Turns out it can mean different things to different businesses. Perhaps in no other industry are acronyms bandied about as in technology, especially business technology. CRM is one such widely-used acronym that stands for Customer Relationship Management. Mention CRM and many listeners' eyes will glaze over with boredom-but that's probably because they don't really understand what it is.
The National Institutes of Health estimates that 550,000 new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year. The National Institutes of Health estimates that 550,000 new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year.
Left ventricular CHF is a problem commonly seen in family practice, with a prevalence close to 2 percent. In a typical panel of 2,500 patients, about 50 will have heart failure. In mild failure, the annual mortality is 5 to 10 percent annually; in severe cases, it increases to 30 to 40 percent annually. 5.