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| Abbreviation | Term |
|---|---|
| AA | Action Alert |
| BPG | Best Practice Guideline |
| BPSO® | Best Practice Spotlight Organization® |
| CAM | complementary and alternative medicine |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| CNO | College of Nurses of Ontario |
| COI | conflict of interest |
| CPSI | Canadian Patient Safety Institute |
| EBM | evidence-based medicine |
| EBNP | evidence-based nursing practice |
| EBP | evidence-based practice |
| HEC | Healthcare Excellence Canada |
| HCP | health-care provider |
| IHI | Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| IM&T | information management and technology |
| KTA | Knowledge-to-Action |
| LTC | long-term care |
| MPP | member of provincial parliament |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| QI | quality improvement |
| RNAO | Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario |
| SMA | Social Movement Action |
| SMO | social movement organization |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
