | Comprehensive Primary Care initiative |
CPM | certified professional midwife |
DO | doctor of osteopathic medicine |
EFM | electronic fetal monitoring |
FHBC | Family Health and Birth Center |
HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
ICD-9 ICM ICU IOM |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases-9th revision International Confederation of Midwives intensive care unit Institute of Medicine |
LM LMP LPN |
licensed midwife last menstrual period licensed practical nurse |
MCHB MD MIHOPE MIHOPE-SS |
Maternal and Child Health Bureau medical doctor Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation-Strong Start |
NARM NCHS NHS NICHD NICU NRC NTSV CS |
North American Registry of Midwives National Center for Health Statistics National Health Service National Institute of Child Health and Human Development neonatal intensive care unit National Research Council nulliparous term singleton vertex Cesarean section |
OB/GYN | obstetrics and gynecology |
PDD PIH |
patient discharge diagnosis pregnancy induced hypertension |
RN | registered nurse |
TIOP | Toward Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy |
UK | United Kingdom |
VBAC | vaginal birth after cesarean |