Abbreviations are used throughout the framework.

Below is a list of abbreviations used throughout the framework with the full word versions explained.

Abbreviations
Abbreviation Explanation
Abbreviation AI Explanation

Artificial Intelligence

Abbreviation AUC Explanation Area Under Curve
Abbreviation BP Explanation Blood Pressure
Abbreviation CE Explanation Conformite Europeenne (European Conformity)
Abbreviation DICOM Explanation Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
Abbreviation ECG Explanation Electrocardiagram
Abbreviation EEG Explanation Electroencephalogram
Abbreviation EHR Explanation Electronic Health Record
Abbreviation FHIR Explanation Fast Health Interoperability Resources
Abbreviation GDPR Explanation General Data Protection Regulations
Abbreviation HEE Explanation Health Education England
Abbreviation HR Explanation Heart Rate
Abbreviation IMDRF Explanation International Medical Device Regulations Forum
Abbreviation IT Explanation Information Technology
Abbreviation JSON Explanation JavaScript Object Notation
Abbreviation ML Explanation Machine Learning
Abbreviation NGT Explanation Nominal Group Technique
Abbreviation NHS Explanation National Health Service
Abbreviation NICE Explanation National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Abbreviation NLP Explanation Natural Language Processing
Abbreviation ONS Explanation Office of National Statistics
Abbreviation ROC Explanation Receiver Operating Characteristic
Abbreviation SaMD Explanation Software as a Medical Device
Abbreviation UKCA Explanation United Kingdom Conformity Assessed
Abbreviation UKNI Explanation United Kingdom Northern Ireland marking
Abbreviation UoM Explanation University of Manchester
Abbreviation XML Explanation Extensible Markup Language
Abbreviation XR Explanation Extended Reality

Page last reviewed: 14 February 2023
Next review due: 20 February 2024