Year in Review 2021

Glossary and References

NICU

ABF

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Activity Based Funding

NIDU

ALS

National Infectious Diseases Unit

Advanced Life Support

NUM

AMIHS

Nurse Unit Manager

Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service

NWAU

APHTI

National Weighted Activity Unit. NWAU is a measure of health service activity expressed as a common unit, against which the national efficient price is paid. It provides a way of comparing and valuing each public hospital service (whether it is an admission, emergency department presentation or outpatient episode), by weighting it for its clinical complexity

Aboriginal Population Health Training Initiative

BMDH

Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals

BUMP

Behaviour Ultimate Management Plan

CASB

Central Acute Services Building

CNE

Certified Nurse Educator

CPU

COVID-19 Protection Unit

PACER

Police Ambulance Clinical Early Response

DHS

Digital Health Solutions

PERU

Primary Health Care Education and Research Unit

ED

Emergency Department

PHN

Primary Health Network

FLASH

Fostering Leadership Across Systems in Health

PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

GWS

Greater Western Sydney

PREMs

Patient Reported Experience Measures

HCIS

Health Care Interpreter Service

PROMs

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

HETI

Health Education and Training Institute

RACF

Residential Aged Care Facilities

ICH

Integrated and Community Health

REN Research and Education Network RIS-PACS Radiology Information Systems and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems RtD Respecting the Difference STOPS Sotrovimab Treatment in an Outpatient Setting VMO Visiting Medical Officer WSD Western Sydney Diabetes WSLHD Western Sydney Local Health District WSPHN Western Sydney Primary Health Network

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

ICU

Intensive Care Unit

JMO

Junior Medical Officer

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

LHD

Local Health District

MHS

Mental Health Service

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

NCU

Newborn Care Unit

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

For more information about our services and partners, visit www.wslhd.health.nsw.gov.au

Opposite Maria Lingam Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery chatting with WSLHD Clinical Leadership workshop participants.

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