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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC [1]) is the most common type of primary liver cancer in adults and is currently the most common cause of death in people with cirrhosis. [2] HCC is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. [3]
HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma: HCF: Healthcare Facility HCFA: Healthcare Facility Associated, as in HCFA-CDI hCG: human chorionic gonadotropin: HCL: hairy cell leukemia: HCM: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy healthcare maintenance HCO3: bicarbonate: Hct: hematocrit: HCT: hematocrit hematopoietic cell transplantation HCRP: Hospital Cornea Retrieval ...
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. An increasing purpose of the medical record is to ensure documentation of compliance with institutional, professional or governmental regulation.
Health information management's standards history is dated back to the introduction of the American Health Information Management Association, founded in 1928 "when the American College of Surgeons established the Association of Record Librarians of North America (ARLNA) to 'elevate the standards of clinical records in hospitals and other medical institutions.'" [3]
Regardless of being in a paper form or electronic form, a medical health record is a tool of communication which helps in making clinical decisions, designing regulatory processes, accreditation, education, legal protection, research purposes, service coordination and evaluation of the efficacy and quality of healthcare provided.
HCC Medical Insurance Services Enhances Provider Network HCCMIS announces addition of Coventry National Network INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HCC Medical Insurance Services, LLC (HCCMIS), a ...
A personal health record (PHR) is a health record where health data and other information related to the care of a patient is maintained by the patient. [1] This stands in contrast to the more widely used electronic medical record, which is operated by institutions (such as hospitals) and contains data entered by clinicians (such as billing data) to support insurance claims.
The Fibrolamellar Registry, [21] a patient and family run medical registry has collected data from over 250 patients. This work has been used in multiple publications which include extended information on patient outcomes, efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors, efficacy of specific drugs and understanding the basis of high ammonia in FLC.