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Carnegie MOPS
MOPS Patient Record/Medical Record Terminology MA Fall 2014
Term | Definition |
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Correlation | To show a mutual relationship |
Diagnosis | The determination of the nature/cause of a disease |
Discernible | To see or understand a difference between two things, very clear difference |
Integral | Being an indispensable part of a whole |
Medical record | Complete set of information put down in writing to authenticate evidence of facts and events |
Medical report | A permanent legal document formally stating the results of an examination |
Objective (information) | Perceptible to the observer/external senses (i.e. Dr's conclusions) |
Observation | An inference from what has been seen or heard |
Proficiency | Competency as a result of training and experience |
Prognosis | Forecast of the outcome of a disease/injury |
Progress notes | Records of patient visits, phone calls, progress and treatment that are inserted into the patients chart |
Sign | Any objective evidence of disease discoverable by a physician on examination of a patient |
Subjective (information) | Findings perceptible only by the affected person |
Symptom | Any perceptible change in the body or its functions (indicating disease or illness) |