Annual Report - Glossary and Acronyms

Glossary and Acronyms

Glossary

Outcomes		The results, impacts or consequences of actions by the Australian Government on the Australian community.

Outputs		The goods or services produced by agencies on behalf of the Australian Government for external organisations or individuals.

Performance measures		Measures that provide information on administered items and departmental outputs in terms of quality, quantity and efficiency.

Portfolio Budget Statements		Statements prepared by portfolios to explain the Budget appropriations in terms of outcomes and outputs.

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements		Statements prepared by portfolios to explain the Additional Estimates Budget appropriations in terms of outcomes and outputs.

Acronyms

Acronym		Full Meaning


ABHI		Australian Better Health Initiative

ACAT		Aged Care Assessment Team

ACCHO		Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisations

ADGP		Australian Divisions of General Practice

ADIA		Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association

AHCAs		Australian Health Care Agreements

AHMAC		Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council

AHPC		Australian Health Protection Committee

AICS		Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances

AIHW		Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

ALWSH		Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

ANAO		Australian National Audit Office

ANZTPA		Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority

AODR		Australian Organ Donor Register

APCCP		Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program

APY		Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara

AQIS		Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

ARC		Australian Research Council

ARCBS		Australian Red Cross Blood Service

AR-DGR		Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups

ART		Assisted Reproductive Technologies

ARTG		Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods

BHC		Building Healthy Communities

BLP		Benefit Limitation Period

CAP		Conditional Adjustment Payment

CBRN		Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear

CDM		Chronic Disease Management

CDNA		Communicable Diseases Network of Australia

CIP		Continuous Improvement Projects

CJD		Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

COAG		Council of Australian Governments

CPD		Continuing Professional Development

CPE		Continuing Professional Education

CPI		Community Partnerships Initiative

CSO		Community Services Obligation

DPMP		Donors per Million Population

EACH		Extended Aged Care at Home

ECLIPSE		Electronic Claim Lodgement and Information Processing Service Environment

EMS		Environmental Management System

ESD		Ecologically Sustainable Development

GHG		Greenhouse Gas

GMO		Genetically Modified Organisms

GMP		Good Manufacturing Practice

GP		General Practitioners

GTMC		Gene Technology Ministerial Council

GVG		Green Vehicle Guide

HACC		Home and Community Care

HGAC		Human Genetics Advisory Committee

HPFB		Health Products and Food Branch

HREC		Human Research Ethics Committees

IAG		Implementation Advisory Group

IBNR		Informed but not Reported

ICC		Indigenous Coordination Centres

IFC		Informed Financial Consent

IVDs		In vitro diagnostics

IVF		In vitro fertilisation

JDRF		Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

LIME		Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education

MAHS		More Allied Health Services Program

MBS		Medicare Benefits Schedule

Medsafe		New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority

MoU		Memorandum of Understanding

MPS		Multipurpose Service

MRI		Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MSOAP		Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program

NBCSP		National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

NICS		National Institute of Clinical Studies

NCIRS		National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance

NDSS		National Diabetes Services Scheme

NEAF		National Ethics Application Form

NESD		National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development

NHCCN		National Health Call Centre Network

NHMRC		National Health and Medical Research Council

NICS		National Institute of Clinical Studies

NICNAS		National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

NQPS		National Quality and Performance System

NRVs		Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand, including Recommended Dietary Intakes

OCS		Office of Chemical Safety

OGTR		Office of the Gene Technology Regulator

PBAC		Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

PBS		Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

PDC		Prostheses and Devices Committee

PET		Positron Emission Tomography

PHC		Prohibition of Human Cloning

PHCRED		Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development

PHERP		Public Health Education and Research Program

PHIO		Private Health Insurance Ombudsman

PIRS		Patient Information Recall Systems

PPHG		Promoting Private Health Group

PSD		Public Summary Document

QMS		Quality Management System

RANZCR		Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

RHSET		Rural Health Support, Education and Training Program

RIHE		Research Involving Health Ethics

ROCS		Run-off Cover Scheme

SDRF		Service Development Reporting Framework

SRA		Shared Responsibility Agreement

TGA		Therapeutic Goods Administration

TKP		Tjungungku Kuranyukutu Palyantjaku

UDRH		University Departments of Rural Health

WHA		World Health Assembly

WHO		World Health Organization

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