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Glossary
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CO | Central Office - Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing |
| 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 |
| DoH | Department of Health Northern Territory |
| DoHA | Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing |
| DMO | District Medical Officer |
| 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 |
| ICT | Information Communication Technology |
| ITEA | Individual Transitional Employment Agreement |
| KPIs | Key Performace Indicators |
| KWHB | Katherine West Health Board |
| LWOP | Leave without pay |
| MBS | Medical Benefits Schedule |
| MHCDD | Mental Health Chronic Disease Division |
| 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 |
| OATSIH | Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
| OIPC | Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| ORAC | The computer system used by the Department to manage OATSIH grant administration processes, performance and payments. |
| ORIC | Office of Registrar of Indigenous Corporations |
| OSR | OATSIH Service Report |
| 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 |
| RCTI | Recipient Created Tax Invoice |
| RHSET | Rural Health Support, Education and Training. |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| SA | Service Agreement |
| SARRAH | Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health |
| SIP | Service Incentive Payments |
| STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| STO | State /Territory Office DoHA |
| Sunrise | Sunrise Health Service |
| TEDGP | Top End Division of General Practice |
| TDS | Training and Development Scheme |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |