| MR/UR | Medical Review and Utilization Program |
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| PRIME | Prematriculation Program in Medical Education |
| RMED | rural medical education [program] |
| RMP | rapidly miscible pool; regional medical program; regional myocardial infarction; resting membrane po... |
| SMBG | Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose |
| medical psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles to the practice of medicine; the application of clinical psychology or clinical health psychology, usually in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medical receptionists | Individuals who receive patients in a medical office. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical record administrators | Individuals professionally qualified in the management of patients' records. Duties may include planning, designing, and managing systems for patient administrative and clinical data, as well as patient medical records. The concept includes medical record technicians. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical record linkage | The creation and maintenance of medical and vital records in multiple institutions in a manner that will facilitate the combined use of the records of identified individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records | Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the creating, care, storage and retrieval of medical records. It also provides statistical information for the medical and administrative staff. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records, problem-oriented | The structuring of a patient's record according to a complete listing of his medical problems accompanied by progress notes for each problem. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records systems, computerised | Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Medical Research Council | <organisation> A UK Government funded body to promote the balanced development of medical and related biological research in the United Kingdom. It organises national clinical trials for the assessment of new treatment protocols for leukaemia and some of the related diseases. (05 Jan 1998) |
| medical secretaries | Individuals responsible for various duties pertaining to the medical office routine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical selection | Preservation, by medical care and treatment, of individuals of pathologic genotypes who would not otherwise reproduce, thus tending to increase the frequency of pathologic genes in the population; conversely, reduction of the frequency of pathologic genes by preventing reproduction of individuals of specified genotype by surgical sterilization or other means. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical staff | Professional medical personnel who provide care to patients in an organised facility, institution or agency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical staff, hospital | Professional medical personnel approved to provide care to patients in a hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |