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MODULE 7: KEY TERMS
Patient interaction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adherence: | Patient following medication regimens. |
| Adverse Effects: | Negative side effect of medications. |
| Clinical Pharmacy: | The use of literature-evaluation skills, and evidence-based medicine to recommend therapy for a patient. |
| Confidentiality: | Ensuring that patient information is given only to people who are authorized to view the information. |
| Ethics: | Moral principles governing an individual or group. |
| Informed Consent: | Consent to medical treatment by a patient (or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved and especially of the risks.) |
| Nonverbal Communication: | Communicating to another individual through the use of one's body by using posture, facial gestures, proximity to others, and the environment. |
| Patient Feedback: | Obtaining information from the patient by asking-open ended questions. |
| Protected Health Information (PHI): | Personal, identifiable information about a patient that is created or received by a health plan , provider, or health care clearinghouse. |
| Proxemics: | The distance between the pharmacy technician and the patient while communicating. |
| Self-Care: | Taking care of oneself through the use of monitoring, diagnosing, and screening techniques that permit one make informed decisions about one's own care. |