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Med Rec #4
Term | Definition |
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Imprinter Plate | A plastic plate, similar to a charge card, on which identifying information, such as the patient's name, age, account number, and medical record number, are embossed. The embossed card is then used in a machine with ink ti imprint the information from the |
Permanent File | The file area for records whose documentation is complete |
Preadmission | Collection of patient demographic and insurance information prior to the patient's admission |
Record Retrieval | Identifying the location of a record and pulling from the files |
Requisition | A Document used in an outguide to identify the record that has been pulled |
Thinned Record | Removal of the oldest portions of a record from the nursing unit binder when the record becomes too large for the binder |
Temporary Folder | A file folder created to house an incomplete medical record until it is ready to be filled in the original folder |