Introduction

The following is the beginning of a comprehensive list of acronyms relevant to research and the work we do at MCHP.

If you have additional acronyms you'd like to add to the list, please let MCHP know.

Acronyms: A to L

ACG - Adjusted Clinical Group
ACS - Ambulatory Care Sensitive
ACSC - Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition
ADG - Aggregated Diagnosis Group
ADG - Ambulatory Diagnostic Group
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
ADT - Admission Discharge, Transfer
AFM - Addictions Foundation of Manitoba
AFN - Assembly of First Nations
AHD - Algorithms and Harmonized Data Working Group - HDRN
AHFS - American Hospital Formulary Service
AHWC - Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre
ALC - Alternate Level of Care
ALOS - Average Length of Stay
AMC - Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
AMR - Adjusted Mortality Ratio (see SMR)
ANOVA - Analysis of Variance
APP - Alternate Payment Plan
APP - Assigned Practice Population
ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder
ATC - Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical – (drug classification system)


BFS - BabyFirst Screening (now Family First Screening (FFS))
BMD - Bone Mineral Density
BMI - Body Mass Index


CA - Canada / Canadian
CA - Census Agglomeration
CA - Community Areas (12 of WRHA)
CABG - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery
CACS - Comprehensive Ambulatory Classification System – (hospital abstract)
CADTH - Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health – now called Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA)
CAHSPR - Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research
CanPath - Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health
CANUE - Canadian Urban Environmental Consortium
CCAIN - Criminal Courts Automated Information Network
CCDSS - Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System
CCHS - Canadian Community Health Survey
CCI - Canadian Classification of Health Interventions
CCMB - CancerCare Manitoba
CCMED - Critical Care and Medicine
CCP - Canadian Classification of Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Surgical Procedures - old
CCRS - Continuing Care Reporting System
CCU - Critical Care Unit
CD - Census Division
CDA - Canada’s Drug Agency – previously CADTH
CDCP - Child Day Care Program
CDM - Common Data Model
CDS - Children's Disability Services
CERNER - In Hospital Pharmaceutical System (replaced by Centricity now)
CENTRICITY - In Hospital Pharmaceutical System
CFI - Canadian Foundation for Innovation
CFS - Child And Family Services
CFSIS - Child And Family Services Information System
CHI - Centre for Healthcare Innovation
CHIPPER - Committee for Harmonized Health Impact, Privacy, and Ethics Review - part of RITHIM
CIC - Children In Care
CIHI - Canadian Institute for Health Information
CIHR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIMD - Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation
CLDS - Community Living Disability Services
CLSA - Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
CMA - Census Metropolitan Area
CMDB - Canadian Management Information System (MIS) Database - see MIS
CMG - Case Mix Group
CNN - Canadian Neonatal Network
CNODES - Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies
COC - Continuity Of Care
COCI - Continuity Of Care Index
COMS - Correction Offender Management System
COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CPCSSN - Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (See MAPCREN)
CPG - Clinical Practice Guidelines
CPL - CADHAM Provincial Lab
CPWC - Cost Per Weighted Case - also CWC
CRC - Crisis Response Centre
CSD - Census Subdivision
CSDS - Canadian Social Data Strategy - Community Data Program Consortium
CSHS - Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay
CT - Census Tract
CT - Computed Tomography
CWC - Cost per Weighted Case - also CPWC


DA - Dissemination Area
DAD - Discharge Abstract Database
DASH - Data Access Support Hub - HDRN
DDD - Defined Daily Dose
DER-CA - Diabetes Education Resource for Children and Adolescents
DI - Diagnostic Imaging
DIN - Drug Identification Number
DMC - Data Management Committee
DPD - Drug Product Database
DPG - Day Procedure Group
DPIN - Drug Program Information Network
DRG - Diagnosis Related Group – old
DRU - Deliverables Are Us - MCHP - old
DSA - Data Sharing Agreement
DSFM - Division Scolaire Franco Manitobaine
DSM - Diagnostic Services Manitoba – old – now Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS)
DSM - Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DTA - Decision Tree Analysis


E2A - Evidence To Action
EA - Enumeration Area - old
ED - Emergency Department
EDC - Expanded Diagnosis Clusters – part of ACG system
EDI - Early Development Instrument
EDIS - Emergency Department Information System
EIA - Employment and Income Assistance - see SAMIN
EIS - Education Information System
ELI - Early Literacy Intervention - program
ELOS - Expected Length of Stay
EMA - Enrollment, Marks, And Assessments
EMR - Electronic Medical Record
EUSL - Electronic User Site Location - data


FAS - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FASD - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FFS - Families First Screening
FFS - Fee-For-Service
FIPPA - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
FNHSSM - First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba
FNIHB - First Nation Inuit Health Branch
FP - Family Physician
FP - Family Practitioner
FSA - Forward Sortation Area
FTE - Full Time Equivalent
FY - Fiscal Year


GEE - Generalized Estimating Equations
GIS - Geographic Information System
GLM - Generalized Linear Model
GP - General Practitioner – old - see FP - Family Physician


HAUM - Hospital Abstract Users Manual
HBPBP - Healthy Baby Prenatal Benefit Program
HBCSP - Healthy Baby Community Support Program
HBP - Healthy Baby Program
HC - Home Care
HCM - Healthy Child Manitoba – now part of MB Families
HCMO - Health Child Manitoba Office
HDPS - High Dimensional Propensity Score
HDRN - Health Data Research Network - Canada
HGLM - Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling
HIFIS - Homeless Individuals and Families Information System
HIM - Health Information Management
HIPC - Health Information Privacy Committee - old - replaced by PHRPC
HIPPA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIRGC - Health Information Research Governance Committee - part of FNHSSM
HMRI - Hospital Medical Records Institute – old – related to HAUM
HOMS - Housing Operations Management System - related to TMS
HREB - Health Research Ethics Board
HSC - Health Sciences Centre


I2B2 - Informatics For Integrating Biology & The Bedside - Common Data Model
IA - Income Assistance
IADL - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
ICAB - Instruction, Curriculum and Assessment Branch – related to Education
ICD - International Classification of Disease (versions 7, 8, 9, 9-CM (Clinical Modification), 10, 10-CA (Canadian))
ICES - previous called Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
ICU - Intensive Care Unit
IDEA - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility
IFASD - Insight Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder mentoring program
INAC - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
IPDLN - International Population Data Linkage Network
IPTW - Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting
IQ - Income Quintile
IRCC - Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada


LIMS - Laboratory Information Management System
LOC - Level of Care
LOINC - Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
LOS - Length Of Stay
LTC - Long Term Care – related to PCH

Acronyms: M to Z

MAPCReN - Manitoba Primary Care Research Network - Manitoba's branch of CPCSSN
MATC - Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre
MCCSP - Manitoba Cervical Cancer Screening Program
MCC - Major Clinical Categories
MCHP - Manitoba Centre For Health Policy
MDR - Metadata Repository - internal Sharepoint version
MDR-2 - Metadata Repository - 2 - newer (2024) MDR system
MDS - Minimum Data Set
MDS HC - Minimum Data Set Home Care - see RAI – HC
MDS LTC - Minimum Dataset Long Term Care - see CCRS
MECY - Manitoba Education, Citizen and Youth
MET - Manitoba Education and Training
MFA - Multi Factor Authentication
MFNERC - Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre
MFNRF - Manitoba First Nations Research File
MFS - Manitoba Family Services - see CFS
MH - Manitoba Health
MHHL - Manitoba Health and Healthy Living - old
MHID - Mental Health Information Database
MHIR - Manitoba Health Insurance Registry
MHMIS - Mental Health Management Information System
MHSAL - Manitoba Health, Seniors, and Active Living - old
MIG - Modeling and Informatics Group - part of HDRN
MIMS - Manitoba Immunization Monitoring System
MIS - Management Information System
MMF - Manitoba Metis Federation
MMSSP - Manitoba Maternal Serum Screening Program
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MPI - Manitoba Public Insurance
MPRDR - Manitoba Population Research Data Repository - aka the Repository
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MSOC - Majority Source of Care
MSSP - Manitoba Support Services Payroll – old - related to Home Care data – see PROCURA
MTP - Manitoba Training Program - for Health Services Research
MUNCODE - Municipal Code


NACRS - National Ambulatory Care Reporting System
NC - Neighbourhood Clusters
NCTR - National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NLSCY - National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth - old
NPHS - National Population Health Survey - old
NPV - Negative Predictive Value
NRS - National Rehabilitation Reporting System
NSERC - National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NTK - Need To Know team


OLS - Ordinary Least Squares - regression
OMOP - Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership - related to Common Data Model
OOH - Out Of Hospital
OOP - Out Of Province
ORS - Office Research Services
OTC - Over The Counter


PACS - Picture Archiving and Communication System
PANORAMA - Public Health data collection system - old - replaced by PHIMS
PCCF - Postal Code Conversion File
PCH - Personal Care Home
PCP - Primary Care Physician
PCV - Prenatal Care Visit
PD - Per Diem
PDD - Prescribed Daily Dose
PHAC - Public Health Agency of Canada
PHC - Primary Health Care
PHIA - Personal Health Information Act
PHIMS - Public Health Information Management System
PHIN - Personal Health Information Number
PHIS - Population Health Information System - old – see POPULIS
PHN - Public Health Nurse
PHRDR - Population Health Research Data Repository – old - now known as MPRDR – Manitoba Population Research Data Repository
PHRPC - Provincial Health Research Privacy Committee - see RITHIM
PIMA - Provincial Information Management and Analytics
PIN - Physician Integrated Network
PIPEDA - Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
PMF - Physician Master File
PMR - Premature Mortality Rate
PNC - Prenatal Care
POPULIS - Population-Based Health Information System -old
PRAS - Provincial Research Administration System - related to RITHIM
PRDR - Population Research Data Repository - see MPRDR
PREMS - Patient-Reported Experience Measures
PRISM - Prosecutions Information and Scheduling Management - data
PROCURA - name of the software system that is used to capture Home Care and Community Care Services in Manitoba
PROMS - Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
PSA - Physician Service Area
PYLL - Potential Years of Life Lost


QA - Quality Assessment
QI - Quality Improvement
QI - Quality Indicators


RAI - Resident Assessment Instrument – related to Home Care and LTC
RAS - Remote Access System
RAU - Repository Access Unit - MCHP
RCAM - Research Coordination and Management - MCHP
RCC - Rehabilitation Centre for Children
RCT - Randomized Control Trial
RCW - Relative Case Weight
RDRG - Refined Diagnosis Related Group – see DRG - old
REB - Research Ethics Board
REDCAP - Research Electronic Data Capture
REGNO - Registration Number - Manitoba Health Insurance
REGNO_CODE Registration Number - Manitoba Health Insurance – 6-character value (new)
RHA - Regional Health Authority
RIS - Radiology Information System
RITHIM - Research Improvements Through Harmonization In Manitoba
RIW - Resource Intensity Weight
RLAB - Research Lab - MCHP
RR - Relative Rate
RR - Relative Risk
RRC - Red River College - old
RRCP - Red River College Polytech
RSOC - Regular Source of Care
RUB - Resource Utilization Band – see ACG


SAA - Small Area Analysis
SAMIN - Social Allowances / Assistance Management Information Network - also referred to as Employment Income Assistance (EIA)
SAS - Statistical Application System / Statistical Analysis Software
SCDM - Sentinel Common Data Model
SCU - Special Care Unit
SDO - Service Delivery Organization
SDOH - Social Determinants of Health
SDOH-DL - Social Determinants of Health - Digital Library
SEC - Socio-Economic Characteristics
SEFI - Socio Economic Factor Index
SEFI - 2 - Socio Economic Factor Index, version 2
SEM - Structural Equation Modelling
SERI - Socio Economic Risk Index
SES - Socio Economic Status
SHDS - Shared Health Diagnostic Services - previously Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM)
SISF - Strategic Initiative Support Fund
SMR - Standardized Mortality / Morbidity Ratio
SNOMED - Systematized Nomenclature for Medicine
SPOR - Strategy For Patient-Oriented Research
SRE - Secure Research Environment
SSCY - Specialized Services for Children and Youth
SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
STBBI - Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections
STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection
STS - Systems and Technology Services - related to Education


TC - Tribal Council
TCA - Tribal Council Areas
TCPS - Tri Council Policy Statement
TFR - Total Fertility Rate
TMS - Tenant Management System
TRC - Truth and Reconciliation Commission
TRM - Total Respiratory Mortality
TWC - Total Weighted Cases


UC - Urgent Care
UM - University of Manitoba


VPN - Virtual Private Network
VS - Vital Statistics
VSA - Vital Statistics Agency


WCB - Workers Compensation Board
WFPS - Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service
WHO - World Health Organization
WRHA - Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
WSD - Winnipeg School Division


YHS - Youth Health Survey