| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group |
| CCIO | Chief Clinical Information Officer |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer |
| DCC | Dorset County Council |
| DCR | Dorset Care Record |
| DHC | Dorset HealthCare |
| DISC | Dorset Information Sharing Charter |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| HSC | Health & Social Care |
| IDCR | Integrated Digital Care Record |
| IG | Information Governance |
| LMC | Local Medical Council |
| MIG | Medical Interoperability Gateway |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| OAISP | Overarching Information Sharing Protocol (predecessor to DISC) |
| OOH | Out of hours |
| PIA | Privacy Impact Assessment |
| PISA | Personal Information Sharing Agreement |
| PMO | Programme Management Office |
| POPP | Partnership for Older People Programme |
| RAG | Red, Amber, Green status |
| SRO | Senior Responsible Owner |
| SWAST | South West Ambulance Services Trust |
| TPP | System One. Software used by the majority of GPs within Dorset |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator (the address of a World Wide Web page) |
| SAR | Subject Access Request - a personal right for someone to see what is held about them and who has had access |
