Category: M

A person who makes a typed record from the data and information available from the physician’s dictated material concerning the patient’s medical records. An individual who has met the requirements of the American Association of Medical Transcription is certified by that body as a Certified Medical Transcriptionist.  

Travelling abroad to undergo expensive invasive procedures in countries where high-quality, low-cost care is available, e.g., India. The funds saved on the care received are used to sponsor recuperation and vacation in the host country. Medical tourism is a form of outsourcing of health care and is typically used for highly technical, costly surgical procedures…

Studies designed to provide valid comparisons between medical care processes and outcomes as they are affected by system of care and clinician’s specialty, as well as by patients’ diagnoses and the levels of severity of illness. Thus, MOS provides a model for monitoring the results of medical care.  

The legal or ethical mandate that a manufacturer of a potentially hazardous product pay for diagnostic tests to determine whether individuals exposed to the product may be developing early signs of injury or disease before they demonstrate any clinical evidence of disease.  

A technician who performs biological and chemical tests requiring limited independent judgment or correlation competency under the supervision of a medical technologist, pathologist, or physician.  

An individual who claims to be able to make diagnoses or treat illnesses on the basis of his or her feelings and intuition rather than grounded in specialized education, training, or scientifically evaluated experience.  

The application of information technology and processing to all aspects of medical knowledge, practice, and management, including medical education and research. This process is facilitated by computer technology.  

One who has not graduated from an accredited medical school and practices medicine without a license.  

The study of disease patterns as influenced by regional or global climate, microbiology, pollution, or other environmental factors; the relationship between the health of populations and the places in which they live.  

A nonprofit foundation that provides a bracelet or pendant with an emblem on which is contained crucial information about a patient’s medical history and a warning in case of emergency. The company also keeps a file of the medical information and provides an emergency phone number that medical personnel can call collect. The goal is…