Patient Info
This is a term that means "relating to the structure of populations". For example, "The ___________ of the Eagle Gate Murray MA program is entirely female at this time."
What is demographic?
This is the type of paper filing done using letters; usually the patients' names with the last name first and the first name last.
What is alphabetical?
This is paperwork that allows someone other than the patient to act as an attorney on the patient's behalf. It must be notarized to be fully legal.
What is a Power of Attorney?
This is a schedule wherein anyone can block out the provider's time when they won't be available, usually because of illness or being out of the office.
What is a matrix?
This is the abbreviation that stands for "Chief Complaint".
What is "CC"?
This is the term used for a patient who has been admitted into a facility.
What is inpatient?
This is a paper filing system using numbers, usually patient medical record numbers.
What is numeric?
This is the formal process of examining records to ensure that all information is true and accurate.
What is an audit?
This is the plan that each healthcare facility must have in place for keeping patient records after the patients are no long actively being seen.
What is a Retention Schedule?
This is the abbreviation that means the same thing as "examination".
What is H&P?
This is the term for the type of patients you will see as an MA, and generally means a patient who was not admitted to a facility.
What is an outpatient?
This is usually a card that is put in the place of a paper file that has been removed to let others know that the file is being used and will be returned later.
What is an out guide?
This is the process that ensures equipment and processes are working at the most efficient rate possible. MA's usually do this for lab equipment.
What is Quality Control?
This is the process of scheduling wherein patients are coming and going at different times, depending on what they're being seen for.
What is "intermittent"?
This is the abbreviation that is used for any kind of follow-up, whether an appointment, additional labwork, or radiology and was NOT included in this week's terminology list.
What is f/u?
This is the term used for a patient who has been seen within the previous 3 years, depending on the provider and facility standards.
What is an established patient?
This is a paper filing method where a new report is laid on top of an older report.
What is shingling?
This is a term that means the process of educating a patient on the risks and benefits of a procedure and is required for anything from sutures to brain surgery. The patient must sign a form acknowledging that they were told about the risks and benefits and that they want to proceed with the procedure. It was NOT in this week's terminology list.
What is "informed consent"?
This is a term that means putting two (or more) patients on the schedule at the same time and should NEVER be done without prior approval from the provider/office manager. It was NOT on our list for this week.
What is "double booking"?
This is the abbreviation for a patient's confidential information that is not to be shared outside of very specific guidelines outlined by HIPAA and was not included in this week's terminology list.
What is "PHI"?
This is a term that is NOT included in this week's terminology but is a common term you will use that means someone who is being seen by a healthcare provider of some kind.
What is a patient?
This is a paper filing system that does not use an intermediary source of reference.
What is a direct filing system?
This is a term used to describe when a provider suddenly refuses to see a patient any further and the patient is unable to receive the care that they need and can sue the provider for this. This term is NOT in this week's list but was mentioned when we went over the list on Monday.
What is "abandonment"?
This is a type of appointment where a patient needs to be seen quickly due to the severity of their symptoms. For example, if someone comes in complaining of chest pain that radiates down their arm, or if they are bleeding excessively from a wound. It was NOT on our list for this week.
What is "urgent" or "emergent"?
This is the abbreviation used for a patient's general health practitioner who will give referrals to specialists as needed. This can be an MD, DO, NP, or PA. It was also not in this week's abbreviations.
What is "PCP"?