| patient education |
Health and wellness information available to the patient in electronic, video, or print forms. Although patient education includes general health sources (ie a wellness Web site or a self-help booklet), the current emphasis is on delivering patient-specific information, often directly from the physician.
Ãâó: www.payorid.com/glossary.asp
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| patient controlled analgesia |
(PCA). A system that allows people to control the amount of pain medication that they receive. The person pushes a button and a machine delivers a dose of pain medicine into the bloodstream through a vein.
Ãâó: www.painconnection.org/MyTreatment/MayoClinic_glos...
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| patient controlled analgesia |
A special machine that gives medicine to control pain. It can be used by a child as needed.
Ãâó: www.mcw.edu/peds/mccc/terms.htm
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| patient |
A role (who- or whatever undergoes the action) in argument structure (John cooked DINNER). Often described as theme.
Ãâó: williamcalvin.com/LEM/LEMend.htm
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| patient |
(When used in the context of ATNA) RFC-XXXX defines the means of identifying the person who is a patient. The patient information in audit event records corresponds to the information available to identify a patient at the time the audit record was generated, and does not reflect later updates (eg patient reconciliation).
Ãâó: ihe.univ-rennes1.fr/TF/glossary.php
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