| ACCHO |
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| ACCHS |
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service |
| ACHS |
Australian Council on Health Care Standards |
| ACRRM |
Australian College Rural and Remote Medicine |
| ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
| AGPAL |
Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd |
| AHDW |
Aboriginal Health Development Worker |
| AHW | Aboriginal Health Worker |
| AIATSIS |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
| AIDA |
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association |
| AIDS | Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIRC |
Australian Industrial Relations Commission |
| AMSANT | Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance - Northern Territory |
| ANF |
Australian Nurses Federation |
| ARDS |
Aboriginal Resource and Development Services |
| ASG |
Accreditation Support Grant |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| Batchelor |
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education |
| BCL |
Bush Crisis Line |
| CADPHC |
Central Australian Division of Primary Health Care |
| CARHDS |
Central Australian Remote Health Development Services |
| CARPA | Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association |
| CATSI Act |
Corporations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2006 |
| CATSIN |
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses |
| CCT | Coordinated Care Trial |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Program |
| CDU |
Charles Darwin University |
| CLC | Central Land Council |
| CME | Continuing Medical Education |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| Congress |
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
| CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
| CRANA |
Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia |
| CRCAH | Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health |
| CRH |
Centre for Remote Health |
| Danila Dilba | Danila Dilba Biluru Butji Binnilutlum Medical Service |
| DHF |
Department of Health & Families Northern Territory |
| DMO | District Medical Officer |
| DoHA |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| EASA |
Employee Assistance Service Australia |
| EBA |
Enterprise Baraining Agreement |
| EHSDI |
Enhanced Health Service Delivery Initiative |
| EQHS |
Establishing Quality Health Standards |
| FaHCSIA |
Dept of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| FACS |
Family & Children's Services |
| FWA |
Fair Work Australia |
| GPAplus |
General Practice Accreditation plus |
| GPs | General Practitioners |
| GPNNT |
General Practice Network NT |
| HB |
Health Board |
| HIC | Health Insurance Commission |
| HSDA |
Health Service Delivery Areas |
| HSZ |
Health Service Zones |
| IAD |
Institute of Aboriginal Development |
| ICC |
Indigenous Coordination Centre |
| IHCA |
Institute for Healthy Communities Australia |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITEA |
Individual Transitional Employment Agreement |
| KWHB | Katherine West Health Board |
| LWOP |
Leave without pay |
| MBS |
Medical Benefits Schedule |
| MSHR |
Menzies School of Health Research |
| NACCHO | National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| NCSI |
NCS International |
| NDT |
No-disadvantage test |
| NES |
National Employment Standards |
| NIITF |
National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force |
| NLC | Northern Land Council |
| NRAS |
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NTAHF | Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Forum |
| NTGPE |
Northern Territory General Practice Education |
| NTDHF |
Northern Territory Department of Health and Families |
| OATSIH | Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
| OIPC |
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| ORIC |
Office of Registrar of Indigenous Corporations |
| PATS | Patient Assisted Travel Scheme |
| PAYG | Pay As You Go |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PFS | Periodic Financial Statement |
| PHC | Primary Health Care |
| PHAA |
Public Health Association of Australia |
| PHCAP |
Primary Health Care Access Program |
| PHM |
Peoples Health Movement |
| PHN |
Public Health Network (AMSANT) |
| PHN |
Public Health Nurse |
| PIP | Practice Incentive Payments |
| QMS |
Quality Management Services |
| QMS |
Quality Management Systems |
| RAN |
Remote Area Nurse |
| RHSET | Rural Health Support, Education and Training. |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| SA | Service Agreement |
| SARRAH |
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health |
| SDRF |
Service Development Reporting Framework |
| SIP |
Service Incentive Payments |
| STI |
Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| Sunrise |
Sunrise Health Service |
| TEDGP |
Top End Division of General Practice |
| TDS |
Training and Development Scheme |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |