Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms (Starting with "E")

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Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms
(Starting with "E")

By Martin Rathfelder,
Director, Socialist Health Association,
Manchester, UK

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EAC Estimated Annual Cost

EAG Expert Advisory Group

EAPN European Anti Poverty Network

EAZ Education Action Zone

EASR European age standardised rate A measure of the incidence of disease.

EBD Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

EBL Evidence-Based Learning

EBM Evidence based medicine

EBMH Evidence Based Mental Health

eBNF The BNF on a CD-ROM

EBOC Evidence Based On Call

EBP Evidence based practice

EBS Emergency Bed Service

EBV Epstein Barr Virus

EC European Community or

Experience Corps

ECDL European Computer Driving Licence

ECF Extracellular fluid

ECG Electrocardiogram

ECJ European Court of Justice

ECN Emergency Care Network

ECP Emergency Care Practitioner

ECR Extra Contractual Referral - an arrangement under the NHS internal market to cover a referral to an NHS Trust for which there was no existing contract with the patient’s health authority or residence or GP Fundholder. Now replaced by OATS.

ECT electro-convulsive therapy

ECTS European credit transfer scheme

ED Enumeration District. The smallest unit for census data - about 200 homes

or Economic Development

EDA Erectile Dysfunction Association. A fine upstanding body of men.

EDI Electronic Data Interchange - exchanging information electronically, not including faxing.

EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange - Electronic Data Interchange is a particular structure which complies with ISO 9735. This is the standard for EDI adopted by the NHS.

EDIT Elderly Dementia Intervention Team

EDP Emotionally Disturbed Person

or Education Development Plan

EDS Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

EDT Emergency Duty Team Social Services Departments

EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

EEA European Economic Area

EEC European Economic Community

EEG Electroencephalogram

EFGCP European Forum for Good Clinical Practice

EFL External Financing Limit

EFM electronic fetal monitoring

EFMI European Federation for Medical Informatics

EFQM European Foundation for Quality Management

EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

EHIC European Health Insurance Card

EHMA European Healthcare Management Association

EHP Education and Health Partnership

EHR Electronic Health Record

EHS Extremely Hazardous Substance

EIA European Information Association

EiC Excellence in Cities

EIF European Investment Fund

EIS Early Intervention Service

EL Executive Letter

eLIB electronic Libraries Programme

ELP Essential Lifestyles Planning - Person centred planning tool emphasising rhythms and routines of daily life used in Learning Disability Services.

EMA emergency medical admission

or Education Maintenance Allowance

EMAG Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant

EMAS Employment Medical Advisory Service

EMEA European Medicines Evaluation Agency

emf electromotive force

EMG electromyogram

EMI Elderly Mentally Ill

EMIS Egton Medical Information System

EMLC European Midwives Liason Committee

EMO Examining Medical Officer

EMR Electronic Medical Record