Glossary of acronyms and terms

AbSec	Aboriginal Child, Family & Community Care State Secretariat
ADHC	Ageing, Disability and Home Care
AHS	Area Health Service
ALO	Aboriginal Liaison Officer
ARIA	Oncology Patient Management System
AWCH	Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare
CALD	Culturally & Linguistically Diverse
CAP	Clinical Applications Portal
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CFHN	Child and Family Health Nursing
CHC	Community Health Centre
CHIME	Community Health Information Management Enterprise (Community Health electronic medical record)
CID	Clinical Information Department
CPD	Continuing Professional Development
CMO	Career Medical Officer
COAG	Council of Australian Governments
CRU	Central Recruitment Unit
CS	Division of Community Services
CSU	Clinical Support Unit
CWU	Child Wellbeing Unit
CYPFCN	Children, Young Peoples and Families Clinical Network
DADHC	Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care now ADHC
DET	Department of Education & Training
DoCS	Department of Community Services
DFV	Domestic/Family Violence
DJJ	Division of Juvenile Justice
DPC	Department of Premier & Cabinet
DVLO	Domestic Violence Liaison Officer
EAP	Employee Assistance Program
ECN	Early Childhood Nurse
EDRS	Electronic Discharge Referral System
EI	Early Intervention
EIISCA	Early Intervention Information and Service Coordination Agency
FaHCSIA	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs
FCM	Family Case Management
FRS	Family Referral Service
FSPC	First Steps Parenting Centre
GroupWise	Computer system used for email and diary management/calendars
HASI	Housing & Accommodation Support Initiative
HCP&FCS	Hunter Child Protection and Family Counselling Service
HealthAMMS	Computer system used for entering all repairs and maintenance requests
HHIS	Hunter Health Imaging Service
HNEH	Hunter New England Health
HS Net	Human Services Network
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
IMET	Institute of Medical Education and Training
iPM	iSoft Patient Manager
IRMS	Integrated Risk Management System
JHH	John Hunter Hospital
JHCH	John Hunter Children’s Hospital
JIRT	Joint Investigation Response Team
JMO	Junior Medical Officer (Post Graduate Years 1 and 2 – PGY1 & PGY2)
KEAG	Kaleidoscope Executive Advisory Group
KTS	Keep Them Safe
LHN	Local Health Network
LoST	Length of Stay Tool
Maximo	Other name used for HealthAMMS
MBH	Manning Base Hospital (now known as Manning Hospital)
MEDLINE	A comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information
MOU	Memorandum Of Understanding
MLO	Multicultural Liaison Officer
MRG	Mandatory Reporter Guide
MRN	Medical Record Number
MyLink	HNE platform for the delivery and facilitation of learning where you apply for approval to attend a conference or seminar, view the HNE Learning Calendar and access your development record.
NETS	NSW Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service
NICU	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NGO	Non Government Organisation
OOHC	Out Of Home Care
OPD	Outpatients department
Oracle	Computer system used to enter purchase details
ORLH&N	Otolaryngology, Head & Neck (Ear, Nose and Throat)
OT	Occupational Therapy/Therapist
PAS	Patient Administration System
PICU	Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
PIMS	Patient Information Management System which is now known as iPM
ProAct	Computer system used to enter rostering / payroll details
PSN	Perinatal Services Network
PSOP	Paediatric Surgical Outreach Project
QUM	Quality Use of Medicine
RCA	Root Cause Analysis
RiMS	Referral Information Management System
RMO	Resident Medical Officer (Post Graduate Year 2 – PGY2)
SAP	Sustainable Access Program
SCN	Special Care Nursery
SDM	Structured Decision Making
SMaRT	Strategic Management and Reporting Tool
SOG	Senior Officer’s Group
SRMO	Senior Resident Medical Officer
The John	John Hunter Hospital
TMH	The Maitland Hospital
VMO	Visiting Medical Officer
WEBPACS	Computer system used to view X-ray results
Winscribe	Audio dictation system