ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ACCHs |
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services |
AHS |
Aboriginal Health Service |
AHWs |
Aboriginal Health Workers |
AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
AMA |
Australian Medical Association |
AMSANT |
Aboriginal Medical Services Association of the Northern Territory |
APHRA |
Australian Health Practitioner Registration Board |
DAAs |
Dose Administration Aids |
DOHA |
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing |
EAP |
Expert Advisory Panel on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicines |
GPs |
General practitioners |
HMR |
Home Medicines Review |
KAMSC |
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council |
MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
MOUs |
Memoranda of Understanding |
NACCHO |
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
NPS |
National Prescribing Service |
OPRAH |
Outreach Pharmacists for Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services |
PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PIP |
Practice Incentive Program |
QAIHC |
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council |
QUM |
Quality Use of Medicines |
QUMAX |
Quality Use of Medicines Maximised for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People |
RAAHS |
Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services |
RRMA |
Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas Classification |
WA |
Western Australia |
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