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MOPS Senior Terms
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Alphabetical filing | Any system that arranges names or topics according to the sequence of the letters in the alphabet |
Alphanumeric | Systems made up of combinations of letters and numbers |
Audit | Aformal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation; a methodical examination and review |
Augment | To make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
Caption | A heading, title, or subtitle under which records are filed |
Chronological order | Relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time |
Continuity of care | Care that continues smoothly from one provider to another, so that the patient receives the most benefit and no interruptions in care |
Dictation | The act or manner of speaking (uttering) words to be transcribed |
Direct filing system | A filing system in which materials can be located without consulting an intermediary source of reference |
Gleaned | Gathered bit by bit (information) or material picked over in search of relevant material |
Indirect filing system | A filing system in which an intermediary source of reference, such as a card file, must be consulted to locate specific files |
Microfilm | A film bearing photographic record on a reduced scale of printed or other graphic matter |
Numeric filing | The filing of records, correspondence, or cards by number |
Objective | Information that is gathered by watching or observing of a patient |
Obliteration | Act of making undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away |
OUT folder | A folder used to provie space for the temporary filing materials |
OUT guide | A heavy guide the is used to replace a foler that has been temporarily moved from the filing space |
Power of attorney | A legal instrument authorizing one to act as the attorney or agent of the grantor |
Pressboard | A strong, highly glazed composition board resembling vulcanized fiber; heavy card stock |
Procrastination | To put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done |
Provisional diagnosis | A temporary diagnosis made prior to receving all test results |
Quality Control | An aggregate of activities designed to ensure adequate quality, especially in manufactured products or in the service industries |
Requisites | Something conidered essential or necessary |
Retention Schedule | A method or plan for retaining or keeping medical records, and their movement from active, to inactive, to closed filing |
Shelf filing | A system that uses open shelves rather than cabinets for storing records |
Shingling | A method of filing whereby one report is laid on top of the older report, resemblin the shingles of a roof |