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HEALTH RECORDS
The SOAP Method, Common Terms and Types of Health Record, Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Medical Assistant | A medical personnel trained to carry out basic administrative and clinical tasks under the guidance of a healthcare provider |
| Family History | Any significant illnesses that run in the patient's family |
| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | PICU |
| Differential diagnosis | A list of possible causes of the patient's problem or complaint |
| follow up | f/u |
| Distal | Farther away from the center |
| Reassurance | To tell the patient that the problem is not serious or dangerous |
| Coronal | Divides the body into slices from front to back |
| Blood Pressure | BP |
| Prescription | A type of note that doesn't follow the SOAP note format - because it is the plan. |