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Some patient portal applications enable patients to register and complete forms online, which can streamline visits to clinics and hospitals. Many portal applications also enable patients to request prescription refills online, order eyeglasses and contact lenses , access medical records , pay bills, review lab results, and schedule medical ...
Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL) was a web resource that connects people to authoritative health information in Asian languages that was freely available online. SPIRAL was maintained by the Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library and funded by grant from the New England Region of the National Network of ...
The term "personal health record" is not new. The term was used as early as June 1978, [2] and in 1956, there was a reference was made to a "personal health log." [3] The term "PHR" may be applied to both paper-based and computerized systems; [4] usage in the late 2010s usually implies an electronic application used to collect and store health data.
The Medicine Portal The color fresco Care of The Sick by Domenico di Bartolo , 1441–1442, depicting the Santa Maria della Scala hospital in Siena, Italy Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients , managing the diagnosis , prognosis , prevention , treatment , palliation of their injury or disease , and promoting their health .
Medical history taking may also be impaired by various factors impeding a proper doctor-patient relationship, such as transitions to physicians that are unfamiliar to the patient. History taking of issues related to sexual or reproductive medicine may be inhibited by a reluctance of the patient to disclose intimate or uncomfortable information.
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.
The following translation is that of C. J. Gadd. [2] (This is) the great miracle of Sin that none of the (other) gods and goddesses knew (how to achieve), that has not happened in the country from the days of old, that the people of the country have (not) observed nor written down on clay tables to be preserved for eternity, that (you), Sin, the lord of all the gods and goddesses residing in ...
Korsakoff syndrome (KS) [1] is a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by amnesia, deficits in explicit memory, and confabulation.This neurological disorder is caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B 1) in the brain, and it is typically associated with and exacerbated by the prolonged, excessive ingestion of alcohol. [2]