Glossary

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Commonly Used in Health

A&E Accident and emergency
ACN Acute Community Nursing
ADM Acute Demand Management
AHS After Hours Service
ALAC Alcohol and Liquor Advisory Council
ALOS Average Length of Stay
ASC Acute Services Coordination
ASH Ambulatory Sensitive Hospitalisations
BAU Business-as-usual. The operation of existing systems
BCTI Buyer Created Tax Invoice
BIC Brief Intervention Coordinator
BMJ British Medical Journal
BPM Business Process Manager, a claim and invoice processing system
BSA Breast Screen Aotearoa
BSI Blood stream infection
CARE Coordinates Assesses Rehabilitates the Elderly
Care+ Specific programme to support those with chronic disease
Catinc Community Action to Improve Nutritional Capacity
CBF Capitation Based Funding, both an information technology system and a supporting process for funding PHOs on a capitated basis
CCMAU Crown Company Monitoring and Advice Unit
CCPHO Canterbury Community Primary Health Organisation
CCU Coronary Care Unit
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFA Crown Funding Agreement
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CoS Coordinator of Services
COSE Coordinator of Services for the Elderly
CPHO Christchurch Primary Health Organisation
CCPS Client Claims Processing System, a HealthPAC system that processes payments for providers of health and disability services on behalf of the funders of those services
CDHB Canterbury District Health Board
CMS Contract Management System, a HealthPAC system with three main functions: reporting; the generation and administration of agreements between funders and contracted providers of health and disability services; and processing payments to the providers of contracted health and disability services on behalf of the funders of those services
Connected Health Community The collective of health workers and entities (i.e. hospitals, general practitioners, laboratories, pharmacies and other healthcare providers and funders), connectivity service providers and health information / application providers that communicate and collaborate within the Connected Health governance and management framework
Core Services Those services and applications that are provided centrally for use by all participants in the Connected Health Community
CPH Community and Public Health (CDHB)
CPHDSAC Community, Public Health, Disability Support Advisory Committee (CDHB)
CPI Capitation Payments & Information, A Ministry initiative wit the goal of improving Primary Health Care Payment Systems, Information & Connectivity
CSC Community Services Card
CSD Clinical Services Directorate, a Ministry directorate
CSR Capitation Summary Report
CTA Clinical Training Agency
CWD Case weighted discharge
DAP District Annual Plan
DHB District Health Board. DHBs provide, or fund the provision of, health & disability services to 21 districts throughout New Zealand.
DHBNZ District Health Boards New Zealand. The overall purpose of District Health Boards New Zealand is to assist DHBs in meeting their objectives and accountabilities to the Crown
DHBF&P DHB Funding and Performance Directorate, a Ministry directorate
DME Death & Merge Extract, a file provided by NZHIS that allows the PHO Regsiter to be updated with information regarding Dates of death and NHI number merges.
DSS Disability Support Services
ED Emergency Department
EOI Expression of Interest
FFS Fee for Service
FMIS Financial Management Information System
FSA First specialist assessment
Funder An organisation that provides financial resources to individual and organisations involved in the delivery of healthcare services
FTE Full time equivalent
Geocode A geographical code to identify a point or area at the surface of the earth
GMS General Medical Subsidy
GP General Practitioner
GPT General Practice team
HAC Hospital Advisory Committee (CDHB)
HADIE Health and Disability Information Exchange
HbA1c Haemoglobin A1c, glucated haemoglobin, reflects the average blood glucose level over the past 3 months
Healthcare Providers Any person (i.e., doctor, nurse, dentist) or facility (i.e., hospital or clinic) that provides medical care.
HealthPAC Health Payments, Agreements and Compliance, a business unit of the Ministry of Health
HEHA Healthy Eating - Healthy Action
HFA Health Funding Authority
HPCA Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
HIN Health Information Network
HIPR Health Information Privacy Rules
HISAC Health Information Strategy Action Committee. HISAC is the Ministerial Advisory Committee that provides leadership, oversight and governance for implementing the Health Information Strategy for New Zealand (HIS-NZ)
HIS-NZ Health Information Strategy for New Zealand
HISO New Zealand Health Information Standards Organisation. HISO is a sub-committee of HISAC. HISO’s role is to engage with New Zealand’s health and disability sector to strategically manage the development of health information standards for New Zealand
HKPHO Hurunui Kaikoura Primary Health Organisation
HMS Health Management Services – contracted by the PHO for this
HP Health Promotion
HPI Health Practitioner Index
HR Human Resources
HRC Health Research Council
HSC Health Sponsorship Council
HSR Health Statistics and Reporting
HSS Hospital and Specialist Services
HUHC High Use Health Card
HWAC Health Workforce Advisory Committee
ICU Intensive care unit
IDF Inter district flows
InterRAI International Resident Assessment Instrument, a comprehensive geriatric assessment tool
IPA Independent Practitioner Association
IT Information technology
ITS Information Technology Services, a business unit of the Ministry. The information and communications technology organisation responsible for supporting HealthPAC and NZHIS
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LMC Lead Maternity Carer
MAF Ministry iof Agriculture and Forestry
MECA Mulit Employer Collective Agreement
Medsafe NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority
MeNZB Name given to programme to vaccinate against meningococcal meningitis
MFAT Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MHINC Mental Health Information National Collection
MHIRS Mental Health Information Reporting System
Ministry Ministry of Health (MOH)
MMR Measles mumps and rubella
MoC Model of Care
MSD Ministry of Social Development
MSO Management Service Organisation, for instance an external organisation carrying out IT processing for a PHO.
NASC Needs Assessment Service Coordinator
NCSP National Cervical Screening Programme
NETP Nursing Entry to Practice Programme
Network The communication path that connects a series of points
NGHN Next Generation Health Network
NGO Non-Governmental Organisations, organisations that receive government funding to provide a set service, usually private trusts or incorporated societies
NHC National Health Committee
NHI National Health Index
NIR National Immunisation Register
NMDS National Minimum Dataset, the hospital inpatient discharges collection
NSDP National Systems Development Programme
NSR National Systems Review. The business case report, written by Deloitte in October 2005, that is the forerunner to this Connected Health business case
NSU National Screening Unit
NZDS New Zealand Disability Strategy
NZFSA New Zealand Food Safety Authority
NZHIS New Zealand Health Information Service, a business unit of the Ministry
NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZTPS New Zealand TelePaediatrics Service
OCC Office of the Commissioner for Children
OIA Official Information Act
OSH Occupational Safety and Health
OT Occupational Therapy/ist
PAS Payment Advice Sheet
Patient A person who requires medical care and purchases or uses healthcare services
PBFF Population Based Funding Formula
PerOrg Person Organisation Database, identifies people & organisations within the sector
P+F Planning and Funding
PHARMAC Pharmaceutical Management Agency
PHC Primary Health Care
PHCDT Primary Health Care Development Team, a group that works within the Minstry's Clinical Services Directorate
PHCS Primary Health Care Strategy
PHD Primary Health Directorate
PHIG Primary Health Care Strategy Implementation Group
PHO Primary Health Organisation. PHOs are the local provider organisations through which DHBs implement the Primary Health Care Strategy
PHOPP Primary Health Organisation Performance Programme – previously PHO PMP
PHU Public Health Unit
PI Performance Indicators
PMP Performance Management Programme
PMS Patient Management System, software used to manage patient data in primary practices
PoC Package of Care
ProClaim System for processing transactions for health-related payment claims, a HealthPAC system
PSAAP The PHO S Agreements Amendment Protocol Group, established to consider and make decisions and/or recommendations on variations to the Standard PHO Agreement and ts referenced documents
PSG Programme Steering Group. The management group that supports the business owners of Connected Health
PSC Pharmaceutical Subsidy Card
PSE Psychiatric Services for the Elderly
PUC Purchase Unit Code
RANZCP Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
RCPHO Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation
RDA Resident Doctors Association
RFP Request For Proposal
SCA Service Coordination Agency
SIA Services to Improve Access
SIG Special Interest group
SISSAL South Island Shared Services Agency Ltd – local processing/contract management arm of MOH
SLH SouthLink Health – an IPA
SME Subject Matter Expert
SMO Senior Medical Officer
SPINA Service Planning and New Health Intervention Assessment (Framework)
TEC Tertiary Education Commission
The Act NZ Health and Disability Act 2000
The Code Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights
The Commissioner The Health and Disability Commissioner
The Minister The Minister of Health
The Ministry The Ministry of Health
The Office The Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Sector The Health and Disability sector within New Zealand
TLA Territorial Local Authority
TOR Terms of Reference
TPS Transaction Processing System
UAT User Acceptance Testing
WAVE Working to add value through E-information
WHO World Health Organisation
WINCAPP Windows Computer-Aided Pharmacy Processing
WIP Work in progress