CAT Plus products use a number of terms that are explained in the table below
Term | Description |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACR | Microalbumin Creatinine Ratio |
| Active patient | A patient with at least three visits in the last two years |
| Adjusted Population | In all numerical reports in PAT CAT we display the total number and another column called 'Adjusted'. Please refer to Adjusted Column Details for more detail |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| APCC | Australian Primary Care Collaboratives |
| ATSI | Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BP | Best Practice Clinical Desktop System |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| BP | Best Practice |
| BSLF | Blood Sugar Level (Fasting) – more commonly called FBG |
| CAT | PCS Clinical Audit Tool® |
| CAT | Clinical Audit Tool |
| CAT4 | Clinical Audit Tool |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
| CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CV | Cardiovascular |
| CVD | Cardiovascular Disease |
| DoH | Department of Health |
| DoHA | Department of Health and Ageing |
| DVA | Department Veteran Affairs |
| eGFR | Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| ES | Event Summary |
| FBG | Fasting Blood Glucose |
| Geocode | The process of converting a location/address into a coordinate that then translates to an area type (e.g. SA1) |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GRAPHC | National Centre for Geographic & Resource Analysis in Primary Health Care |
| GTAG | GRAPHC – Tag (a dedicated globally unique identifier) |
| HbA1c | Haemoglobin A1c |
| HCN | Health Communication Network Ltd |
| HDL | High-density Lipoproteins |
| Help Desk | Pen CS Help Desk |
| HMR | Home Medicine Review |
| IF | Improvement Foundation |
| LDL | Low-density Lipoprotein |
| MBS | Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| MD | Medical Director Clinical Desktop System, developed by HCN |
| MD | Medical Director |
| NEHTA | National E-Health Transition Authority |
| NPCC | National Primary Care Collaboratives |
| NPCC | National Primary Care Collaborative |
| NPI | National Performance Indicators |
| NVDPA | National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance |
| Org | PHN or other organisation |
| Organisation | PHN or other organisation |
| PCEHR | Personally Controlled eHealth Record |
| PEN CS | Pen CS Pty Ltd |
| Pensioners | Used in Practice Data Quality Benchmark Report. The pensioner status of a patient is extracted from the patient details in the clinical system. This is not age related |
| QAIHC | Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council |
| QRG | Quick Reference Guide |
| RACGP | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| SA | Statistical Area |
| SHS | Shared Health Summary as part of My Health Record |
| SIP | Service Incentive Payment |
| Topbar | A software tool for general practitioners by PCS |
| Transient | A patient that has visited at least 2 clinics in the organisation's catchment where both clinics have uploaded patient data. |
| Unique | A patient that has only been uploaded from one clinic in the organisation's catchment |