Acronym
APEL
APL
C&B
CIS
CIS-UCQ
CPD
CRS    
DICOM 
ECDL 
EKSF 
ELITE
ESR
HINOS
HIQS
HL7 
IITT
IM&T    
ISEB 
ITIL 
KSF  
LPfIT 
LSP
MoR 
MSP
NHS   
NHS CfH    
NHS Elite 
NHS Health  
NPfIT  
NVQ
OFSTED
PACS 
PAS 
PRINCE 2
RBAC
RIS 
RoI  
SfiA 
SNOMED-CT
SPfIT
SQL 
TAP
TNA
TPAS
XML      

Meaning
Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning
Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning
Choose and Book
Care Information System
Care Information System User Competencies and Qualifications Continuing Professional Development
Care Records Systems
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
European Computer Driving Licence
Electronic Knowledge Skills Framework
eLearning IT Essentials
Electronic Staff Record
Health Informatics National Occupational Standards
Health Informatics Quality Scheme
Health Level 7 (development of international healthcare standards)
Institute of IT Training
Information Management and Technology  
Information Systems Examination Board
IT Infrastructure Library
Knowledge and Skills Framework
London Programme for IT
Local Service Provider
Management of Risk
Managing Successful Programmes
National Health Service
NHS Connecting for Health
eLearning IT Essentials
eLearning for health information systems
National Programme for IT
National Vocational Qualification
Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills
Picture Archiving and Communications System
Patient Administration System
Projects in Controlled Environments
Role Based Access Control
Radiology Information System
Return on Investment
Skills framework for information Age
Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms
Southern Programme for IT
Structured Query Language (for database management)
Trainer Assessment Programme
Training Needs Analysis
Training Provider Attachment Scheme
Extensible Mark up Language (for data sharing via the internet)

Trade name
Cerner
Cerner Millennium
iSoft  
Kirkpatrick 
N3  
RiO
TPP   

Description
Supplier of healthcare information technology solutions
Healthcare information technology software
IBA Health Group company producing healthcare software solutions
Training evaluation model created by Donald Kirkpatrick in 1959
Broadband network developed by the NHS
Web based electronic care record system
Primary care systems supplier