Acronyms and abbreviations

ADAPS

Agency for the development of primary health care

APS

Atenção Primária à Saúde

ANVISA

National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance

BMI

Body mass index

BRL

Brazilian Real

CAD

Canadian Dollar

CaSAPS

Primary health care service portfolio

CFM

Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine

CGTIC

General Co-ordination of Information and Communications Technology

CHW

Community health worker

CIB

Comissão Intergestores Bipartite

CIT

Comissão Intergestores Tripartite

CQC

Care Quality Commission

CLT

Consolidation of Labor Law

CNS

National Council of Health

CME

Continuous medical education

CNES

National Register of health facilities

CONASS

National Council of State Health Secretaries

CONASEMS

National Council of the Municipal Health Secretaries

COSEMS

State Council of Municipal Health Secretariats

CPG

Clinical practice guideline

DATASUS

Informatics Department of the Sistema Único de Saúde

DENASUS

National Audit Department of Sistema Único de Saúde

DGMP

DigiSUS Gestor – Módulo Planejamento

EHR

Electronic health record

ENADE

National Exam of Student Performance

ESD 28

The Brazilian National Digital Health Strategy 2020-28

ESF

Family Health Strategy

FBG

Fasting blood glucose

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FCM

Family and community medicine

FHT

Family health team

GESAC

Electronic Government – Citizen Assistance Service

GP

General practitioner

HPV

Human papillomavirus

HSBP

High systolic blood pressure

IBGE

Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

ICT

Information and communication technologies

INCA

National Cancer Institute

INEP

Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

LDCT

Low-dose computed tomography

MACC

Modelo de Atenção às Condições Crônicas

MCTIC

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

MDP

More Doctor Programme

MLA

Medical Licensing Assessment

NASF

Family health support centres

NCD

Non-communicable disease

NHS

National Health Service

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PaRIS

Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys

PACS

Community Health Agents Programme

PAHO

Pan American Health Organisation

PAPS

Planificação da Atenção Primária à Saúde

PCAT

Primary health care assessment tool

PHC

Primary health care

PMAQ

National Programme for Improving Primary Health Care Access and Quality

PLAB

Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board

PNAB

Política Nacional de Atenção Básica

P4P

Pay-for-performance

PNIIS

National Policy for Health Information and Informatics

PNS

National Health Plan

QICH

National Programme for Quality Indicators in Community Healthcare

RAS

Health care networks

RNDS

National Health Data Network

RNP

National School and Research Network

RCS

Rural Clinical School

RUTE

Brazilian Telemedicine University Network

SAEM

Accreditation System of Medical Schools

SAPS

Primary Health Care Secretariat

SMART

Sistema de Monitoramento e Avaliação de Resultados do Programa Telessaúde

SBMFC

Brazilian Society of Family and Community Medicine

SINAES

National System for the Evaluation of Higher Education

SISAB

Primary Health Care Information System

SISCAN

Cancer Information System

SISCOLO

Cervical Cancer Information System

SISMAMA

Breast Cancer Information System

SOBRAMFA

Brazilian Society for Family Medicine

SUS

Unified Health System

UBS

Basic health care units

USD

United States Dollar

WHO

World Health Organization