My name is Christie this is my second year in this program . My glossary will be for other students or people who are curious about my program . I will attempt to demystify my program using commonly used terms in the field. my glossary can help students better understand the profession. It contains 20 terms.I found the definitions in my actively learning english book.
active records
adjective and noun
Frequently used records required for day to day business,refered to more than once per monthper file drawer.
Example: The active records of this person are missing.
fr: enregistrements actifs
alphabetical
adjective
In the order of the letters of the alphabet.
Example: The relevant words were located using the alphabetical frequency list of the whole corpus.
fr: alphabétique
Archivist
It's a noun
A person whose primary duties consist of appraising, describing,referencing,and caring for archival records.
Example: The archivist did a great job assembling this file.
fr: Archiviste
consent
noun
Agreement or permission to do or allow something.
Example: The doctor needs consent from the patient before he perform the eye surgery.
fr: consentement
Diagnosis
noun
the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomen.
Example: The doctor gave a diagnostic to his patient.
fr: Diagnostic
Epidemiology
noun
The study of the patterns,causes and effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations.
Example: The recent epidemiology investigations have been reported to health Canada
fr: Épidémiologie
Form.
noun
A printed document with blank spaces for imformations to be inserted.
Example: the patient signed the registrary form before hospitalization.
fr: formulaire
hospital
noun
A health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment.
Example: I sent my aunt some flowers in the hospital.
fr: Hopital
hospitalization
noun
The act,process or state of being hospitalized.
Example: My grandmother has been hospitalized after she fell off the stairs.
fr: hospitalisation
inactive records
adjective and noun
Records with a reference rate of less than one search per file draw per month.
Example: The inactive records might turn into active records since the have been used more.
fr: enregistrements inactifs.
medical coding
adjective and nouns
The process of transforming descriptions of medical diagnosis and procedures into universal medical code numbers.
Example: I learned a lot in my medcal coding class.
fr: codage medical
medicine
noun
A field of applied science related to the art of healing by diagnosis ,treatment, and prevenion of disease.
Example: I am passionate about the medicine.
fr: médecine
office
noun
A room or other area where administrative work is done.
Example: my new office is spacious.
fr: bureau
office chair
nouns
Type of chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office.
Example: My office chair is very comfortable.
fr: Chaise de bureau.
patient
noun
Any recipient of health care services , who is ill or injured and in need of treatment by a medical professional.
Example: The patient is waiting for the doctor's results.
fr: patient
Permanent Rercords.
Permanent= adjective
records=noun
Records that need contiued retention due to their long term administrative,legal,fiscal or historical value.
Example: The permanent records are availaible.
fr: dossiers permanants
Photocopier.
photocopieur
Machine that makes paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply.
Example: The photocopier has been printing the files wrong.
fr: Photocopieur
Signature.
Noun.
A person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of indentification in authorizing a cheque or document or concluding a letter.
Example: A signature is required after filing this form.
fr: Signature
Statistics
noun
The study of the collection ,organization,analysis,interpretation and presentation of data.
Example: The statistics of hospitalization have increased.
fr: Statistiques.
Transcription.
noun
The conversation of voice-recorded reports dictated by healthcare professionals into text format.
Example: The transcription of the surgery performed by the doctor has been a sucess.
