Glossary of Industry Acronyms A - M
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A
ABHI
Association of British Healthcare Industries
ABPI
Association of The British Pharmaceutical Industry
AdvaMed
Advanced Medical Technology Trade Association - the US
Association for the Medical Technology Industry (formerly
HIMA).
AIDC
Automatic Identification and Data Capture
AIMDD
Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive
ALB
Arms Length Bodies - A review of ALB's hasled to the merging and/or
dissolution of a number of NHS organisations
AXrEM
Association of Healthcare Technology
Providers for Imaging, Radiotherapy and Care (formerly the
Association of X-Ray Equipment Manufacturers)
B
BBSRC
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
BDA
British Dental Association -
the professional
association and trade union for dentists in the UK
BDTA
British Dental Trade Association - the Association for dental
manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and distributors
BHTA
British Healthcare Trades Association - the Association for
Assistive Technologies in Healthcare
BIA
BioIndustry Association - the trade
association for innovative enterprises in the UK's bioscience
sector
BIGT
Bioscience Innovation Growth Team
BITECIC
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Centre of Industrial Collaboration - established to manage
collaboration between industry, universities and expert
clinicians.
BIVDA
British In Vitro Diagnostics Association -
the association for companies with major
involvement and interest in the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD)
industry
BLWA
See GAMBICA
BMA
British Medical Association
BOA
British Orthopaedic Association -
provider of education and practice management services for
orthopaedic surgeons and health professionals
BPI
Best Procurement Initiative (Scotland) - Designed
to drive out improvements in the NHS Scotland supply chain in the
areas of logistics, strategic sourcing and process and
technology
BSA
NHS Business Services Authority -
Replaces the Dental Practice Board, NHS
Counter Fraud and Security Management Service, NHS Pensions Agency
and Prescriptions Pricing Authority
BSI
British Standards Institution - the UK's National Standards
Body
C
CBI
Confederation of British Industry - the leading lobbying
organisation for UK business on national and international
issues.
CD
Commercial Directorate of the Department of
Health -
Securing best value as well as achieving greater levels of
effectiveness for the Department of Health and the NHS through the
use of best commercial practices and better commercial
relationships
CEN
Comité Européen de Normalisation
- the European Committee for
Standardization
CENELEC
Comité européen de
normalisation électrotechnique - the European Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardization
CEP
Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing (formerly the Device
Evaluation Service of the MHRA)
CHAI
Commission for Audit and Health Improvement
(Healthcare Commission) -
The Healthcare Commission is an independent body, set up to promote
and drive improvement in the quality of healthcare and public
health through inspection, reporting and performance
ratings
CMO
Chief Medical Officer
CNO
Chief Nursing Officer
CPH
Collaborative
Procurement Hub -
Part of the SCEP focussed on purchasing strategy at a regional
level
CPO
Collaborative
Procurement Organisation (
Term used to cover Hubs and Confederations focussed on purchasing
strategy at a regional level)
CPO
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer
CRM
Cardiac Rhythm
Management
CSM
Committee of Safety of Medicines
CSR
Comprehensive
Spending Review
D
DH or DOH
Department of
Health
DH International
Deparment of Health international
DBERR
Department for Enterprise, Business
and Regulatory Reform - BERR (formerly DTI)
DfiD
Department for International Development
DIUS
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
DT
Drug Tariff
E
EBM
Evidence Based Medicine
EDMA
European Diagnostics Manufacturers Association
EPR
Electronic Patient Record
EPSRC
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
ETP
Electronic Transfer of Presciptions
Eucomed
The largest representative body of the European Medical Technology
and Devices Industry.
F
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FHT
Foundation Hospital Trust
G
GAMBICA
The Association for Instrumentation,
Control, Automation, and Laboratory Technology (incorporating
BLWA)
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GMC
General Medical Council
GMS
General Medical Services
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practice
GPC
General Practitioner Committee
GPFH
GP Fundholder
GS1
Global Standards - Based in Brussels, Belgium, manages the GS1
standards for bar codes, business messaging, RFID and Global
Distribution Systems
H
HA
Health Authority
HAI
Hospital Acquired Infection
HB
Health Board (Scotland - now NHS
Boards)
HC
Healthcare Commission
HCHS
Hospital and Community Health
Services
HITF
Healthcare Industries Task Force -
Brought together government and industry
leaders to identify steps to develop, stimulate the growth and
performance of the UK healthcare industry and maximise the benefit
to patients from healthcare products
HMT
HM Treasury
HRG
Healthcare Resource Groups -
Provide a means of categorising the treatment
of patients in order to monitor and evaluate the use of
resources
HSC
Health and Safety Commission
HSE
Health and Safety Executive
HTA
Health Technology Assessment
HTD
Health Technology Devices programme
hTEP
Human Tissue Engineered Products
I
IchemE
Institution of Chemical Engineers
ICP
Integrated Care
Pathway
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IMRC
Innovative Manufacturing Research
Centre
IP
Independent Precriber
ISO
International Standards Organisation
IS-TC
Independent Sector Treatment Centres -
Use of the private sector to help provide
extra clinical capacity to deliver swift access to treatment for
NHS patients
IVDMDD
In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive
J
K
KTN
Knowledge Transfer Network. KTNs
stimulate innovation in the UK's key technology sectors by
promoting collaboration, best practice and knowledge sharing
between industry and academia. KTNs are a DBERR Business
Support Solution delivered through the Technology Programme.
L
M
MATCH
Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare (a
research collaboration between five leading UK universities in
healthcare technology assessment, and industrial partners)
MDD
Medical Devices Directive
MDIS
Medical Devices in Scotland
MHRA
The Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
From 1 April 2003, MHRA replaced the Medical
Devices Agency (MDA) and the Medicines Control Agency
(MCA).
MRC
Medical Research Council