EXCLUSIONS AT IMPLEMENTATION:
- CRDS facility types for administrative recording or collection purposes, non-current facilities, and campus codes (e.g. T2).
- Abbreviations that are outside the scope of the CRDS facilities data set (i.e. clinical trials).
RULES FOR STANDARDISED FACILITY ABBREVIATIONS AT IMPLEMENTATION:
1. Abbreviations must be unique.
2. Abbreviation size must be between 3 and 6 characters.
3. Closed (non-active) facilities: Default to legacy AUSLAB abbreviation (mnemonic); in the absence of an AUSLAB mnemonic, default to legacy QRIS abbreviation.
4. Open (active) facilities: Default to AUSLAB abbreviation (mnemonic) provided there is 'in essence' alignment with the current name for the facility. Minor exceptions to this rule occur where consistency is gained.
Example 1
AUSLAB abbreviation (mnemonic) ARAH (current name Aramac Primary Healthcare Centre; previous name Aramac Hospital): ARAH retains the fundamental component of the current name.
Example 2
AUSLAB abbreviation (mnemonic) YEPH (current name Capricorn Coast Hospital and Health Service; previous name Yeppoon Hospital): YEPH does not retain the fundamental component of the current name.
5. Ignore leading 'The' in facility name with the exception of TPCH (The Prince Charles Hospital) & TTH (The Townsville Hospital).
6. Where the location part of an abbreviation is widely known within a legacy system such as AUSLAB, whenever possible, standardised abbreviations use the same characters to represent location.
For example, AUSLAB consistently uses RK for Rockhampton and this practice has generally been adopted for standardised abbreviations where Rockhampton forms part of the facility name.
7. When a service type, or facility type, forms part of the facility name the following suffixes are used:
- Abbreviations for ATODS end in A.
- Abbreviations for Aged Care Assessment Team/ACAT end in AT.
- Abbreviations for Health Centre*/Outpatient Clinic/Primary Health Centre/Primary Healthcare Centre end in C.
- Abbreviations for Dental Clinic end in D.
- Abbreviations for Hospital end in H.
- Abbreviations for Mental Health/Mental Health Service end in M.
- Abbreviations for Multi Purpose Health Service (MPHS) end in MP.
- Abbreviations for Health Care Service/Health Service, with the exception of MPHS, end in S.
- Abbreviations for Unit end in U.
a. Abbreviations for one word facility names include the first three characters of the name followed by A, AT, C*, D, H, M, MP, S, or U (e.g. ROBH Robina Hospital).
b. Abbreviations for multi-word facility names include the initial of each word followed by A, AT, C*, D, H, M, MP, S, or U (e.g. GCUH Gold Coast University Hospital).
* Treatment of potential duplicates:
- Where Child Health Centre forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in CHC.
- Where Community Health Centre forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in COC.
- Where Child Health forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in CH.
- Where Community Health forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in COH.
- Where one word facility names would result in duplicate abbreviations being assigned: One abbreviation is retained within the above rules and other abbreviations include additional characters to ensure uniqueness (e.g. BARH Baralaba Hospital and BARCH Barcaldine Hospital).
RULES FOR STANDARDISED FACILITY ABBREVIATIONS POST IMPLEMENTATION:
1. Abbreviations must be unique.
2. Abbreviation size must be between 3 and 6 characters.
3. Ignore leading 'The' in facility name.
4. Where a location forms part of a facility name, and the location is already in use (e.g. RK for Rockhampton), use the same characters to represent the location for consistency.
5. When a service type, or facility type, forms part of the facility name the following suffixes are used:
- Abbreviations for ATODS end in A.
- Abbreviations for Aged Care Assessment Team/ACAT end in AT.
- Abbreviations for Health Centre*/Outpatient Clinic/Primary Health Centre/Primary Healthcare Centre end in C.
- Abbreviations for Dental Clinic end in D.
- Abbreviations for Hospital end in H.
- Abbreviations for Mental Health/Mental Health Service end in M.
- Abbreviations for Multi Purpose Health Service (MPHS) end in MP.
- Abbreviations for Health Care Service/Health Service, with the exception of MPHS, end in S.
- Abbreviations for Unit end in U.
a. Abbreviations for one word facility names include the first three characters of the name followed by A, AT, C*, D, H, M, MP, S, or U (e.g. ROBH Robina Hospital).
b. Abbreviations for multi-word facility names include the initial of each word followed by A, AT, C*, D, H, M, MP, S, or U (e.g. GCUH Gold Coast University Hospital).
* Treatment of potential duplicates:
- Where Child Health Centre forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in CHC.
- Where Community Health Centre forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in COC.
- Where Child Health forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in CH.
- Where Community Health forms part of the facility name the abbreviation ends in COH.
- Where a one word facility name would result in a duplicate abbreviation being assigned: Add additional characters to ensure uniqueness (e.g. BARH Baralaba Hospital and BARCH Barcaldine Hospital).