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Health Records
Term | Definition |
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Clinic Note | Used when a patient is seen in an OFFICE setting; visit must be documented. Can be handwritten, dictated or electronic |
Consult Note | A note from a visit to a specialist or consultant; specialist may prefer to write the note to the PCP |
Emergency Dept Note | Used when patients are seen in EDs and Urgent Cares; explains what happened to the patient during their stay in the ED |
Admission Summary | Heavy on subjective AND objective parts to help hospital stay; patients will give medical history |
Discharge Summary | Explains when and why a patient was admitted; includes how the patient felt when admitted and what happened during the patients stay at the hospital |
Operative Report | Completed by a surgeon; outlines the procedure that was done, the events that transpired during the surgery and the patient's outcome |
Daily Hospital Note | Daily note; focuses on how the patient's condition has changed since the previous note |
Radiology Report | explains the reason for ordering a radiologic image, how the image was performed, and what was seen on the image |
Pathology Report | mirrors the radiology note; mentions the reason for the study, what was seen in detail and the assessment |
Prescription | is the PLAN; name & strength of the medicine, patient's instructions, how much, and health care providers signature |