| AI | artificial intelligence |
| EHDEN | European Health Data & Evidence Network |
| FAIR | findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable |
| FIPPA | Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| HDR UK | Health Data Research UK |
| ICES | Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IJPDS | International Journal of Population Data Science |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| IRB | Institutional Review Boards |
| ML | machine learning |
| NHS | National Health Services |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PIPEDA | Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act |
| PHIPA | Personal Health Information Protection Act |
| REB | Research Ethics Boards |
| UK | United Kingdom |