ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
ACMA |
Australian Communication and Media Authority |
ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
ACT |
Action |
ACTUG |
Australian Clinical Terminology Users Group |
ADL |
Archetype Definition Language |
AG |
Advisory Group |
AHIEC |
The Australian Health Informatics Education Council |
AHIMA |
American Health Information Management Association |
AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council |
AHML |
Australian Healthcare Messaging Laboratory |
AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare |
AIIA |
Australian Information Industry Association |
AMT |
Australian Medicines Terminology |
AMIA |
American Informatics Association |
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
ANZCTR |
Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
ArB |
Architecture Review Board |
AS HB |
Australian Handbook |
AS/NZS |
Australian/New Zealand Handbook |
AS/NZS ISO |
International Standards adopted by Australia and New Zealand |
ATNA |
Audit Trail and Node Authentication (IHE Standard) |
AU |
Australia abreviation in the Int'l comment form |
AWI |
Approved Work Item |
BAM |
Business Architecture Model (HL7 ARB Project) |
BAM |
Business Architecture Model (HL7 International) |
BAU |
Business As Usual |
BRIDG |
Biomedical Research Integrated Domain Group
BRIDG is a collaborative effort of CDISC, the HL7 RCRIM WG, the (US) National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). |
BRS |
Business Requirements Specification |
BYOD |
Bring Your Own Device |
Cal-X |
The California Exchange (Cal-X) is a data and information exchange to support healthcare, medical, public health, and homeland security needs in a collaborative, shared, secure, and cost-effective manner. |
COPOLCO |
Consumer Policy Committee [ISO] |
CASCO |
Conformity Assessment |
CBCC |
Community Based Collaborative Care (Workshop) |
CCD |
Continuity of Care Document |
CCS |
Care Coordination Service |
CCHIT |
(US) Certification Commission for Health Information Technology |
CD |
Committee Draft (third stage in developing an ISO or IEC standard) |
CDA |
Clinical Document Architecture |
CDC |
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (within US/DHHS) |
CDISC |
Clinical Data Standards Interchange Consortium |
CDS |
Clinical Decision Support [HL7 Workgroup] |
CDV |
Committee Draft for Vote |
CEN |
European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation) |
CENELEC |
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation |
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
CGIT |
Conformance and Guidance for Implementation and Testing Committee |
CIC |
Clinical Interoperability Council (Workgroup) |
CIMI |
Clinical Information Modelling Initiative |
CIS |
Clinical Information Systems |
CMS |
Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (within US/DHHS) |
COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
COM |
Comment |
conHIT2011 |
European Health Informatics Conference 2011 |
ContSys |
System of Concepts for Continuity of Care |
COR |
Corrigendum [to a Standard] |
CPOE |
Computerized Physician Order Entry or Computerized Provider Order Entry (In US) |
CRM |
Customer Relationship Management |
CTO |
Chief Technical Officer |
CTR&R |
Clinical Trials Registration and Results |
DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
DAM |
Domain Analysis Model (comprehensive model of a domain) [HL7] |
DAM |
Draft Amendment [Standards Australia] |
DCM |
Detailed Clinical Model |
DCOR, COR |
(Draft) Corrigendum |
DEVCO |
Committee on Developing Country Matters [ISO] |
DHHS |
Department of Health & Human Services (US Government Agency) |
DICOM |
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
DIISR |
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research |
DIS |
Draft International Standard (fourth stage in developing an ISO or IEC standard – the main opportunity for public input) |
DMP |
Dossier Médical Partagé (Shared Medical Record) (France) |
DoHA |
(Australian Government) Department of Health and Ageing |
DS4P |
Data Segmentation for Privacy |
DSTU |
Draft Standards for Trial Use (HL7 and ANSI) |
DTR |
Draft Technical Report [ISO and Standards Australia] |
DTS |
Draft Technical Specification [ISO and Standards Australia] |
DVA |
(Australian Government) Department of Veterans Affairs |
EC |
European Commission [the administrative arm of the EU] |
ECCF |
Enterprise Compliance and Comformance Framework |
EEC |
European Economic Community |
EFMI |
European Federation of Medical Informatics |
eHIF |
E-health Interoperability Framework [Standards Australia & NEHTA] |
EHR |
Electronic Health Record (Workgroup) |
EHR-FM |
EHR Functional Model |
EHRS or EHR‑S |
Electronic Health Record System |
ELGA |
Austrian CDA Implementation Guide in Development |
ELS |
End Point Location Service |
EMEA |
European Medicines Agency |
EMR |
Electronic Medical Record or Electronic Medical Record System |
EN |
European Standard (Européen Norm) |
EPM |
Enterprise Project Management |
epSOS |
European Patients Smart Open Services.
A European initiative (23 countries) to exchange pharmacy information including prescriptions, across the EEC using IHE profiles and local standards. See www.epsos.eu
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ETP |
Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions |
EU |
European Union |
EudraCT |
European Union Drug Regulating Authorities Clinical Trials |
FCD |
Final committee draft |
FDA |
US Food and Drug Administration |
FDAM |
Final Draft Amendment |
FDIS |
[ISO] Final Draft International Standard (for vote to publish) |
FHIR |
Fast Health Interoperability Resources [HL7] |
FRS |
Functional Requirements Specification |
FYI |
For your information |
GCM |
Generic Component Model |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GP |
General Practitioner |
GSRN |
Global Service Relation Number |
GS1 |
An international SDO – primarily in the supply-chain domain |
GVP |
Good Pharmacovigilance Practices |
HCD |
Health Care Devices Committee |
HDF |
HL7 Development Framework |
HeD |
Health E-Decisions (project or group within ONC for decision support in MU3) |
HI |
Health Identifiers |
HIE |
Health Information Exchange |
HIMSS |
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
HingX |
Health Ingenuity Exchange (HL7 International & OHT) |
HISC |
Health Informatics Standing Committee |
HITSP |
Health Information Technology Standards Panel |
HL7 |
Health Level Seven (International) |
HL7 ELC |
HL7 E-Learning Course |
HPI |
Healthcare Provider Identifier |
HPI-I |
Healthcare Provider Identifier for Individuals |
HPI-O |
Healthcare Provider Identifier for Providers |
HQMF |
Health Quality Measure Format |
HSSP |
Healthcare Services Specification Project [joint HL7/OMG] |
IC |
Implementation/Conformance (Workgroup) |
ICD10AM |
The Australian NCCH modification of ICD-10 codeset for the coding of diseases and procedures |
ICD10-AM |
International Classification of Diseases, Version 10, Australian Modification |
ICD9CM |
International Classification of Diseases 9 Clinical Modification |
ICH |
International Conference on Harmonisation (of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use) |
ICHPPC |
International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care |
ICNP |
International Classification for Nursing Practice |
ICPC2+ |
International Classification of Primary Care 2 |
ICSR |
Individual Case Safety Report [related to Medicines/Devices] |
ICT |
Information & Communications Technology |
IDMP |
Identification of Medicinal Products |
IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission (an international SDO) |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (US) (also an SDO) |
IG |
Implementation Guide |
IHE |
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise |
IHI |
Individual Healthcare Identifier |
IHPA |
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (Australian) |
IHTSDO |
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation |
IMATF |
International Membership and Affiliation Task Force |
IMC |
International Mentoring Committee (HL7) |
InM |
Infrastructure and Messaging (Workgroup) |
IP |
Intellectual Property |
IS |
International Standard |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISO/CS |
ISO Central Secretariat |
ISO/TC 215 |
ISO Technical Committee (Health Informatics) |
IT |
Information Technology |
IT-014 |
Standards Australia Committee IT-014 (Health Informatics) |
ITS |
Implementable Technology Specifications |
ITTF |
ISO/IEC Information Technology Task Force |
ITU-T |
International Telecommunications Union – Standards Division |
IXS |
Identity Cross Reference Service [OMG/HL7 HSSP] |
IXS |
Identity Cross Reference Service |
JI |
Joint Initiative on SDO Global Health Informatics Standardization |
JIC |
Joint Initiative Council (responsible for governance of the JI – with current members being ISO/TC215, CEN/TC251, HL7 International, CDISC, IHTSDO, GS1 and IHE) |
JSC-HIS |
Joint Standing Committee on Health Informatics Standards |
JSON |
Java script Object Notation - a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. Java script can combine data and behaviour and is available on a wide range of devices. It can be used to effectively combine data representation and actions (workflow) |
JTC |
Joint Technical Committee |
JTC 1 |
ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 Information Technology |
JWG |
Joint Working Group [under the JI, unless otherwise specified] |
JWG7 |
Joint working group of IEC SC 62A and ISO TC 215 |
KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
LB |
Letter Ballot |
LIC |
Low Income Country |
LMIC |
Low and Medium Income Countries |
LOINC |
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
LPO |
Local PCEHR Officer |
MBS |
Medical Benefits Scheme |
MBUA |
Member Body User Administrators (Person who maintain the ISO Global directory in each country) |
MDA |
Model Driven Architecture |
MDHT |
Model-Driven Health Tools |
MDMI |
Model Driven Message Interoperability – see www.mdmi-consortium.org |
MIC |
Medium Income Country |
MIF |
Model Interchange Format |
MLM |
Medical Logic Module |
MEDEV |
Medical Devices Corporation |
MITRE |
A large “not for profit” USA organisation specialising in technology development |
MM |
Maturity Model |
MnM |
Modeling and Methodology (Workgroup) |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MSIA |
Medical Software Industry Association |
MT |
Maintanence committee (IEC) |
MU2/MU3 |
Meaningful Use Stage 2 and Stage 3 (US Initiative) |
NASH |
National Authentication Service for Health |
NATA |
National Association of Testing Authorities |
NEHIPC |
National E-Health and Information Principal Committee |
NEHTA |
(Australian) National E-Health Transition Authority |
NH&MRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
NHCIOF |
National Health Chief Information Officer Forum |
NHIN |
(US) National Health Information Network |
NHISSC |
National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee |
NHPA |
National Health Performance Authority (Australian) |
NHS |
(UK) National Health Service |
NIH |
(US) National Institutes of Health |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) |
NLM |
National Library of Medicine (USA) |
NMB |
National Member Body [of ISO or CEN] |
Normapme |
European Office of Crafts, Trades and Small and Medium sized Enterprises for Standardisation |
NP |
New Work Item Proposal (current ISO/IEC abbreviation) |
NPACC |
National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council |
NPC |
National Product Catalogue |
NQF |
National quality (measures) framework |
NSO |
National Standards Office |
NWIP |
New Work Item Proposal (obsolete ISO/IEC abbreviation – see "NP") |
O&O |
Orders and Observations (Workgroup) |
OBPR |
Office of Best Practice Regulation |
OCL |
Object Constraint Language |
OHT |
Open Health Tools Foundation (www.openhealthtools.org) |
OID |
Object Identifier |
OMG |
Object Management Group |
ONC |
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (within US Department of Health and Human Services) |
OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection |
OTF |
Organisation Task Force [ISO TC 215] |
OWL |
Web Ontology Language |
PA |
Patient Administration (Workgroup) |
PACS |
Picture Archive & Communication System |
PAS |
Patient Administration System |
PASS |
Privacy Access and Security Service |
PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PC |
Patient Care (Workgroup) |
PCEHR |
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record |
PDAM, DAM |
(Proposed) Draft Amendment |
PDF |
Portable Document Format |
PDTR, DTR |
(Proposed) Draft Technical Report |
PHDSC |
Public Health Data Standards Consortium |
PHER |
Public Health and Emergency Response (Workgroup) |
PHR |
Personal Health Record |
PHTF |
Public Health Task Force |
PIM |
Platform Independent Model |
PIP |
Practice Incentive Payment |
PIR |
Post Implementation Review |
PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
PM |
Project Manager |
PMBOK |
Project Management Body of Knowledge |
PMO |
Project Management Office |
PMP |
Project Management Plan |
PMS |
Practice Management System |
PMTL |
Project Management Team Leader |
PoC |
Point-of-Care |
PSM |
Platform Specific Model |
PSS |
Project Scope Statement [HL7] |
PSUR |
Periodic Safety Update Report |
PWG |
Pharmacy Working Group (HL7) |
QDM |
Quality Data Model of the US National Quality Forum |
RACGP |
Royal Australian College of General Practice |
RCPA |
Royal College of Pathologists Australia |
RCRIM |
Regulated Clinical Research Information Management [HL7 Workgroup] |
RDF |
Resource Description Framework (W3C) |
REST |
Representative State Transfer - REST is an architectural style that can be summed up as four verbs (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE from HTTP 1.1) and the nouns, which are the resources available on the network (referenced in the URI). The term was first coined in a thesis by Roy Fielding and is an alternative Web architecture to SOAP. |
RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
RHIO |
(US) Regional Health Information Organisation |
RIM |
Reference Information Model |
RIMBAA |
RIM Based Application Architecture |
RIS |
Radiology Information Systems |
RLUS |
Resource Locate Update Service (HSSP) |
RMIM |
Refined Message Information Model |
RM-ODP |
Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing |
RO |
Responsible Officer |
SA |
Standards Australia |
SAIF |
Services Aware Interoperability Framework |
SBP |
Strategic Business Plan [ISO & IEC] |
SC |
Subcommittee |
SD |
Structured Documents [HL7 Workgroup] |
SDO |
Standards Development Organisation |
SHARPS |
Strategic Healthcare IT Advanced Research Projects on Security |
SHIPPS |
Semantic Health Information Performance and Privacy Standard |
SIG |
Special Interest Group |
SKMT |
Standards Knowledge Management Tool |
SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
SMB |
Standards Management Board (IEC only) |
SME |
Subject Matter Experts |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNOMED |
Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine |
SNOMED CT |
Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine- Clinical Terms |
SOA |
Service Oriented Architecture |
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
T3SD |
Technical and Support Services Steering Division |
TC |
Technical Committee |
TCM |
Traditional Chinese Medicine |
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TEAM |
Traditional East Asian Medicine – This term, though inadequate is used to represent Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Korean Medicine, Traditional Japanese Medicine. |
TF |
Task Force |
TM |
Traditional Medicine |
TMB |
Technical Management Board (ISO only) |
TOGAF |
The Open Group Architecture Framework |
TR |
Technical Report (an informative ISO or IEC standards publication) |
TS |
Technical Specification (a normative standards publication having a lower level of consensus than a full international standard) |
TSC |
HL7 Technical Steering Committee |
UAT |
User Acceptance Testing |
UCUM |
Unified Code for Units of Measure [Regenstrief Institute] |
UHI |
Unique Healthcare Identifier |
UML |
Unified Modelling Language |
UN |
United Nations |
VMR |
Virtual Medical Record |
VOC |
Vocabulary Committee (HL7) |
W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
WCM |
Web Content Management |
WD |
Working Draft (second stage in developing an ISO or IEC standard) |
WG |
Working Group or Work Group |
WGM |
Working Group Meeting |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WI |
Work Item |
WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
XDS |
(IHE’s) cross enterprise Data Sharing protocol |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |