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  2. Medical record - Wikipedia

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    The information contained in the medical record allows health care providers to determine the patient's medical history and provide informed care. The medical record serves as the central repository for planning patient care and documenting communication among patient and health care provider and professionals contributing to the patient's care.

  3. High-dependency unit - Wikipedia

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    In 2000 the UK Department of Health issued the Comprehensive Critical Care report, which set out the number of high dependency ("level 2") beds a hospital should have to deliver care appropriately. By this time, two thirds of UK hospitals had beds identified as "high dependency". [2] The report defines level 2 care as "more detailed ...

  4. Electronic health record - Wikipedia

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    Track care (e.g. prescriptions) and outcomes (e.g. blood pressure) Trigger warnings and reminders; Send and receive orders, reports, and results; Decrease billing processing time and create more accurate billing system; Health Information Exchange [63] Technical and social framework that enables information to move electronically between ...

  5. Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture - Wikipedia

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    Continuity of Care Document - The Continuity of Care Document (CCD) represents a core data set of the most relevant administrative, demographic, and clinical information facts about a patient's healthcare, covering one or more healthcare encounters. The primary use case for the CCD is to provide a snapshot in time containing the germane ...

  6. Coronary care unit - Wikipedia

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    A coronary care unit (CCU) or cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina, cardiac dysrhythmia and (in practice) various other cardiac conditions that require continuous monitoring and treatment.

  7. Intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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    Intensive care unit ICU patients often require mechanical ventilation if they have lost the ability to breathe normally.. An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive care medicine.

  8. Health care prices in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act requires that hospitals treat all patients in need of emergency medical care without considering patients' ability to pay for service. [27] This government mandated care places a cost burden on medical providers, as critically ill patients lacking financial resources must be treated.

  9. Clinical audit - Wikipedia

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    Adverse occurrence screening and critical incident monitoring – This is often used to peer review cases which have caused concern or from which there was an unexpected outcome. The multidisciplinary team discusses individual anonymous cases to reflect upon the way the team functioned and to learn for the future.