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!
AM* and PM* Abbreviation(s), Latin phrase, Meaning. 1  Terms 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. cause confusion and should not be used as neither the 12 am nor the 12 pm designation is technically correct.  It advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight where clarity is required.