Glossary

Term	Definition
Exception reporting	“Exception reporting refers to the potential removal of these patients from calculations of practice achievement for specific clinical indicators. … Practices may ‘exception-report’ (i.e. omit) specific patients from data collected to calculate QOF achievement scores within clinical areas.” https://digital.nhs.uk/
Primary Care	Primary care services are the first point of contact in the healthcare system and include: general practices, community pharmacies, dentists and optometrists (eye health).
Quality outcomes framework (QOF)	“The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a voluntary annual reward and incentive programme for all GP surgeries in England, detailing practice achievement results. It is not about performance management but resourcing and then rewarding good practice.” https://qof.digital.nhs.uk/

Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
ACA	American Correctional Association
BM / BMD	Benchmark / Benchmarked
CC	Chronic Conditions
CF	Correctional Facility
DBST	Dry blood spot test
DOC	Department Of Corrections
EB(M)	Evidence-Based (Medicine)
FW	Free World
HC / HCP	Health Care / Health Care Provider
HEDIS	Healthcare Effectiveness Data & Information Set
HJIP	Health And Justice Indicators Of Performance
IOM	Institute Of Medicine
JCAHO	Joint Commission On Accreditation Of Healthcare Organisations
MH	Mental Health
NCCHC	National Commission On Correctional Health Care
NCQA	National Committee For Quality Assurance
NIH	National Institute for Health (USA)
NICE	National Institute For Clinical Excellence (UK)
NIHR	National Institute for Health Research (UK)
NUM/ DENOM	Numerator/ Denominator
OIG	Office Of The Inspector General, California
ORG	Organisation
PM	Performance Measure(Ment)
POPN	Population
QI	Quality Indicator
QIM	Quality Improvement
QOF	Quality Outcomes Framework
ROTL	Release On Temporary Licence