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LHADCOP Longwoods Healthcare Acronym Dictionary for Canadian Organizations and Programs**

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1. AAHP Association of Allied Health Professionals

2. AAP Attendance Awareness Program

3. ABI Acquired Brain Injury

4. ACAHO Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations

5. ACCP Association of Casualty Care Personnel

6. ACGIH American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists

7. ACH Acute Care Hospitals

8. ACHE American College of Health Executives

9. ACIP Ambulatory Care Initiative Payment

10. ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support

11. ACMOH Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health

12. ACPEWC Actual Cost Per Equivalent Weighted Case

13. ACTH Association of Canadian Teaching Hospitals

14. ACW Ambulatory Care Weights

15. ADM Assistant Deputy Minister

16. ADM Assistant Deputy Minister

17. ADPCO Association of Discharge Planners Coordinators of Ontario

18. ADT Admissions Discharge Transfer system

19. AFA Alternative Financing Arrangements

20. AFP Alternate Financing and Procurement

21. AFP’s Alternative Funding Plans

22. AHA Alberta Hospital Association

23. AHHRMO Association of Healthcare Human Resources Managers of Ontario

24. AHQ Association of the Hospitals of Quebec

25. AHSCs Academic Health Science Centres

26. ALC Alternate Level Care

27. ALC Alternative Level of Care

28. ALOS Acute Length of Stay

29. ALPHA Association of Local Public Health Agencies

30. alPHa Association of Local Public Health Agencies

31. AMA American Medical Association

32. AMO Association of Municipalities of Ontario

33. AODA Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

34. AOHC Association of Ontario Health Centres

35. APP Alternate Payment Plan

36. ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers

37. AWOL Absence Without Leave

38. BBP Balanced Budget Plan

39. BCLS Basic Cardiac Life Support

40. BLG Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP

41. BOND Business Oriented New Development

42. BOT Back Office Transformation

43. BPAC Benefit Plans Advisory Committee

44. BRAT Bioterrorism Response Advisory Team

45. BTP Breakthrough Pain

46. CADTH Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health

47. CAEP Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

48. CAER Community Awareness Emergency Response

49. CAHO Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (Formerly OCOTH)

50. CAMH Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

51. CARE Cholesterol And Recurrent Events Study

52. CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scanner

53. CAW Canadian Auto Workers

54. CAW Canadian Auto Workers Union

55. CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear

56. CBRN Chemical/Bio/Radiological/Nuclear

57. CCAC Community Care Access Centre

58. CCC Complex Continuing Care

59. CCEP Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness

60. CCH Chronic Care Hospitals

61. CCHA Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation

62. CCHFA Canadian Council on Health Facilities Accreditation

63. CCHG Chairman's Committee on Hospital Governance (OHA)

64. CCHSA Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation

65. CCHSE Canadian College of Health Service Executives

66. CCO Cancer Care Ontario

67. CCU Critical Care Unit

68. CDA Canadian Diabetic Association

69. CDC Center for Disease Control (Atlanta)

70. CDN Canadian

71. CEEP Centre of Excellence in Emergency Preparedness

72. CEO Chief Executive Officer

73. CFO Chief Financial Officer

74. CGSB Canadian General Standards Board (Gov. of Canada)

75. CHA Canadian Healthcare Association

76. CHAC Catholic Health Association of Canada

77. CHC Community Health Centre

78. CHCO Catholic Health Corporation of Ontario

79. CHE Certified Health Executive

80. CHES Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society

81. CHI Canada Health Infoway

82. CHIMA Canadian Health Information Management Association

83. CHO Comprehensive Health Organization

84. CHSC Certified Health & Safety Consultant

85. CICA Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants: Standards of reporting

86. CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist (USA)

87. CIHI Canadian Institute for Health Information

88. CMA Canadian Medical Association

89. CMC Canadian Management Centre (Partner for on-line learning)

90. CME Continuing Medical Education

91. CMG Case Mix Group

92. CMLTO College of Medical Laboratory Technologist of Ontario

93. CMOH Chief Medical Officer of Health

94. CMRTO College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario

95. CNE Chief Nursing Executive

96. CNO Chief Nursing Officer

97. CNO College of Nurses of Ontario

98. COACH Canada’s Health Informatics Association

99. COMSOC Ministry of Community and Social Services

100. COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

101. COS Chief of Staff

102. COSHA Caregivers of Ontario Safety and Health Association

103. CPI Central Patient Index

104. CPSI Canadian Patient Safety Institute

105. CPSO College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

106. CPSO College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

107. CQI Continuous Quality Improvement

108. CRSP Canadian Registered Safety Professionals

109. CSHP Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists

110. CSSE Canadian Society of Safety Engineering

111. CTAS Canadian Triage Acuity Scale

112. CUOE Canadian Union of Operating Engineers

113. CUPE Canadian Union of Public Employees

114. D/C Discharge

115. DAD Discharge Abstract Database

116. DC Day Care

117. DCA Delegated Controlled Act

118. DCMS Disability Claims Management Services (now called OHMS)

119. DHC District Health Council

120. DI Diagnostic Imaging

121. DM Deputy Minister

122. DME Diagnostic & Medical Equipment

123. DRG Diagnosis Related Group

124. DSC Diagnostic Services Committee (OHA/OMA/MOHLTC)

125. EAP Employee Assistance Program

126. ECG Echocardiogram

127. ECO Emergency Coordination Centre

128. ECPEWC Expected Cost Per Equivalent Weighted Case

129. EDCDP Emergency Department Coverage Demonstration Program

130. ED-GIM Emergency Department – General Internal Medicine

131. EDOC Emergency Department Overcrowding Committee

132. EEGAP Expert Employee Group Advisory Panel

133. EHC Extended Health Coverage

134. EHR Electronic Health Record

135. ELD CAP Beds “Elderly Capital Assistance Program” Beds

136. EMAT [Ontario's] Emergency Medical Assistance Team

137. EMS Emergency Medical Services

138. EMU Emergency Management Unit

139. EOC Emergency Operations Centre

140. TEOC Toronto Emergency Operations)

141. ER Emergency Room

142. ESA Employment Standards Act

143. FCCHSE Fellow of the Canadian College of Health Services Executives

144. FCM Federation of Canadian Municipalities

145. FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)

146. FIPPA Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

147. FOI Freedom of Information

148. FRI Febrile Respiratory Illness

149. FTE Full Time Equivalent

150. GTAA Greater Toronto Airports Authority

151. GUSTO Global Utilization of Streptokinase and tPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries

152. H5N1 Flu strain affecting poultry stocks

153. HAAO Hospital Auxiliaries Association of Ontario

154. HAAs Hospital Accountability Agreements

155. HAPS Hospital Annual Planning Submissions

156. Hazmat Hazardous Materials

157. HBAM Health Based Allocation Model (LHIN funding formula)

158. HCA Hospital Corporations of America

159. HCHSA Health Care Health and Safety Association

160. HCHSA Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare

161. HCOHSA Health Care Occupational Health and Safety Association

162. HCP Healthcare Papers (journal)

163. HCPRA Health Care Public Relations Association Canada

164. HCRSA Hospital Community Respiratory Services Alliance

165. HCW Health Care Workers

166. HEICS The Hospital Emergency Incident Command System

167. HELP Hospital Employees' Liaison Panel

168. HEMC Health Emergency Management Committee

169. HERS Hospital Employee Relations Services

170. HERS Hospital Employee Relations Services (OHA)

171. HERT Hospital Emergency Response Training

172. HETF Hospital Efficiency Task Force

173. HFA Home for the Aged

174. HHES Healthy Hospital Employee Survey

175. HHI Healthy Hospital Initiative

176. HHR Health Human Resources

177. HIMSS Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society

178. HIRF Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund

179. HIROC Hospital Insurance Reciprocal of Canada

180. HIS Hospital Information System

181. HLDAA Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act

182. HMMS Healthcare Materials Management Services

183. HMO Health Maintenance Organization

184. HMRI Hospital Medical Records Institute

185. HOCFA Hospital On-Call Funding Agreement

186. HOODIP Hospitals Of Ontario Disability Income Plan

187. HOOGLIP Hospitals Of Ontario Group Life Insurance Plan

188. HOOPP Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan

189. HOOVLIP Hospital of Ontario Voluntary Life Insurance Plan

190. HPARB Health Professions Appeal and Review Board

191. HPLR Health Professions Legislation Review

192. HP Hewlett Packer

193. HP Healthcare Policy (journal)

194. HPP Hospital Purchasing Program

195. HPPA Health Protection and Promotion Act

196. HPRAC Health Profession Regulatory Advisory Council

197. HRC Human Resource Committee (OHA)

198. HRDC Human Resources Development Canada

199. HRT Health Results Team

200. H-SAA Hospital Service Accountability Agreement (replacing the HAA)

201. HSAC Health & Safety Advisory Committee

202. HSIA Health Systems Improvement Act

203. HSMR Hospital Standardized Mortality Rate

204. HSO Health Service Organization

205. HSRC Health Services Restructuring Commission

206. HSTAP Health Sector Training and Adjustment Program

207. HQ Healthcare Quarterly

208. IAA Interim Accountability Agreement

209. IAPA Industrial Accident Prevention Association

210. ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems

211. ICES Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario

212. ICES International Credential Evaluation Service

213. ICU Intensive Care Unit

214. IHI Institute of Healthcare Improvement

215. IHSP Integrated Health Service Plan

216. ILI Influenza-like Illness

217. IMG International Medical Graduate

218. IML Investment Management Limited (OHA)

219. IMS Incident Management System

220. IPBA Integrated Population Based Allocation

221. IPC Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario

222. ISIS International Study of Infarct Survival

223. ISMP Institute for Safe Medication Practices

224. ISRM Information Systems and Record Management

225. IT Information Technology

226. IUOE International Union of Operating Engineers

227. JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association

228. JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

229. JEPP Joint Emergency Preparedness Program

230. JHSC Joint Health and Safety Committee

231. JILMC Joint Industry Labour/Management Council

232. JPPC Joint Policy and Planning Committee

233. LHIN Local Health Integration Network

234. LHINs Local Health Integration Networks

235. LHSIA Local Health System Integration Act

236. LL&L Leadership Lunch and Learn

237. LOS Length Of Stay

238. LTC Long-term care

239. LTD Long-Term Disability

240. LWBS Left Without Being Seen

241. MAC Medical Advisory Committee

242. MARS *

243. MCI Mass Casualty Incidents

244. MCSCS Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

245. MD Medical Doctor

246. MIS Management Information System

247. MIS Management Information Systems (National)

248. MMWR Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report

249. MOHLTC Ministry Of Health and Long Term Care

250. MORE Multi Organ Retrieval Exchange

251. MOW Meals On Wheels

252. MPIR Ministry of Public Infrastructure and Renewal

253. MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

254. MRI Ministry of Research and Innovation

255. MRP Most Responsible Physician

256. MSA Multi Service Agencies

257. MSD Muskoskeletal Disorders

258. MTCU Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

259. MTS Medical Transport Service

260. MYF Multi-Year Funding

261. NAC Nursing Advisory Committee

262. NACRS National Ambulatory Care Reporting System

263. Naylor Committee The Ntl Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health

264. NEAT Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation

265. NEER New Experimental Experience Rating

266. NEJM New England Journal of Medicine

267. NFPA National Fire Protection Association

268. NH Nursing Homes

269. NIF New Initiatives Fund

270. NIH National Institutes of Health

271. NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Health & Safety

272. NISS Nursing Information System – Saskatchewan

273. NL Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership

274. NRP Neonatal Resuscitation Program

275. NRP National Response Plan

276. OACCAC Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres

277. OACRS Ontario Association of Children’s Rehabilitation Services

278. OAML Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories

279. OANHSS Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes & Services for Seniors

280. OAOA Ontario Ambulance Operators Association

281. OAR Ontario Association of Radiologists

282. OARNA Ontario Association of Registered Nursing Assistants

283. OBS Obstetrics

284. OBSP Ontario Breast Screening Program

285. OCCI Ontario Case Costing Initiative

286. OCDM Ontario Cost Distribution Methodology

287. OCFP Ontario College of Family Physicians

288. OCHU Ontario Council of Hospital Unions

289. OCIPEP Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness

290. OCOTH Ontario Council of Teaching Hospitals (Now CAHO)

291. OCSA Ontario Community Support Association

292. OCW Ontario Case Weight

293. ODA Ontario Dental Association

294. ODB Ontario Drug Benefit

295. OH&S Occupational Health and Safety

296. OHA Ontario Hospital Association

297. OHEN Oxford Health Education Network

298. OHHA Ontario Health-care Housekeepers’ Association

299. OHHCPA Ontario Home Health Care Providers’ Association

300. OHIMA Ontario Health Information Management Association

301. OHIP Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan

302. OHMS Organizational Health Management Services

303. OHPA Ontario Health Providers Alliance

304. OHPIP Ontario Health Pandemic Influenza Planning

305. OHRS Ontario Health Reporting System

306. OHS Occupational Health Services

307. OHTAC Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee

308. OLIS Ontario Laboratories Information Systems

309. OLTCA Ontario Long Term Care Association

310. OMA Ontario Medical Association

311. OMHRS Ontario Mental Health Reporting System

312. ONA Ontario Nurses’ Association

313. ONTLA Ontario Legislature

314. OPA Ontario Pharmacists’ Association

315. OPS Operation Planning Committee

316. OPSEU Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union

317. OR Operating Room

318. ORLSP Ontario Regional Laboratory Services Planning

319. ORNGE Ontario’s provider of aero medical transport

320. OSACH Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare

321. OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA)

322. OT Occupational Therapy

323. OWHC Ontario Women’s Health Council

324. PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System

325. PACU Post Anesthetic Care Unit

326. PAIRO Professional Association of Interns and Residents of Ontario

327. PAR Problem Analysis Report

328. PAVRO Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources of Ontario

329. PEP Provincial Emergency Plan

330. PHA Public Hospitals Act

331. PHCC OHA/OMA/Ministry’s Physician Hospital Care Committee

332. PHCC Physician Hospital Care Committee (with OMA & MOHLTC)

333. PHHRS Provincial Health Human Resources Strategy Unit

334. PHHRSAG Provincial Health Human Resources Strategic Advisory Group

335. PHIPA Personal Health Information Protection Act

336. PHRP Physician-Hospital Relationship Project

337. PHRWG Physician Hospital Relationship Working Group

338. PIDAC Provincial Infections Diseases Advisory Committee

339. PIPEDA Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

340. PIR Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal

341. PISC Pandemic Influenza Supply Chain

342. PPA Policy and Public Affairs

343. PS&CB Patient Safety & Clinical Best Practices

344. PSAC Public Service Alliance of Canada

345. PSAG Patient Safety Advisory Group

346. PSLRTA Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act

347. PT Physiotherapy

348. PTAC Patient Transfer Authorization Centre

349. QA Quality Assurance

350. QCIPA Toolkit Quality of Care Information Protection Act Toolkit

351. QCIPA Quality of Care Information Protection Act

352. QCIPA Quality of Care Information Protection Act

353. QMP-LS Quality Management Program – Laboratory Services

354. QRP Quick Response Program

355. RCEC Regional Council Executive Committee

356. RECU Rehabilitation Extended Care Unit

357. RFP Request For Proposal

358. RFQ Request for Qualifications

359. RGHPI OHA Reference Group on Hospital Physician Issues

360. RGP Regional Geriatric Program

361. RHPA Regulated Health Professions Act

362. RIS Radiology Information System

363. RIW Resource Intensity Weight

364. RIW Resource Intensity Weights

365. RM Risk Management

366. RN Registered Nurse

367. RNAO Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario

368. RNPAO Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario

369. ROH and ROHT Registered Occupational Hygienist (Technician) (Canada)

370. ROMA Rural Ontario Municipal Association

371. RPN Registered Practical Nurse

372. RT Respiratory Therapy

373. RTW Return to Work

374. SAA Service Accountability Agreement

375. SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

376. SCFEA Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

377. SDM Substitute Decision Maker

378. SEIU Service Employees’ International Union

379. SEMD Safety Engineered Medical Devices

380. SEMS Safety Engineered Medical Sharps

381. SHoPSS Standardized Hospital Patient Satisfaction Survey

382. SHPAG Small Hospitals Provincial Advisory Committee

383. SHRM Strategic Human Resources Management

384. SLP Speech Language Pathology

385. SMC Senior Management Committee

386. SRN Small, Rural and Northern Hospitals

387. STD Short-Term Disability

388. STEMI Program ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Program

389. SUMED Single-use medical device

390. SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

391. TASHN Toronto Academic Science Health Network (formally TAHSC)

392. TCF The Change Foundation

393. TEMP Toronto Emergency Measures Planning Committee ( also TMPC)

394. TEOC Toronto Emergency Operations Centre

395. TIMT Toronto Institute of Medical Technology

396. TML Toronto Medical Laboratories (a private-public partnership)

397. TPD Therapeutic Products Directorate

398. TQM Total Quality Management

399. TVHPP Thames Valley Hospital Planning Partnership

400. UAP Underserviced Area Program

401. UM Utilization Management

402. VA Veterans Affairs

403. VCC Volunteer Chaplain Coordinator

404. VON Victorian Order of Nurses

405. VORs Vendor Of Records

406. WTSAC Wait-Time Strategy Advisory Committee

407. WCB Workers' Compensation Board

408. WCDM World Conference on Disaster Management

409. WERS Web Enabled Reporting System

410. WGH Woodstock General Hospital

411. WHMIS Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

412. WHO World Health Organization

413. WSIB Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

414. WTIS Wait Time Information System

415. WTS Average Length Of Stay

*MaRS is not an acronym. Their web site says: It was originally a file name and the words "Medical and Related Sciences" were later attributed to it. Since we promote the convergence of a full range of science and technology disciplines, we've dropped “Medical and Related Sciences” from our name and we’re back to just “MaRS”.

** Longwoods provides no assurances that this list is complete or accurate. But we are working on it. Please submit additions and corrections to Chale (at) longwoods.com

Compiled from existing materials and dubious sources on December 20, 2007.

Updated (to be noted)