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2. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

3. Inpatient care - Wikipedia

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   Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital.Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out-patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ill or have severe physical trauma.

4. List of medical abbreviations: E - Wikipedia

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   emergency department erectile dysfunction ectodermal dysplasia effective dose emotional distress: EDC: estimated date of confinement (at 40/40 weeks of pregnancy) EDD: estimated date of delivery (at 40/40 weeks of pregnancy); expected date of delivery estimated date of discharge EDF: end diastolic flow (describing the flow of blood through the ...

5. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act - Wikipedia

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   An individual requesting emergency care or one for whom a representative has made a request if the patient is unable to do so must receive a medical screening examination (MSE) to determine whether an emergency medical condition (EMC) exists. The participating hospital cannot delay examination and treatment to inquire about methods of payment ...

6. Emergency department - Wikipedia

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   The main patient area inside the Mobile Medical Unit operated in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own ...

7. Utilization management - Wikipedia

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   Utilization management is "a set of techniques used by or on behalf of purchasers of health care benefits to manage health care costs by influencing patient care decision-making through case-by-case assessments of the appropriateness of care prior to its provision," as defined by the Institute of Medicine [1] Committee on Utilization Management by Third Parties (1989; IOM is now the National ...

8. Emergency medicine - Wikipedia

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   Emergency medicine is a medical specialty—a field of practice based on the knowledge and skills required to prevent, diagnose, and manage acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders.

9. Ambulatory care - Wikipedia

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   A nurse operating medical equipment in an ambulatory care setting. Ambulatory care services typically consist of a multidisciplinary team of health professionals that may include (but is not limited to) physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, and other allied health professionals.