AACP—American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
AAR—after-action review
ACA—Affordable Care Act
ACCME—American Council for Continuing Medical Education
ACCP—American College of Clinical Pharmacy or American College of Chest Physicians
ACE—angiotensin-converting enzyme
ACO—accountable care organization
ACPE—Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
ADC—automated dispensing cabinet
ADE—adverse drug effect or event
ADR—adverse drug reaction
AE—adverse effect or adverse event
AF—atrial fibrillation
AGA—American Gastroenterological Association
AGREE–Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation
AHFS—American Hospital Formulary Service
AHFS CDI—AHFS® Clinical Drug Information™
AHRQ—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AIDS—acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AJHP—American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
AMA—American Medical Association
AMCP—Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
AMH—Accreditation Manual for Hospitals
ANDA—abbreviated new drug application
ANSI—American National Standards Institute
AP—action priority
API—active pharmaceutical ingredient, or Asian or Pacific Islanders
APM—Alternative Payment Model
ART—adverse reaction tracking
ASHP—American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
ASOP—Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies
ASP—Academy of Student Pharmacists or application service provider
BCMA—bar code medication administration
BG—blood glucose
BLA—biologics license application
BMJ—British Medical Journal
BP—blood pressure
BUN—blood urea nitrogen
CAD—coronary artery disease
CAERS—Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Adverse Event Reporting System
CAHPS—Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CAM—complementary and alternative medicine
CAMIPR—Consortium for the Advancement of Medication Information Policy and Research
CAPE—Center for the Advancement of Pharmaceutical Education
CAS—Chemical Abstracts Service
CAT—causality assessment tool
CBA—cost-benefit analysis
CBD—cannabidiol
CBER—Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
CCA—Cochrane Clinical Answers or cost-consequence analysis
CCR—continuity of care record
CDC—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDER—Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
CDRH—Center for Devices and Radiological Health
CDS—clinical decision support
CDSR—Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
CDSS—clinical decision support system
CE—continuing education
CEA—cost-effectiveness analysis
CENT—Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Extension for Reporting N-of-1 Trials
CENTRAL—Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
CER—cost-effectiveness ratio
CFL—consistent with FDA required labeling
CFR—Code of Federal Regulations
CFSAN—Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
CGMP—current good manufacturing practices
CHI—consumer health information
CHIP—Children’s Health Insurance Program
CI—confidence interval
CINAHL—Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
CITI—Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
CMA—cost-minimization analysis
CME—continuing medical education
CMMI—Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
CMR—comprehensive medication review
CMS—Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
COI—conflict of interest
CONSORT—Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
CoP—conditions of participation
COSTEP—Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program
COVID-19—coronavirus disease 2019. Now officially known as SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
CPE—continuing pharmacy education
CPOE—computerized physician order entry
CPT—current procedural terminology
CQI—continuous quality improvement
CRO—contract research organization
CSIP—Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies
CTC—common toxicity criteria
CTCAE—Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
CTEA—Copyright Term Extension Act
CUA—cost-utility analysis
CV—coefficients of variance
DAW—dispense as written
DDI—Division of Drug Information or drug-drug interaction
DEA—Drug Enforcement Administration
df—degrees of freedom
DHHS—Department of Health and Human Services
DI—drug information
DI PRN—Drug Information Practice and Research Network
DIC—drug information center
DIS—drug information service
DISCO—Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology
DM—diabetes mellitus
DMF—drug master files
DOB—date of birth
DSC—Drug Safety Communications
DSCSA—Drug Supply Chain Security Act
DTCA—direct to consumer advertising
DUE—drug utilization, usage or use evaluation
DUHS—Duke University Health System
DUR—drug use or utilization review
EBM—evidence-based medicine
ED—emergency department
EHR—electronic health record
eMAR—electronic ...