Point of care medical information summaries are defined as "web-based medical compendia specifically designed to deliver predigested, rapidly accessible...
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Point-of-care testing (POCT), also called near-patient testing or bedside testing, is defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of care—that...
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Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life...
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Health informatics (redirect from Health care informatics)
of computer structures and algorithms to improve communication, understanding, and management of medical information. It can be viewed as a branch of...
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palliative or hospice care teams that will provide end-of-life care services. Decisions about end-of-life care are often informed by medical, financial and ethical...
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Electronic health record (redirect from Electronic care record)
collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings...
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Health information technology (HIT) is health technology, particularly information technology, applied to health and health care. It supports health information...
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Advance healthcare directive (redirect from Advance directive for health care)
sophistication and prevalence of medical technology. Numerous studies have documented critical deficits in the medical care of the dying; it has been found...
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Clinical decision support system (redirect from Medical decision support systems)
reminders to care providers and patients, clinical guidelines, condition-specific order sets, focused patient data reports and summaries, documentation...
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Healthcare in the United States (redirect from Medical care in the United States)
the development of managed care, while advances in medical technology revolutionized treatment. In the 21st century, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed...
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encounter. Transfer Summary - The Transfer Summary standardizes critical information for exchange of information between providers of care when a patient moves...
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Health insurance in the United States (redirect from Private health care coverage in the United States)
addition to medical expense insurance, "health insurance" may also refer to insurance covering disability or long-term nursing or custodial care needs. Different...
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Co-operative Medical Care System (NRCMCS) from 2005, aimed at the rural poor, sets the annual cost of medical coverage at 50 yuan (US$7) per person. As of September...
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Elevance Health (redirect from Well Point)
Anthem, Inc. The company's services include medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans through affiliated companies...
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Vision Monday. Jobson Medical Information LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2016. Staff (20 December 2013). "FYidoctors and VSP Vision Care Canada Form Partnership"...
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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a United States labor law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected, unpaid...
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The medical home, also known as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), is a team-based health care delivery model led by a health care provider to...
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EMIS Health (redirect from Egton Medical Information Systems)
known as Egton Medical Information Systems, supplies electronic patient record systems and software used in primary care, acute care and community pharmacy...
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Socialized medicine (redirect from Socialized health care)
and discuss systems of universal health care—medical and hospital care for all by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived...
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free-at-the-point-of-care treatment, allegedly costing the NHS up to £200 million. A study in 2013 concluded that the UK was a net exporter of medical tourists...
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conversational discretion of health care providers and the security of medical records. The terms can also refer to the physical privacy of patients from other...
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Alere (category Health care companies based in Massachusetts)
manufacturer of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. The company was founded in 1991 and was headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. As of January 2017...
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Personal health record (redirect from Personal health information)
other information related to the care of a patient is maintained by the patient. This stands in contrast to the more widely used electronic medical record...
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A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of care ("iatrogenesis"), whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. This might include an...
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Parents will be given information on who their primary point of contact is and how they can communicate with the medical staff caring for their baby. Parents...
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Field Medical Badge (EFMB) is a United States Army special skills badge first created on June 18, 1965. This badge is the non-combat equivalent of the Combat...
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Preanesthetic assessment (category Medical mnemonics)
consideration of information from various sources that include the past medical records, interview, physical examination, as well as results from medical and laboratory...
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IMRAD (category Medical publishing)
local Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee." Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement Reader's theme that is the point of this element's existence:...
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Care Bears are multi-colored bears, painted in 1981 by artist Elena Kucharik to be used on greeting cards from American Greetings. They were turned into...
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made delivery system changes that affected most of the health care system. All new individual major medical health insurance policies sold to individuals...
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