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The Medical Record - Sierra

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Attending physician   The physician responsible for the care of a hospitalized patient.  
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Charting   The process of making written entries about a patient in the medical record.  
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Consultation report   A narrative report of an opinion about a patients condition by a practitioner other than the attending physician.  
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Diagnosis   The scientific method of determining and identifying in a patients condition.  
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Diagnostic procedure   A procedure performed to assist in the diagnosis, management, or treatment of a patients condition.  
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Discharge summary report   A brief summary of the significant events of a patients hospitalization.  
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Electronic medical record   A medical record that is stored on a computer.  
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Familial   Occuring in or affecting members of a family more frequently than would be expected by chance.  
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Health history report   A collection of subjective data about a patient.  
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Home health care   The provision of medical and nonmedical care in a patients home or place of residence.  
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Informed consent   Consent given by a patient for a medical procedure after he or she has been informed of the nature of his or her condition and the purpose of the procedure.  
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Impatient   A patient who has been admitted to a hospital for atleast one overnight stay.  
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Medical impressions   Conclusions drawn by the physician from an interpretation of data.  
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Medical record   A written record of important information regarding a patient, including the care of that individual and the progress of the patient.  
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Medical record format   The way a medical record is organized.  
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Objective symptom   A symptom that can be observed by an examiner.  
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Paper-based patient record   A medical record in paper form.  
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Patient   An individual receiving medical care.  
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Physical examination   An assessment of each part of the patients body to obtain objective data about the patient that assists the physician.  
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Problem   Any condition that requires further observation, diagnosis, management, or patient education.  
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Prognosis   The probable course and outcome of a disease and the prospects for a patients recovery.  
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Reverse chronological order   Arranging documents with the most recent document on the top or in front.  
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SOAP format   A method of organization for recording progress notes.. Subjective data, Objective data, Assessment, and Plan.  
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Subjective Symptom   A symptom that is felt by the patient but can not be observed.  
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Symptom   Any change in the body or its functioning that indicates the presence of disease.  
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