Privacy & Security. Model Notices of Privacy Practices. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) collaborated to develop model Notices of Privacy Practices for health care providers and health plans for use when communicating with their patients and plan members.
Q.O.D. = every other day. Q.A.D. = every alternate day. Technically speaking, I would be hard pressed to find a difference. Nevertheless, I have spent a lifetime writing q.o.d. on prescriptions so that pharmacists can transcribe the latin abbreviation back into plain English for the patient. What a useless step!
Is noon 12 a.m. or 12 p.m.? Ever wondered whether midday or midnight is 12 a.m. or 12 p.m.? To avoid confusion, the correct way to express 12 o'clock is 12 noon or 12 midnight. Alternatively, the 24-hour clock system may be used (12:00 and 24:00 respectively). The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante-meridiem (before the Sun has crossed the line) and p.m. for post-meridiem (after the Sun has crossed the line). At 12 noon, the Sun is at its highest point in the sky and directly over the meridian.