ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS LIST
REMOTE HEALTH ATLAS
ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS LIST
ACAP
ACAT
ACW
AECDO
AHP
AHP
AHW
AMS
AMSANT
AO
AOD
ARL
ASCC
ASH
ASM
ATLAS
ATSIHP
CA
CAHS
CARPA
CARPA STM
CARESYS
CCIS
CDC
CDMP
CDU
CHN
CCPMC
CMI
COO
CQI
CQIF
CRANA plus
CRANA plus
Procedure Manual
CRH
CYF
DATSIHP
DBE
DCIS
DCF
DHF
DM
March 2015
Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Program
Aged Care Assessment Team
Aboriginal Community Worker
Aboriginal Employment Careers Development Officer
Allied Health Practitioner
Aboriginal Health Practitioner (now known as ATSIHP)
Aboriginal Health Worker (now known as ATSIHP)
Aero Medical Services
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
Administration Officer
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Annual Recreational Leave
Alice Springs Correctional Centre
Alice Springs Hospital
Area Service Manager (now known as District Manager)
PHC Remote Governance Resource for all Remote Health Practitioners
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner
Central Australia
Central Australia Health Service
Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
CARPA Standard Treatment Manual
Hospital Network Client Electronic Records Management System
Community Care Information System
Centre for Disease Control
Chronic Disease Management Plan
Charles Darwin University
Child Health Nurse or Community Health Nurse
Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management Strategy (formerly PCDS)
Client Master Index
Chief Operating Officer
Continuous Quality Improvement
Continuous Quality Improvement Facilitator
Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia plus (includes other Remote Health
Practitioners)
CRANA plus Clinical Procedures Manual for Remote and Rural Practice
Centre for Remote Health
Child Youth and Family
Director of Aboriginal Health & Torres Strait Islander Practitioners
Department of Business and Employment (now known as DCIS)
Department of Corporate and Information Services (formerly DBE)
NT Department of Children & Families
Department of Health and Families (now known as DoH)
District Manager
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REMOTE HEALTH ATLAS
ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS LIST
DMO
DMS
DoB
DoH - NT
DoH - Australian
Government
DoHA
DONM
EACS
EHR
EIMS
ETA
ETD
FMO
FOIL
GDH
GM
GP
Health Profession
Manager
HF Radio
HPPEO
HPSN
HRN
ICT
IR
KDH
KPI
LSL
LWOP
MBS
MCYH
MEC
Menzies
MIDUS
MO
MSHR
MVA
MyHR
District Medical Officer (referred to as Medical Practitioner / Rural Medical Practitioner)
Director of Medical Services
Date of Birth
NT Department of Health, also known as the Department (formerly DHF)
NAHLS
Agency providing locum support for eligible nurses, midwives or allied health
professionals)
NHMRC
NKPI
NT AHKI
NT MPTGA
NRSC
NT
NTG
National Health and Medical Research Council
National Key Performance Indicators
Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Key Performance Indicators
Northern Territory Medicines, Poisons & Therapeutic Goods Act
Nursing Recruitment Services Co-ordinator
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Government
March 2015
Australian Government Department of Health (formerly DoHA)
Department of Health and Ageing (now known as Australian Government DoH)
Director of Nursing and Midwifery
East Arnhem Communicare System
Electronic Health Record
Electronic Invoice Management System (Finance Database)
Estimated Time of Arrival
Estimated Time of Departure
Fuel and Maintenance Order Book
Fares Out of Isolated Localities
Gove District Hospital
General Manager
General Practitioner
In the context of the Atlas this will predominantly refer to Director of ATSIHPs,
Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Director Medical Services
High Frequency Radio
Health Promotion Planning Evaluation Officer
Health Promoting School Nurse
Hospital Record Number
Information and Communication Technology
Internal Requisition (now known as PR – Purchase Request)
Katherine District Hospital
Key Performance Indicator
Long Service Leave
Leave Without Pay
Medicare Benefits Schedule
Maternal Child and Youth Health
Midwifery Emergency Course for non-midwives (CRANA plus)
Menzies School of Health Research
Midwifery Up-Skilling course (CRANA plus)
Medical Officer (referred to as Medical Practitioner)
Menzies School of Health Research
Motor Vehicle Accident
Personal Human Resource Management Database (Personnel)
Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (Australian Government funded
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ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS LIST
REMOTE HEALTH ATLAS
OH&S
OneStaff
OPD
PADDA
PATS
PBS
PCC
PCCE
PCD
PCDS
PCIS
PDO
PH
PHC
PHC Remote
PHCM
PHCN
PHN
PIPS
PL
PO
PPN
PPS
PSEMA
QIPPS
RAHC
RAN
RDH
REC
RFDS
RHB
RHD
RMP
RN
RPHCM
RS4
S4
S8
S100
S250
SARC
SDMO
SLWOMC
SLWP
SNAPE
SOAP
March 2015
Occupational Health and Safety (now known as WHS)
Electronic Staff Rostering and Management Database (currently used by hospitals
only)
Outpatient Department
NT Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Act (superceded by NT MPTGA)
Patient Assistance Travel Scheme
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Preventable Chronic Conditions (formerly PCD)
Preventable Chronic Conditions Educator
Preventable Chronic Disease (now known as PCC)
Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy (replaced by Chronic Conditions Prevention
and Management Strategy)
Primary Care Information System
Program Day Off (Nurses only)
Public Holiday
Primary Health Care
Primary Health Care Remote
Primary Health Care Manager (formerly Health Centre Manager)
Primary Health Care Nurse
Public Health Nutritionist
Personnel Information and Payroll System
Personal Leave
Purchase Order
Professional Practice Nurse
Professional Practice Support
Public Sector Employment and Management Act
Quality Improvement Program Planning System
Remote Area Health Core (Australian Government funded Agency providing Nurse
placements >3 weeks)
Remote Area Nurse
Royal Darwin Hospital
Remote Emergency Care course
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Remote Health Branch (now known as PHC Remote)
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rural Medical Practitioner (also referred to as Medical Practitioner)
Registered Nurse
Remote Primary Health Care Manuals
Restricted Schedule 4 Drugs
Schedule 4 Drugs
Schedule 8 Drugs
Section 100 Medications
Section 250 of the NT MPTGA
Sexual Assault Referral Centre
Senior District Medical Officer (now known as Director Medical Services)
Sick Leave without Medical Certificate
Sick Leave without Pay
Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol, Physical Activity, Emotional (brief intervention
opportunistic process of Adult Health Check)
Story, Observations, Assessment, Plan
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REMOTE HEALTH ATLAS
SODAF
SONT
SRMP Operations
TCH
TE
TEHS
Territory
TLR
TOIL
Town-based
Manager
TRIPS
UMR
VBS
WAHAC
WBM
WHS
WWCC
WYN
March 2015
ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS LIST
Story, Observations, Diagnosis, Action, Follow-up
Specialist Outreach NT
Senior Remote Medical Practitioner – Operations (now known as Director Medical
Services)
Tennant Creek Hospital
Top End
Top End Health Service
Northern Territory
Traffic Light Report (working document for the management of PCC)
Time Off in Lieu
In the context of the Atlas, this will predominantly refer to the positions of
Director of Nursing and Midwifery / Director of ATSIHP / Director Medical
Services / Operations Manager / District Manager
Travel Request Information Processing System (official travel database)
Urgent Minor Repairs
Vehicle Booking System
Western Arrente Health Aboriginal Corporation
Women’s Business Manual
Workplace Health & Safety (formerly OHS)
Working with Children Card (Ochre Card in the Northern Territory)
Willowra Yuendumu Nyirripi Health Organisation
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