Glossary
Whether you’re new to digital technology or just need a quick refresher, our glossary is here to help you navigate the digital space with ease.

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AI

Artificial Intelligence – Computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.

B

BaRS
The Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS) is an interoperability standard for healthcare IT systems that enables booking and referral information to be sent between NHS service providers quickly, safely and in a format that is useful to clinicians.

C

CCIO

Chief Clinical Information Officer 

CDIO 

Chief Digital and Information Officer

CDF

Citizens Digital Forum – The forum aims to help inform and provide feedback on digital health and care services across the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS. 

CNIO

Chief Nursing Information Officer

ConCR

Connecting Care Record 

COO

Chief Operations Officer

CSO 

Chief Scientific Officer 

D

D2A

Discharge to Assess – 

DCOG 

Digital Collaborative Oversight Group – Collaboration group of partners across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 

DFPC 

Digital First Primary Care

DMA 

Digital Maturity Assessment 

DNA 

Did Not Attend

DPA 

Data Protection Act 

DPIA 

Data Protection Impact Assessment 

DPO 

Data Protection Officer

DSCR 

Digital Social Care Record 

DSI 

Digital and Social Inclusion

DSOG 

Digital Strategy Oversight Group 

E

EHR

Electronic Health Record – A system that combines patients’ medical history in an EPR with other wider details, such as demographic data and vaccination history

EMAS

East Midlands Ambulance Service – Emergency Medical Services, Urgent Carer and Patient Transport providers to the East Midlands region of the UK. 

EoL

End of Life 

ePACCs

Electronic Palliative Care Co-Ordination Systems 

EPR 

Electronic Patient Record – Patient Health and Care Information will be available on the record and available digitally. 

e-Meet and Greet

This digital tool allows your Trust to automate notifications to patients referred to your services through SMS or phone calls.

EOI 

Expressions of Interest

eRS 

Electronic Referral System 

F

FHIR

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource – The industry standard for exchanging information between healthcare systems.  

G

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GPRCC
General Practice Repository for Clinical Care

H

I

IBD 

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

ICB

Integrated Care Board 

ICS 

Integrated Care System – A partnership across Nottinghamshire, consisting of three ICPs, setting the goals and strategy for health and care 

IG 

Information Governance


J

K

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

L

LA 

Local Authority

LDR

Local Digital Roadmaps

LTP 

Long Term Plan

M

MFD

Multi-function Devices

N

NCAN

Nottinghamshire Cyber Associates Network

NCR 

Notts Care Record

NHCT 

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

NHIS 

Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Services

NHS App

A mobile application through which citizens can access a range of NHS services

NITMAN 

Nottinghamshire IT Managers

NUH 

Nottingham University Hospitals

O

OC

Online Consultations

P

PBP 

Place Based Partnerships 

PCARP

Primary Care Access Recovery Plan

PCNs

Place Based Partnerships 

PEP

Patient Engagement Portal


PFDS

Public Facing Digital Services


PHM

Population Health Management

PICS

Primary Integrated Care Services

PHR 

Personal Health Record 

PIF

Patient Information Forum

PKB

Patients Know Best – work with the NHS to give patients instant access to their medical records. You can access up-to-date information on treatments, medication, allergies and more from any device. This information can be shared with different medical teams and carers to speed up and improve your treatment.

PMO

Programme Management Office

Q

QOF

Quality and Outcomes Framework – The annual reward and incentive programme that measures the achievements of GP practices.

R

RAG 

Red, Amber, Green – rating system for project status

RIG 

Records And Information Group

RPA 

Robotic Process Automation

RiO

The Trust’s patient administration system for Mental Health and Forensics

S

SAIU 

System Analytics Intelligence Unit 

SCR 

Shared Care Record

SDE

Secure Data Environment

SFH 

Sherwood Forest Hospitals

SNSDE

Sub-national Secure Data Environment

SystmOne

The patient administration system in use for General Health teams.

SRO 

Senior Responsible Officer

T

TDG

Transformation Delivery Group

TEC 

Technology Enabled Care

ToR

Terms of Reference

U

V

W

WAN

Wide area networks – A network covering a broad area, i.e. any telecommunications network that links regional, national or international boundaries using leased telecommunications.


WGLL

What Good Looks Like – a framework that sets out system level success criteria for embedding digital change.

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