| medical staff privileges | Those rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's medical staff, including the right to admit private patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| medical staff, hospital | Professional medical personnel approved to provide care to patients in a hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical transcriptionist | An individual who performs machine transcription of physician-dictated medical reports concerning a patient's health care, which become part of the patient's permanent medical record; a certified medical transcriptionist (CMT) has satisfied the requirements for certification by the American Association for Medical Transcription. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical treatment | Treatment of disease by hygienic and pharmacologic remedies, as distinguished from invasive surgical procedures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical waste | Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical waste disposal | Management, removal, and elimination of biologic, infectious, pathologic, and dental waste. The concept includes blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special control and handling. Disposal may take place where the waste is generated or elsewhere. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medically underserved area | A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medically uninsured | Individuals or groups with no or inadequate health insurance coverage. Those falling into this category usually comprise three primary groups: the medically indigent (medical indigency); those whose clinical condition makes them medically uninsurable; and the working uninsured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicament | <pharmacology> A medicinal substance or agent. Origin: L. Medicamentum (18 Nov 1997) |
| medicamentosus | Relating to a drug; denoting a drug eruption. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medicare | The United States government's health insurance program for the aged and some disabled persons. Medicare is currently available to people 65 and older and people with certain disabilities. See: medicare a and medicare b. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicare assignment | Concept referring to the standardised fees for services rendered by health care providers, e.g., laboratories and physicians, and reimbursement for those services under medicare part b. It includes acceptance by the physician. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicare part a | The Medicare program that covers inpatient hospital stays. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicare part b | The Medicare program that covers physician and outpatient services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicate | 1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. "Medicated waters." 2. To treat with medicine. Origin: L. Medicatus, p. P. Of medicare, medicari. See Medicable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |