Abbreviations & Acronyms
There are many abbreviations used on this site, and in the medical sector generally. While far from complete, the list below may help clarify some of the abbreviations used on this site and in general practice.
- ACIR
- Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
- ACRRM
- Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
- ADGP
- Australian Divisions of General Practice (now AGPN)
- AGPAL
- Australian General Practices Accreditation Limited
- AGPN
- Australian General Practice Network (was ADGP)
- ANS
- Authority Notification System
- APNA
- Australian Practice Nurses Association
- BHS
- Ballarat Health Services
- BoM
- Board of Management
- CDM
- Chronic Disease Management
- CHPCP
- Central Highlands Primary Care Partnership
- CIS
- Clinical Information System
- COPD
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- CPD
- Continuing Professional Development
- DHS
- Department of Human Services
- DMMR
- Domiciliary Medication Management Review
- DoHA
- Department of Health and Ageing
- EDQuM
- Enhanced Divisional Quality use of Medicines
- FLAME
- Flexible Learning in Acute and Medical Emergencies
- GP
- General Practitioner or General Practice
- GPMP
- GP Management Plan
- HARP
- Hospital Admission Risk Program
- HESA
- Health eSignature Authority
- HIC
- Health Insurance Commission
- HMR
- Home Medicines Review
- ICPC
- International Classification of Primary Care
- IHD
- Ischaemic Heart Disease
- IM/ICT
- Information Management / Information & Communication Technology
- INSIG
- Immunisation Nurses Special Interest Group
- MBS
- Medicare Benefit Schedule
- MD
- Medical Director. A popular clinical management software package.
- MTD
- MedTech Document
- NRHA
- National Rural Health Alliance
- NSWRDN
- NSW Rural Doctors Network
- PBS
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Scheme where the government pays most of the costs for many medicines for consumers.
- Portable Document Format. PDF documents are popular with web sites, particularly if the document is to be printed. Special software is needed to read PDF documents.
- PIP
- Practice Incentive Payment
- RACGP
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- RAV
- Rural Ambulance Victoria
- RCNA
- Royal College of Nursing Australia
- RDAA
- Rural Doctors Association of Australia
- RED
- Research, Evaluation & Development
- RHIMO
- Regional Health Information Management Officers
- RRMEO
- Rural and Remote Medical Education Online
- RTF
- Rich Text Format. Electronic file format used by Medical Director.
- SIP
- Service Incentive Payment
- TCA
- Team Care Arrangement
- VMPF
- Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation
