Chapter 14 Vocab
Terms
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- OUTguide
- A heavy guide is used to replace a folder that has been temporarily moved from the filing space
- quality control
- A aggregate of activities designed to ensure adequate quality, especially in manufactured products or in the service industries
- vested
- Granted or endowed with a particular authority, right, or property; to have a special interest in
- dictation
- The act or manner of uttering words to be transcribed
- obliteration
- Act of making undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away
- retention schedule
- A method or plan for retaining or keeping medical records, and their movement from active, to inactive, to closed filing
- power of attorney
- a legal instrument authorizing one to act as the attorney or agent of the grantor
- procastination
- The intentional postponement of doing something that should be done
- indirect filing system
- a filing system in which an intermediary source of reference, such as a card file, must be consulted to locate specific files
- continuity of care
- Continuation of care smoothly from one provider to another, so that the patient receives the most benefit and no interruption in care
- provisional diagnosis
- A temporay diagnosis made before all test results have been received
- direct filing system
- A filing system in whch materials can be located without consulting an intermediary source of reference
- OUTfolder
- A folder used to provide space for the temporary filing of materials
- shelf filing
- A system that uses open shelves rather than cabinets for storing records
- subjective information
- Information that is gained by questioning the patient or taken from or form
- tickler file
- A chronologic file used as a reminder that something must be taken care of on a certain date
- caption
- A heading, title, or subtitle under which records are filed
- chronologic order
- Of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time
- numeric filing
- The filing of records, correspondence, or cards by number
- objective information
- Information that is gathered by watching or observaation of a patient
- alphabetic filing
- Any system that arranges names or topics according to the sequences of the letters in the alphabet
- microfilm
- A film bearing a photographic record on a reduced scale of printed or other graphic matter
- audit
- A formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts of financial situation; a methodic examination and review
- augment
- To make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
- requisites
- Entities considered essential or necessary
- shingling
- A method of filing whereby one report is laid on top of the other report, resembling the shingles of a roof
- transcription
- To make a written copy of, either in longhand or by machine
- gleaned
- Gathered bit by bit (e.g. information or material); picked over in search of relevant material
- alphanumeric
- Of or relating to sytems made up of combination of letters and numbers
- pressboard
- A strong, highly glazed compostion board resembling vulcanized fiber; heavy card stock